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Show RESOLUTIONS . Or tli Metlinj of the Sfmlwri of the hitlooAl Alliance; Al-liance; THE WORLD'S FAIRTO BE CLOSED ON SUNDAYS! The Southern States not Prepared1 for a Tlilrd Psrlj HoTrmrnl: CALL FOR A THIRD PARTY CONFERENCE. CON-FERENCE. What TonnsMil of Olib Thinks or Blaine and the l'rcsldencj. By Telegraph to tha N ew4 TUE N-TI05AL ALI.IVNCE. Beeelntiona Vtd In Tealerilaj'a MeellDg. Ocala, FJa., Dec. 5. Tho National Na-tional Alliances passed a resolution reciting that thu United btates census returns, with respect to farm mortgage, are grossly Incorrect, and calling upon all county and sub-Alliances sub-Alliances iu all Utiles U take ln-medl&le ln-medl&le tteps toirardj securing ac-rurate ac-rurate statements froit the county records and making jiromrt reports thereon. A resolution asVIng that the World's Fair bo closed on Suni!ays was parsed without opposition. National Secretary Turner submitted sub-mitted his annual report. During the past year 1030 new charters were Issued. Somequestlon? having been raised as to the unanimous en Jorsement of the SL LojU platform by the national na-tional Alliance last year, lilting-stono lilting-stono of Georgia uiovtvJ iu a Joj.tlon by the present body. The motion was adopted with an amendment, so as to demand government control of the railroads and telegraph line, and if this shall not result In relit! to the masses, nnd In checking or curing tho exUtlng evils, tho government gov-ernment shall Lecomo the actual owner of fcuch lines. An amendment was auopted that eviry AUIanca lecturer, btate and National, and all newspapor organizations organi-zations cf tho Alliance, sLall support sup-port the platform or sutler suspension sus-pension from tho order; that no can didato for any National political office ehall be supported by the Alliance unless lie endorses the platform, and any eulullianco not complying Willi the restrictions may be FUpcnilcJ at the pleasure of the president. The tt. LojU platform, as thus amended, was adopted unanimously unanimous-ly upon a call of thu roll by States. Colonel Xtlvingston of Georgia, from tho Committee on Organization, Organiza-tion, made a report (o furnish a basis for an ultimate union betnec tLo National Farmer's Alliance and the Industrial Union and Far-rrcr'3 Far-rrcr'3 Mut-ial Denellt Asjociatlon. Tho rcrort was adorted. Dr. ilacune, chairman of the national executive committee, submitted sub-mitted his ASNUAI. KEPOIIT. It referred at length to the sub-treasury sub-treasury bill drawn and preM.ntcd to Congres?. The committee's minion In this repcct was virtually ended, becsu'c the Alllaco had elected several Congressmen who wojld look after pushing tho bill through the national legislature. In a short time, he saU, Congnfs will jos the bill; If not willingly, then bj n compromise. com-promise. The report recommends a reduction of the salaries of all National Na-tional Alliance olllcerr, and the removal re-moval from Washington of the president's presi-dent's office, inasmuch as the retention re-tention of it there enUIUnn expense not commensurate with thcu&trul-ncss. thcu&trul-ncss. At the conclusion of his report Dr. Marune addreEM.nl tho cenvention upon the pollcj of tho Alliance, especially with reference to Itn position po-sition upon leading public measures and Its attitude toward the demo crats and lepubllcans In future no-litical no-litical contests. After adjturumt-nt ho gave the A-oclated I'rrs-s tLe following sj nopsb of his utterances upon tho third tar! question. I tolJ the delegate that tho rco-plo rco-plo in the Southern States were net prepared to embark Ina third carty movement; that in this emergency thero was great necessity for conservatism con-servatism and caution. I recommended recom-mended as a compro-nL-e that wculd Cirry OJt the end sought to be achieved by the WeetandtheNorth if It met the approbation of the South, tbatacomention Lo calleu for February , IS92, to bo composed of delegates from all associations, of producer?, and that the next annual stadon of the pjprcma counsel elect delegates to represent this order In that convention. This wculd Lot commit Ilia poop'e, but provide a means whereby they could exj re themselves on tho question through their county and Slate organization! during Hie coming j ear. When the convention meets the de'egatei-would de'egatei-would come them with authority aud Instructions from their people. If the peopla deciue lu favor of IVDEl'EXDECr PARTY action, it will prevail; if not, the cause vt ill still bttb"nellted by the conference, aud thero will be a better understanding of the objects tho labor orgamzilions are seeking to achieve. Macuno thinks this will satisfy both tUvs. la conversation with an Associated Associ-ated Tress coirroiiilent, Ccljnel Livingston, of Georgia, said the policy outline! by Macu ue, If adopted, adopt-ed, cannot fall to hare a marecd eUccL It would commit tho alliance alli-ance of tho South almo-t solidly against a third party. 