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Show iW Tery encouraging. The recommends-with recommends-with tks raade "lat conference be held th reform nreas association, to discuss '"5 m08t available means of disseminating ill nn A powerful auxilary force in the rvice of reform literature is iund in a well-regulated lecture svstem. The demand ior speakers U so great "that it is impossible -7? reaker closed with remarks upon a political alliance. He said the organization must be kept free from entanglements with ??y .Party. "It would utterly fail in its f"gh purposes if degraded into a mere party machine, manipulated by designing men. vnen it shall not elevate its membership above the arrogant domination of a party mandate the hour for decay, dissolution and ?vh wiu have come." T. McAllister of Canton, Miss., chairman chair-man of the national executive committee of the anti-sub-treasury alliance, heads the committee to induce the alliance to steer clear of the sub-treasury scheme and the third-party idea He said: "We will pre-a pre-a protest against the sub-treasury and third party schemes and certain irregularities irregulari-ties within the order. It is the intention to adjust the matter within the alliance if possible, pos-sible, but if we do not get a hearing, or our grievances are not respected, the organization organiza-tion of an anti-sub-treasurv alliance will be extended to every state. The Texas opponents oppo-nents of these ideas are not awaiting the result re-sult of the commission. They have already organized an anti-sub-treasury alliance, which embraces 60 per cent of the total alliance alli-ance strength. The sentiment is also strong in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan and Illinois." The irreguiarr.ies alluded to are embraced m a resolution adopted at the anti-auti-sub-treasury alliance convention held in St Louis, denouncing C. V. McC'une and his henchmen and their corrupt practices as a disgrace to the order and a stench in the nostrils of all honest men who linow of their corruption and villainy. The air is thick with rumors tending to itiplkate certain alliance leaders in connection connec-tion with certain combinations, and their relation re-lation with the National Industrial company (formerly the Union Cordage company). It in with tix sL.te agents of this alleged scon-! scon-! dal that the alliance has to deal, and the alliance al-liance men are here for that purpose. They state thattucy will make charges wnhin the next few days that will make a tremendous sensation and shake the alliance from center to circumference. The former state agent of the Florida alliance alli-ance domiciled himself in New York and became be-came the agent ot the Union Cordage company, com-pany, it is aid that the plan was" to eret a monopoly of the alliance trade. Seductive inducements were held out to fae stpte agents to indriee them to proce-e the indorsement bj tiieir alliance oi the Union Cordage com-paty. com-paty. In some states the negotiations were successful, but in others the coutiacts by which the alliance stores were supplied .had already been let. TLe ru.nors also connect certain alliance leaders wih the deal with the Louisiana lottery lot-tery company, by which the third parly was placed in the field in Louisiana. THE "T:S" AND "C'S." TO CRUSH TRUSTS, CHANCE TARIFFS, CONTROL TRANSPORTATIONS. The Farmers are Loud in Their Declaration Declar-ation That They Had Nothing to Do With the Third Party The Air is Full of Dissatisfaction. - Ixdiaxapolis, Nov. 18. The supreme council of the farmers' alliance called the body to order and Mayor Thomas L. Sullivaii was introduced. In a short address he welcomed wel-comed the delegates to Indianapolis. J. F. Tillman, secretary of the alliance executive committee, responded. After paying tribute to President Harrison he said: "It is the farming and laboring people who feed the world; who fought the battles of this country, and to whose energy and patriotism this great and glorious land of ours is indebted for its richest blessings, liberty and peace. It is not our mission to tear down nor disintegrate our honestly conducted con-ducted industries, but to eradicate all illegit-ii.iate illegit-ii.iate combinations and monopolists that tend to destroy the very spirit and intent of the constitution. AVe are not here as politicians politi-cians seeking to disrupt partisan political parties, 6Y to promote the fortunes of any riolitical aspirant; nor are we here in the.in-terest the.in-terest of any third party for by our very organic or-ganic teachings we have a right to vote with whatever political parly we tiiiak will best advance good government." He called attention to the last "billion dollar congress" and criticized its expenditures, expendi-tures, which he paid, were more than was spent by ail the congresses oi the first seventy-two years of the history of this government. govern-ment. This, he said, "'was more than for every man, woman ami child in th Uniled States to support the natiounl goye-rnnient, not including other taxes levied. ' Then he said: 'How long would they endnre it if collected col-lected directly rrom them instead of indtrect-ly, indtrect-ly, as it is now collected through our tariff? Say what you please about the tariff, "cut it must aud shail come down to a reasonable basis of taxation, and th?se reckless expend-ituref expend-ituref by congress" must be stopped or we will continue to change the personnel every con-grass. con-grass. Yet this is not eu. 'ior is it, at all the bottom which brought about the uprising upris-ing of the people of all parts cf this great country. 