The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-10-30
1 CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY.
AN ATTEMPT TO DEFEAT THE
REFORM MOVEMENT AND
BRING THE LEADERS
INTO DISTRIBUTE.

6GN4RWN
INTO DISTRIBUTE.
A Secret Power that Controls 81 Per
Cent. Republicans and 43 Per Cent.
Democrats.
It is said of Russian politics that it is
a series OF unwritten crimes; but a par
aIlel-in advanced civilization-may
be found in any country where a privl-
legged oligarcy is permitted through In
trigue and subterfUge to dominate b
affairs of the multitude. 1t has been
repeatedly charged that the old politi-
cal parties are dominated by the money
power of this country, but the extent
to which they are controlled has never
been stated as explicitly as set forth In
the annexed communications, the au-
thenticity of which n n will deny.
A brief explanation will suffice to
enable anyone ofully comprehend the
import of the letters and disclose the
true object of the author, which was
Intentionally withheld, hoping thereby
to accomplish the purpose of the con
spirators.
Frederick L. Horton is undeniably
the paid agent of the Legislative COM
mittee'' of the National Bankers Asso-
citation, from whom he draws a salary
of 81, 800 a year and all expenses, his
mission being to secure control Of the
reform forces similar to their boasted
control lof the Republican and Demo
cratic parties. The plan proposed, as
will be seen by a careful reading of the
letters, is to form a secret bureau
through which the reform forces are
expected to communicate, this enabl-
ing the Wall street end of the bureau"
to anticipate the action of the reform
forces and circumvent every effort at
true reform, or turn the information
to their purpose. Should they fail in
their effort to direct the movement of
the reform forces-as they did in the
Gresham campaign-the bureau" is
so planned as to make every one con-
nected there with, except the commit
tee," subject to prosecution as conspir-
ators, thus bringing odium upon the
movement and imprisonment of the
leaders, retarding the cause of reform
many years.
In forming a correct estimate of the
Horton letters, three conditions must
be taken into consideration:
l. Mr.. Horizons inexperience in the
reform work subjects him to many
mistakes, such as calling the several
industrial organizations secret pOliti-
cal ORDERS" the s]upposition that the
leaders are a band of conspirators and
that reforms are brought about by in
trigue such as is practiced by the men
he represents.
2. The press notices of the formation
of the order Of Loyal Americans led
him to infer that it was an anti Cath
Ollie organization similar to the A. P. a.
and that in order to induce it to enter
this secret bureau it was necessary to
make his letters strongly anti Catholic.
8 Inorder to inspire confidence in the
abiliSy of the committee, he discloses
the true workings of the power he rep
resents within the ranks of the Demo.
cratic and Republican parties, forget
ting that the reform movement is or
ganized to overcome such intrigue and
place the government Once more upon
a rue representative basis, where,
through the initiative, referendum and
imperial mandate, it will be forever
beyond the control of the money
power and its so called Bureau of
Public Safety"
With this explanation, the letters
are submitted verbatim, italics indicat-
ing single scoring, SMALL CAPS double
scoring, GAPS treble scoring, and par
enthesis 0 interlinations.
HORIZONS FIRST LETTER.
ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL,
Decatur, Ill, 18th Jan. 1894
From the Central Committee of the
Allied Secret Orders: