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THE SOUTHERN MERCURY: DALLAS, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1880.
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ter as well as other things, it will help
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ty and fraternity.
Entered fit the jtoMoflleo, Dulitis,
lOoond-elasK mail mutter.
READ THIS CAREFULLY.
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sured prompt attention.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
In view of the contemplated improve-
ment of The Economist and Thk Mich-
cckv, the clubbing price of the two han
been increased to ¡jil.HO. It lian hereto-
fore been $l.(iO. l'lcase hear thin in
mind, uh in no instance will the two pa-
pers be sent for less than $1.80.
Did you hear it?
Certain designing parties are send-
ing out blank forms to the various
County Alliances, requesting them to
furnish an enumeration of the strength
of the order. No such request has
been made or sanctioned by the nati-
onal body. Be careful, brethren to
whom you divulge anything pertaining
to our order. Our enemies are ever
on the alert and are placing their traps
for us.
"John Inoalls, my Joe John
Kansas is the land of cyclones and
surprises. ____________
Didn't The Mercury tell you it
was coming?
Will some one please tell us what
struck the McKinley bill?
The a and legislature will be com-
posed almost solidly of commission
men. ,
We are getting out two days late
this week on account of non-arrival of
We are indeed proud of the way en-
couraging words are coming in from
all parts of the state, in regard to the
>aper. We could fill a column weekly
with such as this: "I have been tak-
ing the paper lor three years, and it is
better now than ever before," but it
would look too much like blowing
one's horn. Brethren, it is a great
satisfaction to us to know that you are
benefited and please, and it strength-
ens us for future labors.
paper. __________
We give much apace this week to
reports from Alliances throughout the
State.
Wonder if Icgalls thinks now that
the purification of politics is an iri-
descent dream."
The 27 th of November has been set
apart by the president in his procla-
mation as thanksgiving day:
DON'T NEGLECT IT.
It is of the utmost importance that
the County Alliances send in at once
their per capita due the national body.
large number of the counties
have already remitted, yet some are
behind. Texas should not be behind
in this work. Arouse yourselves,
brethren, to the importance of the
work before you and act promptly.
Send all remittances to S. O. Daws,
Springtown, Texas.
As the dust and smcke clears away
from the great conflict of Nov. 4th, the
victory is greater than was expected.
Whoever doesn't believe the people
are thinking, will have their minds re-
lieved of an error by reading our paper.
We call attention to the request of
Prof. Edgar Evarhart, and hope it will
be complied with, see letter in an-
other column.
Our worthy pieádcut is doing a
grand work among the people, and
go:d reports of it are continually com
ing to us from all sources.
Remember again that we are not
responsible for the opinions of corres
pondents, but we believe in a full, free
and fair discussion of public questions
Whoever reads the article on our
first page from "Georgian," and kicks
against the "farmers movement,"
should thea get somebody to kick him.
Brethren, we are working hard and
trying to make you a good paper. We
believe this is appreciated, for where
one complaint comes in, we receive at
least a hundred of letters of encourage
ment.
Our editor-in-chief left a few days
•go, on a business trip North, and will
take in the principal cities in that pop
uloua section of the Union, returning
by way of Ocala, Fia., in time to be
present at the National meeting, De<
cember ad.
none.
NOTICE.
Several papers are publishing lists
of the a ad legislature, but they cannot
at present get accurate returns. We
had in our office before the election
list almost as complete as any have
seen since. Some* guesses, of course
but didn't fail on many.
Brethren, those who send commu
nications, and don't see\them in next
issue, please remember that there may
be hundreds expecting notice at the
same tima. We like to get these let
ters, for they show that the people are
thinking for themselves; but be patient,
and don't get offended if a half-column
letter is boiled down to a few lines,
Frequently also more than one will
• nd an account of the proceedings of
the tame meeting, and, of course, we ■ amj gggjj subscriber will
TIIE STATE ELECTION.
