The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-12-03
LECTURE TO HIS BRETHREN OF
THE ALLIANCE.

scientious men went from Kansas to
that conference, it is also true that
every crank, shyster, socialist, anarch.
list and repudiator in Kansas land there
were many of the three first-named
classes) that had joined the peoples
party or alliance, also went to Gin
cin6ati.
Was that meeting a "conference?' ~
was that a serious discussion OF the
principles of the st. Louis platform
from a national standpoint? Did it
not more closely approximate wild
mob than a gathering of intellectual
men for serious matter? Did not the
mass of the Kansas delegation go there
with a "whoop and hurrah' for the in
slant creation and organization OF a
new party? And as matter OF fact did
not Kansas cast majority 1T the votes
cast upon that question? 1 SO under
stand it. Had their action, however,
been based upon the Est. Louis agree.
ment," it might have been we'll. But
the serpent was there to beguile. 1t
was at Ocala, and even that intelligent
assembly was beguiled into the adop.
ton of the wild, visionary, impractical
bic and ruinous schemes of what is
known as the sub. treasury, it being Dr..
Macune's bantling, which was viola
ton BY the alliance OF the st. Louis
agreement. The Cincinnati conference
assumed to bring this new party into
being at once, at the. demand of these
Kansas cranks, with few others from
Indiana, Minnesota and other states,
and they, too, beguiled' by this same
serpent, and drunk on a wild, political
excitement, endorsed this sub-treasury
scheme, and came home shouting it as
the sheet anchor of all their hopes.
Right there commenced the Iliad OF
our party's woes. Remember that at
this time the Farmers Mutual Benefit
citizens alliance, Knights
of Labor, colored citizens alliance or
the grange had not adopted the sub
treasury scheme. As soon as this con-
ference launched the party in this way
upon the country, and even before
Messrs PETER, Simpson, Mrs. Lease,
Prof. Vincent, notably, and others, con-
ceived the idea that they were specially
called, not by any regular constituted
but evidently prompted by
misconception of their ability and
urged by their innate egotism and self
to go forth as missionaries to
carry glad tidings ito the people,"
de.iverance through SANDER,
reputation, socialism and disgusting
nonsense. 1t was mercenary mission,
for there we're ducats behind it.
They went forth, as it we're, on the
wings of the wind, to New York
they we're brave bearded Wall
street in It's own den. Then to Geor-
gia: away to Ohio and Indiana; then
to Texas and back to Kentucky, and
so on.
Kansas, their own home; Kansas,
that made them all they are-that gave
them all they have, was slandered and
traduced until calamity" hung like
pail over her beautiful prairies, and
she became sneer and by word.
This earthly paradise was by her own
some of them honored with
seats in the councils of the patton
stripped of all her "bright
robes OF glory" They few from state
to state; like bosom of destruction, to
bring disgrace upon Kansas, the
''queen of the west" and to make the
world believe she was only q charac-
terless harlot. THE cannot be gain
sayed.
Senator PETER said in Cooper insti-
tute, New York: ''One- half the homes
in this country are mortgaged for
more than they are worth. If the
whole state of Kansas was put up at
auction at thirty days notice, it would
not bring enough to pay her indebted
ness"
Jerry Simpson said in New York
that "Kansas property would not sell
Tor enough to pa, The debts of the peo-
ple." PETER said in speeches in Texas
ard Kentucky Tor was SO reported and
never denied that 100000 homes in
the United States we're mortgaged."
And DR.. McCune, editor of the Econ.
omist, catching the scent of this "calam-
ity howl" published to the world:
1.-THE people of Kansas owe on mort
cages, bills of sale, deeds of trust, ETC.,
S464, 100000. The facts are" said he,
kansas is bankrupt and her people
ruined"
All the smaller fry. Tray, Blanch and
reiterated these abominable
falsehoods all over the land until the
credit OF our people was ruined. An
o.her representative of this insane
howl, Mr.. Clover, congress-
man, and vice president of the national
alliance, disgraced himself by writing
to the Travellers Insurance company of
Hartford, Conn, who hold mortgage
on HE farm upon which several INSTALL
ments of interest are due: II don't
expect to ever have to pay your mort
legislature will relieve me
of it."
Senator PETER should have known
that there were but IL, 500, 900 homes
in the United States and that the records
showed that only $500, 900 we're mort
gagged at all
Simpson and PETER should both have