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St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05
NAME AND SAILOR.
THE HORSE BOLTED.

once over course.
Wind east by south; very light.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-05
OF A Personal TINGE.
Random Talks With Distinguished
Casual Visitors.

Senator Judson La Moure. of Penn
bina, n. D., came to the city yesterday
and registered at the Merchants. He
saws that the North Dakota delegates
will support Blaine, and thus carry out
the wishes of the people and the legis-
lature. which in special session passed a
resolution Friday indorSing Blaine and
requesting the delegates TO vote for his
Nomination.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23

GenSlueuS rdulhuL Win nope, cOnnQ0nb Oh
speedy victory for our principles and the
cause prospered as never before.
All, HA, NO POLITICS.
The FIRST sign Of new obstacle ap-
peared when Alabama spoke, or tried to
speak, in August, and her voice was, by
fraud unparalleled, stifled and perverted.
This did not discourage us. The fraud
was so apparent that we knew itmust be
right0d. But when Arkansas, followed
by Florida and Georgia Georgia our
banner Stronghold) showed that race
prejudice and sectional feeling were still
the most potent factors at the ballot
box, it means that it will require much
more earnest, patient, self-sacrificing
work to dislodge the professional politi-
clans and demagogues from their strong
hold.
The recent elections all over the south
show that fewer men are elected lndors-
ing our principles than we're elected two
years ago. Is this because retormers
have not had the courage to vote their
convictions, or plutocracy, realizing it's
danger, used greater effort and more
means to combine all anti-reform ele-
ments against us; and, further, to per-
vert the ballot by the many sharp prac-
tices known to politicisnsp Be this as
it may, the west and northwest have
made great progress, while the south ap-
psrently has not. These sections must
stand together.
Education or devotion to our princi-
Piles will be useless unless those princi-
pies can be recorded in the ballot box
and counted as recorded. The Alliance
has been great educational factor in
promulgating the demands of organized
labor, in uniting labor in the field, shop
and mine, in wiping out sectional lines
and removing prejudice. We must now
devote our energies to the solution Of
the new problem, which retards further
progress. 1t cannot be CLOSED over. It
cannot be explained away.
The difficulty is local, confined to GER
tain portions Of the south. In my judg-
ment it must be solved from within. It
cannot be from without. The north and
west must learn the truth, that they may
not be altogether discouraged in the
conflict. We are paying the penalty for
mistakes Of the past. The first, being
that of human slavery, for which the
north as well as the south is responsible
and for which all have paid the terrible
penalty inflicted by the civil war. It
was hoped by many that for that fearful
sacri6clRl atonement Of blood and wealth
thirty years ago, the penalty had been
paid, but it has proven to be only the
beginning. The civil war, the outcome
OF the agitation to prevent the extension
Of slavery, abolished chattel slavery Of
the negro, and in doing so permitted the
money power Of Europe to fssten upon
US their financial policy of controlling
labor by controlling money, which in the
end, if continued, will make the condi-
tion Of so-cslled free labor, white and
black, infinitely worse than that Of
chattel slavery.
The second mistake was in enfranchis-
ing the ex-slave without an educational
preparation fitting them for an inteli-
gent participation in the duties Of citi-
zenship. Those living in the north can
have but q faint conception of the trials
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL.
(ConEsnaIed from page ~

ples tor record with absolute faith that
y they will be counted as cast. Without
this the franchise is a mockery, and our
system Of government sham.
The spirit OF unrest abroad to-day may
by such means be suppress q
smothered for time--it will not be
palliated or eradicated. 1t must have
vent. The longer it is suppressed, the
mSae violent will be the explosion when
it does come. The duty Of every patriotic
American citizen, every lover Of our
country, every true man and woman in
our nation is to investigate well the
causes Of the present unrest. If found to
be without just foundation, point out the
fallacy. If the claims Of organized labor
can be proven unjust, no class will repu-
diate them more quickly than the farm
err, the acknowledged great conservative
class Of the nation.
