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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
Party Representatives.

Voters stop for u few minutes in
vest,gation, and, compare the leaders
of the two old parties. On one side
you see lawyers, bank presidents and
corporation stock holders arrayed
against the industries Of the masses.
laborins with all their might and
main again give hose unprincipled
demogogues another ''chance' to
show their hogish greed for securing
control Of the laboring classes of
this country. While thus defending
the rights Of the plu:ocrats they are
being carefully cared for and all
expenses paid. They are not allowed
to loose any time, but are made
whole as it were. by Il staye from
one Of the barrels rolled out from
the headquarters Of the Demo Re-
publican party-Wall street. After
election time has gone, YOU will see
them all tearing their shirts to pieces
in trying to receive recoyination from
the '.pOwers that be- On the other
side you see offending the principles
of the Peoples party. laborins men,
who are not endowed with the powers
of elequant oratory, but who have in
tel!iyence enough to sec that the
masses are being oppressed by the
corporate power of this country and
have the patriatism and bravery to
s.an dap and proclaim to their fellow
citizens the wrongs that are being
imposed upon them.
In connection with the above facts,
regarding the old party, look over
the subsidized press of this country and
see the number of 2x4, narrow con
tracted sheets edited IN the L. $,
who are proclaimrng prosperity to the
voters of this country. When YOU
see such papers and men going over
the country proclaiminy in such clio
quent tones your prosperity, just re
quest them to step down from their
high perch and accompany yol into
the homes Of the laboring classes of
our cities, and over the mortgayel
farms of our country, and then. see
if the blush IF shame overspred thir
countenances. The beastly greed 70:
The filthy lucre of this earth has SO
hagdencd their hearts that the plead
ings Of millions of wretched slaves fol
| redress cannot reach them. Voters.
! are you still going to encourage such
ROBBERY in our midst? Are you going
to encourage the downfall of our Re
public by keeping the d. o. .p's. in
power. SaBE
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Let all those who are advocating
the principles of reform use every
opportunity in placing same before
the people and Of the Sth, of next
November their labor will I've amply
rewarded by seeing a grand reform
consu,ninated in the workings of our
government. The platform of the
Peoples parry is just anu right, and
is bound to win, regardless of the
beastly believing of the party organ
on the west side Ut the square, which
is conducted by the court house re-
gime with j. ". B:,rnes as rim =
master.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

While the farmers alliance and
every labor organization in this coun-
try, composed of white o. colored peo-
pie, were lighting the ''force h;lI' sol
idly and heroicalIy. Mr. Cleveland wa,
as dumb as an oyster, but when they
were aiding the Democrats with all
their power to secure the free coinage
Of silver and were on the eve of So
curing it, Mr. Cleveland wrote letters
and used all the influence at his com
mand to defeat it, aud succeeded
through the cowarlice of Democrats
in Congrcss.-Soutllern Mercury.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
All admit that there is no uifferenc

All admit that there is no difference
in the Democratic or Republican
parties OH the great financial anu
anti-mopopoly issues Of the present
campaign. Then why not give your
support to the Peoples party. Both
the old parties have had hand in
bringing the results that effect labor,
which allows privileged class to
live in luxury, while the masses work
from daylight until dawn in order to
sustain life. The large part of their
earnings 60 to keep the owners of
railroads and trusts stock in idleness.
A vote for either one of the old
parties will aid in keeping up this un-
fair situation.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
KANSAS REPUBLICANS.
They Guido Georgia Democrats Every
Time

Congressman Otis was engaged at
Princetnwn. Franklin county, last
Thursday evening. We say shame
on Kansas Republicans who will stoop
to such tricks.
Now, you g. o. p. fellows who nave
wept so over the Weaver episode il,
Georgia and claimed that Kansas
would not allow such trick, VIVA.
are you going to do about this
Why simply say it is ''standing up fo1
Kansas" Talk about the good aam,
of the state Bah! Free speech and
free tongue must be silanced hy stale.
eggs. Amt You desperate? You
trumped up charges to arrest oul
chairman. egg our members Of con
grrss and this in Kansas, the great
state where the fight began. Stand
up for Kansas and answer arsu-
ments with eggs Bah! voa make
decent mc.''sick bingham, Kansas.
Journal.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

There is Il strong intimation of 4
trade being made between candidates
on the Democratic and Republican
tickets
And yet this same sheet contains
the charge that The Peoples party
and Republicans have fused" Vo-
tiers, you need no further evidence of
the unscrupulous character of the man
who processes to run the Democrat
than his own statements. lie is like
his predecessors, Kirby and Moore
the ring touches the button and Bates
does the rest.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
For Governor.

