Dodge City times., 1891-10-09
SHALL WE ACCEPT THE OF
FERED HAND?

G4S AA~AAs A>e
| From The Peoples Parry Paper.
Not to accept the offer of the West
to join hands IN new party upon the
Ocala platform, would be to spit in the
face of the cnly men who can ever give
us the help We must have if We are to
win the victory over the monopolies.
They made the offer in gooO faith,
and to prove it took Kansas out OF the
republican column of states. They did
this because they had faith that the
people of the South would break from
the democratic party and unite with
them in the burying of sectional ha-
treds, and the building of new party
upon principles Of strict justice to all
men of all sections.
They had reason to believe the South
would do this. They received encour-
agement to believe this from the ALI
ance leaders of the South. Such en-
couragement was given at the Ocala
meeting when the chairman Of the Ex
ecutive Board reported that the dele
gates from the West and Northwest
we're anxious to declare for independent
/ political action, and proposed that a
meeting of delegates. to come fresh
from the people, should be held Febru-
ary %, 1891, at which such action
should be considered, adding that if at
that time such delegates thought it wise
t. organize third party. there was no
reason why the South should not join
in.
This report Of the chairman of the
Executive Board, who was also chair
man Of the Legislative Committee, was
adopted on molten of Col. Livingston,
and so far as the published proceedings
show without dissenting vote.
The Western men had faith il the
men of the South. They understood
the meaning of the resolution to be that
the Southern states would fall iu line
for the party of the people just as soon
as word to that effect could be passed
around, and believing that, they of the
West acted. They called a meeting at
Cincinnati and endorsed the Ocala plat
form bodily, and got all things ready to
move solidly with the South in support
Of everything the Southern people ask
ed for, and the south ought to have re-
sponded at once and so helped our
Northern friends to win victories in
Kentucky, Ohio and Iowa this fall, and
we believe the voters Of Georgia would
have done it if they had not been held
back by their leaders. Some of those
leaders are now saying that they are 60
ing into the National democratic con
vention in 1892. Others say this or
that or the other which leaves the peo
pie in doubt as to what they do intend
and even induces the fear that they in
tend to see which is the biggest crowd
before they do anything.
The delegates to the State Alliance
wanted to declare for the Peoples par
ty but were fought of by the leaders.
They wanted to pass resolution that
their congressman should stand square
ly on the Ocala platform and vote for
no one for speaker who was not on that
platform, and we're fought of. They
want to send word to their Northern
brethren that they will surely be with
them in 1892. But they have not been
able to do 1t, until now. Now they can
do it through the Peoples Party Paper,
and We believe they will do it. Every
sub Alliance and every county Alliance
ought to do it. The time has come to
speak up and speak out. 50 that We
may be heard. The Constitution and
Journal assert in every issue ct their
papers that there is no Peoples party
sentiment in the south. They congrat
ulate Livingston on having announced
his allegiance to the democratic organi-
zation and he does not deny it though
no one knows certainly what he does
intend. And all this is sent out, cop
led by every Northern aud Western pa
per whether democratic or republican,
aud .ur friends of the West are discour-
aged, in doubt, and becoming suspic-
ious Of US of the South, and it is time
those Of us who mean to stand with
chem in the new party of the people
spoke up.
That is why this paper is being pub
lished. We intend that the men of the
West shall know that there are some
men in the South, and We believe a big
majority Of them who know their
friends when they see them and who
love principles of justice and equity
better than party name.
If you are such man or if your Al
lance is made up Of such men let it be
known. The nation waits upon the
men and women of Georgia, and As you
decide SO will the victory be-with the
party Of the people, BY the people, and
for the people, or with the old parties
of monopoly, by monopoly, and for mo-
nopoly.
We repeat it: The nation actually