Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 1892 Page: 2 of 4
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ALMIU'E m.\DlKI>
TJ. StVIJ, SlitM and ?r,yrl,»}r
on it and are seeking to make tbe
|ieo|dc believe that it is the result of
the llogg administration. They
know if they can get the people to
t»ir llmierahie Senator Capt. H.
!•'. O'Neal has been recognised :n sev- believe this they will bury Hogg so
••ral important positions, llesides be- deep under a storm of ballots that his
mg chairman of the Committee on potilical resureetion will be impossible
state Affairs, he u appointed to a Fools! They do not kuow the effect j They waged a long and desperate hat
i. return on several other committees, ; of the camaaign of education that has tie for their dictators interests,
•i • follows: Judicial Apportionment, j been goiug on among the people for a
nal struggle for legislative supremacy
of the South and West against the
rule of New England aud the cormor-
aucy of theiiast? Around the bril-
liant Texian, rallied Hoar, aud Wil-
liams of Msss. the N. Y. delegrtion,
and the democrats of the North.
I loanee, Judiciary No. 1, Feuitentia-
im i aud Educational.
number of years.
The people know that their finan-
„ „ ,, . , , cial distress is the result of national
\\ hen the lion. I). B. Culberson s I „ . , , .
,, . perfidy, and tbe state laws have hut
withdrawn, Capt. Oneal , | . ..
' little to do with it, and they arc not
name was
was left free to vote as he plensed for
I . S. Senator, aud cast Ins vole for
•; W Jones. There are very few if
iiy n.en who have more brains than
Mr Junes and he is full in lioe with
the ,H!ople in their struggle against j
plutocracy. We are glad, though not
...irprised that llu Capt. refused to i
\ > e lor tli it prince of charletons and
political demagogues, —linger Q. i
Mills.
\s an evidence that the people have
in advocate, and friend, in (.'apt.
bewailed the defeat of their ebampain
milled u*. (merciful dispensation) to
look into mens hearts or secret
thoughts. But it is given us to ex-
pect from them their best. Mace
high standards and they will strive to
reach them. Seek to elevate, instead
of satin like dragging down to abase-
ment. It is admitted Hist women and
children rule powerfully through inno-
cent expectation. So brave men of
PREAMBLE.
Tki». the Ur-t rrest Ubor raafcnM* of tbe
| fulled SIMs* id of tbe world, ill
divisions ot urban std rcr.l ermused industry,
asserablsd io i.stlosol con*tew, iovokin* apon
its s,*! i*mi the M»« US nbj trvtecUot of Alnmfcty
Ooi. p'.it- forth to snd Or the jeedueeft* el the
nation Ibis dudaratiou wf aaioo sad liidepen-
du ir, Tb* ciwdnlaoa winch surieund us be-t
Justify our ro-operation We meet in tbe midst
■irsnstiiUi bronafct to the t, ntsef moral, pvlit.-
, al snd innterisl rs:u i lUTutt.nn domliu tes
the batlnt-bo*. tbe lr«Matum. the ioe.Ofs,
and touches evan the riniiue of the Oi-i • b 'Ihu
1 |v o|de are >1 oioralired Many of the >tatm bave(
......J r.impelled te isolate the inters at th-|».l.orf
place* iu wiw t- ;.rtVent aninraai .fclun.dtUou
•r: auosidifed of
with tears. Tins is a fact. Young ray native State, be not t’.rawu into
Mr. Hoar, upon emerging from the warped views of internal strife. So
Caucus room after announcement of long as Brothers, proclaim iheir sin- 0r bribery Xho aewsfap.t*
the final vote, burst into tears. Nor eerily to the Cause, let them serve it ; ££
did lie weep without cause as events according to their mother wit ami l,„pa,(.r{.iie<l. »i.c »b* lactWoocoutmUn* In tb.
l.nuo shewn snecial ability, for finalities are alone bauds of capitalist >. Ti e urban workman are
i . | dialled Uie rischt to urganir. for self. prsS sett on f
A tidal wav4_has rolled over Con- ; conclusive. | imported i>aui»-r*t*l labor bo*. down their wa-
it tremilles no longer at the 1 cannot closed this letter, without mat ahiroll'ix Stamllns army. nnrro‘>inii*4'd by
our I owe, inentahlitbed tOMboot them down; mu«l
likely to he caught in the Clark drag
net of deception.
