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The Alliance Independent,
Lincoln, Neb.), of the 5th inst.,
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ays:
I The commander-in-chief of
c Industrial Legion, lately or
ganized at Memphis, is regis
tered at the Lindell. Paul Van
jcrvocrt is a natural organizer,
Jnd great things are to be ex-
wm . ,1 f Him nv T.nnse wnii
laced him at the head of this
Vparently soon-to be gigantic
Ionization. Whether or not
Legion shall be the medium
fat shall weld into one solid
lialanx the serried hosts of la
ir, whose ballot can strike the
liters from 50,000,000 mdus
v slaves, remains to be seen.
IrUiin it is that thousands he
lve it and hundreds in this
ate are ou the tip-toe tf ex
station ready to challenge fate
fder its banners. Mr. V ander
jort, you have the rostrum.
ess the button."
Free Passes.
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fWill our legislators have the
fcency to refuse free passes
com the railroads? ' The late
f lection meant reform in various
lirections, and there is nothing
bout which the farmer is more
nsitive than the receiving of
4se passes by our Congressional
ad State representatives. 1 iiese
Isses are regarded as a bribe,
Id they are. The representa
le who accepts a free pass is
Vned by the railroad giving it.
4 he is an honorable man he
ill pay f jr his pass, when he
has the opportunity, and if he
dees he will vote against the in
terest of the masses, for rail
is iSs have been crowding down
e masses nearly ever since they
fve had an existence. The
Jople would like to see every
tate Legislature pass a law
iking it a peal offence for a
iblic official to accept a free
iss. Farmer's Voice.
This applies to North Caro
Jia and every State in the
nion. Ed.
Popular Vote for President.
The Brooklyn Eagle publishes
toilowing instructive uiuie uu
I subject :
I'For Grover Cleveland the
iiocrats in 1892 cast a yote of
67,242. The increase was
882. Benj. Harrison's vote in
z was 5,282,086. In 1888 it
I 5,440,708. His loss was !
,622. The nominee of the
oulists, James B. Weaver, re
zed in 1892 a total of 996,998.
. 4 Greenback Labor candidate
i83S had 303,578. The gain
i 68S,4i6. Bidwell, the Pro
itionist candidate in 1892,
led 280,894. Four years earlier
I Prohibition vote was 246,
. The gain was 34,068. On
I total vote for President the
irage quadrennial increase
i been about 1,150,000. The
ivance in i892 was only 783,-
i. Here is the aggregate
q and the percentage of m-
ise since the second election
Mr. Lincoln :
Per Ct.
ir.
4
8
Total Vote.
4,024,762
5,724,762
8,420,273
9,219,947
10,057,610
n,383,97
12,167,102
table shows
Increase.
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12
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9
9
13
7
that the
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locrats did not conduct the
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campaign with the visror
h distinguished their previ
fforts. The reason assigned
at as soon as Mr. Cleveland
nominated a large number
e up their minds at once how
I would vote, and energy
Lagged under the settled
action that the Democratic
Hdate would be elected. And
as quite evident that the Re
leans were paralized at the
2t.
Wow They Will Drop it.
And now you will hear no
more of the "tariff question."
It has played its part It served
as a bone to quarrel over dur
ing the election. Its usefulness
is ended. Farmers who carried
torches and 'rahed for the
old party . will go to husking
their corn, standincr off the
storekeeper, humping to get
their' interest money for old
Shylock and wondering when
the good times are coming
which the political stump
speakers promised them. The
workingmen will continue to
ri-je at six, go to work at seven,
"cuss"their low wages,threaten
to strike and spend their noon
hour telling how many "two
fer" cigars and how many
glasses of free beer they got
parading in an old party pro
cession. But the "tariff" will
not be in it. That question is
settled till the next campaign.
Chicago Sentinel.
You will see much in the
papers about what Congress
is going to do and they may
even swear that tfiey have
done something for the peo
ple, but before the next elec
tion you feel in your pocket
and see for pourself how mueh
they have done. Ed.
Government Ownership will Come.
The growth of opinion in this
country is in favor of govern
ment ownership of the railways,
the telegraph and telephone sys
tems, and in favor of municipal
ownership ot all municipal mo
nopolies, is simply remarkable.
