When our own members are sometimes
deceived by the enemy's malicious lies,
it is not to be wondered that the outside
public believes all that is said of us.
This point of newspaper representa
tion was one more than any other brought
to the front by the ablest leaders at In
dianapolis. It is a danger which must
be eliminated, aud it can be. I am no
believer in harsh methods, but one de
mand the people have the right to make
nf thfl twpks that ia truthfulness. It is
Kad AUIaa LMaratnr.
You cannot be a good Alliance man so
long as you refuse to patronise papers
advocating that cause, and rend only the
arguments of enemies of our organisa
tion. In rpite of everything your miud
will get warped and prejudiced, for the
literature that a man reads leaves an
indelible Impress upon him. Now, sop
pose that a minister of God discarded
the Bible and read only the works of
Voltaire and fom Paine Would you
consider him a proper person in the pul
pit? By no means, for he would only
hear the arguments against tae noiy
cause he is elected to further. It is this
wav with an Alliance man. If he hoars
only the argument derogatory to his
order, he cannot be a loyal and consist
ent member. It is both mmaturaland
unraasonabla.
Of course we do not protest against
our members reading opposition papers,
for they are intelligent, and there fs no
danger of their being ehamged pttmaea,
however, that they also study our side.
