Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-25
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES


no share in fusion, let the consequences
be what they may. There can be no
good resulting to the peoples party
from fusion with either old party
Brookfield (Mo) Union.
Fusion is political prostitution and
our friends in Kansas, while paying the
penalty of evil associations, are suffer
ing the pangs of repentance We find
no fault II Is right that you should
take your medicine e-Brookfield (Mo.)
Union.
The populists out in Minnesota and
South Dakota say that they would have
done better in the late election had the
democrats not helped them No doubt
of this, and the difficulties will have TO
be met in Missouri in two years john
son County (Mo) Union.
The people h ope for nothing from
politicians New men, common sense
men, honest men, who have not been
debauchcd by political intrigues should
be put into congress. Little reliance
is to be placed in "old timers" All
they care for is to feed at the public
crib PA" Chase.
Now is the time. Every school dis
trict in Kansas, where there is no work.
ing sub-alliance, or, at least, every vot-
ing precinct, should have club for the
study and discussion of political ques-
tions. And every club ought to have
In It's library one or more good populist
papers Topeka Advocate.
The issue of national and state bank
notes, based on deposit Of national,
state and municipal or railroad bonds,
Is the substance of the Harter bill re-
Gently introduced in congress. Why
not extend the basis and take in farm
products? Are they not as good as city
or railroad bonds? They are better, and
the people demand iti-Fort Worth
(Tex.) Advance.
The patriotic debt-ridden people of
the United States should let their rep
resentatives know that we will not toll
crate the increase of our bonded debt
by single dollar, however much ma
tional ba ks and gold-bu may desire
1t. And furthermore, that it will cost
any statesman his political life to advo-
cate any such villainous scheme of rob
bery.-San Antonio TEX Truth.
We welcome the intelligence that a
syndicate of American and foreign
bankers is gaining entire possession of
the Union Pacific railroad. One of
these days, when the people awake to
a full realization of who 1t is that owns
the iron highways which span this re-
public, the cry of America for Amer
leans" will be raised with good reason
and with good result t-Vangaurd.
"A great many republican papers,
since the election, have found out that
the country needs more money. Since
the republican party is in favor of a
single gold standard and opposed to fat
nancy, these papers would crafty the
curiosity of an inquiring public by
making it clear just how they propose
to increase the circulating medium. Let
us have the plan, gentlemen. Topeka
Advocate.
The sentiment of the peoples party
and all Its voters, also Of thousands out
side the party, Is voiced in the declara-
tion against government subsidy for
the Nicaragua Canal Co, and in advo-
eating the ownership of the canal by
the government Here In the matter of
trans-isthmians communication is an
opportunity for Uncle Sam to hold "the
key to the commerce of the world" and
not repeat the mistake that was made
in trans-continental traffic by turning
it over to private corporation.-Jun
tion City (Kan.) Tribune.
California, by a vote nearly unani-
nous, has decided in favor of electing
Uuited States senators by direct vote
Unless the people become less party
prejudiced this movement will avail
nothing Usually the nominee of the
party.g gets the party vote, and it is real
ly easier for special interests to control
a party convention than a legislature.
AS rule a legislature is made up of
more honorable men than a state party
convention is. However, people are be-
ginning to vote more for measures than
for men, and it will be harder to influ-
ence majority of the people in behalf
of special interests than majority of
a legislature. Missouri World
In the states north of Mason and
Dixon's line the democrats have in the
present congress 11o members and the
republicans 81. In the new congress,
elected November 8, there will be only
81 democrats from the north and 1913 re-
publicans-a gain of AZ republicans.
They are getting most of the gain under
the new apportionment But the ques-
tion for democrats to ponder over is, if
the people of the north were so much op-
posed to republican protection why
such los0 of democratic congressman?
The editor of this paper Is in favor of
tariff reform, but the vote for congress-
men don't show that a majority of the
people of that section are against Nc
Kinleyism. Nashville (Tenn.) Weekly
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