That the complete ownership and
operatiou of all our great public
and national monopolies will soon
become a fact, there seems to be
no reasonable doubt. The time
was, in this country, when it was
thought to be impossible for the
government to be unable to man
age the postal service. That
day has gone by. To-day many
good meaning people think the
government could not manage
the railroads, the telegraph and
the telephones. The day will
soon come when this possibility
will come. There is no other
way to settle the railroad ques
tion. Minneapolis Progressive
Age.
Land-Loans in England.
Our so called great financiers
delight to imitate the financial
legislation of Great Britain,
and one of the most important
measures that has passed the
commons of the great parlia
ment was a land-loan scheme
a scheme for the government
to aid the Irish tenant to pur
chase his home. It passed the
commons on June 15th, by a
majortty 129 out of a total vote
of 321. The measure yjrovides
that the British government
shall advance the money to
buy out the landed estates, and
allows the tenants to purchase
their holding by paying annual
installments. To this end
105,000,000 is to be appro
priated. The purchasing ten
ants will be required to pay
such installments as will com
plete their payments in forty
nine years. As fast as the in
stallments are paid the money
is to be used in other pur
chases. In payment for the land the
government -is to issue to the
owners stocks or bonds at 2 3-4
per ient and payable in not
less than 30 years,. -
This is to all intents and pur-;
poses a government loan on
rear estate, and if Great Britain
can make such loans to free
the Irish tenantry from land
lordism, might not the United
States government make simi
lar loans to free the American
farmer from, Shylock? Pro
gressive Farmer.
CLINTON, N. C. THURSDAY, JANTJART19, 1893.
IIht Im Druaklc. "f
The Republican party has
elected its last president. The
Democratic party will never
elect another candidate.
The people are aroused.
The Populist cause is in the
saddle and will be the next
great party. The cause of the
masses must have a defender
if we hope to perpetuate the
republic.
The Democratic leaders are
chained to plutocracy, and
there is nothing to hope for
from that party.
The same is true of the Re
publican party.
The rank and file of both
old parties are honest and well
meaning, and sympathize with
the people.
Ignorance, prejudice and
party favoritism have kept
them in darkness.
The light is breaking. An
other four years of education
and the common people will
begin to understand that they
are the power and that they
are the people in . shape to
direct government, and not the
few who request the money
power. Denver Road.
Some AUlanc Thoughts.
Independent Watchman,
(Mo.): No man should be se
lected as an Alliance man who
cannot take a solemn oath to
divorce his party prejudice
from his Alliance teachings, no
matter what the party. Fail
ing in this he should resign.
We do not believe in comprom
ising with the devil. The Alli
ance must be maintained non
partisan. Independent Watchman,
(Mo.): We must educate to
principle, not party. For hea
ven's sake let us be decent
in our censure. We must purge
the Alliance of partizan bigots
and fools, or it is lost. We
cannot kick Peter and kiss
Paul. A dose of strict disci
pline to the tune of the "rogues
march out of Alliance office"
would be highly proper and
strengthening to the order.
Hon. H. L. Louck's address :
I hope the Alliance will never
become a partizan organiza
tion, that is, the tool of any
political party. So long as oth
er classes remain organized we
must perpetuate our organiza
tion or remain at the mercy of
organized classes. It is not
enough that a political party
has adopted our demands we
are yet only on the threshold in
this movement. We must con
tinue the work of education on
the economic principles incor
porated in our demands and
this can be done much better
inside our organization than
through a political party.
People's Cause, (Tex.): The
Alliance is an industrial or
ganization composed of men of
every political faith known in
America. The Pe pVs party
is composed of men who be
lieve in a certain line of poli
tical action. The Alliance is a
non-partizan organization,
while the People's party is a
strictly partizan organization.
The Alliance and the three
parties now in existence are
alike in only one particular,
viz.: they place no religious
test on a candidate for member
ship. Those persons m and
out of the Alliance wno nave
been claiming that the Alliance
was a political machine are
just that much mistaken. The
Alliance promulgated a plat
form, the People's party adop
ted it; in this particular only j
have they ever been akin.
Ruralist, (S. Dak.) : Throw
your whole soul into Alliance
work this fall and winter.
