The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-02-24
The Kan sss Farmer.

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reforms in that state, and having no
confidence in either of the two old
parties they rallied to the support Of
what was then called the Union Labor
party, which in the election of 1888
polled nearly 10000 votes.
conservative members of the Al
lance opposed the movement, urging
that the organization to be effective
must keep out of politics.
The s.great agricultural papers, of
st. Louis, Chicago, and other large
cities made haste to inform the Exam
sas clodhoppers'' that while the ALI
ance was a good thing, a mighty good
thing, in fact, in it's place, the politi-
cal arena wasn't the place for it.
Old party politicians and old party
editors set up a howl over the Farm
ers' Movement compared with which
the cry of the Kansas Calamity
Howler'' wasn't circumstance.
A ''great religious weekly of New
York lent it's aid to convince the OBJ
stinate Kansas Farmer that it was his
manifest duty to attend strictly to the
business of raising turnips and pota-
toes, and not encroach upon the pre-
rogative of the time-honored politi-
clan.
But the Kansas Farmer knew
thing OF two, himself, which his num-
erous advisers didn't tell him.
Acting upon this knowledge he
steadily and .sistently pushed his
way into politics, with the same en-
ergy and determination with which
he would ascertain the whereabouts
of a missing heifer or investigate
midnight raid upon his chicken
house.
As erybody knows, he got right
into the middle of politics in grand
style.
And then the fun commenced.
just by way of experiment our
Kansas Farmer retired nearly the
whole of his congressional delegation
and sent Honest John Davis and men
of his ilk to take their places.
Then he placed heavy hand upon
the coat collar of glib-tongued lawyer
Ingalls,, who was misrepresenting
Kansas in the United States senate,
and sent him on a lecturing tour to
tell folks ''how it happened.
Next he caught old Shylock by the
shoulders and shook him till his
teeth ratified and he promised to get
out OF Kansas and stay out.
Not long since, while pausing to
get breath. our Farmer Reformer saw
the enemy in solid plalanx advancing
to meet him.
Inscribed upon their banner was
the homogeneous legend; .sKansas
Must be Redeemed" which meant that
the Farmer must get out of politics if
he had to be thrown out.
The lawyer politician was there to
convince him; the hired city editor,
to persuade him; an old neighbor or
two. to coax him; representative
OF Shylock, to bride him; and in the
rear of the procession, two gigantic
political thugs, to bounce him.
But our Farmer friend, undismayed,
threw aside his coat, took an extra
hitch in his suspenders, spat on his
hands, and soon cleaned out the
whole crowd.
[auu AduodS udS UcCu ''roQocmoQ.'
The great demand of the hour is
for the farmers of other states,
farther north and east, to stop whin-
ing and ''go into politics." Let them
carry their grievances to the ballot
box. Let them take the Kansas
farmer for an example-get out of
the old parties and join the Peoples
party. the only party that offers any
relief to the oppressed tillers of the
soil. Chicago Express.
Dollars Brains.
Mr.. c.. A. Black, the well-knowr
millionaire Republican statesman of
Detroit, is not only kicking in the
party traces, but he is likely to kick
the whole barn to pieces. He it was
who, the morning after election, said
the day of the millionaire in Ameri-
can politics is at an end He has