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rHE ooLuMsIAN PARTY

The Banner is Already UufGrIed For the
PIutoorars in Both Old Parties to Rally
Around.
one of the political parties lost a
strong following in the east some
twenty years ago. At first they took
upon them-Clves the name liberal re-
pm blican, and really effected some
tai g Of a party organization. There
is no doubt but this influence and the
hope of aid from it led to the nomiua-
tiOu of Horace Greeley Ia 1872. This
resulted In such a miserable failure
that little more was sail of this so
called independent clement until AIE
Tildeu was elected governor of New
York and inaugurated his war upon
the Tweed gang of Ne York City.
The ''mugwUmPs," as they were de-
risively called by their late party asso-
ciates, then rallied TO his support and
secured his nomination for president
Failing In manner peculiar TO the
politics of the time, they again retired
disEustsd with their new allies, only to
rally again in 1854, ana secure the tri-
umphant election of Me-. CIevel and
While never dissatisfied with Nix
Cleveland, this element did become
dissatisfied with the party Influences
of the admiuistratio1- They. there
fore, permitted Mr.. Cleveiaud's defeat
in lsSs, not because Of Mr.. Cleveland
himself, but because of those around
him
This element by no means an iusig-
nifiCaut one, especially an the state Of
New York, is still dissatisfied. Tuey
do not like the party, as a party, with
which they have acted most since their
first disafection- any better than they
like the party they isfE Indeed, they
begin to realize that they can M longer
act ia harmony with that party. They
see no reason why they should return
to the party of their former aHliatiou,
for the Influences from which they re-
voItad are still dominant there. Hence
they are now talking of independent
political action, of forming a new
party whose basic principle shall be
s'sound currency" OF course we all
know what that means when it comes
from the mugwump element of the
( east; it means gold base, EoiI standard,
/ bonds and bank paper. We sincerely
wish this programme may be carried
[ out. We want q new plutocEHtic party
[ a new party o1 gold base And we
Z want shat party 70 get strong enough
/ TO draw all the PIutocrats 10 itself
That would loose the chains that BiEL
/ the people to the PlutocraJic chario
I wheels OF the dominant political parties
/ that hypocritically dodge the issues
/ The masses of the people would then
/ promptly array themselves against this
3 new pIutocrauc party and the struggI,
/ would be a short but decisive one
/ Progressive Farmer.
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EXCITEMENT AT e. RENO.

Lot jumping Causes a Suspension OF Bust
ness Gov Seay's Prompt a CfIou.
GUTHRIE, o. T.. Feb. 1o-IEe past
forty-eight hours have Witnessed
scenes OF wild excitement at EI Rene,
o. T., which outrivaI anything ever
seen in the territory. The town is built
upon the homestead of Mai. Foreman,
all residents having bought their laad
of him, so when SecrC tary Noble decided
on Saturday that Eoremau's title was
void il left every piece of property iu
town at the mercy of vaudats, fOE no
body had any title. The news Id not
reach El Reno until yesterday and
when it did the town went wild. First
the loafers began jumping lots, then
others followed suit and s1Ou all bUsi-
ness was suspended. The county Off
GERS rusheI from their offices and
joined the mob, which by nighttalt had
become wild and unruly.
Gov. Seay was asked TO do something
aud ordered the sheriff and other Of
6cers to disperse the crowd and protect
property. They did uotaing, however,
and things have become much worse
Houses were broken into, people driven
from their bones, and every ything pos
sibIs done 10y the excited mob 20 drive
the orderly element out and give them
possession Of all the property in the
town.