Build up your own organiza
tion. Encourage your neighbor
to become active and vigilant
in this great cause that means
so much to the fanners of the
whole country. It is easy to
see that capital, through all
manner or corporations and
associations, is thoroughly
organized, vigilant, active and
unscrupulous. It will bring
to bear every influence possi
ble to. break down farm organ
izations, for they realize that
the Alliance is an educator that
is responsible for the present
political revolution that is
breaking the power to lead
men through partizanship. The
Alliance has set men to think
ing and reasoning. It has
loosened the bonds that bound
them together.
Various Tie Tbn. Bind.
I apprehend there are some
people now in the Republican
party who would be in the Peo
ple's party i there were more
broadcloth and silk hats in the
latter.
Mo3t of us have too much de
ference for wealth independent
of other considerations. Busi
ness considerations iflnuence
many more than does conric
tion. I know some men of whom
one would expect better things;
who find more satisfaction in
having the president of a bank
or some prominent lawyer pol
itician give them a patronizing
hand shake or pat them on the
shoulder than they would in
standing by manly conviction
when such a manly stand de
prives them of the patroniziug
hypocritical, obsequious atten
tion of the rich and influential.
Vanity and excessive love of
approbation are the predomi
nating influences with such men
They feed 011 flattery and adu
lation, and strange to say, are
often unconscious of their weak
nes?.
Heaven pity such men !
Whether preachers, physicians,
lawyers, business men, or labor
ers; verily they get their re
ward. Courageous devotion to con
viction always wins respect.
Social ties hold many men in
party lines. Selfish ties hold le
gions.
Aluiust infinite are the mo
tives and forces which prompt
men to affiliate.
Intelligence, motives and
purpose determines strength
and duration of affiliation.
In society, as in nature, no
organization is fixed and un
changeable. Unchangeable fix
ation would be everlasting
deadness.
Organization is a primary law
in nature. The universe and the
planates were involved from
chaos by systematic, monadic
organization, and concentration
of practices individual units
coaginented. This law prevails
in the animal and vegetable
kingdom, and is prominently
and beautifully illustrated in
the formation of minerals. Iti
natural to organize. Individual
isolation is decay, and eventu
ally dissolution. Existence, vi
tal strength and potent action
depend upon sagacious organi
zation. It is right to organize.
It is strength. Organize!
But all organizath ns are in
evitably and invariably subject
to aggregation, disintergration,
and eventually to disorganiza
tion. Political organizations are
not exceptions to the rule.
Don't contend against the in
evitable changes demanded as a
sequence to perpetual evolution
and ad vaucing civilization.
New things are only new in
formation.- Topeka Advocate
and Tribune.
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Growing in TenncMCC.
The Alliance in Tennessee is
rrrowing. Hundreds of new
members are being initiated and
many old ones coming back in.
The Work of organization should
be pushed in every State of the
Union. Without organization,
farmers cannot succesifully meet
the evils perpetrated upon them.
The Toiler.
Prattes Latent ca t& PrcJCcstUl
C&tcttncapM.
To' tub Mbhbb or tub N. P.
a A. I. U.:
It was not my intention to tay
anything special about our M em
phis session , but there seems to
be some misunderstanding about
it, even among our referm pa
pers, to Tf arrant a few words at
this time.
First, then, there was no per
sonal antagonism that I know of
between Dr. Macune and my
self. Previous to the 'Memphis
session he had no warmer friend
or admirer than mysdf . When
ever attacked I defended him,
since I first met him at St. Louis
three years ago.
Second, there was no differ
ence m policy of Alliance work
up to date of that session that I
am aware of. When we lost
our president, he wired mc to
come to Washington at once. I
had work planned out for a few
weeks, so wrote him of my
plan, and showed my confidence
in him by authorizing him to act
for me until my arrival. He cor
dially approved of my plans
During my stay in Washington I
consulted with him freely and
confidentially; indeed, author
ized him as chairman of the ex
ecutive committee to make my
appointments for me, giring
preference to the Southern States,
where he was much better ac
quainted than I was. We both
agreed in the opinion that the
Alliance should be a non parti
san organization. We also
agreed that it was our duty to
support the political party that
adopted our demands. So that
so far as I know there was no
difierence in policy or methods
between us. I asked no one to
support me. There was no fight
made on me that I knv of.
The brother who nominated Dr.