The legislature elect is so nearly
solid on the railroad commission that
all efforts put forth to defeat it at the
coming session will be worse than time
wasted; so the aim of all parties hence-
forth should be to perfect a law
that will give the protection
the people are asking for,
and at the same time depress no in
dustry or enterprise, ever keeping in
view that the public weal is the end to
be obtained. There will be a good
sprinkling of past legislatures, espe-
cially the 21 st and 21 th; so it will have
the benefit of much legislative experi-
ence. The general result in the state
shows that the people can move to-
gether in the same direction upon
questions of reform, and at the same
time the returns indicate an exercise
of individual independence at the bal-
lot-box. Many local contests were hot
and sharp, dwindling to mere personal
rather than representative issues; bu<
the result, as a whole is highly satis-
factory. It clearly demonstrates the
fact that the people are thinking for
themselves as never before, and. are
going for men and measure that prom-
ise them relief from present oppressive
conditions. Call it democracy, call it
independence, call it republicanism,
call it by whatever name you please,
the people are not going to quarrel
about names. The child is already a
bouncing stripling and will soon be
able to name himself. But there is one
thing they are particular about, and
that is their demands in the direction
of legislation that will give "equal
rights to all, special privileges to
THE GREA T UPHEA VAL
Is not so much cf an upheaval after
all; simpiy <he people taking hold c.f
their own afftirs The political patics
have had warning for y :ars that if
more attention was not paid to the
wants of the masses, the latter would
repudiate them and put men in office
more in accord with . the great reform
movement throughout the nation. The
eltctions on the 4 h shaw that these
warnings were not me;$ buncombe,
and thut the people are carrying out
their purposes. It was the spirit of
reform that did it.and the leaders of the
dominant party in the government
need bother themselves no longer in-
quiring into the cauae. Seldom in the
histoiy of this government has such a
complete overthrow of political meth-
ods taken place. The democratic
party is claiming everything, and if it
will seize the opportunity, that claim
might be made good; for it is nearer
in harmony with the people's move-
ment. But if it should slight the de-
mands of the reform movement, the
next election will present a still greater
upheaval.
A PARODY;
Who killed tho 0. 0, P.?
"I," «aid McKinloy,
"With my little bill
Tho O. 0. P. did kill"
Who Kiiw it dio?
"i," said Tom Reed,
"With my quorum-seeing eye,
Saw the 0. O. P. die."
Who made its shroud?
"I," said Cab. Lodge,
"With my election fako
It's shroud did mtiko."
Who dug Its grave?
"J," said Hoss Quay,
"With my little golden spade,
Its grave was made."
Who preached its funeral?
"I," said John Ingnlls,
"With my iridescent speech,
Its fuacial did preach."
Our readers will please overlook
any short comings in the paper for the
present, We have just moved into a
new office and are very much crowded
in every way.
SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT:
To Hon. H. C. Pritchett, State
Supt. Public Instruction, we are indeb-
ted to a copy of a report from that of-
fice prepared by his honorable prede-
cessor, Oscar H. Cooper. It contains
an exhaustive treatment of the Text
Book question, and those studying that
subject would do well to drop a postal
caid to the Department of Education
and get a copy. If you don't agree
with Prof. Cooper, you may receive a
stimulus to investigation that will lead
you to a discovery of what is best as
well as what is needed. The present
superintendent invites suggestions, and
this is a subject in which the whole
state is interested. If the farmers all
over the land, those who are most in-
terested in this question, would unite
upon some measure that would lessen
the annual text book tax in our com-
mon schools, we would be as sure to
get it enacted into law as night follows
day.
can not print them all, and no dis-
crimination is meant if one should fail
V> appear. It might abo be proper to
icmaik that many letters on different
(From Oct. No. "Loue Star.")
We have arranged with the great
Alliance, journal, The Southern
Mercurv, to fill out our contracts,
both for subscriptions and advertise-
ments, and will not again appear as
the Lone Star. We regret the neces-
sity for this course, but we find it best
to suspend publication, and feel certain
that all our reader will be pleased to
know that they will receive so good a
paper as The Mercury in the place
of the Lone Star. All names have
been turned over to The Mercury,
receive that
paper pro-rata for his unexpired time
to the Lone Star.
