The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
WIN. HARRISON RILEY.
AN OPEN LETTER TO ROGER Q.
MILLS.

AN OFEN LIZ lex TO ROGER Q.
MILLS.
Mr.. MILLS The Associate Press
dispatches of Nov. oath quote you as
saying in reply to query of reporter:
6 1t is idle to talk of the Sub Treasury
bill. The Democratic party, as long as
it exists, which will be as long as it is
true to strict constructiOnist ideas, will
not endorse such an unconstitutional
scheme"
Upon the supposition that the above
quotation is correct, we would respect
fully ask, why would it be idle to talk
of the ub-Treasuryl Is not a bill
which is the unanimous request of the
farmers, Knights of Labor and all other
productive elements of this country, of
any importance to the Democratic
party2" Or is the Democratic party
owned by the money power and to be
used to further the robber schemes of
Wall street, as it was during the Cleve-
land administration? With Grover
Cleveland and Daniel Manning doing
their best to assassinate the peoples
money? Never was there a more hui
initiating spectacle than that of Presi-
dent-eIeCt Cleveland while still Cover
nor of New York State writing letter
to A. j. Warner and other members of
the 48th Congress, in which he advo-
Gated the present suspension Of the
purchase and coinage of silver" All
this looked to the poor farmer and
other working slaves of the nation as
if the money power owned Grover
Cleveland and his Democratic party
You know yourself that your party
and the Republican party are both
owned, body and soul, by the money
power, and it does not make a particle
of difference which one is elected. The
money power wins and continues to get
all the cream, while the masses get
water and SKINNED milk. For proof,
see Cleveland and Dan Manning's finan-
cial course, and then watch Harrison,
Window & Co., aided by John Sher-
man, the Financial Weather Cock of
the 18th century.
Now I disagree with you as to the
length of time the Democratic party
will exist. It's existence will be very
short-livedsi If it leans upon such guides
as yourself, Senator Carlisle and other
constitutional exponents. There is
only one course left for the Democrats
and Republicans, and that is for the
mis-named statesmen in parties to form
little party of money robbers and
bloodlers, monopolies and trusts all by
yourselves and then whoop her up and
see which are the biggest thieves. You
are both working for the same boss
now, and you might as well come out
and do it openly, for the people have
found you out They have left your
old scuttled party-ship and boarded the
new party-ship-the constitutional
rights of the people to legislate for
themselves. This new ship will be
called the Alliance of all Producers. "
Did you ever hear of it? I suppose
you and Grover Cleveland thought it
was tariff reform that so efficiently
thrashed you out in November last.
Was it the tariff in South Carolina,
was it the tariff in Georgia, was it the
tariff in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and
other POINTS, Not much. 1t was the
universal demand for more money.
Money enough to enable producers to
live and pay their debts; money to re-
place that which your Democratic and
the Republican parties had stealthily
stolen from the masses for the past
twenty-six years, changing their con-
dition from one of prosperity and out
of debt, to one of poverty and total
loss of property, changing the condition
of the workingman from good wages
and comfort, to idlers, tramps and
paupers; changing the small business
men from prosperous conditions to
bankrupts, until the bankruptcies of
business men over so, 900 amounted to
the enormous sum of ca, ,151, ,794, ,429
four billion, one hundred and ffty-one