The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1891-06-19

the first of its kind since those held in
the early days of the history of the
country, when the common people took
an interest in national affairs. The peo-
pie came to this meeting, solid thinking
men, not politicians, and never perhaps
in the history of this country has SO
large gathering been peryaded by such
unity of sentiment. There was absolute
y not dissenting voice as to the pro-
visions of the platform. The only dis
cussion seemed to be as to the time of or
ganizing party. 1t is without a paral-
lei in history that over fourteen hundred
men from different States and sections of
the country, representing all the differ
ent forms of political education and be-
lief, should at once and without debate
or dissension agree to a short and point
ed platform containing some very decid-
ed innovations upon existing laws and
usages A stronger protest against pres
ent conditions could not be made.
The platform stands rs an embodiment
of wisdom and conservatism. Every line
breathes the spirit of "equal rights to
all and special privileges to none" 1t
stands out in strange contrast TO political
platforms which usually are couched in
equivocal language intended to conform
both sides of all questions. There is
nothing equivocal about the platform /;
it is basis for campaign of education
and not cloak for campaign of prju-
dice and agitation of sectional hatred
such as the professional politicians desire.
The results of the Cincinnati meeting,
are, that the reformers of the country
have met in mass meeting and unani.
mously agreed that the platform of the
farmers adopted at Ocala, including the
sub.treasury plan, shall be the basis of
the great and inevitable reform fight
which is now on, and that they desire to
unite with the farmers and laborers to
fight under that banner as peoples po-
litical part in 1892; that they indorse
the platform but do not appropriate it
for political purposes until the farmers
shall have met in February, 1892, and
decided what steps they will take to en-
force it. If they decide to enforce it by
political action, then the reformers will
join in their convention and help TO in.
augurate party and conduct the CAM
paign, but should the farmers and labor
ers decide not to do that then the reform
ers will call a national convention not
later-than June !, 1892, appropriate the
platform andput their ticket i'll the field
This is eminently wise and proper. II
can in no way hurt the Alliance work in
the south, and must help it in the north
where having embarked IN independent
political action it is necessary that they
have the assurance that national party
representing their views shall surely bt
in the field in 1892. The convention
should not have done more, and it could
not have done less. 1t neither dictates
nor suggests to the Alliance. 1t waits
the time that the Alliance has set to de
eide on what action is best for its mem
bers to take to enforce their demands
and then proposes in the event that po
itical action shall be eschewed, to EN-
bark in the new party.
The full effects of the action of this
great convention can only be recognized
as time shall unfold the political history
of the future. Its immediate effect must
be to strengthen and invigorate the re
form movement and to greatly benefit
the Alliance educational work. 1t is no
tice to the political bosses that the meth
DDS of the past will not longer be tolerat
ed, and that the party securing the sup
port of the great common people must
take sides upon the questions of land
transportation and finance, as pointed
out by The Economist two years ago. II
} the bosses are wise they will heed the
warning and recognize the fact that they
cannot by agitation and the flourish OF
the party whip, longer perpetuate the
reign of sectional hate to keep the peo
pie ia hostile camps on issues of the dead
past, while they are robbed by land mo
= nopoly, railway abuses, and financial
: manipulation. A perusal of the platform
; in view of the unanimity and readiness