The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-04-08
Mr.. Bobo's Letter.

Mr.. G. Is. BoSo's effort 10 arouse the preju-
dice of the unthinking voters Of tho farming
AMI other laborins classes Of Union against
us and all who d, no. fall down.sud worship
at the shrine of the Polk-Peifer party.
Mr.. BObo does himself great injustice
in his effort u convince tho people that
We are now or ever was Oppose TO the
Farmers Movement, and that w intended
to do injustice 10 Ssdalia Alliance, for he
knoSs it is net ttae, He hpnotS point
to aline we have wti'ten ora Word We have
uttered against tho Alliance ofsfhe reform
movement. We cannot do as some are do.
ing, however, follow Tillmau bliudly as the
pure and undefilcd embodiment of all that
is righteous in the reform movement. We
can and do recognize the fact that q change
does net always carry with it areform.
The peoples Interest, embracing Farmers,
mechanics, merchants, laboring men, with
public institutions and private enterprises
employing capital and labor, in our opinion,
are so interviewer that they canuot be scpara-
ted and the country be prosperous. therefore
we have not joined indiscriminetily in the
| hue and cry against capital and Interpretations
that give profitable employmentto thousands
Of our men aud women aud provide the
money to purchase the products Of the labor
of thousands of others. The great mistake
Of the politics of the day is in not recognize
ing the fact that while, capital cannot be
way that iacio los, IailSoiasg' tash and al
other important industrial enterprises can
possibly be butt and operated is by eoncen-
trating and Incorporating capital.
Mr.. Bobos assertion that any one is at
tempting to kill the Alliance, we pronounce
gratuitous. There is only one way, in our
opinion that the Alliance can be killed, and
that is by it. leaders taking it into party
politics, which we fear they are now doing
Once commit the Alliance, either alone or il
combination with any other organization, t
political party, aud its doom is sealed
speedily. That has been our warning from
the time the Alliance was first organized.
Mr.. Bobo is q conglomeration Of politic,
parties: "a Calhouu-J efersonian demo
erat," can Abe Liuooln financial republican,
"disdaius any allegiance to the so-osllet
national democroy or ,epublicanism, ant
protests that he is nothird party man. He
ASpHssSxss defends ths St. sLoas. convention
bdt committed ITSELF G6tqdssssiiy @ sSdSrsf' 10 fi
Third Party. Where shs* Nc put N,
Bobo? Being neither national democra
or republican, he will not Of course vote 70
either the democratic or republican candi
date for President. Where Mil he 70 to
The only opening for him thatFe eau see i
in the Third Party, with Polk and the othe
Alliance leaders who are leading the Alisnc
into that party at break-neck speed.
Mr.. Bobos assumption that WI are oppos
ing the effort of the farmers md laborin
classes to free themselves from the 6ondog
and serfaom fastened upon them by monopc
lies, corporations, seldbugs, etc, is to
transparent to our readers to require n
answer from us, but placing that par
of his communication of two weeks ago
to which we alluded, side beside wit
%S". we said rssu vs. rs litsass, taas anaEslY H
had not reason for asking if the Sedali,
Alliance endorsed the Peoples Party; par
tcularly when Mr.. Bobo stated that God
frey B. Fowler, an avowed Third Part,
candidate, proposed the Ssdalia mass meet
ing for the purpose of endorsing the St
Louis convention and the mass meeting o
that convention which unanimously endorse,
the Third Party
MIR. BoBos LETTER IEpIroRIAI 1Srvpuoo
At the regular meeting .r.nx
| SATURDAY. onr s,ato La, ,as' Are We to understand
urer Jobn r. Jer.roS from Mr. Bobo's report O