The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-06-01
BROKEN PROMISES.
Have the Alliance Politicians Been
Able to Fulfill Their Promises
Have not the People Been Disnp-
nnfs,fofI
DOinted /?


Have not the People Been Disnp-
pointed?
The Alliance Itself went back on its
corner stone and chief pillar-"equal rights
to all and special privileges 10 none'-when
It excluded tho members OF the educated pnr-
suits from its ranks. Nearly every man VINO
had any money or education was eNciuoeo III
words.
Having excluded from their confidence
nearly all men prominent for their expert
ence, their education, ana their proven per-
Sonai worth. they sought new anu lneAPerl-
enced leaders, and. although these Leaders
were perfectly honest and sincere In the be-
liei that they could adVantageously lead tne
people into new and untried fields, the result
has been most disastrous 10 the contdlDg
people, who contributed so much of thelr
money, who yielded so much OF thelr SaIu-
able:time, and who so blindly and SO 1mpllclt
Some of the facts which resulted from this
organization have already gone into history |:
l. The organization Of the Alliance COST
money in dues and incidental expenses 10
private members who had nothing 10 gain In
the casting down OF one man ana VINO hau
nothing for which they could reasonably ior
In the raising up OF another.
2. The lecturers that have trampoosed over
the country, did so, for large fees which were
collected from the pockets of the many;
>. The advise in reference TO the holding OF
cotton has cost the South millions OF doIlars.
1. The Alliance warehouses have cost large
sums of money, which, In some instances
were paid by men who could Ill afford 70 In
vest the money.
many planters to expense of storage, insur-
ance md advances, with no other result thhn
being forced 10 sell at greatly reduced prices;
6. The holding Of our cotton was ADVISED
by Grand Lecturer Terrell alta time when 1t
Is reasonable to believe that the farmers OF
his own State, Texns, were hurrying their
cotton to market.
7. The misleading statements whlcn MT.
Hats md 9th iun made
allegation that the United States Govern
ment had built warehouses for tue liquor dls-
LIileries, and therefore should build ware
houses for The cotton, corn, rice, potatoes
hay, and other farm products. The official
statement IL now made thnt the government
has never built a warehouse for anybody.
s. The Inconsistency of trying TO destroy
The National Banks. and at the same time
calling on members of the Alliance 70 estno-
lish Farmers Banks. The Farmers Banks
have been established at personal lnconVenl-
ence to many of the stock khoders. we atLacn
no blame to any one for leading the farmers
into such a scheme, rs the leaders were no
doubt honest. We are only recording iacis.
0. The Democratic Alliance politicians
promised to reduce taxation. slight rednc-
lion was made in the levy This year An In
creased Appropriation was made and Il Dig
deficiency will hereafter appear. Ihe State
and county deficiencies Will nave 10 oe mel,
when the levy will probably he increased 10
higher figure than IT has been since 1876.
The propositon for the General Govern
ment TO take charge of the Railroads, would
be an act of Capitalization: and surrender
Of some OF our State rights. We would then
have no more control of The Railroads than
we now have of The malls, ana Repnbllcans
would fill every position. We would be de-
prircd of oil taxation from inns immense
propcrty, ana would be forced to incur Ma
tional debt OF gigantic proportions, 10 pay
the interest Of which would be burden as
long AZ we live. The interest on the debt
which we would bave to pay would certainly
m e.
SUPPOSE then, instead Of receiving annually
- quarter of million dollars we had TO pay
Quarter Of q million. The citizen cannot sue
the Government, and therefore ne couiu not
sue for damage which he might sustain from
the railroads. The Government ight not
he willing to pay for broken limbs and crush
ed heads.
The demand for the free and unlimited coin
age of silver Is n subject oi which nine-tenth
OF those who clamor for 1t, Know literally
nothing. and this editor may certainly be In
cuded in the list OF the nnc.tenthS, but rea-
soning from common sense and Justice, II
seems wrong To give the miner a coined dol.
lar for 20 cents worth OF bulli lf the Gov
crnment buys the bullion aud casts 1t into
dollars, under the present law, the Govern
ment makes the difference between the price
Of the bullion and the dollar AS well ask
the Government to gin and pack our cotton
free Of cost, as to east the miners seventy
cents worth silver bullion into money ana
stamp IL Il dollar.
We believe. with the exception OF the boy:
cot OF the jute bagsing, the leaders have led
the Alliance to defeat.
They stated that the per capita Of circua-
lion was very small amount, when the Of
fetal figures show that We have q much
larger amount In circulation than they rep
resented II TO be.
In almost every other instance, their state
ments of facts have been either erroneous or
else the conclusion of iacts which they drew
from actual facts, were misleading ana con-
trary TO the lncts as they really existed.
They claimed that the government had
built warehouses tor the distillerlcs and there
fore should build warehouses for the farmers.
The official StatementiS nude that the Gov
ernment has built no warehouse for anybody.
They claimed that the Government WAS
| not only corrupt but eXtravagant, and that II
they were put into power they would. to n
great extent, relieve the country OF their bur-
dens. The result has been that, AZ far as we
know, the Alliancemen, when In office, have
been either unwilling or unable 10 accom-
pish any notable good. If they have done
any ything. except to draw the salaries we are
not aware OF the fact.
| TO hold their cotton. The resu II was that
the southern planters lost anywhere from
Sl00OO.N0O TO S2DC000O0 on the crop of 1890.
They advised the building Of warehouses
| In which TO store their cotton. The ware
house builders and the cotton storers can tell
| how they come out.
They preached from every stump the idea
| that the town people were arrayed againstthe
country people, thus covering mp their own
Intentions OF exciting the country people
against the town people.
| They even pretended that opposition 10
| their false and misleading doctrines was
warfare against the farmer.
Their speakers at various times riuiculed
the Idea OF farmers giving closer attention to
/ their farms. az means OF bringing prosper
! ity, and in>inuaied that such advice had been
given by others with view Of directing al
tentlon from official SINS