On the other band, the issue made
by the Hogg contingent is that Clark j threat of Wall Street, and it dares to mention of another Img-a-lioo,
and his heelers design to destroy the ] advance the interests of the great has recently been “diskivered by
gress,
wiiicn
railroad commission. They know the I “plain people" for the first time in ; over zealous marplots,
people of Texas have spoken with no! many bitter years. Mark you—Alii- j
uncertain sound iu favor of a commis-! nnee men gave Crisp his laurels, but ,
•Ion, and if they cau make them be- I not run Partt’s s.vkb. He has'roet
lieve that Clark would or could de- well the obligation incurred. Texas, live Stores throughout the country) j and uiiiiloiisim rh.- national pos. r in i n ai,-
The National I’nion Co. of N. Y.
they »r*- rapidly degenerating *o CitmpeM con-
ditions.
I’be fruits of the toil of mil I are boldly stn-
Ihu to build up colot«ftBl fortunes, unpr»*c»*d*'!itod
in the history of tbe world, while tneir **osm»*m-
ron dniplit1 Vir rvpubMo mid **i:dauger liberty
(Establishes of F. A. Co. (Ipera- “"w pr..i.B.* »,,mb of gcv.rmm.u..!
' 1 I itijuMiee breed thr two threat elltiMi—pMUpofM
To1 and sprung with much attendant hnr- • '• «lM"-oprl»».*l t.. inrim b.n.dbold.ni
Lilv..r vtiii'li )'ii— K.miii aci iU.'.wI nu eiun silien tlof
rtroy the commission they would rise j is a free-coinage of silver Stale,
p iu mass to rebuke him. I this action then, is due her oppor
But the people will not be deceived j tv to prosper and in it she should find! dostrial classes Led by the Organ
' Neal, wc copy an extract from a! by this false issue. No doubt Clark , cause to rejoice. Crisp won and in . «f ihe Prohibitionists, the No. Y.
speech made in the State Senate last would like to destroy the commission, j winning went forth a pledged man. to Voice, ami ably seconded by extrem-
Tiiursday by him, on the resolution but that in already a settled fact. I the advancement of the greatest issue ists in our own and other ranks, this
to instruct our members in Congress Ihe commission has already passed 1 of the day. He framed his Commit-, move has out one explanation. It is
in a leugthly speech in which he
showed perfect self possession, and
uni 'll ability; among other things lie
said: 1 voted for the Inmsc resolution
uii.t the ameudiucnt of the by the amendment to the constitution,
, i.i.e occaiise I thought the house adopted last slimmer, it passed into
r solution was the voice of the people the organic law of the stale, so that
informing the members of Congress neither the governor nor the legisla-
lit it the people of Texas, were watch-1 tore can touch it, without the consent
tug the grand battle they were mak- j of the people.
in;; for free silver. They deserve this Thus wc see that making the com-
. . >iln»r. wbirh h— bww icctyM — coin riaet tb#
up in ulus* to rt*bukc* him. } thin action then, in due her o|)|>ort'ini> rati upon the* startled vision of the in- (of hutory, ht> Weo demnuetiiHl to «4<l to
-k • . • • • • « • -« s*------- tin* jiurchBMHK power of gold by decreaainic th«
Yaluj of all forms of property* an well a » human
labor, and the Hiipply of ctirrenry is j>ur|K>sHv
abridged to fatten insurers, bankrupt enterprlsf,
and enslave Indus'ry. A vast eonapiraey against
mankind has beimortratiised on two continents,
and ii>takin*r ion of the world. If uot met
and overthrown at once it lorbodes terrible social
ronYulsious, the destruction of civilization, or
tbe ffttablichmont of un absolute despotism
In tliiii rriala of hamau a flair* the intediigenf
wtirking people and producers of the I’liiteJ
States hare come together In the uarue of peace,
order, and society to defend liberty, prosperity
and JustTcc.
