The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-01-27
SENATOR GORDON AND r,,n
ALLIANCE.


A Journal reporter caught him
the wing as it were and asked him ~ n
he was willing to make public his -
tentions in reference to ioinino -.
Farmers Alliance.
The General promptly replied:
Certainly. have not the sliobt
est objection to making known NV IN
tentions on this or any other subiact
matter of any public importance Nv
interest"
He was asked then, "Do you intend
to join the Al p
Yes, l shall join the Alliance h.
replied. Gas often stated in nv onT
lie speeches during the campsigD
which has just ended, 1 am and bsya
long been in fullest sympathy with
the great oSjects for which tho
Farmers Alliance was organized
namely, equal righss to all and special
privileges to none-3n abundant sun
ply of currency under improved sys.
TENS that shall make that currencv
available to the producers and masse.
at less cosS or interest and so managed
that at the sesso of gathering and
marketing the great crops OF the
country the supply shall be increased
in proportion to the increased demand
created at these seasons. That is to
say l am in favor Of some system that
shall make the currency elastic in
character and adequate in volume at
all seasons To nee the special exigen.
cies of those seasons"
Show would you accomplish this
end 2"
"To answer That question will re.
quire a very long discussion, altogether
out of place in such q talk as his, but
l will say generally that l am not par.
ticularly welded to any plan, and as
have said in my speeches before the
Senatorial election, | repeat now that
l shall favor that plan which the com.
bined wisdom OF the friends of fnsn.
cial reform may agree upon as most
practica ole and effec i've. You will
remember that | have steadfastly
maintained that the wise course is for
all the friends of financial reform to
co operate tor the general result and
agitate until the whole country is
aroused, and then after the victory is
won, to counsel together ard agree
upon the plans.
cit is easy enough to find the way,
when we have men enough who have
the will to accomplish the result. Of
course there are some policies Of a
general character that all or nearly all
Democrats are agreed upon.
"Such for instance as low tariff,
free coinage of silver, supervision over
trans por5ation, e2Onom-c admin strs.
ton, both State and Federal, opposi.
ton to ali class legislation or sectional
agitation, and a large increase in the
circulating medium.
" In reference to this last item |
will add that as the government OF The
United States assumes the sole pre-.
rogative of furnishing money for the
country, it is bound by every consid.
GRAFTON of justice, of good conscience
and OF wise policy to supply the PEG.
pie with all the currency necessary for
conducting all business without in.
v~olving the country in these period.
cal seasons OF financial stringency and
without inficting such periods of de
preston on the productive energies Of
the masses"
X y X
"Have you heard that some Of
your Alliance friends are talking Of
you in connection with the presidency
of the State Alliance 2"
eyes, l have been approached on
the subject; but l wish to say most
positively and with emphasis hat |
would not accept that or any Office in
the Alliance, so long as l had any po'
litical Office or am a candidate for
political position. l agree most fully
with Colonel L. l. Polk in the opinion
that the off cers of the Alliance ought
to be ineligible to political Office and
freed from the temptation to use the
order for personal ends so long as
they hold positions of trust and In
fuence in the brotherhood. So far as
1 am concerned, as long as l am in
political if9 l shall labor as a laymsn
in the ranks Tor Alliance principles
and Democratic unity, as l have in the
past, and do all in my power in and
out of Congress to carry to success
the legit mate reforms at which the
brotherhood aims"
Whatever influence l shall be able
to WELD will be exerted in the direc.
ton of conservative counseis and
harmony inside the order, but fox q
vigorous and aggressive policy
against sectional agitation and class
legislation, which have proven SO hurt
full to the farming interests in the
most -