Dodge City times., 1891-06-19
THE FIGHT Is ON.
The Battle oe the People Against the Piu-
tOcr.cy-Bst Two Parties.

The Battle oe the People Against the Plu
tocr.cy-Bst Two Parties.
Nothing could so clearly demonstrat
the wisdom of the action at the recen
Cincinnati conference as the fact tha
the declaration of principles Their
agreed upon is enthusiastically In
dorsed by the leaders of the great in
dustrial organizations throughout tn,
country. Hon. John II. Powers. presi
dent of the National Farmers Alliance
was member of the platform com
mittee and ably assisted in shaping tn,
action of the convention. DIR. Macune
editor of the National Economist, tn.
official organ of the N. F. A. & /. U.
en!ogizcs the convention in the highes
terms, in an editorial. Grand Master
Workman Powderly. through ths
Journal of the Knights of Labor, in
dorscs the action of the convention, ant
is delighted with the platform In fac
there is not jar, not discord within
our ranks from one end of the country
to the other. Unity of purpose now
charactizes the movement from the
lakes to the gulf, and from the PotO
mac to the Golden Gate. Now. breth
ren, let there be no more halting. The
fight is on-the battle of the people
against the plutocracy. There are now
but two parties. the money power. in
whose behalf are arrayed all the mo.
nopOlies, beneficiaries of class laws,
corporations and plutocrats in the land;
and on the other the plain, resolutc,
long-suffering people. Thank heaven,
sectional hatred is thing of the past.
The era of fraternity and brotherhood
has ut last been ushered in, and it has
been ushered in to stay. There is no
longer any room for laggards or for the
faint-hearted. The watchwOrd is now:
Up and at them all along the line!
We are living in an era of anxious
thought and solicitude. Not a day
passes but men with serious. honest,
sunburnt faces ask us this question:
What are the farmers of the south go
ing to do-are they with us? Will they
join hands with the west in the great
work of rescuing this country?" These
and kindred inquiries are constantly
heard among our toilers, and they are
uppermost at every meeting among in
dustrial people. To these anxious and
earnest friends we say, dismiss your
fears. The industrial forces of the
south, the members of the Farmers Al
lance and Industrial Union are with You
to man. Their hearts beat in unison
with yours, and they are as true to the
grand cause in which you are engaged
as the needle to the pole. The grand
confederation of labor now includes
the toilers of every section and of every
state and territory, and they are unit
for the q. Louis, Ocala and Omaha de-
mands rs recommended Mt Cincinnati.
Both sections will stand like pillars of
granite against all who assail them,
and against all who seek to engender
sectional distrust and against all who
seek to thrust upon this country dcs-
potic force bills and kindred infamies
The hope of the plutocracy lies in
keeping the sections apart-in dividing
the great army of industrial cmancipa-
tion. But they will be mistaken. Mis-
sissippi and Georgia will vic with
Kansas and Nebraska, North Carolina
and Texas with Iowa and Minnesota,
in lifting the whole country upon a
plane of fraternity and progress which
the petty bloody shirt fingers have
never dreamed of and which they will
not even be able to enjoy unless speed
lily regenerated-
We say to the brethren in the north,
confide implicitly in your brethren in
the south. They will suffer martyr
dom before they will fOrsalke you; and
SO we say to the brethren in the south,
the great west is with you in love, fra
ternity and purpose. The storm center
is rapidly moving eastward and the
middle states and many of the eastern
States will be with us when the bugle
calls to battle.-Iowa Tribune.