Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-05-12
WHY STAND STILL,

Pertinently Asks the Alliance Ia,
Editor Mississippi Leader. ""ers.
Our State President NJ.
in his address to the AlliaDoo 'allison
to stand still" As one VIII teiis us
ious for information, I ask n : anH-
should stand still, if we wor,s ny We
by what we have been taught pf o
leaders have formulated demond our
impressed the necessity Of nn,. and
upon them, but as soon as tho@ "'ing
least some of them. find that ~ ~ VI az
unit on them, and are ready ~ ~ area
forward and intend to abidS ~ ~ move
they call halt. Is it becanso y ehem,
a violation of the Alliance const Hiey see
In our making an effort To So, ~
evils OF class legislation that tboIp ene
been 50 industrious!v educot;n1y nave
on : No, Mr.. Editor, they canpot 10 p up
a violation of any of the Alliance paSw
ciples, but they do see if the trno pm pm
cy OF the Alliance is carried ont II pVll'
attempt to enforce our demanSs ~ an
it inevitably leads from modern d.u enat
racy, and their partisanism Is 60 ' Inv,
they tell us to ''stand still /" ~ ''rohg
But the history of the orcan;,o.;.
SHOWS that great many leaders have
come to the front, got at the head 80
the advancing columns, and even d;d
efficient work for awhile, but Gnu ru
cherished partisan hobby would boc oOrne
endangered and then they fell bv y tIe
wayside or were set down upon by tb bo
Alliance. Then the plutocratic nr rne
would make a hero or martyr as M
case may be, of such one. wbila Az
Alliance, as a body, has brayelv apS
successfully moved on as thougb moth
ing had happened. But since We how
been taught by our leaders the canso
of the discrimination against tbelabor
ing people by the lawmakers Of onr
government-bOth Republicans and
Democrats why was the necessity ~
uniting upon these demands so i'm.
pressed upon us if the intention was
not to enforce them Do they ses
any hope for any reform in the Demo.
cratic party while it clings to the Fast
and allows Wall street to dictate the
policy of the party? We Alliancemen
see no hope except for the South and
West to form a political union and take
the control of the government from
the hands of the Eastern States The
interests of the South and West are
J the same, politically and financially.
and our oppression comes from the
same source; we realize further that
the Democratic bosses are as bitter
} against our demands as the Republi.
cans have ever been, What can we ex-
pect in the future from the Democratic
party when we see the silver cailaee
: bill defeated in the House of Repre-
sentativeS with a Democratic majority
of 148 and the Peoples party congress
men and a few Western Republicans
voting with them?
, Again, have we not as much right to
cast our vote for the man or party that
promises to help us ont of trouble as
have any other class to east their votes
to stand by our demands the cry goes
: out ''the Alliance has gone into poll
tics !" l deny the oft repeated charge
that the Alliance has gone into politics
, but will emphatically assert that poll,
tics has gone into the Alliance and
gone there to stay.
What argument does our worthy
State President produce i'll behalf Of
modern Democracy? Can he show
any difference between the Eastern
and even some of the socalled South
ern Democrats, and the Republicans
on the question of finance? Why send
us to school. educate US and then try
to keep us from taking advantage OF
opportunities that present themselves
, to us It would have been much easier
to make us ''stand still" if we had mol
been trained. than it will be since we
realize the cause OF our trouble.
What brought the Alliance into ex-
. istence {? Was it not political oppres-
sion That being the case, no one can
Justly claim but that that is its princl'
pal mission, l. e. to combat that oppFes'
sion can see no cause FOR ooSCruc.'
ing the progress of the farmer IN hiS
effort to obtain relief unless 1t be pima
partisanism or mercenary motive ~
long as the Alliance man went on 4, ana
did not question the right OF wan
street to dictate Democratic poilcy anu
voted for some office-seeker that caFeu
moro for spoils of office than ne dlaIuI
his peoples interest, there was not t tm:
continual slur thrown out, the AM
ance has gone into politics" On! NJ,
he was very good Alliance man - ~
long as he followed mutely on ana vo.,
ed to please somebody else; but now a.
soon as he proposes to work and t o'ons
for principles the cry increases "g gtan
into politics" Well, yes, Mr. halIo,
gone into politics, if it pieases OF i 1Of
| the demagogue and partisan ana
make no mistake, in the near IHta
we will make it lively for some po ,t tba
bosses. We would gladly acce lsor or
reforms asked for through the agenU Us
of the Democratic party, but aias th mt
have stood still too long hoping ' tpS
Congress would see the needs 81 r ms
people and come to their rellei, p ,Uou M
could not get what little 6en sc S S;Ivar
have come to us through free , sils'1
coinage, .''the dollar of the aae eo1Ioy
So / saw in conclusion to my lea
farmers. move on, stand by our delii'i'
and vote for them like true men, vv
DISGUISED WITH THE OLD PAhi