Many citizens teIegraphed the gov
i eruor that their property was being
destroyed and their lives were in dan
ger and demanded that troops be sent
| to protect them. United States Mar
/ shal Grimes has ordered his dlpu-
ties to the scene TO protect the
( people and Secretary Noble has
I been wired of the condition of af-
/ fairs and Will send troops from Fort
/ Reno if needed The feeling was very
] high there last night and trouble is
I likely to occur at any moment, as the
/ lot Jumpers have been joined 10y the
i worst element in all the co-ntry
Z around, who viii do their best to bring
I on a fight so as to have aH excuse TO
. piuuder,
Gov seay says that the orderly peO-
! pIe'z lives must be protected at all haz-
! ards. and ne has issued orders accord
; inglv. The lot jumpers will gain little
in the end. as the people who have im-
: proved property will get titles regard
I less of who may obtain possession in
] the present struggle
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farmer on caPitalistio Investments
Under the conditions established by
the application of this principle
the 1--WE ealth producing classes are
payers of interest every time
thev. purchase a commodity or sell
prcduct in the market They cannot
avoid paying interest by keeping out
of debt The business Of the country
is conducted on a credit basis, and in
teFsEt on the money invested is added
to every commodity that is offered for
sale after it leaves the hands OF the
producer, who pays interest upon the
price of the product he sells in the
shape of a discount The only way by
which the producer can avoid the pay
meHt of interest is to place the entire
business Of the country on a cash basis,
aud as soon as this is done no debts
VIII be created and no interest will be
required The establishment OF a cash
basis aboiishes usury.
There is but one method by which
this can be accom- Plished, and that is
for the people TO assume absolute con-
troll of the issue and distribution of the
medium by which debts are paid and
wealth exchanged This could easily
be accomplished by the cooperation OF
a majority Of the people at The ballot
box. with a view TO the csta tablishmeut
OF a debt-paying system of finance
Such a system would require the
naturalization of the entire business
OF banking, providing safety for de-
posits and loaniug money to the people
upon such securities as the banks now
require, at just enough to defray exc
peuses-
Something of this kind will no dou bt
be the cuImination of the present de
maud for financial reform. This would
be, in effect system Of banking
products instead of bonds, mortgages
and other evidences OF debt The
money issued on these products would
practically be sub-treasury notes, Sc
cured by all the wealth of the country,
and redeemable in any and all kinds Of
wealth at its market vUlUe This am
pie security would of itself give to
such a currency a stable value as a
medium of exchange All that the
government could add to the potency
OF such a medium, based on products
that the world could not afford to
be deprived of, would be to make
i6 a legal tender for debt. But
with the establishment of such a
system the business of the country
would be placed on a cash basis, debts
would not be created and the legal
tender feature would lose much of its
potential powers Exchange would bo
organized and actual values, repre-
sented by certificates based thereon,
would be the real circulating medium.
The possession OF such certificates
would be legal evidence of service rem
dered to society, to be paid in service
Of equal value by other members of So
ciety. Such system OF controlling
money in the interest If all vino render
useful service to society would be the
first step toward the estabIis shment OF
the principle of equivalent for equiva-
lent, and service for service, which is
the basis of all equitable exchange. .-
Topeka (IEan.) Advocate.
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resolutions, strange to say, were not
written by a farmer at ALL but by
man who lives in Chicago, a kind of ex-
lawyer, who ge:s his news and his il
spiratiOu from the p'utocratic press.
The res buttons aver that the f. NJ Il
A. repre- seutatives were instructed to
indorse the pc piles Plrty or favor in
independent political action. No such
thing was ever mentioned in the gen
eral assembly, and our representatives
were chosen. as the represe utatives of
other farm and labor organizations
were chosen, to attend a conference of
those organizations, and to there take
such action as the combined wisdom of
that conference might decide upon
They were not instructed ut all
And there IS another matter of inn
portance that +. NJ B. A. members
should understand; the representation
IS based upon votes and not upon rep
resentatives So no matter how many
OF our mem bers attend that meeting,
they will be welcomed and entitled to
sit in the meetiag and take full part in
/ its deliber ItiOus; but our organization
will only be entitled to q definite mum
Der of votes. We would be glad il
every one OF our two hundred and ifty
thousand members could be there
Mt. Vernon (uL) Progressive Farmer,
/ National Organ Z. NJ. B. A.
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FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

-Remember Katie and the babies
when you vote, and vote for their in
terest and lhe pr-1etuation of their
freedom Alliance Herald.
1t may sound strange, but properlv
speaking, peoples party delegates are
not included in the call for the 22d any
more than delegates from the reput1-
4ican or democratic parties, -Noacan.
soOnfOr=nist.
