The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-02-25
OUR ALLIANCE COLUMN.
NEWS OF the ORDER AND ITS
MEMBERS.
WHAT Is BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
sEOTIONs FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.

WHAT Is BEING DONE IN THE VARIOUS
SECTIONS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT
OF THE GREAT ORGANIZATION.
The Southern Mercury, of Dallas, Tex
as, is ten years old. It is the organ OF
Texas State Alliance, and was formerly
organ of the National Alliance before
paper was established at Washington.
The Mercury is one of the best among re-
form papers.
THE ST. LOUIS CONFERENCE.
No assemblage of citizens, perhaps in
in the history of this country, has ever
excited such deep and universal interest
as the one which will convene in the city
of St. Louis on the 22nd inst. The great
industrial elements will there be repre-
sented. They are to meet and consult
together for the common good. The
men who go there will be sent to repre-
sent the sentiments Of their respective
constituencies. They will not 90 there to
carry out their own peculiar and individ
ual views. They are not to work in the
interest Of any particular political party.
They are to do the very best thing for
the relief and welfare Of the people who
sent them there. We regret to see some
disposition in certain quarters to pack
that body. We would quietly give out a
friendly note of warning-f any man
goes to that conference and assumes to
drive his people into false position, he
will be repudiated, as he should be, by
his people. Let the people be watchful,
firm and faithful and they will triumph.
-Ex.
California Farmers Alliance (Stock-
ton, Cal.) says: Many of those who
laughed at the Associated Press accounts
of the convention of the Farmers Ali
ance at Indianapolis, and were ia high
glee when they heard that the Alliance
had split and that it would fast go to
pieces after the convention, which they
believed was failure, are now wearing
faces as long and as serious looking as a
Mormon preacher at the funeral Of his
first wife, when they learn the truth
through the reform press. They
begin to realize now that the con-
failure, and that the split, which they
thought would break up the Alliance
did not amount to anything except in
purifying the ranks. of the Alliance by
wedding out the undesirable material that
had found its way into the organization.
II worries the enemies of the Alliance
considerably to think-now that they are
learning the truth-that instead of the
Alliance going to pieces it is increasing
in membership and gaining stronger
foothold every day. They know that the
success of the Alliance means death to
monopoly and speedy ending of the
unjust revenue that are now being de-
rived from the honest labor of the farmer,
mechanic and laborer. So it is not to be
wondered at that those leeches of hu-
manity who are enemies of the Alliance,
40 about wearing long and serious
looking face. for they have a good cause
to look worried.
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PLEDGINa THE PEOPLE.
1t is now about time for the ringster
politicians to begin to put in their work.
They will begin now to look out for the
most prominent and influential alliance
men in neighborhoods and counties and
districts, and offer to trade with them.
They will offer to aid these brethren in
securing nomination for commissioner,
sheriff, county treasurer, clerk or for the
legislature, provided this allianceman
will work for certain nan for congress,
or state or federal office. Already the
old ringsters have fixed up their slate
and are trying to rope in the alliancemen
by every conceivable device to pledge
themselves for certain man for
governor. We warn all the Alliancemen
of the State not to be ensuared in their
trap. Stand right square up on your
shoe bottoms and swear that you intend
to vote for no man in this year of our
Lord, 1899, for any responsible office,
who belongs to the rings or is tied up
with railroads or any other corporate
monopoly. Go further and say that you
will vote for no man who does not stand
solidly and squarely on our principles.
This is the way to win. This is the road to
success and honor. Don't be gulled by
the soft cooings of designing men.
Stand or fall by your principles. We are
the manGuverings of certain
people, and we say now, once for all that
if any attempt is made to blind and de-
ludo our people into the support of men
whose record proves that they have
been no friends of the people we will
open with some guns that will demolish
things. We tell the alliance to keep
its eyes open for the enemy's emissaries
and for foes within. Tricks are at work.
Keep sharp lookout for them.-Pro-
gresslve Farmer.
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ALL SOLID.
A recent Washington dispatch says:
The peoples party of the house of repre-
'entalives is in fact political organiza-
ion and is united as to the party meas
Tres which it is to press upon the two
houses of the Fifty-sccond congress. In
he caucus which met before the organi-
ation of the house and nominated Rep
esentative Watson of Georgia as a can
lidate of the peoples party for speaker
# the house, it was decided to preserve
heir nolitieal autonomu on oil nupetiOna