The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-05


wilderness. during the long. dark and
dreary ycarz tnat farmers and iuborerI
north aud south iu body w1re sup
porting the old parties with do=pairiuE
persisseuce.
a mans belief is no tcst Of his
character, A mans profession fire.
queutiy conflicts with his prlaticcs- A
rascal may loudly assert his allegiance
90 the Ocala platform ani an honest
man dispute its main principle What
IS the Oea p1utIorm2 What IS the
Omaha pIatf1-mf What IS the Ciucin-
natl platform but protests against The
evils resulting from the Legislative and
parties2 Had either of These parties
sincerely and seriously opposed tho
Legislation that produced the conditions
which the alliance opposes, there
would never have been "a necessity Tor
She existence of lae alliance. Neither
of the two old parties afui1 tho
necessity for Jhe reforms laFoesd by
the alliance Neither OF them have
anything but rilicuis aad hats for tho
alliance Both OF thcm arc wasting
their time fencing for political capital
Neither OF TEEN seriqEsiy oppose mo-
uopoly. And the big leaders of each
are the hired attorneys of tho money
power
Tell us the difference between Br.ce
and Sherman, between Allison and
Hearst between Tom Scott and Chauu-
Ccy Depew. What diffCrc1ca does is
make TO the farmer and labarer
whether the presiding officer q cone
Fress is Car Reed, a hard money. pros
tectionist republican, or Crisp. hard
money. protCctiouist democrat "a
heuolmau of the Union Pacific railroad
backed by that ccsspool OF political
corruption, EammauE halle We object
90 so-cailcd alliance leaders palminE
of the election of such a man us an ale
ffHucs victory We object to these Eo-
called leaders trying tu hold thc reform
forces in line for the democratic party
with a leadership that uecessitaies
label ing Co distinguish them from the
republicans
At Cincinnati last May there vvcro
men opposing the formation OF third
party, but who were true rciormerz
aud stepped into line when 1hC Eu-
ior.ty declared FOR political indCpcud-
eucc- There were others there uPpDs-
ing the third party, mud they Hve stIl
opposing IL with mors bitterness than
ever. They are using the suue argu-
meuts, and tHe same tac tas tu delay
the movement, as those employed by
the old parties
There are aUfan-e lenders i'm the
south who arc milking Che % g mistake
OF supposiug that they can whip Iha
northern alliance people into the sup
port of the democratic party. We give
them fair warning that they viii not
succeed. An through the south Hrs
consistent alliance mon earnestly work.
ing for reform. Down iu Georgia "a
large number of county alliance by
resolutions are upholIiuE the hands OF
gallant Tom Watson am . u-uouuriug
Livingstone. Et IS au Inspiration 90
read the peoples party paper of At
luutar Ca and know shat tue farmers
of Tint aFafn n1rgnH- with
This is no time Tor faItaring. This IS
no time TO follow the leadership of d
coterie of um bilious politicians This
is no time TO allow the shaping of our
policy by men who have escaped tho
spite aud abuse of both % d parties by
falling iEto the ranks of one or tho
other of them
We walk up and down the streets of
this great city and see every here tho
evidence OF dire POVERTY. We pass
coal cellar every morning, and SEQ
women with white. piuchcd faces orat r-
ing bucIgDtful OF coal we see sWarfss
of little children, with haunted, hungry
looks, crowds of Idle men with dasp.I Ir
written on their faces, and every vvll rv
young girls plying thc awful trade Of
nros ituti %. We pick mp tho great
daiIies ana reui of business iEiItTa
after failure. We read the gIHriuv,
heaulIuc-r giving accounts of Vice.
crime. suicide iu awful procession NFu
ancn our exchange and read the tn1 -t-
gage foreclosure telling of poverty
aud afstraas amoug-t the farmer And
when we read these tlinEs. oF gs hen $50
see them with tine naked eye. ,vs feel
that there is no time f.r delav and Es
refuse % follow men, call tHcu aIli-
uuce leaders ur what VoH uH.s who
are tryiu- TO pr1r-a atinata t.is Hu-vs-
meat or steer ur into the TuuE- rf 1ar-
. ties whose leaders are living .u iuNu -v
. ON v.oultH sucked from the worlds u 40
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