Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-06-02
Letter IRON Farmer Junius.
To NY FELLOW cIrIzENs:-

Il la {
10 MY FELLOW CITIZENS
| think tits the Good Book that
tells us to scrutinise everything and
keep what is good, and l believe in
applying this principle to politics as
well. For in politics we find SO
much that is calculated TO deceive
and mislead that sometimes even 8
lover Of truth may find difficulty in
separating tile gold from the dross.
There is so much that is claimed to
be genuine gold but when it is exam
med and tested in the fiery furnace
OF truth it is discovered to be only
glitteling sand. This Is TRUE to a
too gfeiit extent in all political par
ties, butsno more so than in the so
called reform party. whose leaders
are largely disgruntled politicians
from other PARTIES, Or Or the veriiest dem
agognes, who areplanning only their
own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. Ii we but turn
the spy glass OF truth on to this new
n ovemeiit. we are forced to eacl,,im:
Rcfor,nl what great sins are not
committed in thy name. One would
suppose that in such an ideal and an
gelic party there would be no dis
graceful struggle Tor place and power
no envy, t,d Hate, no yielding ofprin-
ciple for success, but. what do we find.
Reading the accounted the last Peo-
les party convention at Crookston
one might think that tile whole par
ty had turned into Il hungry office
seeking horde. The proceedings
were noisy and disorder reigned sup
RENE. Even Red River Dalen, the
Scandinavian Alliance organ, blush
es and says: "But thus it goes when
office seekers are permitted to play
their game
The new phrty las ut The start all
the weaknesses and fruits OF the 9th
erparties, and Judging from the way
their leaders, like Hompe and Don
nelly, STEVENSON and Lommen, and
many Others, cnstigate and ham
boozle one another and call one an
other roguas, we cannot see where
the purity, honesty and uprightnes.
looked for i'll leaders Of the people
really comes IN. While the leaders.
arc fighting among themse. yes, the,
are Il unit in deriving other PARTIES
especially the republican party, IN,
by pulling wool over tie peoples
eyes they expect the people 10 follow
blindly leade IS who themselves are.
bid They appeal to the prejudice
ofethe people, but lever to their
reason and common sense. Farmer
JunIus believes i'll appealing to the
intelligence of the people and not I,
their prjudit1s. F,trmer .Junius be-
lieves that intelligence must rule
this country and not ignorance. til.
masses OF the people ale honest Il,
heart and desire TINT right shat
triumph. Bat il, is also true thai
many people l.avrmot thought deep
~ neutrality-suspicious. OF public policy.
and hence are e:lsity misle. !, especial
~ when something new, which tick
les their ears, is brought upon the
political aren;l. In order to arrive
at q correct understanding of great
public qnesLons IL is necessary that
they be discussed freely, for by dis
cnssion truth is evolved. Farmer
.lun'us will int, humble way discuss
some questions agit.lting the pubic
mind i'll a series OF letters which lie
has obtained permission to publish
in the SHEAF. He will perhaps cut
deep with the sc;.lpel OF truth, at
times, and thereby lay bare to the
public gaze Il great deal Of sham and
pretense existing in political parties,
and not least in the new peoples
party Before proceeding farther,
Farmer Junius wants to say most
that lie is III hearty
sympathy with every practical
means OF improving the condition
Of the turner's of the land. Farmer
Junins desires to hnye this under
stood that no one shall mistake him
for Il b!Oatrl p'utocr;,tnf Wullstrept
M one III Malsirtllscou,lty desires to,
seq rroslnrity;, .,o.sg tlieagricultnr:,l
CLASSES more than l,. Agriculture
IS the great mother industry, and
when that prospers, other Industries
will prosper also. Farmer Jnnius
has grown up on farm in this state.
is the son OF ii farmer, and c,ll, con-.
seInently tell tile difference bet wptn.
ilrnmpkin aud u pnt;.in, aud that
is more Than many writer's III ;sgri-s
cultural and reform papers can do.
and yet they pretend 10 h. ;luthori-
.ity on how farmers shall hotl, SOW.
and vr,f. W.T. Il l,;,, ~, I,,.,5