Renew your subscription at once.
COMING TOGETHER.
[Cooke County Signal.]
Farmers are coming together. They
are grasping hands with a grasp that
means something. Well it is about
lime such a condition existed; tor an
entire century the farmers of this coun-
tiy have struggled on, in their efforts
to advance the material prosperity of
the country, with all other classes of
industry fóstered so far as could be
done by legislative enactment, while
they were only receiving a recognition
that has been in point of fact, retro-
active in its effects. They have lived
to sec millionaires grow up as the result
of discriminate protection, increasing in
wealth and natural prosperity while
they have barely made a comfortable
living, and realize the greatly depressed
condition of the business in which they
are engaged. If the/ are beginning
to realize that they possess a power
which they can wield for their own
good and will exercise it with good
judgement, there may be brought
abaut a condition that will tend to a
recognition of agriculture as being the
foundation of all real prosperity and
that should be encouraged by every
possible means, without direct injury
to her industries.
GLADSTONE ON LABOR.
fst. Louis Globe-Democrat.]
The full tt xt of Mr. Gladstone's re-
cent paper on the labor question shows
that the telegraphic synopsis did but
scant justice to its many interesting
and impressive statements. He does
not take the view of Bismarck that ed-
ucation is doing more harm than good
by stimulating false tastes, habits and
ambitions. On the contrary, he holds
that the great hope of the working
people lies in the steady growth of in-
telligence and the enlargement of the
means of social culture and progress.
He would have more schools, not less,
thus elevating labor and making it
more independent and self-reliant.
"The free sale of labor subject to the
spontaneous action of the supply and
damand, has only been attained during
the present century;" and this great
advantage is due to the gain in knowl-
edge on the part of the industrial
classes. Such a change would not
have come if the laborers had re-
mained in their old condition of igno-
rance and blind resignation to unfa-
vorable facts and tendencies. The
development of thought has bred im-
patience with familiar wrongs, and
many reforms have followed. There
is still room for improvement, and the
improvement will be made just as fast
as the measure of intelligence is aug-
mented and no faster. It has some-
times happened, Mr. Gladstone is
willing to admit, that strikes have
proved to be judicious and profitable,
but as a general rule more good has
been accomplished, he maintains, by
the possibility and fear of strikes than
by actual resorts to that method of ad-
justing controversies between employ-
ers and employes. The fact that the
public is generally disposed to look on
a strike with presumptive favor he at-
tributes not to any mere prejudice
against employers, but to a feeling that
in the competition between labor and
capitol for the division ot industrial
fruits, capital rather than labor has
heretofore had the upper hand. There
are those who fear that the time may
come when labor shall be too strong
for capital, and still be inclined to use
its power tyranically, but Mr. Glad-
stone is not of them. He insists that
recent history teaches that upon the
whole the judgment of the masses has
been more generous and just than that
of the leisured classes. This does not
imply, he hastens to explain, that they
have an intrinsic moral superiority; it
means only that for them life and
thought are simpler, and they have not
so many temptations to pride, greed
and selfishness. If the laborers were
to change places with the employers in
point of authority they might not be
able to stand the strain of moral trial,
he grants; but such a contingency,
though it may be possible, is indefi-
nitely. remote, and, therefore, not to
be seriously discussed. Capital must
surely hold its own, no matter how
much labor may advance; and so it is
the duty of all good citizens to wish
the workingmen well in their efforts to
better their condition and to get the
largest possible price for their service
which is the only thing they have to
sell.
ADDITIONAL ALLIANCE NEWS.
WANTS SAMPLES OF TEXAS
WHEAT.
