The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-12-16
THE SUB-TREAsURY PLAN AND
- THE SUB-TREASURY BILL.


There is a difference between the Sub
Treasury plan and the Sub-TreasurY bill.
Failure to OBSERVE the difference has
doubtless given rise to much unnecessary
opposition and bitterness of speech.
The Sub-Treasury bill is the bill now
before Congress. 1t is only a part of he
Sub Treasury plan, and the two should
not be confunded. There are other bills
that could be introduced into Congre' IS
VIII Oh would oe as much a part Of the
Sub Treasury plan as the bill now pend
ing before that body. The olan il broader
than a mere bill. There are many who
are in favor of the Sub Trea 3ury plan
VIII do not favor the Sub Treasury bill.
The recently elected Senator from Geor-
gia, General Gordon, is n of the former.
His election was in no sense a defeat Of
the Farmers Alliance. It was not even
a repulse, though many Alliance members
regar led it as such, because they have
failed to observe the distinction indicated.
Senator Gordon is a strong advocate IF
the Sub Treasury plan. He so expressed
himself before and after his election, and
his opposition to the Sub-Treasury bill
was equally as open and frank. Because
of the latter he excited opposition 20 his
election among some Of the Georgia ALI
ances, out many who voted against him,
would now, were the election to take
place, vote for him. This is because his
opposition is better understood. 1t is
seen in the high. of reason. The passions
of the hour have passed away, and it is
judged from the proper standpoint.
Our own Senator Vance is IN favor of
the Sub Treasury plan. He is fully /
accord with the aims and purposes OF the
Alliance. He has never cast a vote or
uttered a word against the interests OF
the farmers of this State. He only fears
t at the Sub Treasury bill will not accomp-
lish what the farmers are ~contending for,
and that it violates the Constitution. That
is all. He heartily ,ndorses the plan. We
are satisfied that the Senator is being bet
ter understood. Information from the
most reliable source has recently reached
us that Senator Vance will, in all proba-
biIity, be re-nomiuated in the Democratic
caucus by reclamation; that in any event
there can be no reasonable doubt Of his
triumphant reelection.
The clouds are passing away. The
farmers of North Carolina are conserva-
tive and will not be lead into extre mes.
They act promptly and with decision, but
they revere the Constitution, the laws,
and will not turn their backs upon the
men who have served them faithfully and
we'll The Alliance is a great Organlza-
ton. 1t is destined to accomplish much
good. Let it ever move in conservative
channels, and the inherent justice of its
cause will prove the motive power to
direct it to victory.-N0rh Carolina In
teHIgencer. ~ 81, Nh
The resources of the politician are al
most without limit. Now that the Farm
ers' Ali ance of the South and Northwest
are up in arms against him, while he may
be fearful o: his prospects, he has IN no
way surrendered in advance of the battle.
Having no cause to rely on, strategy is
enlisted. A " bureau of SANDER has &C
cordingly been established at Washington
and Col. Polk, the leader of the Farmers
Alliance, is the first singled out for at
tack. A Kansas Republi AN paper finds
him to be a cowardly Confederate soldier,
a dishonest business man and a defaulter
in the Office Of commissioner OF agricul-
ture. He is also represented as a rabid
secessionist who desires to break up the
ASCPOOlASoA PoACJ q pAStNOOASA
who wants to rob the people. In the
South, however, he is an "abolitionist'
who desires the death Of the Democracy
and the su oremacy of the Negro. But
the farmers do not seem to be so easily
gulled as were workingnen whenever a
labor party was projected. The cry that
the movement was merely designed as an
aid to one old party in special opposition
to the other, was generally enough to
hold this class of intelligent American
| citizens aloof. When the farmers of
| Raleigh, N. c., Col. Folks home, collected
aud had read 10 them the article from
Washington published in the Kansas
paper, they Immediately drafted a series
of resolution proclaiming the knowledge
of the man and the falsity of every
allegation against him; and made pro-
visions for publishing the same in every
reform paper in the South and West.
But the partisan journals will never see
this, while the Washington concoetion
will duly go the rounds with appropriate
! comment.-The Examiner, Hertford Conn.