Dodge City times., 1891-06-12

not by agitation and the flourish Of
the party whip longer perpetuate the
reign Of sectional hate to keep the peo-
pie in hostile camps on issues of the
dead past, while they are robbed by
land monopoly, railway abuses and
financial manipulation A perusal of
the platform, in view of the uDanilnity
and readiness with which it was adopt
ed, should convince even the politi-
clans that the people have aproper con-
ception of the evils of the present sys-
TEN of government, and propose to cor
rect them. There are, however, those
prominent In bossins both parties
who arc Interested In perpetual
ing these evils, who would lose
their occupation If they were cor.
rected, and as q consequence they
in their selfishncss would rather see
the party destroyed than to see it re-
formed. II such succeed in dominating
both parties. they will drive from their
ranks all true American citizens, leav-
ing only the boodlers to bemoan their
folly in the fall of 1892. The issue is
now fairly presented to every candid
friend of free institutions, to either re-
form his party or quit it and accept one
embodying the reforms calculated to
carry out the principles contemplated
by the trainers of the constitution. The
people will not longer submit to be
dominated by corrupt party bosses.
They are thinking for themselves.
The partisan press of the country has
advertised with big, black headlines and
numerous sub-heads the action of the
meeting as the birth of the new party,
but it is not 1t simply provided for cd
ucation on the Ocala platform, for CO.
operation with the conference to be
held in February, 1892, and, if ncccs-
sary, to call a convention to institute
the party in June, 1892. It is necessary
that this fact be recognized and en-
phasized, because the partisan press of
the south, where the conflict is now very
bitter. will tecm with falscbOOds about
the capture of tho alliance by lot of
sorchead politicians They will say
that a parcel of men afflicted with Office
itch, who had rode every reform move
ment to death for the last twenty years,
called the meeting for the purpose of
tacking the alliance tail on the kite of
their aspirations, and that all alliance
men who advocate the alliance plat
form of Ocala belong to a new political
party instituted in opposition to the
democratic party by disgruntlcd rcpub-
licans of the north for the purpose OF
securing negro supremacy in the south.
Page after page of such false and vile
rot as this will be dinned into the
unwilling ears of alliancemen of the
south in order to drive them from
the support of the sub-treasury plan
and kindred reform measures The
people care not that few professional
reformers participated in the call from
the Cincinnati meeting, since the meet
ing was attended by the rank and flo
and its action wise The very candor
of refOrmers is what makes them sub
ject to be SO often called cranky. They
advocate what they believe, whether
popular or not They arc often called
fools and cranks, but never insincerc;
and the sub-trcasury is the only meas
ure ever presented that could harmonizc
and convert all the cranlls in the cOun-
try Mt the first pass.
But the point to disarm the partisan
attack to be made In the south is, that
the Ocala platform still belongs to the
alliance, and the peoples party will not
appropriate it for political purposes
until the farmers shall fail to do SO in
February, 1892. Now, therefore, II the
democratic or the republican party. or
both, shall ti.,e an equally just position
on these questions, then the peoples
party will have to find q new reason for
launching on the political sea- Other
wise. those parties can have no claim
upon their members who believe in the
''ncw dispensation." They have plenty
of TING and an ample opportunity to
forestan it.-National Economist