From the University of Texas, Lab
oratory of Chemistry, Austin, Texas;
Prof. Edgar Everhart writes:—111
wishto make a more or less
exhaustive study of Texas wheats
so as to compare them with
wheat grown in other countries. I
have been told by millers that our
wheat is richer in glutten, &c. than al
most any other. This can be verified
by analysis and to this end I would
like to collecftas many different samples
as possible and have them analyzed
here in the laboratory. * * * *
I believe that this work will prove
not only interesting but also valuable,
I would like about one quart of each
sample of wheat. The samples should
be distinctly labeled with the locality
from which it came and the name o;'
the farmer who raised it. # * *
Your paper is, in my opinion, be-
coming better and more serviceable
with each new issue."
Proceedings of Farmers District
Alliance Utb Congressional
District, Held at Cisco,
Texas, Sept. 18-19,1890.
Pursuant to appointment of Brx J.
B. Webb, Alliance District Chairman
of nth congressional district, dele-
gates assembled in Paschall Hall, at
Cisco, Texas, at io:8o a. m , Sept. 18,
1890. for the purpose of organizing a
District Alliance.
Bro. J. T. Crawford called the house
to order, and on motion Bros. W. H.
Hightower of Palo Pinto county was
chosen temporary president, and H.
C. Williams of Eastland county sec-
retary.
By request J. T. Crawford explained
the object of the meeting. Alliance
opened in due form.
The president appointed Bros. J
Betty, S. T. Gooch and C. W. Holland
a committee on credentials, who re-
ported the following brethren entitled
to seats in the body:
Brown county—C. W. Holland, J.
W. Sewell, D. D. Holder.
Shackelford county—W. H. Pritch-
ard, J. G. Royal, J. L. Brown, Elliott.
Hamilton county—S. T. Gooch, G.
S. Gardner, J. A. Kellar, W. B. Foster.
Parker county—G. W. Cole, W. T.
Baggett, Isaac Betty, J. E. B. Stewart.
Palo Pinto county—W. H. High-
tower.
Eastland county—F. M. Boprland,
C. D. Brewton, J. T. Crawford, H. C.
Williams.
Taylor county—D. E. Bentley, J.
M. Reynolds, J. M. Cope, W. E. Cope.
Fisher county—J. L. Lyon, W. F.
Finch.
Jones county—C. J. Monroe, J. W.
Biard.
Jack county—I. Stoddard, W. N.
Brandenberg, H. C. Clingman, T. L.
Durham.
Callahan county—P. D. Norton, C.
Cummings, John Couch, W. J. Stone.
Adjourned to meet at 1 p. m.
afternoon session.
Alliance called to order by Bro. J.
B. Webb, chairman nth district.
Opened indue form.
On motion a committee of one from
each county represented was appointed
to formulate a plan for future guidance
of this body.
Rule adopted, for this meeting only,
that each county represented be en
titled to four votes.
By motion a committee of three was
appointed on constitution, by-laws and
rules of business, consisting of J. W,
Biard, J. T. Crawford, J. E. B. Stewart.
Committee on plan of action made
their report, which was received and
adopted by sectiqns, viz:
Sec. 1. Being impressed from the
experience of years that under the
present system we cannot instruct our
state and national representatives in
regard to such legislation as would
tend to promote the interests of the
farmers and laborers of our district;
that we cannot have that unity of ac
tion which is so essential and which we
must have in' order to carry out the
principles set forth in section 3 of the
declaration oí purposes, to-wit: "To
develop a better state morally, men-
tally. socially and financially," And,
believing that we can, through the or-
ganization of a District Alliance, get a
better understanding as to the wants
of the people and bring about a more
general feeling of brotherly love among
the members, and a more hearty co-
operation in the effort to promote the
common interests of farmers and la-
borers,
We therefore resolve as delegates
from the County Farmers Al ian: • to
go into the organization of a District
Alliance in the nth congressional dis-
trict of Texis, said district Alliance to
be governed by the constitution and
by-laws of the Farmers State Alliance
of Texas, as far as applicable to this
District Alliance.
Sec. 3. Each County Alliance
within the district shall be entitled to
two delegates, (W. N. Brandenburg,
Ch'm.)
Report of committee on constitution,
by-laws, and order of business read
and adopted, (which are in part the
same as above) with this addition.
