The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-06-14


THURSDAY, JUNE IA, 1894.
facture of Irvine at the States prison
has greatly reduced the price OF that
article to tho farmers OF the State,and
that it now can be procured at very
reasonable price for the ooming -har-
vest; ;,
Therefore, be it resolved, that the
Farmers Alliance of this county, 40
recommend the farmers to use this
prison Irvine and that we appoint ~.
Gilbert general agent, witt power to
appoint sus-agents in esd tor the
county.
The adoption of this resolution hn-
iished the business. There we're loud
calls for Jones-John n. jones. He
assembled the platform in bound, and
told them what the Republican legis-
lature of 1887 had done. Ithad enact
ed g law to regulate the railroad traf-
,fc; instituted high license; the com
pulsery education of temperance phys
iology in our public schools, etc.
About this time the Alliance broke
away from it's path and out into indie
pendent politics. in 1891 they elected
the largest one-third of the Legislature,
but during that year there was not
enacted ose iota of legislation to ben
eft the farner. He applied the mon
key and organ story tothe Pop. move
ment. The present financial troubles.
he said were ten times harder on bust
ness men and farmers, and still the
latter were complaining. A storm was
passing over the country from one end
to the other, and it has not left one
corner unblighted.
81 take pleasure ia introducing q
man who was brave enough to brave
party disloyalty and treaehery ia 1892
and step out with US" were tho words
of Chairman Gilbert, 10 Introducing
Judge Baldwin to the throng.
Judge Baldwin was sorry that the
chairman alluded to it in that way.
Everybody knows that I am a Re-
publican" he said, "but I am a true
Republican. I believe that it was
boss rule that ruined the old Demo
cratic party and brought the Wing
party into line. The moment you
hold your Offices out to be bid upon
then will boss rule begin. and then
will the ruin of the party commence.
We have felt that there was a ring in
Redwood Falls, in the Republican
party, that parceled out the Offices as
they see fit. We don't believe in that
doctrine and no true Republican does.
You farmers should not allow the pol
iticians to ride you. You compose
three-quarters of the vote of the coun-
try. You should attend the caucuses,
and just as long as there is repre-
sentative nominating convention the
government will be run alright. l
have talked with farmers looking to-
wards this kind of reform, and they
say: What's the use, if we send del
egates down there you have set of
ringsters that buy them up If you
send representative men to the con-
vention they can't be bought up
Commissioner Arnold and Andrew
Stewart spoke from the Populistic
standpoint, the former favoring the
initiative and referendum, and the
latter contending that he was a Re-
publican-a Lincolnian Republican,
and that the Peoples Party of to-day
was the Republican party of the past.
He made some references to J. R.
Lanksrd, and when he got through
the latter gentleman jumped up to- the
platform and claimed that he had
been misrepresented by the speaker,
and holly challenged him to debate at
any time. Chairman Gilbert poured
oil over the troubled waters and the
talking ceased. The inspiring strains
of Welch's orchestra sending off a
score or more of couple on a maizy
waltz or an enjoyable quadrille, and
the dancing kept up until a late hou,
Friday morning.
Then, all hale, to the Farmers AL.
lance picnic of 1894.
Tracy Republican: Supt. Stewart
and j. A. Hunter went over to Red.
wood Falls last Monday to inspect