The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-07
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with Congressman Oates, of Alabama.
His ]utterances, in some respects. were
startling. By all who do not realize
the situation, these utterances, are re
garded as rash, premature and i'll
conceived. But there may be method
in his madness" 1t will be remembered
that about me year ago Mr.. Oates
came out and attacked the SublTreaS-
ury bill. He denounced it as an UNI
constitutional measure. Men who
knew his record on government loans,
were astOunded that he should con
denim the measure on the ground that
the government could not loan
money" for hehad not only voted for it
butmadeaspetch in which he defended
it in advocating the loan to the New
Orleans Exposition. He was followed
every weekly some other Democratic
Congressman in the same strain-One
and only one, each week until the list
was exhausted. Some Alliancemcn be
lieved and charged that Chis smooth
coincidence was due to a prearranged
plan. 1t was denied, but it is now
generally understood that such was
the case. and that Mr.. Oates was to fire
the signal gun.
In Alliance circles it is now under
stood that leading politicians have
recently held two conferences in New
York City to determine on the plan of
battle against the Alliance. 1t is also
understood that they did arrange and
fix the plan. y charge all along the
lines is to be made on the Alliance of
the SOuth-the attack is to be vigOr-
us and strong enough to force them to
make a break for the Peoples Party.
Then the cry of ''niggcr supremacy"
is to ring lOul and long and rally a
sufficient number Of the demOralized
and confused ''hayseeders' to the
Democratic banner to save and main
tain it's supremacy in the South. This,
it is confidently believed, can be done.
Then the Alliance of the Northwest is
to be tainted with the treachery of
Southern Alliancemen, until enraged
and Infatuated, they viii swear eternal
separation from them. And thus we
are to be torn asunder and destroyed.
This is a desperate and wicked game,
and THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER will be
abused from one end Of the land to the
other for ''giving it away" but it is
well enough to keep the people in
formed as to the wicked devices which
are designed to ensnare them.
Now in view of this condition of
things and in the light Of his record on
the Sub-Treasury plan, it may be that
the utterances of Congressman Oates
were not so premature or ilI-conceived
after all. What is his plan? We gave
it to Jul readers last week, but it will
bear repeating and it is worth preserv-
ing. He says for the Democratic party
eve have got to fight the Alliance
right out with all our might or they
will get the best of us Gin the South"
x x * The lines must be drawn
sharply and at once. x x = what
we must do is to organize against the
Alliance and beat it out of existence >
"In every Democratic convention
for 1t IS IN these conventions that the
Alliance seeks to get cOntrOl-a resOlu-
ton should be offered cOndemning the
Sub-TreaSury scheme as uncOnStitu-
tiOnal and undemOcratic. If this resO-
luton IS voted down the convention is
an Alliance and not a Democratic CON
ventiOn and the Democrats should re-
tire II hold a convention elsewhere.
This plan Of separating the Democrats
from the Farmers Alliance should be
followed in every State in the South"
We had thought that the class of
LEADERS" to which Mr.. Oates belongs
claimed that they are opposed to the
Third party" and yet here is an open
and deliberate proposition for these
LEADERS" and their fellow-Demo-
Gratis 0-JcferSOnian Democrats @ to
bolt conventions whenever they are
outvoted by their brother Alliance
Democrats, and start q third party.
They are to fight us with all their
might and beat us out of existence
And for what? Simply and only for
the reason that we have asked and de
manded that the robbers shall take