The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-06-05
THE ALLIANCE.

THE ALLIANCE.
The Dublin, Tex, Progress: A
smart Aleck'' who thought the Farm
ers' Alliance down-pour was only a
momentary shower is now making Tor
higher ground with all the speed he
can command
Dallas Mercury: When a so-called
allianceman invades your lodge-room,
and tries to discourage the brothers,
you may set him down as spy and in
cendiary sent into your ranks by the
enemy. The sooner such creatures
are kicked out of our order the better.
TheGeneva, Ala, Record: The farm
ers have awakened from their political
lethargy, and have buckled on the full
Alliance armor The leading bosses
of the Democratic party have left the
old .Jeffersonian landmarks and gone
OF on a tangent upon way unknown
to the Democratic masses, and the peo-
pie are being quickened with the
breath of new life breathed into their
snostrils.
Free Speech, Hamburg, Iowa: With
the farmers of the country united to
purify government from president
down to county, we may rely upon it
being done. They will make some
mistakes, but that is to be expected;
everybody that does anything makes
mistakes, but they are the ones that
get there. They are already making
the cold chills run up the backs OF the
boodlers, and the work is only begun.
Southern Alliance Farmer: The pol
lev of our Alliance congressman, In re-
gard to the speakership, will be to
s.saw wood and say nothing" When
the time comes they will look over the
field and unite on the man that comes
nearest their views. The outside
world never knows what an Alliance
man is going to do until the hour for
action arrives. In this silence, and
unity of action, rests our greatest
strength.
Industrial Union, KokOmo, Ind. :
There is a wonderful undercurrent of
thought in this country. People are
thinking, silently thinking, and it is no
patent lever business either. Partner
ship is rapidly disappearing and men
are learning that party was made for
them and not they for the party. Com
mon sense is taking the place Of blind
zeal, whoops and hurrahs. Democrats
and Republicans are locking hands te
battle in one common cause. A reform
must come.
Frankfort, Kas., Sentinel: TO illus
trate to our readers how rapidly the
octupus of colossal fortunes is absorb
ing the wealth of the land let US con
slider the fortune of Senator Stewart O.
1913, OO0,O 900. At interest at six pei
cent it would bring annually 81, $50,
900 or in silver dollars so, 500 tons
Loaded in wagons twenty feet apar
would require a cavaran 1879 mile
long to pay tribute tothis god of mann
mon. That is why opportunity i
must be checked, and athat soon, let
cost what it may
The Independent, Cord, Neb.: If tn
workingmen depend upon newspapers
who are the servants ,of diverse inter
ests, to advocate their cause and Civ
publicity to their doings, they may ex
pect them to fail them just when thei
necessities in that direction are tn
greatest. The old adage, IF 70
want anything done ~do it yourself,
should be borne in mind. The labo
organs, those who know no other dut
than to battle for and advance thei
cause of organized labor, should rt
ceive the full and continuous supper
of those whose interests occupy the
columns.
Baltimorean, Baltimore, Md: II
recent attempt of the politicians
Anne Arundel county to get into tt
Farmers Alliance, with the object
ultimately running it to suit then
selves, ought to put the members
that organization oE their guard. No
that the farmer has proved himself
power, he has more friends thar
ever dreamed of and nobody is tx
great to do him reverence. All I'll
old hack politicians of both partr
have suddenly become advocates
the doctrines of the Alliance, and Wa
to be baptized in the new faith. l.
the farmers beware of time-serve
and fatterers, and keep them at arms
length.
The Star Spangled Banner, of Ne
Brunswick N. j., says of Nation
Lecturer Willetts: ''Mr. Willetts is tt
right man in the right place. Being
practical farmer, and thoroughly CO
.versant with the needs and conditio
.of his toiling brethren, and the econo,
.ic questions of the day, makes hi
,eminently fitted to the requirements
his important position. The nation
lecturer is walking cyclopeEia of
liance information, and his style
such as to win and hold his hearers