Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-21
WILL Be A MISTAKE,
AND a VERY GRAVE ONE Ar THAT
EoR THE ORDER
shouId the Alliance Indorsr Any
Political Party, says secre-
tary Fitzgerald,

Lnmpasas. Aug. 20. Especial I'm
conversation With a Gazette rIuCr tcr
today MIR, James Fitzgerald. secretary
OF the state Federation OF Labor. sad:
Speaking OF the prObaule iuIuIse-
ment OF the Peoples party by the
labor convention which meets conicht-
~ with the state Farmers Alliance at
Lnmp1sas today, ] would Ike to ray
that in my opinion, the convention viii
make "A grave mistake " II undertakes
to indorse any political party 90 uhs
time IN the face OF returning busir ~
prosperity. OF course, this prosperity
may be a fictitious prosperity, aud
stimulated for political purposes; new
crtheless. the present advance ia wakts
that Is renorted in tho East IL bound TO
have It's influence on the workers OF
that section of the country ana with
out the cooperation OF thelr Easter n
brothers, the working people Of ihe
South ana West can hope 10 a'coT-
plish but very little In the way or
reform. individually ! avn for free
silver and think that fully 20 per cent
OF the organized working people OF
the country favor free silver ut l6 10
In preference to the single gold stand
ard, but IL might not be well for the
convention to indOrse 1t. but To con-
fine as labors st.ictiv to forwarding
the interests OF measures which nle
Known to be labor measures, not thGt
me untNil0n uOtH nv NNAAAH RNi'. 49,
The scope or purvlcw OF us ACTON MI
AMPLY because there are differences
,yhIeh exist in the ranks Of labor on
thls question, while they are unit
ON all other labor measures aHectinS
their interests, NJ,
~ am stlll OF the opinion that pol.-
cal parties are Just what the peolSe
mike them, and are no better or worse
thnu their membership, and form
true reflex OF character OF their sup
porters II the party II bad, II II pc
cause the people are bad. ana not ne-
cnusn Of the inherent weakness OF i.s
urlnclples No party was ever founu-
~ IN grander principles than the party
Of Thomas Jefferson. and " the party
ms drifted away from these PRINCIPLES,
II is because the people ha' , grown
iukewnrm and Indifferent 90 shelr beh'
interests aa the responsiphitN or HoN-
orn,nent has broadened and deepeneu,
anJ travelled beyond their reach. This
h The history or all forms Of popular
Government and parties And AMIDST
a chaos of general indlnerense, nber-
~ has invariably perished and the
lamp OF popular government mas gone
out ! am one Of those who believe
mat N a given number Of people can
accomplish q given purpose outside the
Marty there II no reason on Sarth
why the same number ahould not
accomplish the same purpose INSIDE the
marty II II numbers that count an
any event and II the masses OF me
pa,,ocratic marty had been but true
10 ,fs principles, the machinery OF the
Marty would never have fallen into the
hands OF tho trusts and the money
ior1s. The convention could MAKE no
graver mistake than to 20 into the
business OF indorsing political parties
y, tbts fine. when its every energy
sho,,lI he lent to the building ny OF
he oreanizs tons. and the cultlNtting
az closer bend OF union bFtSecn me
| workers.