The officers shall be a president,
vice-president, and secretary, all of
whom shall be retidents of the said
nth congressisnal district and shall
hold office for one year.
This District Alliance shall meet
semi annually on the 4th Tuesday in
May and Octobcr of each year.
form of business
i Calling the roll by counties.
a Reading the minutes.
3 New business.
4 Report of standing committees.
5 Report of special committees.
6 Unfinished business.
7 Business with County Alliances.
8 Business with State Alliances.
J. T. Crawford,
J. W. Biard,
J. E. B. Stewart.
Committee.
Adjourned to 7:30 p. m.
night session.
Alliance opened in due form, Pres.
Webb in the chair. Minutes of pre-
vious meetings read and adopted. On
motion, the body proceeded to effect
permanent organization.
On final ballot P. D. Norton yas .
declared elected president and J. W.
Biard vice-president
H. C. Williams elected secretary by
acclamation.
President Webb installed the officers
elect.
Resolution adopted, that the dele-
gates to this body be instructed to
bring the matter of five cents per cap-
ita dues to this body, payable annual-
ly, before the next meeting of their
County Alliances.
Adjourned to 8 o'clock, a. m.
MORNING SESSION.
Opened in due form by Pres. Nor-
ton.
The following were elected as Legis-
lative Committee: S. B. Webb, Abi-
lene, Taylor co.; W. N. Brandenburg,
Jacksboro, Jack co.; J. W. Biard, Len-
ore. Jones co.
Resolution passed recommending'
County Alliances to select legislative
committees and correspond with the
district committee.
This resoultion passed unanimously.
Resolved, That we, as a District
Alliance, endorse the principles and
purposes of the sub-treasury plan.
Resolution passed to have an Alli-
ance encampment at the next regular
meeting of this body to be held at Al-
bany, Shackelford co., Texas, on the
fjurth Tuesday in May, 1891.
By Bro. Webb
Resolved, That the secretary be in-
structed to furnish The Southern
Mercury with a copy of the proceed-
ings of this meeting for publication and
each delegate of this body procure
and keep a copy of said paper with
said report on file for future reference
and further, that the secretary be re-
quired to notify said paper of the time
and place of our next meeting with re-
quest to publish the same.
Unanimously adopted.
Adjourned to meet at Albany on the
fourth Tuesday in May, 1891.
P. D. Norton, Pres.
H. C. Williams, Secy
Thus has passed the first session ol
the nth Congressional District Alli-
ance, I never saw a more harmonious
body of workiug men assembled. No-
thing occurred to mar the peace or to
in the least indicate anything but bro-
therly love. All were of one mind and
of the same judgment in luatter per-
taining to the welfare of each other
and to the interests confided to them.
The delegates generally were men of
much more than average ability, bring-
ing strong intellectual faculties and
strong reasonicg powers into use for
the benefit of humanity. There was
no oratorical buncombe, such as one
would hear in political circles, but
solid wisdom and truth fresh from nat-
ure's mine. It is indeed a pleasure
and a profit to go down in history as a
iiving monument of the inauguration
of a grand work. Brethren, let us take
courage and press forward until we
real ze the full measure cf our hopes
H. C. Williams,
Sec'y 1 ith Cong. District Alliance.
From Bowie county, R H, Watling-
ton, gec'y, writes: "It was with much
pleasure that I visited Godley's Prairie
Alliance in company with Bros. Cope-
land and McDuffie, at which place and
time the former lectured as per pievious
appointment. Bro. Copeland is well
posted as to the present needs of our
order here, and knows well what lan-
guage to express them in. He showed
up in their true colors some of our
law-makers, and called particular at-
tention to the vast difference between
their public utterances upon ceita'n
pending bills, and their votes as re-
corded. • • Bro McDuffie
was called upon and responded in his
usual style. Bro. Mc. is a bom talker.
Indeed, he is always so full of Alliance
talk that if he did not very frequently
•'blow off" he might burst We need
as Bro. Mc"
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