The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-10-07
THE ALLIANCE.

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Oxford Voice Alabama: Kolb car
fied thirty-six counties, thirty-two
white and four colored. Jones' TWEEN
ty-eight counties fourteen white and
fourteen coiored. A good showing
for the white (?) man s party. isn't
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Plow Boy: If this is government
sof by and for the common people,
why is it that government troops are
always at hand to protect the
privileges granted by the state to
creatures of its own enactments-
corporations
Peoples Star: General Weaver is
Keeping up his record as a fighter.
kle is in the hottest portion of the
contest and will stay until the poles
are closed next November With
such pair as Weaver and Field to
lead how can anyone be weakened
or faltering.
Topeka Advocate and Tribune:
The labor troubles that are just now
disturbing the peace of the militia
men of New York. Pennsylvania and
Tennessee are becoming matters of
grave significance. If anybody thinks
there is no politics in the case he will
learn better before long. This labor
question is the essence OF politics
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Chicago Express: The Peoples
party are met with the profound ar
gument' that its members are calam-
ity howlers. George Washington and
his bare-footed army of patriots at
Valley Forge were calamity howlers
except MAJOR Andre and Benedict
Arnold. They betrayed their home
and country by selling out for gold to
an old party.
Journal of the knights of Labor:
Pick up almost any Republican paper
in these days of strikes and you will
find statement to the effect that
there are plenty of idle men eager to
take the places of the strikers. Then
turn to the political column and you
will find that. so great blessing has
the Mckinley bill been. worklngmen
are fully employed. IA funny old
thing is the tariff.
Coming Crisis: 1t is claimed that
Chris Magee the Pennsylvania Re-
publican boss. sent a cable appeal to
Carnegie to settle the trouble with
his workmen at Homestead, as it was
injuring the Republican party. A
word to laboring men; Don't strike
now if you can avoid it. Wait until
November s. and then go on general
striKe-strike at the polls and knock
plutocracy silly in just one round.
Southern Mercury: While the Farm
ers Alliance and every labor organi-
cation in this country composed OF
white Or colored people were fighting
the force bilr' solidly and heroically.
Mr.. Cleveland was as dumb as an
oyster but when they were aiding the
Democrats with all their power to
secure the free coinage of silver and
were on the eve of securing it; Mr..
Cleveland wrote letters and used all
feat it. and succeeded.
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The Toiler: Grover Cleveland in
his speech to the committee let this
slip: I'VE see the farmer listening
to 6elusive story that fills his mind
with visions OF advantage. while his
pocket is robbed by the stealthy hand
IF ri
we have heard 'delusive story"
about the tariff, as the Mills bill only
proposed 6-1O per cent reduction.
and the present Democratic house
never once tried to take the .stealthy
hand OF protection from the de.
luded" farmers pocket.
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Falmouth Guide: There is White
law Reid, the running mate of Benja-
min Harrison. who supported Horace
Greedy few years ago on the Demo-
cratic ticket. He is also opposed to
organized labor. There's General A.
Z. Stevenson of Illinois. the Demo-
cratic nominee for the vice presidency
who. like General Weaver is one of
those awful Greenbackers He has
also expressed some very strong views
on currency reform. including the
free coinage of silver and the substi-
tuition OF greenbacks for national bank
notes. An odd running mate for
Cleveland.
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The Economist: The votes of the
Democratic Alliancemen in the South
are not needed by that party. because
they cannot change the result That
Is to say. there is absolutely no dan
ger of contributing to the election of
Mr.. Harrison by Alliance members in
the South leaving the Democratic
party and voting their sentiments, be-
cause the Peoples party in the North
will prevent Mr. Harrison getting a
majority. and if they also prevent the
election of Mr. Cleveland. he Will be-
You'd doubt, be chosen by the house
of Representatives. There is no dan
ger in voting for principles. Vote
your sentiments and be right
Southern Alliance Farmer: Not
withstauding the fact that labor and
Ats products are. and have been. on
the decline for the past twenty years.
the salaries of government officials
especially those near the top are
oon+;n,allv on the increase There