Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-02-28
SOME INSIDE FACTS.

NnRL recent MOF6mSnts or the All1auce
and Wheel Mean.
These dispatches this morning con-
tanned brief report Of the outcome OF a
recent conference in Dallas between the
executive committee OF the State farm
ers' Alliance and the Agricultural Wheel
the gist of which, to recapitulate, was
that the two bodies had agreed TO con-
solidate and secure charter under the
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
of America, acceptance on the
part Of the Alliance being sub
ject to the action of the
county Alliances The representatives
present at this conference were, for the
Alliance: DR.. j ID. Fields, president;
S. @. Dawes, secretary, and B. j T..
Kendrick, B. F. Rogers and j D. Cum
uingham of the executive committee,
and for the Wheel: T. J. Anderson,
president; 7. B. Clark, D. c. White
man, W. G. Moore and j. p. Messick of
the executive committee, Harry Tracy
national lecturer, and few others.
AN attache The GAZETTE s bureau has
been investigating these proceedings,
has interviewed several gentlemen vino
could throw light on the matter, and has
learned something of its inside history AS
follows;
C. W. Macune, now of Washington, is
the leading spirit of this st. Louis organ
ization, which was formed last Deem
Der. Iii Strusty Alliance lieutenants IL
Texas are Ben Terrell, Harry Tracy and
Evan Jones. But his ideas and policy
are not supported, on the contrary are
opposed, by Messrs. Field, Kendrick,
Rogers and Cunningham of the Alliance
executive committee, they believ-
ing that all his movements aud
those of. bis Texas lieutenants are
in the interest OF third party movement
in Texas as elsewhere. Ben Terrell,
who is now lecturing in Texas and max
ing abuse Of the press one Of his main
texts, is just from Alabama, where he is
said to have made sad havoc among
Democratic farmers by his peculiar DO
Iitical. commercial ard labor tenets.
MessTs. Rogers, Armstrong, ct al. are
not in favor OF grating the peculiar
tenets of Messrs. Terrell, Tracy and Ma
oune upon the Texas Alliance, but know
ing the strength of the Macune steerers
in Texas, they are moving cautiously. 1t
was for this reason they agreed to sub
NIT the matter for consolidation upon the
basis Of the st. Louis movement to the
county Alliances. Before doing 60, how
ever, they demanded surrender of
the whole charter, signed by Evan
Jones, as president Of the Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial Union, which office
he probably holds aud most probably
don't, according to Mr.. 3. f. Rogers
ideas. There is doubt Of the validity of
that surrendered charter. The Wheel
had previously surrendered its regular
charter 10 the Farmers and Laborers'
union Of America-aud hence this last
surrender leaves the Wheel hanging
without charter on tic ragged edge Of
suspense, pending the action Of the
county Alliances.
This being about the shape OF affairs
congenlal 20 the tastes of Messrs. Rogers,
Cunningham and the others who DO not
want any third party in theirs, they now
propose to inaugurate q most vigorous
campaign against Ben Terrell, Harry
Tracy aud other Macuhe workers, to
prevent the consolidation on the st.
Louis platform, and thereby hold the
farmers to the Democratic party, and
thus not weaken its reform elements.
The gentlemen named are among those
who opposed Macune's commercial
methods, and his celebrated "ninth-of-
June' collection, in his efforts to keep
what was known or the Alliance exchange
a1oat. Ben Terrell, Harry Tracy Evan
Jones, etc., are among the leaders who
helped Macune IN that peculiar proce-
dure. The Democratic elements
in the Alliance seem now to be q
little wide awake and not disposed to al
low few ambitious leaders TO lead. the
rank and file into anv more absurdities.
Some lively developments ere the closing
chapter Is reached aTs expected IN this
matter