St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-06
menting upon the lecture bureau he

said:
Amy movement of reform which seeks to
reach and educate the people must depend
upon TWO great Observation-Disclosures spoken
word and the printed word Christianity
was established by word or mouth, ages be-
fore the newspaper was thought of; and
even now. while the power of the press IS
conceded to be so great, we must rely upon
the utterances of the orator almost as much
as they did i'll that age when the founder OF
our faith said: Go and teach all nations And
really, speaking with all reverence for divine
things there Is much IN the efforts OF an Al
lance advocate-usually poor. earnest, en-.
thuSiastic men. going. oftentimes on foot.
from hamlet to hamlet to preach the gospel
OF reform and political regeneration-whlch
reminds one OF the great days when the creed
of charity, justice and equality rose amid the
Crumbling ruins of the Roman empire.
cannot help but believe that this work is due
to the same divine inspiration which gave US
Christianity. for 1t springs. like 1t, from the
body of the people: its converts are among
the poor and humble, and its purpose is the
welfare OF the masses on which depend the
virtue of individuals and the happiness OF
communities.
Il have no desire to reflect upon any one,
but think it will be conceded that the work
OF our lecture bureau has not been as eff
cient during The past year as 1t should have
been. and the work has fallen largely upon
the shoulders of volunteers. who have trav-
ersed the whole state in their efforts to keep
alive the Alliance sentiment. We must look
for the coming year will pledge himself be-
fore the convention to thoroughly organize
lecture bureau and infuse into it the ut
most zeal and energy, and that he will devote
a large part of his own time 10 the good
work. We do net want to elect any man
simply as all honor to him, and then have
him stay at home and do nothing. You
must have the strongest assurances that he
will ork-Work-Work-to the utmost or his
ability; for the lecture bureau is unques-
tionably the very heart, kernel and marrow
of the whole Alliance organization. This 1t
is that has created nearly all our local ALI
ances, and this it is that must keep them
alive after they are organized. II Paul had
stayed at home, and toasted his shins by his
kitchen fire III Jerusalem, the pagan world
would never have been converted to Chris
tianity, and we might today be worshiping
Jove and Juno, or Thor and Friga The
world moves on the shoulders of bold,
Jealous earnest men. Before their assaults
all things are possible. 1t is the strong strik-
ers that beat down the wrongs of mankind.
But IN addition to this zeal upon the part
of the state lecturer, and his deputies. there
must be an equal zeal upon the part OF the
local Alliances. They must create the senti-
ment which Edemands lectures. and willing
to entertain and compensate the lecturer.
In doing this they not only provide for them
selves pleasant entertainment but they in
crease their own knowledge and Intellectual
ity. Our enemies say the farmers are fit only
to be peasants; the mere beasts of burden to
carry the wealth of the world for the benefit
of the classes. The Alliance has done
great deal to disprove this SANDER The farm
ers of the West are today better informed upon
the great political and financial questions
at issue than any other part of the population.
But great deal more remains to be done.
Every branch of our mighty agricultural So
clety should be an academy for the discus
sion of political, literary and even scientific
topics. Already the farmers in many parts
OF the state are moving in that direction.
They should also form libraries. beginning
with those works which Of The
labor and economic questions of the day. A
few dollars SO spent will purchase large
collection of such books. which can circu-
late through every farm house in the neigh
borhood, and adj Immensely 10 the enter
tainment and instruction of the whole
people.
But nothing will tend more to lift the ag-
ricultural masses up out of the slough of apa-
thy and indifferentism into Intellectual ac-
tivity than a series of meetings during the
winter and spring, with addresses by Ali
ance lecturers, and free discussion after
ward Of the doctrines propounded. II the
farmers propose TO rule the politics OF the
United States for their own protection they
must come TO the task with thoroughly en-
lightened minds; otherwise their supremacy
will prove curse to themselves and every
one else.
The Newspapers.
Il would suggest that after the election of O
state lecturer the delegates from the different
counties confer with him before leaving this
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their several counties. l would also ask that
all who are willing to go out and address
meetings should at once give their names to
the state lecturer. We are also very much in
need of speakers in Swedish, Norwegian,
German, etc. Especial efforts must be made
to bring to the front those VINO are capable
and willing to assist the Alliance in this
work. Every county delegation should hold
a meeting during this convention aud talk
this matter over and see what can be done to
push the good work.
st is with great pleasure call your atten-
ton to the fact that Alliance newspapers are
springing up everywhere throughout the state,
and are, as a rule, doing most excellent work,
They form a rallying point for our organiza-
tions; they advocate our principles, and they
defend us from the assaults of our enemies
l hope they will meet with earnest support
II they are not, IN some cases, all that could
be expected. the emedy is to come to their
aid with liberal financial aid, and enable
them to Improve themselves.
Our plunderers know that the people
have votes enough to vote them down and
correct all abuses. They cannot keep us
from the ballot boxes with guns and cannon.
Their only resource is to deceive US through
the agency Of the newspapers, which enter
every house and penetrate into every mind.
The editors of these sheets are valued for
their powers of sophistry and misrepresenla-
ton. They seldom attack the Alliance open
": they seek to undermine ii by denouncing
its honest leaders and praising its traitorous
leaders. Whenever there is any differ
ence in our ranks they seek to pry it open
with the crowbars of falsehood and defa-
nation. The lying of the newspapers of
America is the most colossal exhibition of
mendacity known in the world since the AL
mighty tumbled Lucifer over the battlements
of. heaven. 1t is stupendous-it is illimitable
it takes away the breath of simple virtue
and bewllders honest truth into paralysis
1t threatens all our conceptions of primal
right and forebodes the destruction of civil
ization. 1t is new and terrible force in So
ciety of which antiquity knew nothing.
"Vyhat Is the Remedy
what can be done to arrest this giant
evil?
1.-THE newspapers lie because capital owns
them or pays them.
I'VE must have newspapers that are owned
by the people.
Capital creates or purchases the newspa-
pers as an mentality to reach the minds
of the voters and prevent them acting to-
gether for the redress of grievances.