The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-13
THE ALLIANCE.

u HE AuUlANOEe
The Clarksburgh Crescent: The best
evidence in the world that the sub
treasury plan would give relief to the
farmer is that the national bankers all
oppose the plan. 1t is safe for the
farmer to watch that class of men and
act just the reverse of their action in
voting. He never votes for the farm
er's interest if he can vote against it.
The Alliance Monitor: Organiza-
tons can be for good, and they can be
for wrong purposes. and the only way
in which we can restrain the strong is
to meet the bad organizations with
good organizations. Hence the ALI
ance unites the farmers of our country
not to oppose the railroads. or corpo-
rations. or capital. when used for gen.
eral good, but to resist the abuse of
power just as we have organized police
or armies. or even our government
itself, to protect our people from those
who would injure or destroy.
The Peoples Journal: The Demo-
cratic party and the Republican party
are rich mems parties. Every body
knows this because they champion
rich mems plans for legislation-rich
mems schemes to rob labor of Its earn
ings-rich mems schemes to make
money scarce in order to make hard
times, to the end that the industrial
forces may be compelled to pay ex-
horbiGant rates for the use of money.
A party for the people cannot get con-
troll of the government too soon.
The Workman and Farmer: The
professional politician is queer ami
NAL, and at present he is in his most
peculiar state. He hardly knows
what to do or say at present pres
ent is period of great uncertainty
with this class He is anxious to get
on the biggest chunk and is engaged
In feeling the public pulse and if he
finds out what the people want he will
come forward and say: 'Them's my
sentiments exactly" He never leads
but always follows public opinion.
The Pillow and Ha,nmer: Benjamin
Franklin said: When you are in
debt you give another power over your
liberty The Republican league
manifesto says: Our debts stand for
our investments and not for our losses.
They represent our enterprise and not
our misfortunes, our property and not
our, poverty" We don't know how
you feel about this, but with Frank
Inns reputation for honesty and integ-
rity, and the Republican party's rec
ord of dishonesty and infamy we pre-
fer to think Franklin is right
The Cotton Plant: The News and
Courier evidently thought it had a
''cinch'' on the Alliance when it re-
published an alleged expose of our Sc
cret work. We dislike to spoil it's
fun; but truth compels us to say that
this Office had copies of that expose
sont in several weeks ago, clipped by
wide-awake Alliance men in remote
sections of the state, from the New
York Sun. The Alliance has been
smiling over the matter all this time;
and now after SO long a time when
our live contemporary publishes it
as news, the Alliance is smiling again
The Milton Star: The idea of a
partisan press Withholding any favor
able Alliance news from the masses, in
the hope that it will inure to the in
jury of the organization, is just as
mean as it will prove futile The va
rious state annual meetings as they
are being held disclose the fact that
the growth of the Alliance still con-
tinues phenomenal Thousands of sub
Alliances and several states have been
organized during the past year. The
older organizations are increasing in
numbers where the material has not
all been exhausted. Better still, the
membership is daily growing more de-
termined to have at all hazards relief
from moneyed oppression.
The Alliance Advocate: Time was
when the people were sovereign in
this country. but now let man but
express difference OF opinion from
those who have set themselves up as
dictators of our government and the
old party press unite in branding him
as traitor crank. or an anarchist.
Time was when the advice of the farm
er was sought in the council chambers
of the nation, and peace and plenty
prevailed in the land; but now the
farmer is used merely az tool to
serve the interests of Wall streets
hirelings. and his attempts to regain
his rightful position are regarded as
dangerous by the powers that be. and
no expense, no intrigue will be spared
to defeat the will of the people. Such
condition of things cannot last. 1t
is impossible for a republican form of
government to exist under rule Of
moneyed aristocracy. 1t is but a
single step removed from a monarchy.
and that step is being shortened with
each and every succeeding administra-
ton.
The Caucasian: We have pc
culiar kind of craftsmanship these