Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1892-02-04
Letter From Senator Wood,
WARREN, MIMI, Jan. 25th, 1892.

WARREN. MIMI. Jan. a6th. 1892.
EDITOR SHEAF:
see in the SHEAF of Jan. 21st o.
communication dated Foldahl, Jan.
18th, 1892, signed "G.O.L.", in which
the writer referring to n communica-
tlon from me to the Marshall
county Banner, urging the subor-
dlnate Alliances to send delegates to
the meeting Of the State Alliance,
says, "butthose dangers which have
crept into the vital organism of the
Alliance and threaten it from within
with sickness and death he leaves un-
touched know of nothing in the
Alliance likely to destroy it, diff
ferentfrom which exists in all organi-
cations: the envy and jealousy OF it's
members, the results OF which we see
exemplitiedin the attacks OF q promi-
nent Alliance man OF this congress
slonal district upon the president Of
the State Alliance. Such things, a.
though they seldom destroy. yet are
to be deplored. As Alliance men we
have enough to do to repel the at
tacks OF our enemies without firing
into our own ranks. 1t should be re-
membered that the Alliance although
as an organization semi-political, is
not a political party. Only semi-po-
itical in that it aims to educate it's
members on the great political eco
nomic questions OF the day. that we
may learn to know what our rights
and our interests are as producers of
wealth. Iagree with the gentleman
in giving to the able editor of the
Banner great credit for the good
his paper may have done. But what
do the Republican and Democratic
parties depend upon to hold the rank
and file OF their parties together
while there is no active campaign 60
ing forward, but their papers and
the honesty OF the people in the prin-
ciples they advocate. l believe
Alliance men to be equally honest in
the principles they advocate, and
certainly truth should possess as
much vitality as error. Is the &C.
curing OF Justice, eqnal rights and
equal opportunities to all under the
law, ofso little consequence that
few must spend their whole time and
substance to keep the people inter-
ested in that which is OF such vital
Importance to the welfare OF the
whole people? Unfortunately the AL.
lance is made up of men who are
poor, men who have tn economic
time and labor to secure :. living,
and there is where the ruling cllses
desire to keep us. We are all equally
interested in good government, all
have duty to perform. Mention is
made OF the enthusiasm OF a year or
more since and OF the peoples dreams
OF bills and dollars, and dollars and
bills, and that nothing seems to have
come OF it. In the Senate there were
thirteen representatives OF the All;-
ance out of fifty-two members, inst
one TO four, and about the same pro-
portion in the House. How strange
that one Alliance man should not be
able to outgeneral and outvote three
OF the representatives of the money
power, but somehow that proved to
be the case. It should be remembered
that before we can realize much re-
lief from the extortions of capital, re.
formers must be in the majority, not
in the locality alone but in the state
and nation.
have no time to spend in news.
papercontroversy, but will respond
whenever called upon to meet the
people. L.G. W.