The fat on a silver dollar is what
makes it pass, The silver in it does not
enter into the question. If that is not
true why does the Mexican dollar with
JOB cents worth of silver q o1ly command
80 centsP-AlIianee Herald
The sub-breRsury plan nbOlisheG
fluctuations Ia products Of the soil,
closes mp the future" business, In
creases the business of the country,
and will eventually establish a cash
sYstem. .-Southern Mercury.
Chairman Taubeneek puts the mat
ter in a very clear and humorous light,
In regard to the futnity of reforming
the old Parties. He says: at is easier
for hen to lay fresh egg than to
purify a bad one" See?-Great West
Money issued by the government
direct to ths people for services re-
csived or security given at the cost Of
S0ihg thc business would reduce inter
eat to the cost of making out and Car
ing for tie papers or other securities
two per cent. or less. This would al
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sE. LouIs eoNFERENoE.

Not y Political Convention, But n Confer
etses oE EEduEtrisi Organizations.
The great conference of farm and
labor organizations to meet IN St
Louis February ., is il no sense a PeO-
Pie'A party meeting, as the politicians
and plutocrats would make believe.
This meeting was called before the
peoples party had, or claimed, a nationsl
existencs. The peoples party is not
included in the call, is not invited TO
the conference; no political party is,
nor will any be rePrese 1ted there
There will be adherents Of the peoples
party there, as there will be adherents
OF all the political parties there. when
was a meeting of that character held
to which an active delegation OF old
party wire-workers wera not sent?)
party Will be recognized in that body,
representatives It is simply to be a
meeting of the farm and labor organ
izatiOns to confer together as I } what
demands they can unite upon, and as
to what action they shall take as to the
surest and speediest method of securing
these demands
We speak thus positively because OF
false reports that have gone ont regard
ing the cO9ference. For instance, two
or three lodges and one county assem-
bly, have beel deceived into adopting
resolutions denouncing the general as
bly, for things the general assem IDLY
never did, never pretended to do, and
would not have done hal the matter
been mentioned or suggested. These
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PEOPLES PARTY MEETING.

The National Csz-raI Committee to Meet
tn Sc. LOUIS FebruaEy e.
The following resolution was adopt
ed at the Cincinnati convention May -
and 20, IssIs
Resolved, that this central committee OF tha
plople's parry shah represent this body attend
sha national conference on E'ebrILEy - l973,
and. II possible unite with that and al Other
reform examinations there assembled II no
satisfactory aEr.-Izl-ezEleut can be e1eetal this
committee shall csIl a national convention u1t
later than June j. i592 for ths purpose OF naui-
mating c1ndidatas tor preaident and vi-a-Drssl-
Gent
In accordance with this resolution
We hereby cali a meeting o. the ma
tiouaf central clnmittee or the peo-
pies party of the Unitsi States to be
held at the city Of St Louis, Mo. on
1EouIav, February %, 1874 Tor the Pur-
pose OF carry ing out the provisions ol
che foregoing resolution
The Headqusrrers OF the peoples
party viii be a. the Lacleds hotel
H. = EAUEESEcE4 chatFmsus
RoBEHT ScEILLISe, secretary
- C. RASAIHs treasurer
Es-i1uaj Ceutrul Co.'s ulit-ss
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san AEToSIo, Tex. Feb. 10.-Ihe re-
ported execution Of Col Never Heru-
audez tEe Mexican officer convicted by
court martial at Monterey of coasPiring
with the revoIutiouists. has been as
certained 20 be untrue After being
sentenced to be shot no date being
fixed Col Hernandez appealed his case
TO the war department and pending e
hearing was himself removed 70 the
Citv of Mexico 1t has since been
learned that the himsy testimony upoa
which he was convicted by the court
martial has aroused much sympathy
for him ia the higher circles 81 the
army aad that powerful Influences are
being ezerted IN his behalf
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IN HOG SlGNO VINCES.
The People Can Win Upon This Platform
Keen It Befnre Ehe People.

The People Can Win Upon risis Platform
keep Tt Before Ehe People.
l. ia) The right to make and issue
money is a sovereign power 20 be main
tainc by the peOp-e for the common
benefit; hence we demand the abolition
of the national banks and as a substi-
tats for national bank notes we demand
that legal tender treasury bills be is
sued in such volume as may be de
manded, not to exceed the present as
sessed value of improved, productive
real estate, such bills to be legal tender
! in payment OF all debts, public and
: private, and when demanded by the
! people to be issued to them at a rate
! OF tax not to exceed two per cent per
anuum upon improved, productive real
/ estate. in sums not to exceed the pres
/ ent assessed value OF such real estate.
