Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10
WEDN ESDAY FEBRUARY


dreary years that farmers and laborers
north and south in body were sup
porting the old parties with despairing
persistence.
mans belief is no test of his
character A mans profession fre-
quently conflicts with his practices. A
rascal may loudly assert his allegiance
to the Ocala platform and an honest
man dispute its main principle. What
is the Ocala platform? What is the
Omaha platform2 What is the Cincin-
natl platform, but protests against the
evils resulting from the legislative and
administrative work of the two old
parties? Had either of these parties
sincerely and seriously opposed the
legislation that produced the conditions
which the alliance opposes, there
would never have been a necessity for
| the existence of the alliance. Neither
of the two old parties admit the
| necessity for the reforms favored by
the alliance. Neither of them have
anything but ridicule aud hate for the
alliance. Both of them are wasting
their time fencing for political capital
Neither of them seriously, oppose mo-
nopoly. And the big lie lders of each
are the hired attorneys of the money
power.
Tell us the difference between Brice
and Sherman. between Allison and
Hearst, between Tom Scott and Chaun-
cey Depew. What difference does it
make to the farmer and laborer
whether the presiding officer of con-
gress is Gar Reed, hard money, pro-
tectionist republican, or Crisp. hard
money, protectionist democrat, a
henchman of the Union Pacific railroad
backed by that cesspool of political
corruption, Tammany hall? We object
to so-called alliance leaders palming
off the election of such man as an al
lance victory. We object to these So
called leaders trying to hold the reform
forces in line for the democratic party
with leadership that necessitates
labelling to distinguish them from the
republicans.
At Cincinnati last Nav there were
men opposing the formation of third
party, but who were true reformers
and stepped into line when the ma
iority declared for politicsi independ-
epca. There -sere others there oppos-
ing the third party, and they are still
opposing it with more bitterness than
ever. They are using the same argu-
mentS and the same tactics to delay
the movement, as those employed by
the old parties.
There are alliance leaders in the
south who are making the big mistake
of supposing that they can whip the
northern alliance people into the sup
port of the democratic party. We give
them fair warning that they will not
succeed. All through the south are
consistent alliance men earnestly work
ing for reform. Down in Georgia {
large number of county alliances by
resolutions are upholding the hands O
gallant Tom Watson and denouncine
Livingstoners is an Inspiration t.
read the peoples party paper of At
-ianta, Ga, and know that the farmers
of that state agree with u.s.
This is no time for faltering. This i
no time to follow the leadership of
. coterie of am mbitious politicians Thi
Is no time to allow the shaping of ou
policy by men who have escaped tn
, spite and abuse of both old parties b.
falling into the ranks of one or th
other of them.
We walk up and down the streets o
this great city and see everywhere tn
! evidence of dire poverty. We pass
coal cellar every morning, and Sc,
women with white, pinched faces order
ing bucketful of coal. We see swarm
, Of little children, with haunted, hungr,
looks, crowds of idle men with despai
t written on their faces, and everywher
, young girls plying the awful trade O
} prostitution We pick up the grea
: dailies and read of business failur,
after failure. We read the glaring
. ! headlines, giving accounts of vice
? crime, suicide in awful procession. w,
r open our exchanges and read the mort
f gage foreclosures, telling of poverty
and distress amongst the farmers. AnC
2 when we read these things, or when W.
a see them with the naked eye, we fee
2 that there is no time for delay and w
2 refuse to follow men, call them ALI
e ance leaders or what you will, who
; are trying to procrastinate this move
b ment or steer us into the ranks of par
h ties whose leaders are living in luxurl
e on wealth sucked from the worlds un
d fortunates. Cincinnati Herald.