Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-01
A NOTE OF WARNING.
Pause and Consider Well Before
an Attempt is Made to
Form a Third
Party.
To the Editor or the Ledger

weekly that hereafter portion of
the LEDGER would be devoted to
the interests of the Farmers & La
borers' Union, and this department
would be under the control of ]. n,
Cross; and as he has kindly asked
any member of the Union, or those
in sympathy with it, to contribute
to this department, / have a word
to say. Although | am not now
member of the organization, yet my
heart still beats in sympathy with
this great and just movement. l
left the organization, not because
failed to sympath.ze with it but
because the organization failed to
sympathlzs with me. Although
my voice may be hushed forever in
the lodge-room and conventions,
yet will ever be found ready with
my feeble pen, at any and all times,
to do what l can to down monopo-
lies, trusts and class legislation
and all who use their power tc rob
and oppress the laboring classes of
the land. AS l have said before
| am proud to know that l am
an American citizen. | am proud
indeed, to know that l NJ a citizen
oil the greatest nation On the habit
able globe; for it is beneath the
sunny skies of our own noble
America that each and every one
has perfect right to freely express
themselves in regard to social and
political affairs. And more: we
are at perfect liberty to worship
God according to the dictates of
our own minds. Bat. on the other
haLd, I am ashamed TO know that
| am a CITIZEN of a nation which
fosters monopolies and builds up
trusts on top Of trusts for the sole
purpose of -robbing the lahoring
classes of the land of their just
rights and their hard earnings, thus
enriching the few at the expense of
| The many.
MIR Eiitor, / know of nothing
more important f the members OF
the Farmers & Lsborers' Union to
discuss at present than this thing
called Third Partyism, therefore |
will give few of my feeble thoughts
ON this very important subject
| no'ice IN the Journal Of Aqfi
culture of late that the organization
is b=ing strongly u ged by many of
t its ablest and best members to form
a party within the organic ation;and
in fact. they have gone so far as to
call National convention to meet
in CINCINNATI, Ohio, for the pur-
pose of organizing and setting in
motion third party. 1t is class
legi gislation that has placed the
country in its present dreadful con-
tdition. Then let US forever con-
denim this sub Treasury Bill as
class legislation in its worst form
because we have been robbed by this
Internal class legislation. Does it
now seem just and right for us to
rob our neighbors in the same man
ner in order to get back that We
have lost? But this is not third
partyism. Turn back to the SUBJ
iect, | was somewhat amused at
a statement made by one of the
Mexico papers soon after the elec-
ton, in which it summed up Mr..
Norton's maj jority in the county
/ and district and found that he had
run far ahead of his ticket and stated
that this was due to Mr.. Norton's
own popularity. New,while | will
admit that MIR. Norton may be
quite popular in his district, yet L
must say that l believe that this
large increase in vote was not due
to Mr.. Norton's extreme populari-
ty, but owing to the fact, tina.
prior to the election, Mr.. Norton
was asked by the Farmers &
Laborers' Union that in the event
of his election what he would do
for poor depressed Agriculture and
he promised to do all in his pow er
to help them to legislate them
selves out of the wretched condi-
ton they are Eow in. So l say
then that this increase in vote came
out of the Farmers & Laborers'
Union; men without regard to par,
ty afliliation stood by the man and
the party who promised to stand
bv them. Now, members of the
Union, ask you in all cantor tc
lay your party prejudices aside
long enough to look at this third
partyism in its proper light
Did you not know that preju
dice was, perhaps, the greatest
: enemy that the human race evel
! had to contend with, both socially,
religiously and politically, Fol-
the time being, then. L would have
, YOU do as l once heard a proml
nent minister of the gospel say
while one of the members w*s
whipping the dogs out of th'
church, "When you come tt
church for Gods sake leave dog
and prejudice behind" Then
ask yon, if class legislation ha
=, laced the country in its presen
con ltlon, what party made thes'
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