The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1892-12-09

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many wrecks of character along the
route. He can see men once counted
leaders in reform ranks living in COM
fort and luxury at the price of honor
and fidelity.
Does the Waterman call Hall and
McAllister friends? They are both
alliance men. ooh, but they are op-
posed to the sub-treasury." Yes; well
we can find men who are opposed to
the sub-treasury who were fighting
and sacrificing in the cause of reform
before the alliance had birth; men who
were Johns the Baptist crying in the
wilderness, during the long, dark and
dreary years that farmers and laborers
north and south in a body were sup
porting the old parties with despairing
persistence.
A mans belief is no test of his
character. A mans profession fire.
quently conflicts with his practices. A
rascal may loudly assert his allegiance
to the Ocala platform and an honest
man dispute it's main principle. What
is the Ocala platform? What is the
Omaha platform? What is the Cincin-
natl platform, but protests against the
evils resulting from the legislative and
administrative work of the two old
parties? Had either of these parties
sincerely and seriously opposed the
legislation that produced the conditions
which the alliance opposes, there
would never have been a necessity for
the existence of the alliance. Neither
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necessity for the reforms favored by
the allianc Neither of them have
anything but ridicule and hate for the
alliance. Both of them are wasting
their time fencing for political capital
Neither of them seriously oppose mo-
nopoly. And the big leaders of each
are the hired attorneys of the money
power.
Tell us the difference between Brice
and Sherman, between Allison and
Hearst, between Tom Scott and Chaun-
cey Depew. What difference does it
make to the farmer and laborer
whether the presiding officer of con-
gress is Gar Reed, hard money, pro-
tectionist republican, or Crisp, hard
money, protectionist democrat, a
henchman of the Union Pacific railroad
backed by that cesspool of political
corruption. Tammany hall? We object
to so-called alliance leaders palming
off the election of such man as an al
lance victory. We object to these So
called leaders trying to hold the reform
forces in line for the democratic party
with leadership that necessitates
labelling to distinguish them from the
republicans
At Cincinnati last May there were
men opposing the formation of third
party, but who were true reformers
and stepped into line when the ma
jority declared for political independ-
ence. There were others there oppos-
ing the third party, and they are still
opposing it with more bitterness than
ever. They are using the same argu-
ments. and the same tactics to delay
the movement, as those employed by
the old parties.
There are alliance leaders in the
south who are making the big mistake
of supposing that they can whip the
northern alliance people into the sup
port of the democratic party. We give
them fair warning that they will not
succeed. All through the south are
consistent alliance men earnestly work.
ing for reform. Down in Georgia a
large number of county alliances by
resolutions are upholding the hands of
gallant Tom Watson and denouncing
Livingstone. It is an inspiration to
read the peoples party paper of At
lanta, Ga, and know that the farmers
of that state agree with us.
This is no time for faltering. This is
no time to follow the leadership of a
coterie of ambitious politicians. This
is no time to allow the shaping of our
policy by men who have escaped the
spite and abuse of both old parties by
falling into the ranks of one or the
other of them.
We walk up and down the streets of
this great city and see everywhere the
evidence of dire poverty. We pass a
coal cellar every morning, and see
women with white, pinched faces order
ing bucketful of coal. We see swarms
of little children, with haunted, hungry
looks, crowds of idle men with despair
written on their faces, and everywhere
young girls plying the awful trade of
prostitution. We pick up the great
dailies and read of business failure
after failure. We read the glazing,
headlines, giving accounts of vice,
crime, suicide in awful procession. We
open our exchanges and read the mort
gage foreclosures, telling of poverty
and distress amongst the farmers. And
when we read these things, or when we
see them with the naked eye, we feel
that there is no time for delay and we
refuse to follow men, call them alli-
ance leaders or what you will, who
are trying to procrastinate this move
ment or steer us into the ranks of par
ties whose leaders are living in luxury
on wealth sucked from the worlds un-
fortuna tes-Cincinnati Herald.
If any of those who favor the
principles of the new party but who
are not identified with it will name
some person in their party who also
favors them who is presidential pos
sibility, then we will admit they have
somewhat of an excuse for sticking to
the old party. just run over in your
minds the names of those talked of for
your party's nominee for president and
pick out the one who favors the de-
mands of the new party, which you
say you Avor but want to obtain
through the party with which Won