Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-18
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
ALLIANCE NOTES.

South Carolina, it is said, elected
four congressman pledged to the Ocala
platform.
The populists ran away ahead of
the Clark democracy of Texas Nugent
received over 105. 900 votes.
Indiana, Alabama and Missouri cast
as many third party votes this year as
the whole country did four years ago
The populists had nine members of
the Fifty-second congress, and their
forces will be increased to twenty y-one
in the Fifty-third
In California, at the last election,
the proposition to elect United States
senators by direct vote of the people
was carried by good majority.
There is a great demand for daily
paper, of the populists persuasion, in
this country, and the indications are in
the east, that it will be born before
many months.
The New Nation is energetically
pushing the circulation of petitions in
the state of Massachusetts for the ma
tionalization of the telegraph and tele-
phone systems.
The point of Postmaster-General
Wanamaker's report is that everything
the government owns or operates de-
creases in expense and increases in eff
cheney. Farmer
Daniel Webster received IA elector-
al votes in 1886, having only carried one
state. The first time Thomas jefferson
ran for president he only got four
electoral votes. Gen. Weaver has "a
Friends of reform can see the neces-
sity of putting the local alliance and
labor organization in the best possible
conditions This winter must be one
OF incessant work.-Arkansas Farmer
1t is stated on democratic authority
that Mr.. Cleveland will call an extra
session of congress provided the mem
bers thereof will give him satisfactory
assurances that they will hold but one
month and do nothing Arkansas
Farmer
Government ownership of railroads,
telegraph and express business is not
an experiment, but has been an estab-
lished success in many other countries
For every argument against it there
are thousand for it. Get ready for it;
it is coming. -Tipton (O.) Dispatch.
The great movement for the free
coinage of silver, started in the west,
and is moving east with an irresistible
force. Even the English farmers are
leading a revolt against the gold-bugs
of Lombard and Threadneedle streets,
and are demanding the full use of silver
as money.
The dirtiest election trick took place
In Nebraska where the railroad com
panies issued lying circular the day
before election to prevent the farmers
''tumbling' to their game, in which all
railroad men were urged to vote the re-
publican or democratic, but under no
consideration the peoples party ticket.
National Advance.
The alliancemen all over the south
are getting to work Meetings are be-
ing held, lectures delivered and new
members are being received by the hun
dred. Go to work in every civil district
and reOrganize your union. Get the old
members to rally at once and put the
union in good working shape and send
in your reports to this Office. e.-Toiler
at great length because the peoples
party is not eager to go over, horse
foot and dragons, into the prohibition
camp. 1t is thousand pities these
parties cannot find common meeting
ground, for the peoples party, not
withdrawing the Voice declares the
contrary, is hostile TO the liquor traffic.
Vanguard.
AT the recent meeting of the fedora
tion of labor, held in old independence
hall, Philadelphia, President Gompers
declared in strongest terms in favor of
the confedation taking political action
in the future With all the labor or
CARNATIONS coming into line and unit
ing with the farmer organizations, we
surely have reason to take courage and
press on to certain victory.
Senator Washburn is the author of
the anti-option bill which Senator Vest
is opposing so strenuously. In the SEN
ate recently Washburn tried to secure
n date for vote on the bill, before adj
iournment, but failed In the course
ut his speech he said: 81 desire to call
the attention Of the senate to the fact
that this bill was passed through the
other house in June by an overwhelmr
ing majority. 1t is very evident that
there is pronounced majority in this
body in favor of it In my opinion
nine-tenths of the people in the coun-
try are looking anxiously for the pas
sage of this bill and ninety-nine one
hundredth of the farmers Of the coun-
try are praying for It," All of which
makes an excellent argument for the
establishment of the initiative and
referendum.