We declare our union and lndepandetiiw. We
n-vsert (»ur pnrpoae to support the political organ*
Uatioii which representB our principles
We charge that the controlling lull»ieDr«> domi-
nating the old |M#litirHl purties have nlloaed the
existing dreadfBl conditions to develop without
effort to restrain or prevent them. They have
agreed together to ignore, In the mining eam-
Iflunked into ft closet, ri^J?t‘<i Up a j paign, every issne but one. They propose Ur
scarecrow un.l fell over invwlf two or j -ir-wathe Mttcrin.or.ptundnsd p<»ph>witb
• # | the uproaaofa »l am battle over the tariff; so
til roe titnrg comilll! out ftjr fear it that t<»r|H»rations, national hanks, rings, trust*,
might prove alive, and catch me. I!' w«t.-ri*t »UMjk,”thJ demoiwus»»i»aof»iiv..r.
dout piesume to lay claim to the
to vote for the free and unlimited ; into law and is on the statute hooks, j tec’s with this* view, and rose from a
coinage of silver. \Ve copy from the so that Clark nor any other < iovernor sick lied to prove in no uncertain
daily Stabxunau : can touch it, unless lie is aide to rule manner fealty to the voters who had
“Mr. n'Neal took the lloor in ad-j a majority of I oth houses of the Leg- made him master of the situation.
\o.,'»ey of Iree Coinage of Silver, and
a preconcerted uttack upon the high-
est officials of the F A. It eaters to
the known distrust of humanity; it
*eeks to hiamirch and degrade.
Without foundation, without the sem-
isla'.ure. And we think tlic people His rulings and entire conduct upon
will have a sav about wlm goes lo the j consideration of Ihe free-coinage res- Idanee of justice, it leaps a", the
Legislature.
Again. The commission is not on-
ly on the Statute books as a law, but
elution in Ihe House, declared in throaU of mens honor and hangs
truinphet tones lie'had kept faith, a*id ( there with a great outburst of sound
would steer the Bland measure clear signifying nothing.
of breakers to thunder at the doors of
the Senate and the White House,
This will yet force Presidential candi-
dates unmistakably on record, and
rush to the front in the incoming
cumpaign the financial problem and
I am only a woman, but
was afriad of a shadow yet.
never
never
1 1 -
l o the Democracy of CaH* County,
t- havo been a democrat all tuy life
and have voted wiih the party ever
.*iuee I was o.d enough, Imt I am
tired of serving a party that has noth-
ing Imt ridicule and utilise for me and
toy sort. The Alliance and Labor or-
gani/.ations have appealed lime and ;
Again wc warn the people to keep
quiet. The only aim of these two
factions is to gut you uxeited so as to
make you lose sight of your own in-
terests and rally lo the support of
these demagogues, who, like two mad
hulls are goring each other, each
seeking to be master of the herd.
