The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-10-11

the Alliance mas gone wrong lROu0 AnCO
politics.) Now when the Alliance de-
mands were adopted at the OcaIa con
ference they heartily endorsed every
one of them; said they were just what
the laboring people needed; but now
they say they can't vote for them.
Now l ask the question, Is not the ALI
ance continuing and fighting for those
same demands to-day9 Surely 1t is
Then. how can they say the Alliance
has gone wrong9 They are the ones
that has gone wrong. Taey have de
parted from the faith, and thereby
shown that they we're not true ALI
ancemen in the first place What in
| consistent beings some men are! l
think they have been seduced by some
of those silver-tOngued Democratic
office seekers, who tell them if the
Democrats fail to get In power this
time the Republicans will pass the
Force bill Now allO " meto ask theques
| ton, if the Republicans are not already
in power, and have been for the last
thirty years, and want to pass the
Force bill, why have they not done it
before now? Who has hindered theme
Not the Democrats, | a assure you,
nv friends, for they have been going
hand i'm hand with the Republicans so
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other. They are both the tools of Wall
street. and neither of them are the
friends of the laboring people. Now
some of our brothers object to the ALI
ance going into politics they say they
Constitution of the Alliance demands
it to be non-pOlitical. But 1 say that
is a grand mistake. Now the trouble
is not so much IN the fact that the Ali
ance has something to do with politics
as it is for the want of a proper under
standing of the true meaning of the
term. Now the Constitution of the
Alliance has always declared it to be
non partisan, but has never once said
it was nOn-pOliticai. Now if our breth
rem would study the difference between
the two terms politics and partisan.
they would clearly seethe mistake and
wrong is in them and not in the ALI
ance. / am sorry indeed to see our
brethren as unstable and liable to be
carried awayrwlth every wind of doc.
trine, for they do know as well as l
that it has been the practice of both
Democratic and Republican politicians
and speakers to come around just be-
fore the election and make fair spec ;hes
and big promises what they were go
ing to do for the poor laboring people
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more, and we poor deluded creatures
would vote for them, only to be fooled
again. And that has been the way
they have been treating us for the last
25 years. But, thank God, they can
not fool all the people all the time. l
think it is time for us to get our eyes
open and see the true condition of
affairs, and rise up as worthy son of
noble sires and assert our rights, and
show OR patriotism, and throw off the
old party collar, n finally cut our
selves loose from both of the old parties
and form a party If the people, for the
people and by the people.
Now in conclusion l will say to the
brotherhood, and those weak brethren
in particular, l am a dyed in the-wool
Allianceman and a Peoples partyman,
am for the Alliance and the Alliance
demands first, last and all the time. /
stand squarely on the ST. Louis plat
form and invite and beseech you all to
come and get on with me; there is room
enough for all, and / assure you it is
broad enough and strong enough to
hold every pOtriotic son OF reform who
is in favor of a government of the peo-
pie, for the people and by the people,
because it PLACES principle above party,
and it is the principle that will carry
the Peoples party safely through the
dangers, peril5 and oppression of plu-
tocracy, and by the help of God bring
it out triumphant in the end.
Fraternally yours for reform.
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