For Governor.
SEvERETTE LEONARD, OF Saline county.
For Lieutenant Governor.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS. Of Polk county.
For Secretary of State.
DAVID Is PAGE. OF Jackson county.
For Auditor,
J. b. DIMES, of st. I.Su,s.
For Treasurer.
3. N. THOMPSON. of Bates county.
For Attorncy-Genera
ALFRED HARRIS, OF Douglas county.
For Railroad Commissioner,
JOHN O'HEAkN, Of ToXns county.
For Supreme Court Judges.
o. ID. JONES. OF Knox county,
c +. MOCE1ON, Clay county,
WIN. MONKS, OF Howell county.
For Judges of Courts Of Appeals.
Vest District-J. s. CROSBY. st. Joseph.
East ', -. Il. NFrt HE. OF st. Louis.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
For Congress-First District.
H. BRONSON, OF Lewis county

n. bkONSON. OF Lewis county,
For Representative,
JOSEPH MILLER, Of johnson township,
For County Jud9e-Eastern District.
W. f. ADAMS, OF Union township.
For County Judge-WesterM District.
INWARD BUTLER, Of Jefferson township.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
H. L. Cox, OF Memphis.
For Collector,
J. l.. TENANT, OF Je tfcrSOn township.
For Sheriff.
GRO. s. MONROE, OF JctferSoa township,
For Assessor.
FRANK X. EVANS, OF Sand Hill township,
For Public Admiuist ratcr,
A. w. MOUNT. of Vest township.
For Treasnrtr,
r. Fl. BENSON. OF Vest township.
For Surveyor,
Fl. W. SwANK, of Mt. Peasant township.
For Coroner,
DR.. J. GRABOwSKI, Of Unity.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
A man ought not to get drunk I'M

a man ought not to get drunk I'M
der any circumstances, but if he does
get drunk he has no right while in
thai condition to intrude himself up
on women and children. This is a
free country. If Col. Hatch wants to
get drunk he certninly has the right
to do SO, but when he comes to our fair
and gets drunk and then makes "A
public exhibitation of himself he ear
ries it too far. II yon have any re-
spect for your wives and daughters,
rcbuke this man at the polls.-Marion
County Herald, (Dem.)
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Isaac 1saacs, of Kansas city. form :
erly the president of the Republican
league Of this state, openly charges
Major VIM. Warner, Joqn W. Noble
and others Of violating the civil
service act. His charges will have
to be investigated and if proven true.
the parties will be guilty Of denial
otfense. So there is alikclyhood that
Warner will do service for the state,
but not as governor Missouri.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

The Lancaster Excelsior gave the
Democratic meeting held ut Kilwin-
ming, week before last, a big write
mp, but failed to say anything about
the drunken fights that occurred at
the time. 1t was question of too
much platform. Then the Excelsior
failed to state that large part Of
the crowd was brought from Lam
caster and Downing.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

As will be seen in another column.
the Republicans in Kansas threw rot
ton eggs at Congressman Otis, Peo-
pies party speaker, one day last week
The '.honors" are even between the
Democrats and Republicans. Shame
Oh such parties, who have no princi-
plies and must throw rotton eggs whel,
pinned down to facts. Shame ON lat
ter day Democracy and Republican,
i'm
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Look at the Democratic rotten
egg throwing in Georgia, and the Re
publican rotten egg throwing in
Kansas. Stand by your colors, Peo-
pies party voters, and down the com
mon enemy.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
Announcement,

We are authorized to annaune John
u. Smoot rs an independent candi
date for Judge of the LIST Judicial
Circuit, subject to the decision of the
voters at the polls.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Can the !abOrer or farmer be whip
ped into supporting either one of the
old parties when they know the
present condition of low wages have
been brought about through the
agencies of the Republican and Dem
cratic legislation.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Since the action of the Republicans
in supporting the Democratic tickets
in the southern states, it makes it
more apparent that the old parties
are together and are dong every
thing in their power to keep the
masses down and prevent any reform
in the financial system of the country.
1t becomes more evident that the
voters slo,ld line up and down the
Wall street tools.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

The Republicans, by importing
speakers of national reputation, hope
to aid the Democrats enough to carry
this county ut the election next
month Their object is apparent
to almos, everybody ard the scheme
will not work,
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
TO COnSumptiVeS.