'Ilcfo-o Fcbiusry, 1S92," hrsald, "we shall have n chance to tec whether thu republican par'! wUI abandon its protective tnrilt plat-fcrm. plat-fcrm. It will Ii.tvo to wholly forfeit for-feit lis present identity as a political party in order to change that, and I do not rco any passible ehance of this coming about." "Do you thloS,," nald tho reporter, re-porter, ' that the democratic patty of the North would join tho Southern South-ern democrats on nu alliance platform?" plat-form?" "I do. I think more, and make the prediction that thu democratic national convention of 163- will adopt tho alliance St. Louis platform plat-form in toto " The National Colored Alllancu this morning adopted a re-solution desiring Congress to pass the Lodge election bill, and i resolution criti cislngand denouncing tho White National Alliance for its opposition to the bill, was rested. At last night's session of the National Alliance, J. il. Rico of Kansas, who is an ooirant for the peorJeii nomination" for Senator against Ingalls, got the flnor on a proposition for Ihu improvement of the Mississippi river, and tocU occasion oc-casion to dell ver a violent political snccci). In which he r renounced the It "publican party ss unworthy cf existence. The speech produced a sensation, aud Allbnce men of both parties wish it understood that his opinlGM are simply those of on Individual, In-dividual, and are not endorsed by the Alliance as a body. THE ISVX300ATIO COMMITTEE this afternoon reported that It, was unable to ascertain a single, fact Implicating In any way President Presi-dent P&It. As to President Living, stonofthe Georgia Alliance, while nothing was found derogatory to his personal or official character, tho committee cannot endorse his court in the Georgian senatorlol contact. The same was true cf Dr. Kacone. The report did net give entire satisfaction, but was edented without debate. -. The annual ejection of officers wn held this sitorBooa. President rot and Ylce.PreidBt Cover of i TTaman. -were unoalmo Joly re-elect ed. J. H. Turner, of Georgia, was elected secretary and J. B.Wlilet, of h'-intnn national lecturer. T.K. Powderlyand A.W.Wright, membera of the executive board. Knights of Labor, arrived here this afternoon. At at public meeting tonight to-night they $Kl.e. Powderlyin hU address, said it was time for the lawyers to stand asido and give the farmers a chance, as well as the merchants and laborers. He was speaking only for himself Individually, Individu-ally, but if It was the general sentiment senti-ment for all the producing, industrial indus-trial and labor organlzitlons to stand and vote together in 189J, he would be thero In the hottest of the fight. The whole lino of rowderly's talk was an encouragement of a third party movement, If it became necessary. President Polk made a brief reply and several other speeches were made. Following Is tho call for a THIRD PARTY CONFERENCE signed by General Rice and John Davis, of Kansas, and about seventy fivo ether: Whereas, In unity there i strength, therefore, It is desirable that this thculd be a union of oil the various named industrial organizations organiza-tions that stand on common ground. To this end Individuals from the various State?, whose names aro hereto signed, ak this call for a National conference, to Le composed com-posed of delegates from the following follow-ing organizations namely: Fanner's Fann-er's Alliance, Farmer's Mutual Benefit Association, Citizens Alliance, Alli-ance, Knights of Labor and all other Industrial organizations that support tho prlcclp'ca cf tho St. Loulsagreementof 1S59, each State organization to send one delegate from each Congressional District anl two from the State at large, and each district organization to senj not less than three rVegatrt-, and each county delegation not Iess that one delegate, to be cho-cn according ac-cording to the custom of each respective re-spective organization, during the month of January, ISS9, also, that the editor of each newspaper bo here by invited as a delegate, that has advocated ad-vocated tho principles of tho St. Louis agreement and supported the Alliance candidates nominated in 1S9J, the delegates to meet in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday, Mon-day, Ou 23d of February, 1691, for tlie purpose of forming a National Union party, bisetl upon fundamental funda-mental idess of finance, transportation, transpor-tation, labor and land in tlio furtherance fur-therance of the work already begun by those organizations nnd preparatory prepara-tory for a united struggle for country coun-try and home In the great political conflict now pending that must decide de-cide who In this country Is sovereign, the citizens or tho dollar. |