The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-14

NOW, OF course yOuF writer was NOR
ally certain of the truth in the case,
but IN Order tOmake assurance officially
sure, L stepped to the telephone and
called up State Headquarters of the
Farmers Alliance of Kansas. Here's
the result:
Hello, Mr.. State Secretary French!
How many Sub-Alliances have reported
their reputation of the organization
of the Peoples Party at CincinnatiI"
Hello, Mrs. Diggs! Is that you
asking such a question? What neck
Of the woods do you hail from?
Never you mind, Mr.. Secretary,
where I hail from. l want a straight
forward Alliance answer. No Repub-
Iican prevarication allowed. How
many Subs have repudiated?" Jolly
laugh through the telephone.
REALLY, now, if you are asking in
earnest I must tell you. Not one single
County or Sub-AIliance or any Alliance
meeting of any description has repudi-
ated the Cincinnati convention; on the
contrary, every gathering of our people
up to date has ratified it with a tremen-
dous hurrah."
"Well Mr.. Secretary, if you are too
stingy to give even one of your old
Sub-Alliances to the Republicans, can't
you give them the small comfort of a
few individual ~repudiators?"
Sorry for 'em, but I can't do it. 1
have yet to hear of any one who has
heard of anybody else who voted the
Peoples ticket last fall who is now
dissatisfied with the formation of the
National party. Furthermore, all the
authentic reports which come to the
State Headquarters show that
ranks are being constantly recruited
by newcomers"
Nearly two weeks ago a set of reso-
buttons, gotten up in fine shape with all
outer appearance of genuineness, repu-
dating Cincinnati, abandoning the
Third Party and returning to past
affiliations" appeared in the Topeka
Capital. Inside of twenty-four hours
it was ascertained that the whole ac-
count was a forgery, but nOtwithstand-
ing the ascertained falsehOod, the resO-
IutiOnS continue the rounds of the
newspapers. The spurious resolutions
were sent out by the Associated press
at Topeka, but the correction was not
deemed a matter of sufficient import
ance to make an item. All during the
campaign this same Republican paper
conducted the fight with just such
weapons, using any sort Of false and
vicious fake material and refusing the
telegraph wires to send the truth fol
lowing on after the falsehOOd. But
in this last instance so much pressure
was brought to bear by decent, truth
loving Republicans that a correction
was made in the columns of the paper,
though not by telegraph as the false
hood was sent.
1t was supposed by the Republican
party managers last fall that if the peo-
pie of Kansas could be made to believe
that the Alliance scheme was a "rebel
scheme" that they would be frightened
away from it. Hence the "rebel
brigadier" was paraded constantly,
and in order to make him out the
very wickedest kind of a brigadier
they forged an infamous tale about
President L. L. Polk, charging him
with numbering wounded Union sol
diers. Every Republican editor in the
State was frightened into a teeth-chat-
tering condition over this awful story.
But it was proven over and over again
that the SCarecrOW was gotten up for
the occasion. The farmers know scare
crow tricks themselves, so that one
fell fiat. a coincidence more or less
interesting is found in the fact that the
Colonel Polk forgery and this last reso-
luton forgery emanated from thesame
locality. Another coincidence will
follow by way Of result.
AS evidence that the old party papers
are not one bit afraid of the situation,
it will be noticed how panic stricken
they were when facing a prospective
State election this fall.
President Harrison proposed to place
our chief justice on the Spanish court
of claims. The CONSERVATION was
comical. The telegraph wires between
Topeka and Washington were kept
hot.
President Harrison sUccumbed to the
pathos and the tragedyo of the.sitnation,
and we were not bereft of our State
official. Saved by telegraph! Bless
ings on Morse!
Meanwhile the Alliance looked cheer