Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-24

would destroy all hope of future success,
and in which our humiliation would be COM
plete and final. but if we should be success
ful in such chance REORGANIZATION the
chances are against Us, our condition would
be little if any better-we would sacrifice
our pride Of Observation-Disclosures from our
high and
NOBLE PURPOSES.
and TO awake to z realization of the fact
that our noble organization had sunk 10 the
level Of q political party TO be held together
by the disDenSaJiou of political lUaySs and
fishes. and is useless for reform Is the old
parties now are, furnishing 4 third feast Tor
political vultures. from which patriots and
honest reformers would turn in shame ard
disgust The Alliance method promises
better results, and it is a method that IS
equally applicable to Democratic Texas Or
Republican Kansas method that recog-
nizes the fact that political parties are COM
posed of the people-eQually honest on
either side, and that political parties should
be controlled in the interest of the people,
and method that expressly excludes that
appeal to passion which blinds the under
standing to the Importance and the accept
ance of truth. But let US see ii it Is practi-
cable TO secure Alliance demands through
the use Of
EXISTING PARTY MACHINERY.
Both OF the old parties have party ma
chinery, and at the bottom of this party
machinery is the primary, club or township
meeting. When the people Democrats
and Republicans), can make declaration
OF principles and elect delegates to
advocate and support this declaration OF
principles in the county convention, which,
too, makes 4 declaration Of principles. and
elects delegates to advocate its declaration
OF principles in the state convention, which
in turn makes 4 declaration Of principles
and elects delegates to advocate and sup
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national convention, which prCclalmS
through its platform the principles which
are to guide the party administration of
the national government. Now Is there
anything impracticable in all VINO favor
Alliance demands-and Alliance demands
by their fairness and hberality make
direct appeal for the support OF all good
men, whether they are
ELIGIBLE TO MEMBERSHIP
in the order or not. is there anything i'm
practicable in all who favor these demands.
taking possession of this party machinery
and running it in the interest of Alliance
demandSs 1t only requires that a majority
shall have been educated to support these
demands and until we can get the support
of such educated majority there can be no
reforms of permanance or value. We are
now laboring IN EOn-partisan spirit to
bring existing political parties to the sup
port of Alliance demands. and the fact that
the support of these demands affords both
! encouragement and warming, encourages us
us 10 nope that enough of
BOTH THE OLD PARTIES
can be brought TO the support of these de-
mands to insure their success. The rank
and file of both the old parties are honest.
They have only been misled by the party
leaders and party press. They can and viii
be brought to see that their best interests
will be subserved by the success of Alliance
demands.
South Carolina passed through a very
trying political ordeal last year III her state
elections. The exciting issue was based on
the necessity of reforms in the policy of the
state government. uIhe reformers went into
the Democratic primaries and political
clubs, as we have suggested, for securing
the success of Alliance demands, and Sc
cured the nomination of a ticket pledged TO
the reforms demanded. This led TO
Democratic bolt, and an effort at fusion by
the boilers with the coIored Republicans of
that state, who compose 4 majority of the
voters of the state We think we do not
claim too much when we claim that but for
The existence of the organization known as
the
FARMERS ALLIANCE,
white and colored, the dangers OF that or
deal would have been increased Thousand
fold.
I'VE have alluded to the South Carolina
ordeal for two purposes-first, TO illustrate
the possibilities for accomplishment by
honest. earnest work in the primaries or
political clubs. God helps those who help
themselves. The great mass of the voters
of the United States. Democratic and Re
publican can but help themselves by in
telhgent and earnest work in their party
primaries, or political clubs.
Alliance members, or those who favor
Alliance demands, who fail to do their duty
at their party primaries or political clubs
fail in the discharge of their duty al the
most important point. Idle sentiment will
never win in contest with organized
moneyed monopoly. We want no duty
political work. Our demands are depend
ent on
REASON AND RIGHT.
for this support. Our order calls no one
into the support of its demands, every
member of the order possesses intact his
religious and political freedom, hence the
greater necessity that every man who
favors Alliance demands should give their
earnest and active support. The fact that
the Alliance. white and colOred. saved the
state Of South Carolina from the horrors of
bitter race conflict should teach Us the
necessity and importance of cultiyating the
closest possible fraternal relations With our
BRETHREN OF THE COLORED ALLIANCE.
They stand with US III the support of ALI
ance demands. and should receive from US
all possible aid and encouragement The
interests of the races are identical, and we
should by fair treatment of our cOlored
brethren, bring from out OF sight all politi-
cal race antagonisms.
That there was no race conflict in South
Carolina last year was due to the Alliance
bond of brotherhood, which was too strong
and too serviceable to both races to be
broken or disturbed by the political up
heaval, and to-day the two races in that
state stand nearer together in sympathy
and interest than they have ever done be-
fore.
CONVENTION IN go.
''There is to be convention composed of
representatives from all the reform organi-
cations which is TO meet at place to be
designated by the executive board the 22d
day of February, 1892 when the demands
of each organization will receive careful
consideration and at which it is hoped that
all those organizations may agree upon n
point, set of demands and also upon the
wisest method of enforcement of these de-
mand5.
1T may be useless to speculate
so far in advance of the meeting of
that convention what will be its actions
The demands of all the separate organiZa-
lions must as far as possible be brought
into harmony and agreement, then the
question of
INDEPENDENT POLITICAL ACTION,
or action through the use OF existing politi-
cal machinery can only be passed upon con-
ditionally, dependent upon what will De the
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