Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-03-22
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES

My brother democrat, how do you
succeed in working reforms through
the old party?
The anti-option bill has been de-
feated in a house of representatives
overwhelmingly democratic.-St Louis
Monitor.
AS high as 10000, 900 of gold in a
single year has recently gone across the
ocean from this country to fill English
and German Golfers
Cleveland and Harrison, Foster and
Carlisle, democrat and republican,
hand in hand to destroy silver, and the
leaders of both old parties struggling
to outdo each other in perpetuating the
"crime of the century. Coming Crisis.
Carnegie has refused to employ men
in his steel works until they will with
draw from their labor unions If Mr..
Carnegie were in France, instead of
free America, he would be arrested as a
criminal for such an act-San Francis
CO Press-
1t has been figured that Mr. Cleve-
land received smaller percentage of
the popular vote cast than was polled
by any democrat since 1872 He re-
ceived less than 46 per cent. of the vote
cast Harrison less than a per cent
and Weaver, 81 per cent
The national executive committee
OF the Farmers Alliance and Industrial
union have declared the National
Economist to be no longer the official
organ of the order. They also declared
the office of national secretary vacant
but made no appointment
Before election, tariff reform was
the great war cry of the democrats
Since election it hasn't been heard of
The only measure of reform ~ Cleve-
land is exerting himself to put forward
is the repeal of the Sherman law, and
the complete decentralization of silver
The Kansas City Times (dem) has
at last fopped to Wall street 1t is
fighting silver for all that is out. We
noticed short time since that its man
ager had been to New York and had had
a consultation with Mr. Cleveland. He
likely consulted the bankers there,
also. so.-Missouri World.
The scheme of English bankers to
withdraw gold from this country and
thereby cripple the national treasury
and force the demonstration of silver
and the issue of more bonds, for the
time being may have failed, but let
there be no relaxation of vigilance.
They are not conquered-IowaF Farm
ers' Tribune.
Long before the next congress ends
Cleveland will wish the 90 democratic
majority in the house were reduced to
0, or swept away altogether. For the
financial legislation that he wants he
will have to look to the republicans and
the handful of democrats from New
York and New England.-St Louis
Globe Democrat (Rep.).
Mr.. Olney. the Encouragement un-
der Mr.. Cleveland, has had an extensive
training for the work he will be called
upon to do, in his capacity as counsel
for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad companies. These big corpo-
rations will be we'll pleased with Mr..
Cleveland's selection of their own Mr.
Olney.
The democratic party had control
OF both branches of congress and the
executive when President Buchanan
was in the White house-civil war fol-
lowed The democratic party now has
control of both branches of congress,
with another New Yorker as president
We hope the inevitable revolution will
be confined to the ballot box-Nash-
vile Toiler
There are brotherhoods and broth
erhoods, and they are all to some extent
a mutual help; but the brotherhood that
will set the people free is brotherhood
of voters. Who will begin it's organiza-
ton? The labor organizations of the
cities will effect nothing for the perma-
nent benefit of their members while
they act on their present selfish lines -
Midland Journal
Step out the old, step in the new, is
not the way Tennyson said it, but that
is the way they do in Washington. 1t
is pretty safe to say, however, that the
corporation and money power did not
step out: In the olden times, on the
death of a king, they cried in the same
breath, ''The king is dead-long live
the king" Now we say: THE money
power goes out-The money power
comes in. "-Exchange.
Prosperity to productive labor is
absolutely the only guarantee of pros.
perity to business. Labor is the goose
that lays the golden egg. These kind
of eggs will cease to exist for the busi-
ness classes to struggle for when labor
is subjugated. A hint to the wise ought
to be sufficient The lower the price
that the farmer is compelled to take for
his produce and the more interest he
has to pay, the less is he worth to the
| merchant as a customer. (Kan.
News.
The machine democrats of the here
tofore solid south" have played their
last successful desperate game to re-
tain control. The people in the south
are quietly, but surely, preparing to
maiatain their rights They are de-
| termined that there shall be free bal
| lot aud a fair count. 1t is not polit-
| zeal division on the color line, but the
! white voters of those states contendinp
for n fair representation. There can
be but one result-Shelbyville GIL
| Peonle's Paper.
"A tariff for protection is not only
/ unconstitutional but as protection to
| 1OOk IL Ao q d IEduu ana a O0lu-
sion A tariff for revenue only is con-
stitutional but 1t is unjust 1t is a
tax not according to mans means to
paw, but according to his necessities
the poor man. as rule, paying very
nearly as much tariff taxes as
the millionaire. While all NAV
not understand it as such, we believe i
q devilish sly scheme to burden the
| poor and middle classes with the tar
that the rich man should pay. We are
opposed to all tariffs and hold that di
rect taxation is the best and cheapest
placing the harden upon those best able
10 stand it--chicago free TFadsr, -
The length of the largest tiger skin
after drying is said to be 13 feet
inches, but it must be noted that skin
expand considerably in the curing. Th
greatest length of skin undressed
given at 10 feet 25< inches That goe
far toward confirming what we hav
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