Temporary defeat will not solve the
problem or stop the agitation. These
questions cannot be side-tracked by ridl-
Cule We believe in our demands as
devoutlY as any Christian man or woman
believes in his or her Bible. The elo-
quence Of an Ingersoll surchsrged with
ridicule aimed at the sacred volume will
not cause devout Christian to lose faith |
in single verse Of that grand old book;
no more will the eloquence OF all the sar-
castle orators of the nation, aiGed in
ridicule at our demands, cause the true
Alliance man to waver in his faith in and
devotion to the grandest platform Of
political principles ever enuncisted by
any body Of men.
NO BAND-wAGON POLITICS.
Organized labor has arrived at these
conclusions after many years Of careful,
patient investigation and study. If
changed, it must be by the same meth
DDS. We must press forward on the
lines of justice, equality and truth. The
great need of the time is honest, manly,
courageous men-honest in seeking the
truth, unbiased by partisanship or preju-
dice; manly enough to proclaim it re-
gardless Of surroundings or past party
affiliations; courageous enough to record
it at the ballot box, though voting alone.
So-called practical politics" or "banG-
wagon practice" can have no place in the
Alliance. Our duty is to vote our prin- |
ciples regardless Of the result. Anything |
issued officially, assumed or otherwise,
contrary to this, is in violation Of the |
grand, high and noble teachings Of our
order.
I concede the right of every member
Of the order to work and vote for the
political party Of his choice. concede
his right to choose between the Alliance
and political party. ] believed to be the
duty Of every true Alliance man to advo-
cate and support our demands as in his
Judgment seems best. As an officer Of
the Alliance, he can do so officially, con-
sistently, but / deny his right to use his |
official position to push the interests Of a |
political party that has not adopted our
demands, or, worse than that, Sighting |
them. The non-partisan feature OF our
order has given rise to much miSunder-
standing Of just what we mean, and
clear definition Of the term would be
advisable at this time. In connection
herewith it would be we'll, and would
recommend that you seriously consider
whether it would not be wise to make
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23
A REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN CRY.

Here another grave mistake was made
that comes in now to check further
progress in the emancipation Of labor,
and from which we must suffer, north
as well as south. / mean the suppress
sion Of free ballot and fair count, and
which is now turned on our friends in
the south. This must make reform by
the ballot exceedingly slow in the states
where the negro vote is an important
factor. Having secured control Of the
government in all the ex-slave states,
the white citizens began the discussion
OF the economic problems pressing for
solution and were paving the way for
new alignment Of political parties on
live national issues, when the republican
party made grave mistake IN trying to
correct from without that which can
only be corrected from within by the
passage Of what will pass into history as
the "force BILL" giving the plutocratic
machine another chance to renew it's
lease Of power by appealing to the fears
of white people Of negro supremacy and
federal interference, and repetition of
the reconstruction period, and an excuse
to count out the white mans ballot as
well as the black. In this the demo-
cratic party are making their great mis-
take Our white brethren in the south
will not long stand being counted out.
No political party can hope to continue
in power in a free republic on such
foundation. In this connection there is
one thought wish to press earnestly
on the minds Of our southern brethren.
The machine element of the demo
cratic party appealed to you to put aside
the discussion Of economic questions and
to give united white vote to prevent
the enactment of the force bill, etc.
They lost sight ofsprlnciples and appealed
to fear, prejudice and passion. You
fought for principles. You claim, and
believe justly, that majority of the
white men in the south believe in our
principles. Once more many of you put
aside your principles of reform and voted
with the minority anti-reform element.
The proposition now is, shall you, the
majority, ask them to sacrifice their
prejudices and vote your principles, or
will you continue sacrificing your princl-
pies and voting their prejudices? Have
you not done that long enough? The
Overwhelming defeat, almost annihila-
tion, Of the party threatening the force
bill should now remove it (the force bilD
as factor from the political arena. Our
surely can no longer make it
do duty to keep them in power.
The second factor used in the south
to prevent our friends voting our princi-
pies was to cry out against every pro-
posed reform that it was simply q
scheme to disrupt the demo-
cratic party, etc.; but our friends in the
south must know that they tried to work
the same scheme in the west, except that
it was democratic scheme to disrupt
the republican party. However, in the
west and northwest we not only held our
own, but more than doubled our strength.