When the time comes there will tic
ftn'l the opprcHhion oi u^urem, muy all b<« lost
»i.:Ut of They prop*)**? to facriflee oar Iioiim*
uiitl (‘hiMrpn u>M»n tho alter of mammons to dt-
(•troy the bof** of the multitude in order to *e-
cure corruption funds from the ineat lords of
plunder. •
\V>* assert that a political oTjawfr*^ous jr*;p-
hrroin staff'd,
i^ neotmnary to redrew the grievances of which
my large and elegant pat- j **<•««>i>tsin
AtoM-iubhit <m the anniversary of the birth of
revo-
While therefore heartily commend- to see them acting under the direct | v.«nm, tbu continent u*aiu*t opiimuiion, au«i
Us ultimate solving. It cannot be
cue mrageinent, and in my opinion mission an issue is simply a bloody j over shadowed by tariff, it cannot be faintest business aeutnen, but I know
they ought to have it, whether it is shirt nmement to excite the people ( shoulder shrugged a \d wrestled down j enough to go where myself interest is
policy or not. Let them know that and make believe if Hogg is not re the wind —it stands l eeognized. And , cheapest served. And if the Nstion-
l’c\ i* »s witli tin m in the fight.’ ” clectctt Iheir liberties will he eudan- | this was done by the men. upon wgen t td I Jiion Company conic to \\ ashing u,.'i* iui,"*,t'11'iiT”*1
gered. i________—- ■*- ( Hit' irMi“of ‘ign'oraijeo lias iteapao in-f ton, aud undersell Capitol merchant* ,, „.,H«»sry to r..<tre.» the Rhui
gratitude, and whom their own breth- , I pledge
ren have to publicly crucify. ' ronage” iu advance. My only wish I
I A oiiii #1 mm fW*i intr II till lip f i 1 (• i I 1 r D (1 i I f on nil thi. i>An 11 nSSf >«rSl nut 1 itiliViu. a I
establish
with the aentimentn which actuatcU that jrrund
KcicriiUon, we »vt*k to miun the government
of thu r-•public to th« bandit of tbe "plain poor
again, for just laws granting rvliaf. a ,nil„ numod who will ask for your
from the power of money to oppress voU, II[)on |irim.i|)lM of jll9licc.
llu* in boring elusses and have boSh Hold yourselves ready and don’t
met with jeers aud insults from those ' i,cl.omc excited over false issues,
who professed to lie their friends,— !
be thu democratic party.
Now as 1 believe the platform anti
principles put forth by the St. lsmis j
Industrial Conference is the only rent-1
cdy known that will give relief to the
laboring elrsses I have determined to j
serve no party and vole for no man
that does not indorse said demands.
1 therefore lender my resignation to
the Democrat party of Cass Co. as
their executive cummiUceinan.
A. A Kennedy.
Citizens Journal and Atlanta Mer-
rill please copy. A. A. K.
I'rom flit' kenl of hovcni-
IIU'lll.
Words that Burn.
(Written for the Alliance flTAxnAtin,)
Wa'hluKton 1). C.
“Fortify yourself with resolution
; and moderation,” says Epiuielus, ami
i again “everything that exceeds the
bounds of moderation has unstable
foundations;” quotes scneca.
This philosophy and wisdom of the
ing tiie action of these praelicftl polit-! supervision of our Officers
iciatis. I desire to pay sweetest • ri-! stores at every town and cross roads
bate to that Spartan band of Indepen-! and t>v admirable system and co-oper- i Ple*’' wlu' whom it ..nidi,»ii*i onr <ioor«
„ , . , | opent« nil iwlnts oftheonupaas. We ask all
dents, who named as their Candidate 1 anon teach us how to ngiit tire with h„or«t man to join with and help a*.
for Speaker Ilou. T K. Watson, of: fire, and freeze out the heartless nml-
(ln. Laughter greeted the announce-! dlemen and foreigners who own us
ment upon lips neither witty or wise, i financially at present.
1’he silly laughter o< the French Aris- Personal liberty is not jeopardized,
literacy on the eve of blood curdling j (Hies purse is absolute, and its con-
revolution; the empty laughter of the tents can be spent whither the wish
Bristisli Tory, when Liberalism nnd ' of its possessor tends. If they offer
Home Bute drives one foot deeper the ' you cheaper goods and assume fricud-
spade which will yet bank up their j liness, tuke both. It is a mere as-
gravc, the brutal laughter of noscssivc I sumption on the one hand which trains | t,.mpiu. to form a pvrfcpt union, i*tabii»!> ju»-
Wo (ieclarp tbe unioii of the labor forroa of
the rnited Staten, thin day* aoroiujtilahed, to ho
itennuneiit and iierpetual. May Un n|iirit enti r
into all hearu for the nalvatlon of tbe vepnbUc
and tin- uplifting of nmtikiud.
