The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-22
Mr. BANKS MIS- TAKE.
The People Begin to Speak Out--They
Say he is Absolutely "Eot in 1t"

! he People Begin to Speak Cut--They
Say he is Absolutely Not IN It"
R"soiutiuns of Deep Spring Alliance,
40. l9G. Of Jones county:
WIILEEAS. The Numbers Of Deep
Sp3ing Farmers A.i#Hce. No 1876, Of
; .;Ct4,7 LDuu;t. g. T.. i-"N@ I>3L win
feelings Of sorrow and amu2empHt, 4
letter over the signature Of J. t. 3 luks.
s., published III q late edition Of the
New ..erno ,J0uHGi in which the
writer, assuming 20 speak the senti-
ments OF the members Of the Farmers
Alliance Of } DncS county, seeks 10 dis
Darage the able. trusted and national
President Of our Order. Col. l.. L. Polk,
and also undertakes to say we as mem
beTs II the Farmers Alliance of Jones
c0'nty will vote if Cleveland is pre-
sentcd t. the people Of the United
States - a candidate for the presi
deuCy. We are sorry that the authC1
Of In@t letter, as q member OfIch |
organization, should entertai we are |
views rs he has expressed ,5rC8ume 10 |
amazed that he sh0Uthers without |
utter the opinions Ppr0val; therefore !
their authority C'COl. L. L. Polk, the !
Ep8Olred, Tdent Of the Farmers .
national Is placed iii the position he |
AiiIdpC the voluntary action Of our |
holGr and We regard any attack |
made upon him as a covert and coward !
Iv way of attacking the Farmers Alb. |
;tnce. its principles and its objects, ana |
we intend to stand by him ami to !
sustain him personally and officially as |
long a. h" IS true 10 our Order, It's |
principles and lis purposes, and we |
nave an abiUlUg taltb IN Col Polk and |
he has our full confidence ana esteem. !
That We will nO5, under any clrcum
$ -ances, SuppoGI Grover Cleveland tor
the Presidency or 70" any other office
III the gift Of the people, and we viii
not IN auy event support any other
man for any office in the gift Of the
peODle who holds the opinions he does
upon financial questions. These ques-
lions we consider paramount to all
others OF an earthly nature, and their
proper solution IS Of the deepest interest
to the agricultural classes Of the whole
country The Inconsistencies and alb
eurdties Of some men and things are
manifest in the pOsiti N Of the Demo
cratic party Of North Carolina as
avowed in their State platform up
Yards Of q year ago, and the aDtagOn-
ism thereto by Cleveland and other
pr0feFsed Democrats in the Eastern
States
2. Thtt the Farmers Alliance is a
non partisan organization, its members
are free and independent people, and
any attempt by any person, whether
member Of the Order or not, to m. Ike it
an adjunct to either Of the old political
parties, or TO commit it to the support
Of the candidates of either OF these old
parties, or to the support of any c"ndi-
date Of the money power IS IN vlO-
lation of the fundamental principles Of
the Alliance and deserves the seVerest
condemnation of our Order.
3 That when n member Of the Alll
ance loves either one Of these parties
more than he does the Alliance, he
ought TO quit the Alliance. No man
can serve two masters, and he that Is
not for US IS against us.
4 That we are advised to watch each
other and to watch ourselves. AS there
was one traitor among the twelve
Apostles, we may expect to find traitors
in our midst, but as Judas did not carry