Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-05-13
A THIRD PARTY.
Tho Cincinnati Conference Should Not At
tempt to Organize One at This Juno
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Tn0 Cincinnati Conference Should Not At.
tempt to Organize One at This Juno
ture.
As the date on which the general as
sembly of labor organizations at Gin
cinnati draws near, viz, the 10th day
OF May, l think it proper from the num-
Der OF letters received, to give you my
views First, desire to say that the
alliance can never become a third party
and maintain it's organization.
One OF the first principles of our or
der is to labor for the education of the
masses in strictly non-partisan spirit
One OF the first provisions granted he
candidate seeking admission into our
order is that the pledge then to be
taken will not interfere with his DO
htical or religious views. Now, if the
alliance should send delegates to said
meeting it certainly would be viola
ton OF the first principles of our order,
and would surely do violence to our
cause.
Would it not be better to meet as a
class of Observation-Disclosures and announce
very plain, simple and brief platform
of principles that all could stand
upon? Issue brief, pointed, but man
ly address to the people of the United
States, and especially to all industrial
organizations, calling upon them to see
that they are fully represented, with
proper accredited delegates, in a great
national industrial conference, to be
held at-say Cincinnati, February 90,
1892. Then let us push the work of or
ganization and education, and by that
fho
they want, and the old political parties
will either concede the justice of our
demands and give us the legislation we
ask, or the people will come forward in
such unanimity and numbers as to COM
pletely overthrow the two old PARTIES
not as an alliance organization or any
other secret order, but as free born
people, knowing themselves to be the
sovereign of this commonwealth and
demanding their just rights under the
law.
For political move like the one
mentioned to be successful it must come
from the independent thinking element,
and not few political brokers who
have failed to get recognition in either
OF the old political parties. 1 myself
have no objection to third party
move, If it comes in the right way. But
let us be very careful in this matter, as
a mistake of this lind might at this
time prove fatal. Give us time to make
a great educational campaign, that the
people may become better educated as
to the wherefore and 'stice of our de-
mands, and also that we may know our
own strength. This seems the best
plan for many reasons.
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The question as to whether either of
the old parties will come to our relief
is now asked by thousands of oppressed
people Must we look for relief through
a third party? This matter will adjust
itself at the proper time. Our Fifty
second congress will meet this winter.
Quite number of them are on their
first term, coming fresh from among
the people and quite a number were
elected pledged to these platforms.
Now if they show any disposition to
stand by the people, the people will
ask no more. But if they stand by the
Shylocks, the people will rerudiate
them and stand together on thu plat
form of equal rights to all and special
favors to none.
THOMAS w. FORCE,
President Indiana State Alliance.