{5) We further demand the establish
ment of United States postal banks il
/ the cities aud principal towns which
! said banks shall be banks of deposit
! exchange aud discount, and loan money
at two per cent interest upon personal
I security and upon storage receipts for
tnon-perishabe e products, issue froH
bonded warehouses and elevators by
state inspectors
i Cc}. We further demand that tn,
treasury bills heretofore specified
shall be not promises to pay, bu
promises to receive, aud shall read a
GQAlONFG- AG El@DFAG o. NAE ~l-AAA-A
States. severa}ty and collectively y
promise e, pay this bill in payment O
debts. public aud private, and in ex
change FOR labor and products Gns
/ shall be fundsble il United States sav
/ ings deposit certificates Of convsEien
denominations. interconvertjb{e at tn
pleasure of the government or holder
I aud dra wing = rate of interest not Z
exceed one per cent per snnum-
l1. We demand the free and uptim
tied coinage of silver, upon equal term
with gold. and that silver coin bs mad
5 fail legal tender. in any smoHns. 10
all debts. public and pFlvats-
5 wEut % keep the foregoing plai
/ form before the people It IS at onoe
. t.oEn binatsou aEz a c3mpEOmisa. ana &
. and yet is not a suo-trsasury Plasreru
: l. eInbGdies the laud-hasiz feature {
3 the suh-sreasurv plan and combines su
-essential feataees Of tbs non -psrisisats
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BAD WRECK.

Fatal Collision on the ShioaEo e Alton
Road Near CensFaliss mo--Threo Msn
KILLED and Several Injured
CESTuALIA, Mo, Feb 9.-Ihere was
"a disastrous and fatal wreck on tho
Chicago 81 Alton railroad at o'clock
yesterday morning at Larrabes, a sta
tiou four miles west of here 1t was q
head-eud collision betwee1 the Hum
NOR" tho wsst-bound lightning exc
press, aud au east-bouud stock train,
tirst No. ., aud it occurred at Larra-
bee. few miles west OF CentraIia,
Mo. The freight train hal gone upon
a side track 20 allow the passenger
TO pass The switch at the east end had
either careIesziV been left open by a
previous train or tampsrei wish foE
the passenger train, running a. a
speed of probably sixty miles an hour,
shot into the side track, leaving the
rail aud Collidca with the freight Be
fore the sitgati1u could be realized 10y
the railroad men the two engines met
with terrific force and were both com
pletely demolished The abs on the
engineers side were utterly torn away,
Alexander Ellington, of Roodhouse
engineer of No 19J, the engine of the
freight train, was instantly killed, a.
was also Prank kcllar, OF Eoodhouse
fireman on the passenger train.
Engineer Chris Adelman, OF slater
Mo, of engine lO5, pulling the passsn
ger train. had a leg broken and wa,
Injured about she head He viii likely
die.
Fireman Hyudman. of Roo Ihouse. o
the freight train, bad a leg torn of uus
was otherwise injured, probably fa
tally.
J. o. Day Of Chicago, b7gg uster
had an arm broken
The injured were brought here and
are being cared for by local surgeons
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FOREIoN INFORMATION.

THE TecIander believes that the earth
has an opening through it from pole %
poIc--EdEcator
THERE are 500, 900 blind people in
Europe There are more blind among
the SpauIards than any other European
race
IT IS strange though true, that in
Asia and Africa where grass Uiu mot
grow, the most beautiful flowers and
shrubs flourish 20 perfection
THE greatest cold on record was Ht
JulzoutasIE, Siberia January %, 1929,
when tested spirit thermometers ran
down 20 % degrees below the zero point
Of Fahrenheit
IE Belgium no person is allowed TO
vote unless he Is tax payer 60 the
the amount OF forty francs g year This
law makes the voters only twenty-five
out of every thousand Of population
EHE greatest market for wild ami
mails in the world. the place where cir
cusez and museuma purchase their
wild beast curios5tiess is the establish
ment OF the drm Of Hageu5ech, in Ham
burg IN plain sboreh0uses 800 yards
5y eco, they have Ia stock specimens Of
every lzind apd condition o. auimal
Tie
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Political Parties viii Have No BeIsEafe
Representation at ths St louis Confer
5ues.