The only thing that prevented great
victory for our principles in the west
was the failure OF the south to respond
with evidence OF equal devotion to the
cause Of reform. When we can assure
our friends in the west that the south
will be able 10 bYeak down the harr,ara
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-11-23

VI nay RViAvAOnA p@hWys OO AVuS 10 OOuCA
classes remain organized we must per.
petuate and perfect our organization OF
remain at the mercy Of the organized
classes. It is not enough that political
party has adopted our demands-we are
yet only on the threshold in this move
mont. We must continue the work Of
education on the economic principles in
corpOrated in our demands, and this can
be done much better inside our organi-
zation than through political party.
In too many localities the mistake has
been made during the past year Of con-
centrating all effort for the success Of a
political party, neglecting the Alliance
organization. We must now turn our
whole energies to the upbuilding Of our
order on a more solid basis, and the
work Of this session should be devoted
especially to that line OF work. We
should economize wherever economy can
be practiced without impairing efficiency.
Further recommendations on this line
will be submitted when ] have had time
to investigate the report Of the executive
committee.
WHAT OF THE FUTURE?
The most perplexing problem for us
to solve and the greatest obstacle in the
way Of economic reform is to be found,
in my judgment, in the south. Three
years ago at st. Louis two Of the great
stumbling blocks in our way were
happily removed when the Alliance Of the
north and south resolved to unite as
rapidly as possible, thus removing the
sectional barrier, and the compact on.
tered into with the Knights Of Labor,
paving the way for unity Of action at the
ballot box on the part Of labor in the
field, shop and mind. In each Of these
our progress has been phenomenal, as
evidenced by the great gathering Of labor
at St. Louis last February, in which
twenty-five great labor organizations
participated, and without q dissenting
voice united on our demands. The third
great barrier, and the one we find much
harder to remove, is that blind idolatry
Of party peculiar to our republic. The
for its obliteration took root
in the northwest and spread rapidly to
the east and south, bidding fair at one
time to develop majority who would
vote for principles irrespective Of party.
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota and South
Dakota had shown their devotion to our
principles as early as 1890, giving a form
and stability to the movement hitherto
lacking, nucleus around which the re-
form forces might gather. Education
in the south on our demands progressed
with zeal,power and force unparalleled
in the history Of any reform movement
Of the past. The south seemed ready
once more to assume it's place-lost for
thirty-two years-as q potent factor in
shaping the live issues of political
economy, something she never can hope
for so long as she remains a solid south
on sectional lines or partisan prejudice.
The result OF the Aery ordeal through
which we have passed in the last few
months has been disappointment and
developed this great object in our path
way, moro powerful than any yet en-
countered, and one more difficult of re-
moval because less understood indeed,
incomprehensible to those Of us having
no experience with the race problem.
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Readers.
SHORT STORIES FOR LITTLE Folks.

paid the expenses of the burial, and
after little Toe had slowly mended, EN-
ployed her about the depot to scrub the
floors and keep the glass and wood.
work bright and neat.
When oe was seven years old his
mother sent him to school. He went
patiently, day after day, making no com.
plant, but she awoke suddenly one
night to find him sobbing on the pillow
beside her. Only by the dint OF long
coaxing was she able to find out the
cause OF his grief. Some OF the rougher
boys-more thoughtless than cruel, let
us hope-had called him Humpy, and
asked II he carried bag OF meal on his
back.
Mary famed with the fierce anger OF
motherhood.
You shan't 90 another day" she de-
clared. THE rulliansl won't have my
darlin put upon by the likes of theml"
So Joe's schooling had come to an I'M
timely end. Yet, meager rs was his
stool; OF book learning, the development
OF his mind far outstripped the
growth OF his stunted and deiormed
body. Everybody liked the patient little
fellow, Juggling manfully at his mothers
heavy water buckets, and running will
ingly at every call of the station men.
