The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-10-15
The AlliaucH l.eadarS.

1ue dfHleIS A1lElllce ana us ma
tional officers have again been ami
hilated. This has been done with
almost tiresome frequency of late, but
somehow the alliance seems to need 2
heap of killing and the national OIL
GERS appear to have more than the nine
lives of the traditional cat. Scarcely
has the type been distributed which
announced with 'scare head" its
death and interment in the Associated
Press dispatches of yesterday. when it
is again needed to tell n listening world
day the alliance has died in the throes
of internecine strife in Kansas. then it
dies again because of family quarrels
i'll Texas; again it is repudiated to
death by a bakers dozen of political
farmers at some ont of the way party
caucus, and now it has been smitten
by the mighty jaw of Congressman
Tillman Of South Carolina. Tie alli
anca will please take notice that this
time it is dead indeed-desd beyond
| the hope of resurrection. South Caro-
lina's terrible congressman must not
| be Knocked by the victims of his e2ter
making laughing stock of him. HAY
| ing disposed of the alliance, Mr.. Till
man turned upon the leaders of the
alliance, and, if the Associated Press
dispatch is to be believed, ':made the
most scathing attack upon them that
has yet been made in public" We
suspect the telegraph editors or the
con positors have been taking liberties
with the dispatch. The word ''scath-
ing" probably read ''scurrilous" orig
! lnally. At any rate scurrilous would
be the more fitting word. Mr.. Tillman
is not 4 master of invective, bat he
does the best he can. He does not
know the difference between invcctive
and clapperclawine, between strong
language and bad language and so
when he possibly only intends to he
severe be becomes foul-mouthed.
| Whether this is the fault of natural
| depravitv, evil training, defective edu-
cation or questionable associations. the
failing is unfortunate and makes it I'M
desirable that he should speak much
III public, lest the moral tone of his
audiences should be lowered. When
Mr.. Tillman calls men like MIR. Polk.
Mr. Macune Mr.. Terrell and Mr.. Wad-
dell "a sorry lot" he does not injure
them, but merely advertises his own
lack of sense and inherent untruthful-
ness; and when speaking OF Mr.. Mac
une he says that "Gol Almighty
stamped villain on his face" he simply
raises doubts in the minds of such as
have seen Mr.. Macune of his assall.
ants sanity or sohriety: and when he
says that he thinks Mr.. Macune ''took
pay from the republican party" he
says what none but hardened and
utterly shameless falsifier would be
base enough to say. Mr.. Tillman may
fiatter himself that attacks such as his
| will injure the leaders of the alliance.
but he overestimates the potency OF
his weapon. Only once in all history
do we read of any damage being done
by jaw-bone of his particular pat
tern, and it required Samson to WELD
it then. In the meantime we congrat-
ulate the alliance leaders on being
complimented by the dislike of the
haser sort of politicians. *, of l..
journal.
The educated yoemanry of America
are banding themselves together as nc
people ever did since the dawn of his.
tory and with a determination that
smokes of victory. The organizations
are known by legion of names but
they all stand upon one platform,
which consists of only few planks,
but they are broad and based upon
principles of justice to all men. Dis.
honesty and oppression must stand
aside Or be crushed. The people hold
the right of-way.-Wahoo (Neb.) New
Era.