There seems to be a general mis-
understanding as to the object OF the
meeting at St Louis February p. The
meeting, which is held under the aus
pices Of the various reform Orgauiza-
tions. aud not OF the peoples party.
was originally called for Washington,
but owing to many protests from tins
west, the committee changed the loes-
ton to St Louis-
It is not a convention to nominate
presidential candidates, but a confer
euce between the delegates OF various
reform organizations to decide what
action they are TO take politically.
It was called originally at a meeting
Of officials Of the various alliances and
the K. OF l. at the national alliance
meeting In Ocala, Fla, In Dscem Der,
1890 The date was set so late TO give
tho old parties a chance to show what
they would DO Tor the people at this
session of congress.
The call for the meeting of the Deo-
pies party committee in another
column will make things clear to those
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most entirely destroy the power of
cePital to absorb, and would leave the
producer the full product of his labor.
-Farmers' Alliance.
During the recent squabble between
the Ohio & Mississippi and Baltimore
& Ohio railroads, it was disclosed that
the English capitalists held SIG, 800. 600
of the stock in the Ohio & Mississippi
road. 1t would be a surprise to most
people if the exact amount of foreign
capital in this country could be ascer-
tanned. National Economist
The Charleston Is. c. News and
Courier has kindly consented to the
advent OF q third party. and furnishes
not only the platform, but the candi-
dates. 1t ignores the fact, however,
that the third party was organized
yearly one year ago, with n platform
and complete party machinery. Doubt
less this journal will be better posted
before the campaign OF 1892 is over
National Economist
The Cincinnati Enquirer and Com
mercial, one democratic and the other
republican, each fights for the undyinE
principles OF its particular party, and
they lead two equal hosts always
against each ether to the ballot box,
Each reader swears by the utterunces
of his oTarle-and one man, John Nc
Lean, owns both papers. He tal5es
LhGtE money ana gives LiiGtAA Ll4t1tl
choice of lies. He also distracts the
peoples attention while the money
power keeps on robbiug vhem--Farn-
ers' Alliance.
Says the Dakota Ruralist; The
resoluti n passed by the state prest
dents at their late meeting very much
simpliies the position so far as the T,
A, and I u. Is concerned. Il has been
claimed by some of our friends thai
there was no national peoples party
organized at Ciacinnati last May. We
have always contended that there was
and that the party then organized
should go on with its work the same n.
any other party. Others have claimed
that it was only organized conditional
", etc. We believe that the L. a. anC
]. u. delegates when. they Assem- BILE a
st Louis vviii be n unit Oa this ques
tioa. The deity ef The Hdti0Rcf oOmaitte
ef tie peoples party Is to push tie lsork o
s,FquQfzGEtoH.
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Cougressnan Cox, of Tennessee, in
an interview criticising the action of
ehe alliance presidents and the resoiu-
ton adopted by them in Washington
few days ego, sayss
The resolution shows duplicity on
its face. In one breath it says they
will affiliate with no party or parties
and asks every party to take them I'M
der its fold Now. the democratic
party is never going to indorse the
OcaIa platform as it stands, nor will
the republican party The peoples
partv, so called, has already in
dorsed the Ocala demands, and If the
alliance means to throw its strength
to the party that indorses Its peculiar
views and demands -she main ones of
which are sub-tressury aud iand-loan
asheues, both clearly at variance with
tbs theory of this government aud
.onud political economy, Why then
a, q afrea5y IN the peoples party
,.lstforun are 50 far as those demands
5E~iii ,sver get anv sort + party ind5rse'
meut. Nine-tenths Ct my esnstitrents ts
ers agrisufturalists. aad am II Iuti
egupsalv with them in their just griov-
.sosess. but no demcerst, who nader
-4n.,5ss the priaeip es Of this govera,
.a-nt. can ever insl5Fss tha rhsuneflea
t6aas of She esttsEsls- i-sll5esie4 iessFsAH-