AT twelve years old he had picked up no
small amount OF information, especially
on railroad topics. He knew every
locomotive on the road, understood the
iniricacies OF side tracks and switches,
and could tell the precise moment when
any particular train might be expected
with the accuracy Of time table.
"a ILL r
his nature deepened the sense Of his
inhrmity. The glances cast upon him
by stranger eyes, some piliiul, some
curious, others alasl expressive only of
annoyance or disgust, ranked like so
many arrows In his heart; not one
missed its mark How wistfully his eyes
followed boys OF his own age-straight,
handsome, happy-who sprang lightly
up and down the steps OF the coaches, or
threaded their way along the crowded
platforms, For one day OF such perfect,
untramelled life he would have barter
ed all the possible years before him. Yet
he never put his yearning into words,
even to his mother.
Crooked Ioe's rum 'un," said one
II his rough acqualntances. "He senses
his trouble well enough, but he don't let
on TO NOBODY
Mr.. Crump, the telegraph operator,
was Joe's constant friend. II was he
who, at odd moments, had taught the
boy TO read and had initiated him into
some Of the mysteries of the ticking
instrument, which to Joe's imaginative
mind seemed some strange creature
with hidden life of its own.
1t was growing dark one November
afternoon. Joe-never an unwelcome
visitor-sat curled in a corner of Mr..
Crump's office, waiting for his mother
to finish her work. He was laboriously
spelling out by the fading light, the
words upon page of an illustrated
newspaper, quite oblivious of the tick
ing, like that OF jerky and rheumatic
clock, which sounded in the room.
Mr., Crnmp, too, had a paper before
him, but his ears were alive. Suddenly
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A great railroad depot may no, be the
best school Tor a boy yet poor little Joe
Bryan had scarcely known any other.
He could no, remember when the long
waiting room, with their tiled floors and
dreary rows OF stationary settees, and
crowds of hurrying people, were not
quite as familiar to him and more home
like than his mothers small, bare house,
which he knew as little more than a
place for eating and sleeping.
AT age when an ordinary babe
might have been frightened into con-
WILSON'S by the shrek Of locomotive,
Joe, securely iactened in his cab, would
stare for hours through the great win.
dow, undisturbed by the incessant rush
and roar OF arriving and departing
trains.
lie had only been six months old
when the dreadful accident happened
which, at one fell stroke, made him
iatherless and transformed him from a
strong, well-developed infant 10 a pitt
fnl creature, which even death refused
to take.
The old yardmen tell the story even
yet-how young Michael Bryan, as
straight and manly fellow as ever left
his green, old, native island for the
better chances Of the new world this
side ofthe sea, came whistling out Of the
roundhouse that morning and stepped
hastily from an incoming locomotive,
neither seeing nor hearing another rush.
ing up the parallel track. His mates
cried out to him--too 1atel Nobody
who saw 1t would ever forget the look
OF agony which distorted his handsome
face in that horrible instant when he
recognized his doom, or the pcrpcn-
dicular leap into the air, from which he
fell back beneath the crunching wheels.
In the excitement and CONSERVATION
OF the time no messenger had been sent
in advance to prepare the poor young
wife for her trouble, and she stood in
the doorway with her baby growing in
her arms, when the stout bearers caused
at her gate with their manged burden.
She uttered terrible cry and fell faint
ing-the childs tender back striking the
sharp edge OF the door stone.
what pity that II was not killed
outright said everybody but the
mother. She herself always insisted
that only her constant watching over
the little pickering life kept her from
going mad in the first dreadful months
OF her bereavement.
The officers of the railway company
were kind TO poor Mary Bryan. They
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he sprang to his feet, repeating aloud
the message which that moment flashed
along the wire.
" Engine No. no running Wild Clear
track
lie rushed to the door shouting the
news.
Not second to spared She'll be
down in seven minutes"
The words passed like lightning. In
moment the yard was in wild COM
motion. Men flew hither and thither,
yard engines steamed wildly away, the
switches closing behind them.