Wealth belongs to lum who rrcales it. Ker-
ry dollar taken from indubtrj without an «qntvn
lent Ik robbery "If any man will not work,
neither shall he eat. ” The lntenwts of tbe rural
und urban laborer arc the Manic; their cuvinicB
identioal.
Iu order to reatrain the ex tort Iona of aggregate
capital, to drive t!ia money rhnngcr* out of tbe
power: But ns in a locking glass with, not against, and a business ; >i». ...................trsnqumty provlu.* for the
, -f. .. | Common defenae. promote the Jeoersl w**lfare,
darkly, leaning from my scat in tbe | proposition on the other. Mee Pre»- j an,i,murBtiw bietwinsn«r i,b«tyfnr »«««,'<•*
ami our posterity we do or lain ami eMtahlieh
the f«»llowing platform of princ plea:
Hogg .-mil ( lark
The contest going on between these Jlbe *"le* of tim« upon
two gentlemen is anything hut credit-
gallery, I foresaw at that minute the j ideut Looks of Dakota, has been
beginning of the end. The clock of widely advertised and quoted as con-
progress had struck another knell, j deming prominent officials in our Or-
pressaging the dethronement of cen-1 der for countenancing the Union,
tralized power, of threatening wealth j This, Mr. Lonks positively denies.
vested monopoly, political bondage Words, he explains, were changed in j •■****•. public anti lftvuie, snd that, without the
,1.. . . , nn •irtU'lc wrilcii when ill.siiltic‘itintlv i **f hanking(’•irporationp, a juntand Pfiultalile
and prejudice and consequent moral in{onBe)J 8lrickuI1 out or iriHt.rU.(i nl ■m»ii..morrirr,1i.,i„„,hsii be tm,,id«i .t .t«
greatest intellects of ancient literature, degradation. Ihe party formed from lhe MW„etwlll of lho minipulalors. He XSLZ « Zl
knows no dethronement. It bears tbe ; a" complexions of the awakened 1 eo-; j3 to gallant a gentleman, too frank i b«ttwsystem: »Iho. hy payment in diMchanre of
THE MONEY PLANK.
* We demand a national currency, nafc, t>ouud
ami flexible, ihMUfd by the* general government
only, Which hhall l»c a fnll legal tender for all
j stamp of every age, and passes down j pi© slumbering no longer, but turning and true an Alliunccinan, to use his it* obligation fl»r public iniuriivcincnts*
t|,e ! keenest sending upon each public act' ^ pUtuAUM j ..r^n'Tr th”u“Umil'"' col"*‘'"
of a public servant, will finally drive. Would that there more like him. r We demand that the amonnt of the drcnlat-
forth unscroupulous minipulalors, liossie Agnes Dwyer. In*^pocdily lacrraaed to not Ibms
and give hack to us our Republic, it ’„0( ,1. «f. dwnand a gaaawtad income tax,
“great, glorious and free.” Let US . rK!n< ’ J . j ^ V *. J . }*'! I **• We believe that the money of th#* country
-—••••« ~ t..... — ---------- ---------i . . . . when he said the people had not left »honld be k«pt a* moch a* poaaible in the hand*
prohibition campaign of five year ago. ani * 10 logic of fact. Over the scope ( are no om. jo w ia name re orm t|jC democrat party the party had of the people and hence demand all national and
I, j ,nmA„ in ikoiitienl rlemnc/ntniP of the Union at the election of Crisp ! marches under. The Alliance has not left the people. ;statcrrvi*nnc»beiiiiiitcdtotbem*ccMiMHTc*p^n-
U Id < omoion 10 political demagogue j . . . . * I a_______ J. ______________ i it. ha- been crn.mr from the «»Of povemm.M.t economically and bunntty «d-
escutheons of the truly great, to write
able to. the democrat party, and is !in i"8lice it9 Vindication upon the
calculated to stir tq> a bitterness of! tahlet of the world8 tli8tory* u»
feeling equal to that of the infamous t)el’e'e *n unbiased goodjudgment
! mini*ti!rt*t.
