The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-07-21

make no war upon any OF the leSlClnaUe
interests of our country and
Whereas, We were assured when We
entered the organization that no one
should be O~stracised for opinions sake,
and refused admittance into or turned
out Of the order on account of any be-
lief he might O4dOn political questions;
and
Whereas, We felt assured that this
organization would be directed and con
trOlled by farmers who were honest
men, and who would labor to unite the
farmers of our common country who
were divided, by the war; and
Whereas, We now find that the pur-
poses and objects of the order have
been defeated, and the organization de-
feated and turned from this original
purpose and intention in the following
manne and ways:
1. By violating the plainest principles
and declaration of our Constitution by
advocating and declaring in favor of
the Sub Treasury andlandl loan scheme
and governmental ownership of rail
roads.
2. By d%ebarring persons from mem
bership and office for opinions sake.
3. By puttingme e inimpOrtant offices
and keeping them there who are known
and have proven themselves to be dis
honest, mercenary and corrupt and
have continued them in such offices.
1. By falsely and maliciousIy de
nOuncing the just and honest chosen
representatives of the people who have
been elected to serve in public trust,
although the honesty and fidelity Of
such public servants have been proved
by long and faithful service.
). By trying to direct and turn the
organizations of the farmers and labor
ers of land from one of the greatest
curses of the age-the protective tariff
SyStem-and to commit them to the
national cares of class legislation.
E. The placing in the highest official
positions of our national and State
orders men who are not farmers, nor
have any interest in farming, but
whose only interest and ambition is to
keep the farmers in the depressed con-
ditiOn they are, to the end that
they may draw their salaries from
them, knowing that the depression of
the farming class is necessary to keep
up an organization of this character.
7. BY some Of the leading officers of
the order. both State and national,
cOnsOrting with the enemies of good
government, against the true interests
Of the people, and corrupt, by en-
deavOring, by dishonest methods, to
fasten upon the people the protective
tariff and railroad combination, two
of the evils that the Alliance was
created to put down and destroy.
s. By private individuals in the ALI
ance, through corrupt and meTcenary
motives, buying up the State and Ma
tiOnal official organs of our order.
thereby c~entraliZing the power of this
organization, and that of the millions
of farmers III it, for the purpose of the
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and political
ambition and corrupt ends of these
men.
g.. By changing our order from its
non partisan character into a partisan
body, by applying partisan political
tests to membership and OtfiCehOlding
in our order, and by declaring, in a
statute passed at Ocala, December.
1890, and proclamation of our National
President, that when the majority of
the National Alliance promulgated any
political principle or demand, that
every Alliancemen must subscribe to
and conform to such political principle.
Therefore, be it
ReSOiCed, That we denOunce the Sub
Treasury and land loan schemes, and
governmental ownership Of railroads.
as violations of the first principles of
good government, as paternal in their
character, as ~Centrallzlng in their ten
denotes, and if enacted into law, would
create such a horde of O~fficehOlders as
would fasten the clutches of the party
in power upon the Threats of the people
so strongly that the voices of honest,
patriotic citizens would no longer be
heard in the control of governmental
affairs. We further denOunce these
measures as being a violation of the
Constitution of our beloved order.
That we denOunCe G. w. Macune and
his corrupt methods, together with
the acts of his tools and henchmen, as
being a disgrace to the order and a
stencil in the nOstrils of all honest men.
who know of their corruption and vii
lainy, and thus point out to the order,
by continuing such men as this in
power, they are enabled, by betraying
us and our interests to most effectually
chain us to the juggernaut cars Of mo-
nOpOly.
The following resolutions were also
adopted IN open convention:
ReSOIUcd, That we most heartily en-
dOrse the purse of Hon. .. S. Hall,
President Of the State Alliance of Mis-
souri,, in refusing to concur in the
whitewash of G. w. Macune at Ocala,
and also in opposing the ~Sub-Treasury
scheme, and the Infamous efforts Of
said MaCune and his henchmen to use
u noble order for his own and his
servile allies, personal aggrandize-
ment. We earnestly pledge him our
support IN the noble and manly effort
to rid the order, both State and ma
tiOnal, of such men as Macune and
Dodge, who have attempted in this and
other States to sell dearest rights