Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-10-14
HuRRAH FOR CALIFORNIA.

l ''-ss OhhtNtrSa
The First State to Lead Out In the Inn
pending Stampede For the Peoples
To the Farmers Alliance and Industrial I'm.
ion. Greeting:
Tnere has lately been a call Issued for thu
meetIng OF convention of all the Industrial
organizations of this state In the citv n, =.
Angeles on the 22d of October 1907 II .b..
cali you are invited to send deleg ties ,o ,,s.
sist IN the organizations of the peooi.,s
pmrty IN the state of California but as Won
a.. nov ,o "hen you joined the alliance you
were ieie lree TO act as best suited your pub-
nc ana private interests In all poIiticaI mat.
.eIs' ana you are now free to accent or reteot
TINS invitation, yet your presence at tbis
meeting Is OF such Importance that I deem
II my duty to urge you to accent ana send
delegates to that convention N
chouid you refuse to accept this invita,io,
WIS convention would undoubtedly Drove a
comparative failure. This whole moyemens
depends much upon the spirit in which 90,
receive this invitation while the ,ar,,, 10, yVu
ne organized with or without onr assIstanca
"ouIu oe much stronger should we come
70 tne 'front.' may be blamed bv some oF
ou[ ineinoers Tor the part have taken in
SEEING the organization of the naonla,s
party IN this state, and thus kaenin,, :. 80
iaiiih2 INTO the hands of our enemies bu,
nave no apologies to offer for my conrs.
"neh ms oaby was born at Cincinnati he
was RACED in the hands of Mr. Di,Io, ~
|
MIN quiet ever since the 18th OF last M,g ~,
ne mas grown so fast under our watchfni
, 1aie .nae we cannot keep him Quiet anv
.oseI. ms screech has become louder than
Ihat OF the American eagle and he bas s,ro,
so unruly that his cradle VII ~ 80 = =
.oiu MIN Nhen he was bora he wore aI,.1,,.
NO. Ho eowhide boots and his kicks ho,, -
1oIhe SO strong that nothing will hold hin,
longer. We, the committee desire 60 -.
him over to this convention W turn
Ihere Is no doubt that there will no -.
A.rehe partlsans in the alliance who min
NOT approve OF this course. bur I fsaI ..n.
ars, - ea' neart OF the industrial classes will
approve The partisan democrat will 60.
BE careful and do not drag the aii,sy oy'
INTO politics; work and vote. for the darno1
cratic party and all VIII be we'll" The ,1an
.lsan republican will say my friend ra.
member that the alliance Ia sfrIotI,, 80
partisan; you must keep out of nolJtics 90,
continue to vote the republican ticka, -
"hen ehey appeal to you In this ,non,
you snould answer them I'm the Iangnagaot
ne. sne olu granger In Kansas; "a plague on
poth your houses; how can vote and 49,,
you out OF politics? guess shan 80. ~
'ne party that adopts my principles into Ire
piatIorm" Now was not that a sansihia
Inlng 10 dor Will you continue to fail int
80 VIII your enemies and assist the par
ties whose leaders are willing to assassIpat.
our national officers? But some IviII -
we do not go into the ne,
party we will hold the balance q,
po"er ana thus get our demands"
1t Is true that We will hoid .H,
balance of power between the old ,ea.,,+-' mo
nut as tney both denounce our demands rva
snould have the privilege of choosIny he
tween TWO OF our enemies We would No.
g gS' the reiier demanded in that wev
Inen others may say: aWe can -.
into the primaries and controI 80 50
conventions and nominate our friends % \.
would require majority of botb tha oId
L. .. 70 oo TINS and IL we could carry but
ne, ,nst.H sneS ~ouid hold the balance of power
instead OF US. They would be likely to ,oIr,
tneir forces against u.s. as thew are ,o1 a.
ing lh Soutn Carolina and Kansas But ann
pose we could control the prfmaries and
nominate our friends? Would we NOT i'm Tho.
case be strong enough to walk aIonea So
pose in 1892 there be IL 600 O1o votaa - ~.
president, IL We remain in the old nartIe.
we would have to cast q ooo 600
Votes 20 control their nominations. when
s. we eouIo win alone with little over 200 600
win three tickets in the field thus saving
I'SOO,OOO votes by independent aetIon
speak OF these matters so You NAV be abIa
20 answer the arguments of tba axtra.
PartIsans In the alliance 1 believe there is
no way to enforce our demands but to oo 20
the ballot box with a ticket sala.tad -
ourselves. Should you accept this fnvita.
tion and send delegates it would he we'll 70
instruct your delegates to the state alliance
70 act 1or you Make an estimate under the
cali how many you would be entItIad 20
ana give proxies to the state delauataa for
the full representation from your countv
one Ior cach sub. with twenty i've membars
or loss. ana one additional for eaoh twenty
nve members or fraction thereof
Select good, level headed men and ,vor.
60 represent you, who will not become s.rat
tied" under the intense excitement .t.ard
ing such large body of delegates. and he
~ o~eI.all that they are true to our cause and
cannot be switched off on side issues.
Do you bellve I'm the Justice Of or a.
mandsE Do you believe we can get than
through the old parties? Leading noIIticien.
OF 1he ola parties may tell you that they Will
s,ans All our demands except the money
plank TO grant that would unset The
whole banking system of the countrv and
unsettle all values 1t would destrov the
banks and array the whole money power ~
the world against us and create widespread
confusion during the change from the nres-
emit system" o Pes
lt would no doubt cate some confusion
Ihe great moneyed monstrosity will NO.
loosen its grip upon the Industrial eIement
wIIn0ut struggle But you must remem.
psr that tnis movement is q gigantic wava
OF the industrial classes to better their con-
oiIion, ana it means reform or revolution
A revolution upon such basis would be
most dangerous to the progress and ciyiliza
sion OF this age, and therefore must be
avoided by a resort to the ballot box II ia
not in the power of any man or set of 1oen
10 stop this tidal wave. We should thera-
fore, direct its course. The people have con
ndence In the conservatism OF the Farrner.s
Alliance. and IL we do duty at this time
blessings and prosperity to eOOOO.Ool OF
Americans will crown our efforts. Now. in
conclusion, my brethren, If you believe our
demands are tust-If you believe we can in
force them at the ballot box-send d. Ierates
to this convention. And should we be beaten
In this battle of the ballots, In the language
OF great Caesar's ghost, "We'iI meet again at
PhillippL"
MARION CANNON, State President
Ventura, Sept. 8, 1891