The Fort Worth gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-189?, 1891-04-30
our pride Of organization-depart from our
NOZZLE prRPAsFS

level of political party to be held together
by the dispenSation of political loavcs and
fishes, and as useless for reform as the old
parties now are, furnishing third feast for
honest reformerS would turn in shame and
disgust. The Alliance method promises
better results, and it is a method that IS
equally applicable to Democratic Texas or
Republican Kansas method that recog-
nizes the fact that political parties are com
posed of the people-equally honest on
either side, and that political parties should
be controlled in the interest Of the people
and a method that expressly excludes that
appeal to passion which blinds the under
standing to the importance and the accept
ance of truth. But let US see if it is practi-
cable to secure Alliance demands through
the use of
EXISTING PARTY MACHINERY.
Both of the old parties have party ma
chinery, and at the bottom of this party
machinery is the primary, club or township
meeting. When the people Democrats
and RepublicarS), can make declaration
Of principles and elect delegates to
advocate and support this declaration OF
principles in the county convention, which,
too, makes declaration of principles, and
elects delegates TO advocate its declaration
of principles in the state convention, which
in turn makes declaration of principles
and elects delegates to advocate and sup
port its declaration of principles in the
national convention, which proclalms
through its platform the principles which
are to guide the party administration of
the national government. Now is there
anything impracticable in all who favor
Alliance demauds-and Alliance demands
by their fairness and iberality make q
direct appeal for the support Of all good
men, whether they are
ELIGIBLE TO MEMBERSHIP
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practicable i'll ali who favor these demands.
taking possession of this party machinery
and running it in the interest of Alliance
demands! 1t only requires that majority
shall have been educated to support these
demands and until we can get the support
OF such educated majority there can be no
reforms of permanance or value. We are
now laboring in a non-partiSan spirit to
bring existing political parties to the sup
port Of Alliance demands, and the fact that
many of both the old parties have come to
the support of these demands affords both
encouragement and warning, encourages US
Us TO hope that enough of
BOTH THE OLD PARTIES
can be brought to the support of these de-
mands TO insure their success. The rank
and file OF both the old parties are honest.
They have only been miSled by the party
leaders and party press. They can and will
be brought to see that their best interests
viii be Subserved by the success of Alliance
demands.
South Carolina passed through a very
trying political ordeal last year in her state
elections. The exciting issue was based on
the necessity of reforms in the policy of the
state government. The reformers went into
the Democratic primaries and political
clubs, as we have suggested, for securing
the success of Alliance demands, and Sc
cured the nomination of a ticket pledged to
no ,,afp DON led tn
Democratic bolt, and an effort at fusion by
the boilers with the colOred Republicans of
that state, who compose a majority of the
voters of the state. We think we do not
claim too much when we claim that but for
the existence of the organization known as
the
FARMERS ALLIANCE,
white and colored, the dangers of that or
deal would have been increased a thousand
fold.
I'VE have alluded to the South Carolina
orCcal for two purpOseS-trst, to illustrate
the possibilities for accomplishment by
honest, earnest work in the primaries or
political clubs. God helps those who help
themselves. The great mass of the voters
OF the United States, Democratic and Re
publican, can but help themselves by in
telligent and earnest work in their party
primaries, or political clubs.
Alliance members. or those who favor
Alliance demands, who fail TO do their duty
at their party primaries or political clubs
fail in the discharge of their duty at the
most important point. Idle sentiment will
never win in a contest with organized
moneyed monopoly. We want no duty
political work. Our demands are depend
ent on
REASON AND RIGHT.
for this support. Our order calls no one
into the support Of its demands, every
member Of the order possesses intacthis
religious and political freedom, hence the
greater necessity that every man who
favors Alliance demands should give their
earnest and active support. The fact that
the Alliance, white and colored, saved the
state of South Carolina from the horrors of
bitter race conflict should teach US the
necessity and Importance of cultivating the
closest possible frarernal relations with our
BRETHREN OF THE COLORED ALLIANCE.
They stand with US in the support Of ALI
auce demands, and should receive from US
al possible aid and encouragement. The
interests of the races are identical, and we
should by fair treatment of our colored
brethren, bring from out of sight all politi-
cal race antagoniSms.
THAT there was no race conflict in South
Carolina last year was due to the Alliance
bond Of brotherhood, which was too strong
and too serviceable to both races to be
broken or disturbed by the political up
IlSdNstl. anu lO-GiS luc TWO races IN lLldJ
state stand nearer together in sympathy
and interest than they have ever done be-
fore.
CONVENTION IN '92
"I'here is to be a convention composed of
representatives from all the reform organi-
cations which is to meet ut Il place to be
designated by the executive board the 22d
day of February, 1892 when the demands
of each organization will receive careful
consideration and AZ which it is hoped that
point, set of demands and also upon the
wisest method of enforcement of these de-
mands.
1t may be useless to speculate
so far in advance of the meeting of
that convention what will be its actions.
The demands of all the separate organiza-
tons must as far as possible be brought
into harmony and agreement, then the
question of
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL ACTION,
or action through the use of existing politi-
cal machinery can only be passed upon con-
dependent upon what will be the
action OF the Democratic and Republican
later in the same year. for if it
should be found when the conventions meet
that one or both of said conventions pledge
their support to our joint demands, there
will be no necessity for independent action,
for all these organizations are working for
PRINCIPLE, NOT PARTY,
and will cooperate with either party to
secure their joint demands. Party senti- |
ment will not weigh in the balance against |
and self-preservation. If,
however, it should DE found that both |
the old parties are still controlled by the |