People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1893 — VOTE AS YOU RESOLVE. [ARTICLE]

VOTE AS YOU RESOLVE.

The Oodi Help Thpee Who Help Them•elves—U»e the Ballot. This would seem to be a proper time for farmers and laboring men to stop and think, and more especially those who belong to any farmer or labor organization. It is well to think what the objects of these organisations are, what expression they have given to their views in-their organisation hall*. We are moved to speak juat now by a perusal of Mr. Whitehead’s article published in the View upon the national grange. We have often noticed the resolutions passed by such organizations as to the causes which have led to the general agricultural depression. They have nearly all attributed it to the control of the money volume and its manipulation. -Still they have seen all branches of the government in the the republican# and still depressions prevail. They have seen the branches divided politically and depression prevail; soon they will see them in the hands of the democrats. Do they suggest any new remedy? These democrats had the opportunity to give relief during the last session of congress, but their chosen representative went to the enemy with the. more aroused sentiment Will they shirk again? Will the west be recognized now that free silver has spoken so emphatically? Is there some other Cleveland to, be propitiated? Will Cleveland recognize the wqptern demand and modify his position?, Did the grange all believe that he would? If so for whatireason? If not, have they stood by their own demands? If not, what right have they to expect relief? Have these resolving organizations a keen self-reliance? Have they exercised common intelligence in their voting. We preached this financial question in the grange years ago and are pleased to know that that particular grange is still alive upon the question that there are now loud political questions. All economic questions are political questions From their resolutions we believe that a better understanding has been reached, and that the wage slaves were ready to strike for freedom. The recent vote did not reach our expectation. It would seem as if there were traitors in the camp. It is no longer a mooted question with us that prevalent business conditions are a low product The organizations spoken of recognize this when within their halls, but repudiate it at the polls, the real place of relief. A few of the western states voted their expressed convictions. These, doubless, have reaped the most severe scourging. If theyorganizations are to carry out their declarations it must be- through some party advocating those methods demanded. Art they doing this? It hardly looks that way. The great producing classes believe in ans have demanded free coinage. They believe it is the harbinger of better prices and more work. The silver dollar has

rh *f • —fr -I. ’ ■ lal ways bought him as much of life’s demands as the gold dollar. The question la will a larger voli|me assure bet.ter prices? ‘All.producing classes are Ifirger sellers than buyers The laborer with nothing to sell but labor wants a better demand for labor. Thia is secured by money at work. When, then, will these men remain with the parties Which not‘only deny them relief, but gloat in the persecution? Why wag the grange organized at all? Why - didm not turn its millions of voters to using the same clearness and eariiestnesa at the polls as in their halli? Does it show a manly independence tetkridw and proclaim means of relief, belt rtfuse to pursue them? Is it not evidence of treasonable method* passed at the demands of treasonable men?—G. R. Williams, in National View. ’ t . ,