Macune stated that if he were
elected president I would be elect
ed vice-president by acclamation;
When the doctor's friends be-1
came very earnest in their can-;
vass for him, and when he stated
it was a case of life or death for
him, I requested that my name
be withdrawn. My mends would
not consent. They took the po
sition that Dr. Macune, from the
South, had held the office for
three vears. followed bv brother
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Jones for one year, then brother
Polk three years, all from the
South ; that it was now only just
and in the interest of the order
that the honor should go to the
North, particularly as the claim
had been made in the North that
the N. F. & I. U. was a South
ern Alliance. The contest was
not made on sectional lines, for
although the vote was by ballot,
I feel sure I am correct in saying
that the delegates from the fol
lowing Southern States oted for
me, viz: Virginia, Georgia,
North Carolina and Missouri,
while the following Northern
States would have supported Dr.
Macune : Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa and California.
There is no reason for saying
that our political affiliations made
any difference, for we were both
avowed People's party men, and
whilst I think it is true that all
the Democratic delegates were
supporters of the doctor, it is
also true that such stalwart Peo
ple's party men as brothers West,
Jamison, McDowell, Gardner,
Tracy, Robinson and Cole were
also. It is ridiculous to say that
Gideon's Band" had anything
to do with my election, as it is
irenerally understood that the
doctor is a prominent member of
the Band, while I am not, and
never had any connection with it,
directly or indirectly, and know
nothing of it except from here
say. I think it is unfair to claim
that the executive committee of
the People's party met there for
the purpose of interfering in our
business. No one would have
resented such interference more
quickly than I would. I saw no
euch iffdications. They were
No. 14
there as at Indianapolis and St.
Louts, because they could meet
so many of ihdr co-workers at
less firwn tVin
1 o Vwilt
wav. To chantf thai th
enemies of the Alliance, or plot
ting for its downfall, is ridicu
lous, as time will prove.
At every session of thrAni
ance we must cspect that 'dele
gates will have their favorites for
office. In the past inur order
it has invariably been true that
the candidate for office has biea
defeated. I hope in the lutur
that it will always prove true,
then the office will seek' the man.
ana mere win Dc no heart-burnings
through disappointment.
We cannot permit o grand an
order, with such noble objects in
view, to be used to aid any indi
vidual in his personal ambitions.
Where the attempt . is made it is
our duty to prevent it by all hon
orable means. If the time should
ever come when the mijority of
our delegate at anu. trir
should consider the election: Jf
any particular person to office, a
necessity for our order, then we
will have reached our xenith.
Men are nothing in this move
ment. Success for our princi
ples, everything. Two -much
space has already been consumed
for or against individuals. Push
our demands to the front. Train
your guns on the opposition, and
do not permit yourself to be side
tracked on minor issues or per
sonalities. Yours fraternally,
H. L. Louckp.
Th Vice or AbnenUeli m.
The Democrats have a major
ity of 150 in the House of Repre
sentatives, but they forfeited con
gressional control again by'nb.
eenteeism. This is inexcusable
neglect of duty. It is also very
bad politics. How can the Dem
ocrats renew their indictment of
the Republicans .for selfish in
difference to public concerns if
the Democrats fail of enough in
terestin public affairs even to oc
cupy their seats in Congress?
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wbr (he Votes Cam Frxtm.
The pooroldjndianapolis Joir
nalis laboring hard to explain
the immense significance of over
one million votes for Weaver by
providing that in every instance
it came by defections of one or
the other of the old parties,.
Wonderful, isn't it? Does tht
Journal think the People's party
was to get its strength in any
other way than by taking recruits
from the Democrats and Repub
licans ? Nonconformist.
How to Confine Them. ,
If some of those fellows who
charge that farmers arc extrava
gant as a class would make their
lodging place for a few months
at an average farmer's house,
they would become thoroughly
convinced that the farmers are
the most economical class in
this country that they work
harder, live harder and receive
less for their labor than any
other class of peopleOur
Home.
Thak God!
The gospel of truth has at
last been preached in Diana's
temple. Senator John PJones
declared to the gold worshfp-
pers at Brussels that m6ney-is
not a material thjng,but a func
tion conferred by law." Hie
money changers have spent .mil
lions to keep the world in igno
rance of this truth. A knowl
edge of this by our people
alarms the financial freebooters
more than would 100 iron ,clacl
war ships thundering at their
gates. Plow and Hammer,
Tiffin, Ohio.
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