Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-10-28
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

I'm 1892 you will find that the race
is not to the towns or the battle to the
politicians.
The campaign in Ohio is getting
red hot The peoples party will make
a good showing on election day.
One of the last and most brilliant
accessions to the alliance is that of
Prof. Garfield. formerly of the Kansas
state university.
The money value of silver dollar
Is 100 cents, the commercial or intrinsic
value rs cents, the fat value % cents
Pittsburgh Kansan.
Democratic candidates for presi.
dent are as thick as leaves in Valam-
brosa- The alliance candidate for pres
ident is letting the Office seek him.
The citizens alliance is growing
very fast in Georgia. A splendid lodge
has been organized in Athens Keep
up the good work.-Southern Alliance
Farmer
The money value of gold dollar
is 100 cents, the commercial or intrinsic
value 97 cents, SO that there is three
cents fiat value even in the gold COIN
Pittsburgh Kansan.
u. s. Hall, of Missouri, succeeded
in erecting a monument over his
political grave at St Louis. In this he
did grand work for the alliance In
dependent American
The silver dollar is the only uni of
our monetary system that has never
fnctuated since the formation of the
government Yet some people call sil-
yer debased currency.
Society can only be improved by
the fearless courage of those who dare
to express their honest opinions
liberty possessed by but few individ-
uals among the million of laboring
men in this country.-Journal of
Knights of Labor.
Malicious attacks by the opposition
will solidify the organized producers Of
the nation. The party lash, negro
supremacy and the war issue are hang
ing on the edge of oblivion The alli-
ance will sever the thread, now almost
extint, and the work will be complete
Missouri World
Money is the overshadowing aues-
ton in all business vocations. Why do
the leaders of the two old parties seek
to relegate it to the rear when the cleo
ton of our lawmakers draws near?
The substitution of the tariff scarecrow
has been worked until it has lost its
power to intimidate even the weak
kneed. Missouri World.
The independent party of South
Dakota has nominated w. n. Smith,
OF Minnehaha county, as a candidate
for the vacant seat in congress- The
the appointment of non-partisan COM
mission to adjust the details of the
tariff; the most sensible, if not the only
feasible proposition yet made to settle
that hoary conundrum. - National
Economist
We have two parties in this coun-
try, and what are they? They have
been going down, down, until they
have almost reached the lower depths
f'hey represent two colossal organic
appetites, thirsty for spoils" They
are like wild beasts trying to devour
each other. The American people are
honest, intelligent and energetic. The
men who make the laws for them do
not represent them. Conkling.
If we had railroads belonging to
the people the fruit-growers in Della
ware and Kansas would not be feeding
peaches to the hogs, nor would the
farmers of many states in the west use
thousands of bushels of corn for fuel,
while in our large industrial cities of
the east men, women and children are
starving. The peoples ownership of
the roads would bring producer and
consumer together at cost.-Journal of
Knights of Labor.
AT Ocala the supreme council de-
cided that at our next annual meeting
the supreme council would arrange for
national conference to be held on the
23d day of February, 1892, when it
would be decided what political action
we would take, if any. Until then the
true alliancemen are expected to stand
firmly by the Ocala demands This is
the only true and consistent position
for alliancemen. This they are doing
and this they will do. They know that
their demands are just and right and
they will stand by them.-Raleigh IN.
c. Progressive Farmer.
We frequently hear men proclaim
that they are as good alliancemen as
anyone, but do not indorse the Ocala
sense, we would ask, what other essen
tials constitute an allianceman except
a belief in the fundamental principles
of our organization? You must take |
its platform or reject the alliance. One |
is part and parcel of the other. You
had as well proclaim that you are a |
democrat but believe in the repub-
ican platform Such declaration is |
not only inconsistency, but hypocrisy.
Southern Alliance farmer.
The sub-treasury is intended to |
place sufficient money in the hands of |
the people to do the business of the |
country without the annual congestion
of money that throws the whole bust. |
ness interest in a condition which |
necessitates loss, and also to reduce the |
interest of money. Besides, it would |
give stability to prices and prevent |
syndicates from depreciating farm prod.
ucts, buying them, and robbing the |
consumer, by placing a heavy per cent |
upon them in order to assure millions |
to the syndicate at the loss and damage
to the whole country. - Alliance
Herald.
Had the alliance been content to
just simply meet and resolve in favor
of such and such measures being en-
acted into law without carrying its ap-
peal to the ballot box. it would have
escaped the attacks of the political
"bosses" who manipulate nominations
and measures for which they are paid
by corporations out of their Legislative
funds" These fellows know with the
advent to power by the great plain peo-
pie that they are out of job. Turn
the rascals out and put men who are in
sympathy and who viii work for the
interests of those whose servant he il
in the legislative halls of the country.
Missouri World.