The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-01-27
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
President Loucks Has q Word ox
Two For Us.
Alliance Information and 0suerA3
News Of Our Order


Our exchanges report / healthy Gsesy(&
in Al,isnce lnombership q Tez>
I ,rhe Alltsner has iccomra rasshSa moro l
Fin tho way olecducat;nR thc Wealth. pro-
dhccrs and wago workers. of thia country
in economies and tho srcpl live poiittcAi
Questions of tho present Ahsn oil Q{ .tho
other labor organizations comb,ncd THIS :;
is q broad assertion bat II abandtnsfy
Wi fed by iacts. But tho sxCsk OF ettu-t
catipa tn, masses In tho science OF taking
csre Of tho interest of Mollio and tho ba,s
bies has but just bcguu--tho Alliance
must bc su,taincd and vigorously sup
ported In order to push and perfect 'no
work.--Butl e, Mo Union.
rRH IpENT LoUCKs STEAKS.
To the Members Of tlo N. r. A al. U;
A few days ago Ircccivcd q letter ask.
irg for dccisi n on tho following point:
"Can an Alliance Ill cusi such polittcnt
questions rs government ownership OF rail-
ways, tho Sub Treasury plan Of issr'ng .,,
money, etc. county org'sSSsiysSsAysSSA. Si SAys A''a
"Heaff Ibugc, which meets at the differ.
ent school-houscs monthly. aud the sub
Alliance which meet weekly. Politics
killed ouc or two lodges.
want to tell you about cur Worlds
Fair night. May ,bc It will give same.
body an idea. sWc were getting talked :
out and wanted spnething dilrels Ut So
usumsd msmssf X sssuss swss non
,avtisa', hence could not dis political
My answer Of course was that ~
/ was not only IN or Ter, lut it wns the
luty of every Alliance to discuss every
,lnnk i'm our platform, and advisable 10
iiscuss State and ether issues OF interest
@ us us individuals AID as n class. Too
nany of our writers aud speakers arc
lot careful enough In tho use Of the terms
Tor. political and non .par isan. We sre
. political organizat'o 'on, indeed; ais
inctively political Organization, as every
plank in our demands Is political. Ihcy
all relate to Inc science OF govcrnmens.
Each and ev,ry one of them requires po-
liticnl action to crystalizc them into lazy.
But We arc distinctly non. partisan Or.
panixs.ion. We require no pledge OF
Support for any political pasty. Wo do
not oven require p'edy, ,to'supp1rt our
d, mands. The Alliance ID ancddcational :,
organization. We welcome into our Or.
.dcf men of all y itica! Affiliations, and !.
djS6dss IS Do,iticak .oi,cstl tlonssf less %
politips3 paAl nqS pst ntSss
l!|||! |
ffSni Ilsiakns S5S naisa}ISns The pssn. y
'ocrt'c Club .is i,sl fgahlkAi ieee, ~
that 1t d mands support ot Sthcs1fcmo @Ss
critic party as test OF membership. The -
x.s a. D,Nnhlirnn V.pa0t1R.
for tie II publican party and Industrial
Legion. for the Peoples party. Should.
the members of any OF the fail in their
snpport they arc liable to expulsion. 1t
is. not so with n member of tho Alliance.
So long rs other classes and professions
organize by themselves In non. partisan (
o. organizations, it will be vie for the farm
crs to follow their example. Ind"ed it 10
n necessity for us to organize for self-pro.
lection.
1t would be fata, mistake for us 10
bccrmc pl rtisan organization; that Is,
the tool Of any poit cal party. 1t Is our
duty to formulate and discuss our de-
m,nds, regardless of how it may effect
any party. II the advo acy and support
of omr demands hurt any political! party
| it is their own fault. We offered them
to all parti alike, with tn: implied pro-
misc Of support If they adopted them.
| On the other hand, II 1t helps plrty
because they have indonted tie s'Hio DC.
mands. it is their 10 :itimato reward for
doing so. 1t would be exceedingly uu-
wise for us to drop any demand simply
because political party had adopted 1t.
| We must push it until 1t is enacted into
law. The Allianccman who is an ALI
apccman first and partisan after will use
political parties just cs he uses any other
tool for the accomplishment Of o given
purpose. support tho Peoples party
because believe it is tho best tool Tor
the purpose. Iwould as soon think OF
using on my fnrm a forkcd stick for
plow. sickle to cut my wheat, fail to
to thresh it and market it OF horseback
with stone in ono end Of the sack to
balance it, and expect to make fortune
: raising wheat at 50 cents per bushs!, as
to think OF ,ccccding in having our de-
mands enacted into law by supporting
; political party that was fighting them. ;
o,u, ,nat d, u I.iartc; 81 ): .e'ncnc ana
r not a test of mem crsbip. Education In
, our rinciples or demands will cVentui'ly
. / al to unity of &C ion. As understand 1t,
/ 1t is our duty to organize in anon par'ison,
{ order TO formulate, discuss ana
{ promulgatc our poll ical demands in q
non. partisan spirit, and press them to
enactment into law by such methods as
our Judgment commends. The great
necessity is to start the farmers to think.
3 ing, reading, studying the science OF
! eovcrnm mt. When they do they wiis
Y rise in their might. and, uniting with
/ organized labor, viii! wipe out every
J vestige of special class privileges; Or
g eanize, educate, agitate. The republic
aQven-