Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-01-20
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

The election of the Tammany cam
didate for speaker of the house, Crisp.
has not resulted in vast lake of har-
mony. There is row in the democrat
ic camp The fact Is, the protection
democrats have captured the party
body, breeches aud overalis. Mills
kicks, but it is n. G. The plutocrats
own the entire machine Great West.
-"Once let all the capitalists who
have money invested in the city of
Boston rem owe from the city, taking
their money with them, and see what
the rest of US would do" This is what
Rev. Frank Haven Hi1ma1 said in a
sermon on ''The Capitalists Right"
Under such catastrophe, Boston
would simply lie down and die, in the
opinion of the preacher. This distorte
ethics of money very we'll illustrates
how deep we are il the nire of false
fnanciering.-New Nation
The indications are that there will
be spit in the sout iern democracy on
the sub-treasurY plan. One wing favors
the sub-treasury, while the Old bo r
bons and the party machine are bitterly
opposed to it. The latter, while it con-
sists of minority of the party in the
south, has barrel at its disposal,
and of course will be able to make a
great deal of noise. but if the rank an
file are true to their convictions they
will leave the machine to do its own
voting, and that will end the dispute
as well as the machine.-Topeka (Kan.)
Advocate
The alien land laws of Texas and
Illinois have been decided unconstitu-
tional by the courts. With the very
limited meaning attached to the word
alien" the law was of little service at
best. Whenever the word is made to
include all persons living outside the
state where the land is situated, it will
be worth while fighting for the law.
1t makes but little difference to the
state of Kansas whether her lands are
owned in Wall street, or Thread and
Needle street, for both are equally for
eign and equally avaricious Pitts
burgh Kansan.
The democratic leaders of Kansas
are bringing pressure upon the peoples
party lea1ers to fuse next year and
take Kansas out of the republican col
umn. The chances are that the pressure
will not produce the results desired by
the democrats 1t seems that the peo-
ple's party men have the idea that
they can whip both parties. At any
rate defeat in a struggle against the
field is better than fusion with the
relics of the Kansas democracy Car
rying on political intrigues with r.
formers is not very satisfactory busi-
ness.-National Advance.
The rich men meet in the bank, the
clubhouse or parlor. Workingmen,
when they combine. gather in the
street. All the organized forces of So
ciety are against them. Capital has
the army and the navy, the legislative,
judicial and executive departments
When the rich combine it is for sex
changing ideas" When the poor COM
bine it is conspiracy" If they act in
concert, if they really do some hing, it
is a mob" If they defend them
selves, it is treason" In this country
the political power is equally divided
among men. Why should the rich con-
troll? There are certainly more poor
than there are rich. Why should the
laborers not comb ne for the purpose
of controlling the executive, legis a.
tive and judicial departments?-Ro
G. Ingersoll.