| Show denouncing THE LODGE BILL yiK VOTE they make same stream speeches telling what a law ffinlo result ia the OCALA fia dec 4 special at ahe afternoon sension yesterday of the farmers alliance W G mcallister of mississippi introduced a prean blo and resolution setting forth eliat the president of the united stales in bis annual message recommends and urges the immediate passage of the lodge election bill that eaid bill involves a radical revolution in the election machinery of th union and its passage will be fatal to the autonomy of the state aud the cherished liberties of the citizens and that said hill is partisan in spirit and will be partisan in application thus revitalizing the hoary ghost of sectional estrangement that in holy water the alliance has declared against sectionalism the fi resides of the farmers of the north east and west are ans citadels around which the heaviest battles are b eing fought and to the end that victory may crown ahe crusade and fraternity and unity reign be it by the national farmers alliance and industrial union of america in national council assembled and eliat we do most solemnly protest against the passage of said bill and most earnestly petition our Eena toas to employ all fair and legal means to this unpatriotic measure which can result in nothing but evil to our common and beloved country mcallisier made a s trong speech in favor of the resolution delegate deming of pennsylvania said he regarded the introduction of the resolution as un timaly that there was largely prevalent at the north a feeling that the farmers alliance was a southern organization saturated with southern ana that the passage of these resolutions would strengthen their opinion and check the growth of the alliance in the north and east A delegate from illinois expressed the flame sentiment he feared the adoption of the resolution would confirm the chai xe that the farmers alliance is a partisan body the alliance he said is getting a grip in the west and local i liea where the republican sentiment is barong this action of the national order would tend to throw it into disrepute and atop its expansion over the states of the west and northwest After several other speeches how ever mcallisters McAlli motion to adopt the resolutions aa put and carried unanimously amid the wildest enthusiasm |