The main track was barely clear when
no came in sight, swaying from side to
side, her wheels threatening to leave the
track at each revolution. She passed
the depot like meteor her bell clang-
ing with every leap OF her piston, the
steam escaping from her whistle with the
continuous shrek Of n demon, and the
occupants OF the cab wrapped from
view in a cloud OF smoke.
Some hundred rods beyond the depot
the track took sharp, upward grade,
from which il descended again to strike
the bridge across narrow but deep and
rocky gorge.
Men looked after the flying locomotive
and then at each with blanched faces.
They're gonel A miracle can't save
em, said one, voioing the wordess ter.
ror Of the rest. ''lf they don't ily the
track on the upgrade they'll 20 down
as soon ms they strike the trestle."
The crowd began to run along the
track, some with vain instinct OF help
fulness, some moved by that morbid
curiosity which seeks to be Sin at the
death"
But look! Midway the long rise in the
speed OF the runaway engine suddenly
slackens.
what does it mean3 She never
could "a died out in that time!" shouted
an old yardman.
Excitement winged their feet When
the foremost runner reached the place
the smoking engine stood still on her
track, quveTing in every stecl-clad
nerve, her great wheels still whizzing
round and round amid flight OF red
sparks from beneath.
What did ii? Who stopped herr"
The engineer, staggering from the
cab with the pallid face Of the fireman
behind him, pointed, without speaking,
to where little pelc.iaccd crooked.
backed boy had FP5k town, painting
with exertion, bc,i = 80" ,rIck.
At his feet hJ,c ~ can lay over.
turned and empty
The crowd s,e'"G one at another,
open mou,hed. 'rh"n The truth flashed
upon them,
ale oiled the ,racl.l"
Bully for Crooked Joew
They caught the exhausted child.
ilinging him from shoulder to shoulder.
striving with each other for the honor of
bearing him back to the depot and set
him down among them.
Pass the hat, pardsl" cried one.
1t had been payday, and the saved en-
glneer and fireman dropped in each
their months wages. Not q hand in all
the throng that did not delve into peck
ct. There was the crisp rustic Of bills,
the chink of gold and silver coin.
"Out with your handkerchief, loci
Your hands won't hold II all Why,
young one, what's the matter2" for the
boy, with scarlet cheeks and burning
eyes, had clenched both small hands
behind his back--the poor twisted back
laden with its burden OF delormity and
pain.
mol mol" he cried, in a shrill, high
voice. Don't pay mel" Can't you see
what it's worth 10 me, once--just once
in my liie-to be little use-like other
folksp
The superintendent had come from
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his office. He laid his hand on the boys
head.
Zoe" he said, I'VE couldn't pay you
II we wished. Money doesn't pay for
livcsl But you have saved us great
many dollars besides. Won't you let US
do something for your"
you CAN'T You can't Nobody
canl" The child's voice was almost
shrek. l, seemed to rend the air with
the pent.up agony of years. "rheres
only one thing IN the world want, and
nobody can give me that. Nobody can
ever make me anything but Crooked
Joel"
The superintendent lifted him and held
him against his own breast.
"My boy" he said, in his firm, gentle
tones, you are right. None Of US can
sell. Listen to mel Where is the quick
hearth Not in that bent back Of yours
that has nothing 10 do with theml Let
us help you to a chance-only chance
to work and to learn--and II will rest
with you, yourself, to say whether in
twenty years from now, II you are alive,
4 you are Crooked Joe or Mr.. Joseph
pgM'
Visiting in c. not long ago, a
friend said to me;
Court is in session. You must go with
me and hear Bryan"
The courtroom was already crowded
at our entrance with an eNpectant audit
ence. When the brilliant young attor.
ney rose TO make his plea noticed
with shock OF surprise that his noble
head surmounted an understood and
misshapen body. He had spoken but
five minutes, however, when ! had ut
terly forgotten the physical defect IN
ten was eagerly interested, and there,
after, during the two hours speech, held
spell.bounI by the marvellous eloquence
which is fast raising him to the leader
ship Of his profession in his native city.
"a wonderful man" said my friend,
ae we walked slowly homeward. Then
he told me the story OF Crooked Joe.