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Show ECHOES) OP TIIK AI.I.IANCK CONVEN-1 CONVEN-1 III. The national convention of the farmers' alliance was held in Omaha, ami the Bee of that city, having every opportunity to study the character of the new movement, says this of it: The national fanners' al'l:in"e convention has roD"luded Its Lib r and adjourned. Composed Com-posed lu the main of nun i.ncerely anxious to ltniroe the condition of th agricultural cUaki'H. It was beset by cranks nnd hobby rider rid-er and Its true pin poses perverted utid dam-UKcd. dam-UKcd. The 111 the proditi'lnn classes aie compelled to tear depwid largely on locality. In Ne-I Ne-I rahi, a aim iid.lolnliiff xtatcs the burdn cousin! cou-sin! of erorhltant toll for transporting trans-porting their products to market, elevator exact Inn , discrimination n them as Hhlppers, and excesnlve coet of the government. The are com ltlon which the producer justly denounce tint even with the power In their hands In everal notable not-able Instance they have as yet faM'd to place the knife at th root of the evil. It was to be expected the national convention would irlve these vital intcstlnns careful consideration and devise a practical plan, ju-t to all Hit Tests concerned, as a guide to legislation. Nothing; of the kind was attempted. On the contrary, the convention was ltullyr;iri d by visionaries and dreamers ami tt endorsement g ven to Impracticable schemes. The most n table of ihce was t le c; n lal-ou.U(tl'ry lal-ou.U(tl'ry of :he (ouveirlm atltaolo. While all the de'ewtw wr jr snt, and after a full dlectissiin. the jrnpoplUon demanding de-manding th loan of g ivernmeut mm ey at 3 per cent on land seciinty. defutfd by a Hiibstantial malorlty. 1h ptopmit on eou'd not b resurrected without a mi tlcn to ret on :der by a member votlnn for Its defeat. Hut common parliamentary rule weie litni T d I J th el aim an. who rallied his followers after a major!! jr of the delennte a ad di parted, and coerced a rump n nventlou Into tin endorsement endorse-ment of the absutd scheme aa a purt of It c:ed. . Woman auRraK. prohibition, fatism and similar Idiocies are parasitic theories sapping the strength of the alllinc. an 1 the sooner It rid Itself of the Incubus the better It will be for the organization. It must shaka off the crank and fanatics, place Itself on a br.iad, common sense foundation, and thus secure ins acuve Biipporr ui inuusnuua omsiue me order who are earnestly !rling to better the condition of the Industrial claesee. It must be remembered that the Bee is an anti-monopoly paper, and as such not prejudiced against a movement which in its highest conception is directed di-rected against that hydra. But this lacks in the most essential element of success in American politics, which is common sense, without which a party may be a one day's wonder, but cannot endure very long. We believe the farmer's alliance is more of a bugaboo of the politician than it deserves to bo. |