Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-06-01
Tactics of the Opposition.

To misrepresent the reform move
ment, is strong feature of the opposi-
ton press. The Kansas City Star. of
May IL, In It's History of the Week,
says:
1.-The southern farmers alliance lead
ers' convention at Birmingham, Ala,
last Wednesday adopted an address
calling for harmony and unity of action
and for the avoidance of partisan, po-
litical or sectarian religious action. In
conclusion the address calls for united
and effective action at the polls and
sends promise to the north and north
west to assist in the enforcement of the
demands by votes"
On the second page of the same pa
per is an article entitled Counsel for
Alliance which gives a synopsis Of
the Birmingham conference including
a portion of the address, which is SUBJ
stantially as given in the above clip
ping. Here is a news item following
thu address,
New York, May S: Congressman
Jerry Simpson, according to a Wash
lngtOn dispatch, says he is delighted
with the news from the meeting of alli-
ance presidents in Birmingham. He
expressed surprise that they all agreed
TO support the third party ticket and
thinks it will be almost certain to throw
the election into the house."
So far, the Star has been giving us
facts, but then it writes an editorial,
nearly column, in which it labOrs to
prove that the southern alliance lead
ers advised their members to vote the
democratic ticket as usual. We see
nothing in the address to justify such
statement.
Another favorite method employed
by the opposition, is to assume that
the the alliance demands are absurd
and refuse to discuss them. 4. G.
Horr in an article to the New York
Tribune, of April 18th, in which he de-
MES that the government loans money
to the national banks, says:
Il know there are few people in the
United States who insist that the
money for the per cent loans to the
| farmer should not be greenbacks OF
promises to pay" but simply printed
statements that each piece of aper is
five dollars or ten dollars or hundred
dollars, or whatever sum should be
named on its face; and that such paper
should be made legal-tender for all
debts, public and private, and never be
redeemable at any place, at any time, OF
in anything. That is the theory Of the
man who believes IN fiat money. The
theory is to me, so absurd, so entirely
void of the least particle of common
sense, that 1 refuse to discuss It,"
Another pleasant way they have o.
treating the reform movement is to
claim that their argument in favor o.
the present financial system is beyond
the comprehension of such people. The
review edition of the Chicago Tribune
IN commenting on money, silver ant
finance, says:
1T is unfortunate that this informa
ton is not likely to reach those who
need it most. Unsound views in rela
ton to the currency are notably rife
among the middle classes, especially
the agricultural communities. But tht
arguments here presented are beyond
the comprehension of these classes"
When Kansas gave Harrison $1,000
majority, how the &. o. p. paper raved
about the intelligence and energy o
the Kansas people, but now look at us
our intelligence and the $4,000 majorlt.
have gone to the "demnition bow
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