The undersigned having been restored to
health Ivy simple means, after suffering for
several wears Wit: a severe lung affection, and
that d; cad disease Consumption, il anxious to
OF cure To those tho desire II. u" will chrti =
fully send fire" oi c'llrCe, Il copy of the PIE
scrii,tion used, which ihcv Will find n sure
c:lre tor Consul mption Asthma. tatnrrt,, !ilt,u-
ceiti> Gnd all thro.t ANA lung Mul;:t.!cs. Ne
hopes >!l sufferers will try his remedy. as i; Is
Invaluable Those desiring the prcscflpi ion.
which will cost them nothing, ANA may prove
II blessing. will f!c;isc address,
Rev. EDw ARD \. WILSON Rrut xiv New q, k
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
The Platform.
FIN ANCE.

First-Wc demand a.national.currcncy. safe.
sound and flexible, issued by the general gov
eminent only. fullslega1 tentlcr for ali debts
public and private; and that without the.use
of banking corporations II just, equitable and
efficient means of Observation-Disclosures to the
people ut a tax not to exceed ? per cent be pro-
vided, rs set fOt Pth in.thc b-tregsury plan of
the Farmers Alliancc, or some better system !;
also, by payments in discharge of its Obigu-
tions for public improvements.
We demund the free and unlimited cOinagc
Of silver.
We demand that the amour: of circulating
medium be speedily increased to not lcss han
Sd per capita.
we demand graduated income tax.
We believe tn 1t the money of the country
should be kept rs much as possible in the
hands of the people. and hence we demand all
national and state revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses of the government,
! economically and honestly administered.
Wo demand thnt postal savings banks be es-
tabished By the government for the safe de-
post of the earnings of the people and to
facilitate exchange:
LAND.
Spcond-Thc land iuclniing all the natural
resources of wealth Is The herit &c of ell the
people and should not bc monnUulizi.i inr
speculative purposes and alien ownership of
land should he prohibited. i ii land now held
by rni:rO,t'i> ana other corporations in excess
of their actual needs and all iands CIV nod
by aliens should bc reclaimed 10y the govern
mcnt and held for actual settlers only.
TRANSPORTATION
Third-';rnnSportationh being Il means Of OK
c',nngc and II pubic necessity. the government
should own aud operate the railroads in the
interests of the people.
The telegraph and telephone. lh" the post
Office system. being Il necessity for the trans
mission of news. should DC opened and opera
ted by the government. in the interest OF the
people.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

1t is amusing to see the Democrat
ic Louisville Courier Journal helping
to prove true Secretary Fosters lie,
that there are $3.50 per capita of
M ney in circulation. - Cincinnati
UcralI.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Twenty six days from t. day till
the election Of Grover Cleveland
Memphis Democrat. Twenty six
days more and We will witness the
defeat of Grover Cleveland and his
tariff for corruption gang, among
whom is the editor of that paper as
1t will become necessary for the ring
Of Memphis u import 4 new editor
in order to purely the political swil!
barrel on the west side.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

The question for voters to ask
themselves before depositnS their
ballot is will either one of the old
parties if successful help us to
increase our wages and provide Il
means Whereby We may clothe and
feed our families better?' The evil
dence in the case is that TIE con,il-
tons that have brought wages for
labor down to almost starvation
point has been brought about by
legislation ut which both old parties
have had Il hand.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

A vote for either one of the old
parties is to admit that wages and
the price of farm: produce is suffici-
emily high.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20
Peoples Party Ticket.