'T can best illustrate it by the use of three 'T's,' thtt first letter of three words. These words are 'transportation, tariff and trust.' Here is the trouble, and thrre are three 'CV which are the first letters of three words, 'crush, charge aud control,' the unwritten un-written and iron bound oath our iricndly political newspapers abuse us bo much about "I will now tell you what this oatbis. It is to crush trusts, change tariils and control transportation." He"thanKed God for the farmers' alliance and ail kiudred organizations, and then-proceeded: "We are going to succeed in our I eiforts to obtain a large circulating medium. We must have more currency, and wc will have it. The farmers of the north, who wore blue, have reached soutn and taken the southern farmer, who wore gray, by th3 hand and said to him: 'We have never asked you to surrender to king monopoly and partial legislation, but only to preserve the union alike good for all, and no brave southern farmer ever surrendered to such circumstances. Though deleated, it ws but to save the Union ante the chivalry of the entire s,outh is today te-Jj termined to preserve the Union and con? he tution aallhazarjdsjin the result is fsnch "lace downward. r "I , '.alee ( '"The farmers' alliance means trie greatev good for the greatest number, ant', is deted mined to have justice for all, and especiallj favors to none. It numbers in co-operatioc-nearly 400,000, and it has come to stay, aud will be held in tact as a non-partisan organization. organi-zation. The members of all political parties may join the organization, and it will never become a third political party. There is a big political significance in it, but not party political significance, because that would mean hopeless ruin." Tillman's reference to the non-partisan nature of the alliance caused something of a sensation, and was received with about equal evidence of approval and disapproval. General J. W. Weaver of Iowa was called for, and made a speech on the general situation, situa-tion, which was received with enthusiasm. He was followed by Congressman JerrT Simpson of Kansas in the same strain. At 2 o'clock the alliauce went into executive execu-tive session at the board of trade and the national farmers' mutual benevolent association asso-ciation at the court house, both discussing the third party movement. The open meetings were a disappointment to the alliance leaders, and in particular to the third party men. The attendance has not been as large as was expeeted, nor the enthusiasm so great. Conflicts of opinion have arisen on" important subjects which threaten to seriously interfere with the work. While the attendance is small the fight for and against the third party movement move-ment is none the less bitter. The sessions of the F. M. B. A. and the alliance this afternoon were secret, but it is understood under-stood that the issue w as squarely joined in each, and the result in each case was a drawn battle. Nothing but the final vote can determine de-termine the relative strength of the factions. At the open meetings last night the attendance atten-dance was less than a thousand. President Polk delivered the annual address. He reminded re-minded the representatives that upon no body has greater responsibilities rested than on this since the Continental congress of 17Tb. For equal rights were no more just then than today "against the inequalities which threaten to undermine the liberties of the people. What are the alleged grievances? grievan-ces? From 1S50 to 1S60 farm values increased 101 per cent; from 1S70 to 1880, only 9 per cent. The aggregate wealth if the country increased fro;h 1S70 to l80 over 45 per cent. The crops of 18S4 brought less than 2 per cent more than the crops inlS6. The crops of 1867, though Jess than half as large as those of 1887, brought the farmer $79,500,000 more. Two-thirds of the country's wealth 1 is not assessed for taxation, yet the fanner, 1 possessing only 22 per cent of it, pays bOper cent of the taxes. With modern facilities of transportation and improved machinery the farmer finds himself compelled to sell his produce at prices barely coverinsr the cost. Farm mortgages mor-tgages are frightfully largo. In Iowa the n4ortgage indebtedness is $104 per capita, in Kansas $li'.5, in Illinois $100, and everywhere the farmer is over burdened with debt. Therefore, the farmer is appealing appeal-ing now to the supreme tribunal of public opinion, tnd asks a just decision through the ballot-box. Polk then took up the demands of the farmers, on which he spoke at great length. The sub-treasury idea, he said, has crown until it is the sentiment of the order in thirty-four states. The constitution declares that congress shall have the power to regulate regu-late commerce. Among others, money, transportation and the tiansinisgion of intelligence intel-ligence are essential elements in cemmerce. Does congress regulate these? Organized capital has demanded of congress anl obtained ob-tained control of the volujae of the currency. This has resulted in a fearful augmentation of the centralized money power to the impoverishment im-poverishment and robbery of honest industry. indus-try. In 1?1 the amount of currency was Wo thousand million dollars, with 37,000,000 population; today, wi;h t&,000,000 people, the volume of currency is reduced to six hundred million; resulting in high-priced money and low-prced articles, entai'ing distress, dis-tress, poverty, suffering and ruin. Uo said: "The supreme question before the people is financial reform. Ihe two great parties have evidently sounded a truce, and, as in the pat, this question will be regarded as neutral ground between them. In thisTisis it is the duty of every true member of the alliance to stand firmly by our principles and demand from all aspirants for our suffrages suf-frages an unequivocal definition of their position on this great principle." Tolk 6aid tkc growth of Uic organization. |