pttblit* as the most tiesiguing vilians 1 ton»-tit pafiers, and tom-til men de-1 j*wel in her shining crown, her boast ■ gve years, nun the p6o|tle liave lieen
pintocratie money power for tliirty * th»t po.iai savin*, bank, .bmt
.......... ..... ,l. _ , .1. i...... ,____ 1 Im* i'*IHtilntn*l tiv the gnvcrninci.t for vafv d, pn*it
in existence, imt never have we
known such bitterness to exist be-
tween candidates representing the
same party. '
The issues between the two factions
•! • wlioiy false and misleading, and
we warn the people Dot to be (ieeeiv- aocomplishment. this “betrayal? ’
cl in iin*m <:*‘TC 118 a ,ew ,nore 8l,cb “betrayals,”
The eoontrv is laboring t.ntler a and tllc (>cala deman«ls will be speed-
Saanciai depress.... that is ul.mtsl uni- *’ ai,d inexpensively incorporated into
versa I in extent, an I am iou tha poor- existing law.
•r cli-ses u u alarm,uz. This fact is «,rov''" bt'>'ond lhe Posai,rili‘Y ot
nouneed as from the house-tops the ! a,"l pride to fit ns to be such Citizens ; helping it on. by “stieking to the !___sn.lir..
of the ei.ruiug* of tb« people aud to facilitate
action of Members of Congress sent! n8 » stand above I'artvisiu and rise, I'aity’ against their own interest tin
hither by Alliance vote—who entered
the Democratic Caucus and gave the
(ieorgian tlie prize be coveted, llow
stands today viewed in the minor of
knnwu ami leeognizeTi hv all men of doubt his attitude towards securing fiiuclnrig blame for tbe widespread
THK I.ANU I'l.AVK.
»i»"« | :„r .= z i ...........................«■*„
not nwn, j.nncipW not partly. It ,0r tho pMty aiptinai priod.i. of, ,h,,,ril„„ ,h„nlrt ... „
gives freedom, and it expects the j right they ought to be staves. But; monopoii-wu rsr s(*cnt«tiT. pin-pose*, .n,t »u»ti
right which it extends. It grants1 we tbink they siili have a little o* tlic ' owumahip of land .tioold k« prakihttMl. Alt
i spirit of independent freedom left. t»nd. now bviit by r»i!m»d. .ud otu,* wrpors-
8n‘ | _________ I tioo» In vxrn.q of their w-tn»l n*«ds,»ntt alt Und.
to none of os to condemn
other upon the petty stand rad of pre-1
Th«l Tired r*eltnc
nam'd by alien., .D«ald be mrl.irnrd by the
cedent, or suppositious supposiugs. ! Uw Inwronoer .rfwrloo. illnnw, wbirti KOvvvnnM'nt wd held tor actn.l .nttlor.only.
l may bn broken up tr s »ood touin like Hoo.1’. 1 r»,„non„„„v ■ —
_ . . „ ... i —---------- ---------- . TKASSPOKTATIOW PLASK.
Try R) believe, tlial even now there Sarsaparilla it taken in m>aaon. lbi» HMdioeim { m Transportatiom being a nwaua of pxphanir#*
Has not Mr. MilD, j are *n public office pure aud honors- I invlgnralea th« kiUarjsand liver to remove the ao<l a public necessity, the government should
' blc men of both Parties; ireartng un-1P"I“e* ,h" blood *nd '» *h* Mermtrt
j the people.
] - | fc The telegrar* and telephone, like ponto«e*
Mttnw. Judge Ciatk ami his friends, free eoin.ige_.tf stiver—this se-sion?! contnmanv heaped ttpon tbeir degen-1 C'ra'«rwfi'»> •* cauwd ny lost of rb. pniststtM- fv»tem. bnin* . nw^wity rortke tr»n.m‘.*«ion of
•V." fact. netF-'d «- Was ,t no! therefore a desp-ira,« fi- | .rate pofiMcal macjtine^ It is aoi! ^ |
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Erwin, J. W. Alliance Standard. (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 30, 1892, newspaper, March 30, 1892; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth523445/m1/2/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.