FOR PRESIDENT,
Gen. JAMES B. WEAVER, Of Iowa.
FOR VlCE.PRESIDENT,
Gen. JAMES 6. FIELD, Of Virginia.
PRESIDENTIAL Observation-Disclosures,
]. b. Fallctt. st. Louis.
g. ID. Fullerton, Nodaway county.
DISTRICT ELECTORS.
f.-Casper Miller. Schuyler county.
2-Wm. Quayle, Randolph.
an. e. Martin, Caldwell.
Al p. Stafford. AtchisOn.
S.-Benj. Elliott. Lafayette.
6-Lee ID. Eweing, johnson.
7.-JOseph Whitaker. Hickory.
e.-Z. Il. Ferguson. Morgan.
0.-RObcrt Cawt,,Orrl. Audrain.
b.-E. p. Gladwill. Tenth Dist tict. st. Louis.
M.-Jas. NJ. White. Eleventh District. ST
Louis.
I.-H. L. Rolf. St. Louis.
N.-H. J. Harrington, Texas.
Hilary Miller, Douglas.
2J.-ThOmas Z. Withers, Barry.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

A vote for the Republican or Dem
ocrats is vote for Wall street and
rust pools.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Stand by the only principles before
the voters-the Omaha platform.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-10-20

Rotten egg Democracy and Repub-
licanism.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-02
~IRRIGATIO LA Tvs.

Without doubt the most important
duty of the next legislature is the pass
age of a good irrigation law, and no law
can be a good law which Will not provide
for the construction of suitable canals
in the shortest possible space Of time.
Irrigation of the soil is aquestion which
affects every man in the state regardless
of occupation. Its application is freight
for the railroads, depositors for the
bank, customers for the store and eli
ents for the lawyer. 1t means popula-
ton, wealth, prosperity and business.
1t builds cities, supports manufactures,
endows education and extends religious
influence.
Irrigation in Montana is breath to it's
lungs and pulsations to its heart. The
trickling water baptizes seed for a sa-
cred mission to man. 1t is the choicest
gift of nature and the present prodigal-
ity of waste is an insult to Providence.
The water of every mountain stream,
when spread upon the fields, generates
grains Of gold on silver straw, and the
yield is perennial. Beneficial legislation
will be the fairy's wand which changes
the pumpkin into the gorgeous coach
and transforms the rags of the kitchen
maid into the jeweled robes Of the prin-
cess. No debt, howeyec great, will be a
burden if applied to conversion of the
valleys into fields of waving grain. If the
announcement were made that fifty mil
lions of dollars in gold dust was annu-
ally washed out of the state in the Mis-
souri, river there would be a simultane-
III rush of miners to it's most conve-
nient banks. Appliances of every kind,
however costly, would be provided and
no effort spared to reclaim the precious
sand. If necessary, the course of the
stream would be changed and h~erculean
labor devoted to the construction of an
other bed for the impeding flow.
Such is the fact. Fifty millions are
yearly lost to Montana in the water
that runs seward. That water, If prop
erly applied by irrigation to the soil,
would yield the full equivalent in value
of harvested crops, and yet the omission
excites scarcely a comment.
Mining is the single horse harnessed
to the pele and needing a working mate
in agriculture. Satisfactory progress
depends upon we'll balanced effort-one
industry supporting and assisting the
other.
We have the nigh" horse, o let us
catch the "off."
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-02

WITH much regret WI note this dis
lay of jealousy on the part Of the es-
teemed Spokesman:
Those Montana gentlemen who held up a
Great Northern train yesterday may DO all
tight, but they are not so enterprising as
the men in tho same business here in Wash
~ington. Our train robbers always do a
thorough job. They clean out the express
car and then they do their duty by the pas-
ssngers. 40 that nobody can complain of
being sighted. How Internally small a
man must feel when a train robber passes
him by as unworthy of noLice. Those Mon
tana robbers must have been shiftiess fell
lows. II is to be hoped they won't emi1rate
in this direction, and if they are wise they'll
stay In Montana.
1t should be remembered in this con-
nection that the Montana train robber
is q gentleman, yes sab, a gentleman. II
people do not car to do business with
him on this system they can go their
way without interference. We agree
with our contemporary that our
train robbers should stay at home, and
we would suggest Deer Lodge as a place
Of residence. If, however, they should
emigrate to Washington we would name
Port Orchard as a basis for operations.
Several Helena people would feel
sighted if that enterprlsing robbers
roost of q town was overlooked.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-02
PEOPLE WE READ ABOUT.

DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes suffers some-
what from asthma, and it is noticeable in
his voice. but otherwise he seems to DO in
excellent hsalth.
Gibson Clark. who has just been elected
an associate justice of the supreme court of
Wyoming, is a native of Milwood. w. Va,
and An e1 -confederate veteran. 90
The postmaster general of Norway has
ordered that after Jan. l. 1893. the bicycle
shall be used by all country postmen for
the delivery of mails whore the roads will
permit.
The duke of Cambridge has forbidden
profanity by the officers of the British army
when they are addressing the private SOL
dlers. 1t 10 in~eonysnieut, but the men like
the change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone are soon to erect
a solid alabaster tablet in Hawarden church
yard to the memory of their eldest son,
William Henry Gladstone. who died July
4, i 1891. at the age of 81 years.
Carl Schutz is sufficiently a philosopher
to think that if the senatorial lightning
does not strike him there will be enough of
him left over to be a constant reminder
that he cannot be overlooked when politics
is on the carpet.
John Q. A. Herring, of Philadelphia, has
Just completed his fortieth year of service
with the Adams Express company. He ia
manager of all the lines of the company
east of the Ohio to Jersey City, and has
charge of l 600 agencies.
The late Amos Shinkle, of Covington,
KY, gave 81. 000. 900 to various Methodist
churches in the course of his life, and was
for years a Sunday school teacher. The
estate he left is valued at So, 500. 600. He
had only one child, who survives him.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand, the heir
p.esumptive Of the Hapsburg throne. in
tends to start next month for a trip around
the world, which will last for a year. He
will visit all eastern courts and on his re-
turn will visit the Worlds fair Mt Chicago.
To a man who. as he imagined, had saved
his life in a railway accident, John Hauck,
q wealthy Cincinnati brewer, gave IS. 600.
This was followed by several other similar
gifts. until the family, finding his mind
was giving way, had him placed undsr re-
straint.
The Grand Duchess Nicholas Alexandra
witch, widow of the recently deceased
uncle of the car, is about to leave the con.
vent of Klef, where she has spent several
months, and take up her abode perman-
emily in Jerusalem with ten nuns whom she
will take with her.
Louis Coulon. a French sculptor, is said
to be the owner Of the longest beard in the
world. He can fold it like a plaid round
his arm, or twist it around his neck like q
lady's boa. Though gray, it is still grow
ing. and from present indications will soon
touch the ground.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-12-02
BOX d BUSINESS.
Very Curious Comment From a Mighty
Uncertain Source.
Annnnnda S4andara

Very Curious Comment From a Mighty
Uncertain Source.
Anaconda Standard.
One of the Standards correspondents
writes: Il do not pretend to guess what
your motive is in attacking the Box Elder
count but l can guess what your intention
is, and say that if you carry your point
you would prevent the lower house from or
ganizing as a democratic body, and as the
populists are certain to combine with the
republicans. you also would interfere with
the election of a democratic SENATOR"
If Hamilton, democrat, holds the seat for
which he has a certificate. the Flower
house." as our correspondent STYLES it,
would include twenty-seven democrats.
twenty-five republicans and three populists.
If the populists ARE certain to combine
with the republicans" as the Standards
correspondent asserts, the vote in the or
Ranization of the house will be twenty
seven for tho democrats and twenty-eight
for the combinatlon-assuming that Ham
ilton holds his seat during the preliminaries
incident to the organization of the house.
Thus it appears that, in any event, az far
as organizing the house is concerned, our
correspondent is careless in his conclusions.
1t is true, however, that on joint ballot
the democrats have a majority of one, if
Hamilton keeps his seat. That would mean
the election of a democrat to the office of
federal senator. Very we'll; the Standard
has said that on the face of the Box Elder
precinct returns Hamilton is a rank fraud,
That's what he is, senator or no senator.
We say again that there is, TO all appear
ance, a good deal of merit in Hamilton's
case, but there is no merit whatever in the
manner whereby he obtained his certificate,
That business was a clean steal-it WAS
carried out ty a traitorous republican who
IL Il fede al Office holder in the interest of
a prominent east side democrat who itches
for the Office of senator and who il con-
spicuous for the uniform dishonesty of his
political methods. Every citizen in Mon
tsna knows who these two men are.
As far as the function of the Choteau
county returning board ia concerned, it's
members might as we'll have awarded the
seat to some man in Mexico az to Hamil-