The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1893-02-14
MR.. ]. S. BELL.
Some Views in Regard to the Interest
of the Alliance Suggestions as to
How to Protect A1ilancemen and
Defend Democracy,

SS%@S NS"S IA 4NNSSAN ~ An |$ASS
of the Alliance Suggestions as to
How to Protect Alilancemen and
Defend Democracy.
l have been approached by a great
many men from almost every section
of the State since | arrived in the city
of Raleigh the first Of January, in re-
gard to the advisability of re organic
ing or reviving the Alliance. There
fore | have concluded to write this ar
ticle on the subject for publication. I
wish to say in the outset, that l am
thoroughly in favor of the principles of
the Alliance, as set out in our State
Constitution, but [ wish to say right
here that | will bave to see the Order
in different hands, and running in diff
ferent grooves before [ ever have any
thing more to do with it.
Take the first declaration of prin-
ciples, which reads as follows: 1.
ITO labor for the education of the ag-
ricultural classes in the science of eco
nOmlCal government in a strictly non
partisan spirit" It is not necessary
for me to say that this provision of the
Constitution has been violated. l don't
believe there is a single ~sO-called ALI
ance organ in the State that has not
trampled under foot this known pro
vision Of this once glorious organlza-
ton. No society, church, or govern
ment can hope 10 live long or prosper
in open violation of it's own fundamen-
tai law. Again article 3, section 1,
reads as follows: mo person shall be
admitted as a member unless he has
been a citizen of the State of North
Carolina for six months past, and not
then unless he be afarmer, farm labOrer,
fisherman, mechanic, country school
teacher, country physician or minister
of the gospel, whose work Is mainly In
the country, or editor of a strictly agrl-
cultural paper"
One word in regard to those agricul-
tural or non partisan newspapers. How
can YOU cOnstrue those so called organs
to be non partisan? The first job l see
for them to do Is to prove that the
Third party, or Peoples party Is not
q party. or at least a political party. l
admit there is not a great deal of the
Third parry, but it is nevertheless a
party, a political and a very bitter par
tisan party. They may, however, save
themselves under DR.. S~anderlln'S def:
milton of the difference between a far
mer and an agrlcultUrlst. The Doctor
saws a farmer is a man who manages a
farm and an agriculturlst Is one who
manages the farmer. don't suppose
that one of those editors has done an
honest days work on a farm in ten
wish to say further that the ALI
ance stands to day indicted before the
ewes of the civilized world as being COR
rnpted into a huge political machine.
To prove this you only have to turn to
the record of almost every leader from
its national head down to the little
sub-correspondent.
Why, almost every day you see reso-
lutions published that have been passed
with closed doors endorsing the course
of their leaders, and contributing of
their funds to further the Third party
movement. A great deal of said funds
were put there by others. There is
$35, 900 in the hands of the Business
Agent our trustee, and I don't see but
one way to that fund, and that is to