| Show AN POLITICAL UNION our telegraphic dispatches yesterday conveyed the news that the proposed amalgamation of the knights of labor with members of the farmers nod laborers union and alie northern farmers alliance was liko clyto be consummated at the convention now being held at st lonis this will be a new factor at the political world and one too of no small im when the numbers are taken into consideration the organization known as the alliance of farmers claims a majority of the white vote in donth sonth carolina members in louisiana in texas in mississippi in alabama in georgia in florida 90 in the state of north carolina in virginia in tennessee kentucky in arkansas and in missouri the platform of this new combine to be submitted at the convention now being held reads as fellows profoundly impressed that we the farmers of america who are united by the strong and faithful ties of financial ami home interests should when organized into an association set our declarations of intentions we therefore resolve 1 to labor for the education of the agricultural classes in the sciences of economic government in a strictly nonpartisan spirit and to bring about a more perfect union of said classes 2 that we demand equal rights to all and special favors to none 3 that we return to the principle of letting the office seek the inin instead of letting the man seek the office L the motto ju things essential unity and in all bilings charity 5 to develop a better state mentally morally socially and financially G to create a better understanding for sustaining our civil officers in main a inin law and order 7 to constantly to secure entire harmony and tood will to all mankind and brotherly love among conr delves y to suppress personal hucul sectional and national prejudices all unhealthful rivalry and all selfish ambi 9 tiie brightest jewels which it garners are tears of widows and orphans and its imperative are to visit the homes where lacerated heart are bleeding ble edini to assuage the suu erini of a brother or sister bury the dead rare for the widows and educate the orphana to exercise charity towards offenders to construe words and deeds in their most favorable granting honesty of purpose and fiord intentions to others and to protect the principles of alie national farmers alliance and operative cooperative co union until death its laws are reason and equity ilg cardinal doctrines inspire purita ot thought and life its intention is peace on earth and good ill to man hero is a platform general in its terms to satisfy those whom it is intended to affect and we have doubt bat that it will be tho proposed amalgamation means something some lhing great should ibbe adopted certain it is that the union means more than a person is at first disposed to think |
