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WALisAl.l1A sourH oARoLlr5A, E0laaIsRss o. 1880.


mpel us to earnestly and persistently
endeayort to engraft them upon oai
governmental politics.
TURNED INTO Al LoyR PRAsT.
AT the conclusion of President
Folks address, the Alliance resolved
itself into q sort OF Nloye feaat,'
as:g ~ ! ca he Ga csssas 81, ssas$ I'D I'D
Union soldier from Indiaha, moved
that all ok D Union soldiers Iii the hail
who endorsed the sentimenta ex.
pressed in the speech OF President
lFarotuthts, of South Dakota, Withrefer.
ence 10 the burial of seetioHalism
rise up 3tto Be counted. The motion
prevailed, and between forty and
fifty etood up, amid che widest
enthusiasm. Under the Inspiration
Of this good feeling, an ex.U Union soi-
der from Wisconsin stood up in his
seat and CALLED ,npon all Union sol,
diers present to- give three cheers
for the old CSnfederates in the Allil
ance. They were giiyon with, win,
Them, was the Confederates turn,
and they cheered the old soldiers Of
the Union with Syoluminous hearth
ness that raised no doubt as to the
genuineness Of their feeling. The
cheers were mingled with the wild,
oldsfashioned Rebel yell, and as its
echoes died away, one aged veteran
Of the Confederacy shouted in q
voice that rang out, clearly through
the hall: q
"That's the genuine article. I've
heard it before"
OcALA,F Fla, December 3.Dele
gate w. s. MoAllister, Of Missis-
sippi, introduced in the meeting Of
the Farmers Alliance the following
preamble and resolutions, which were
adopted:
"Whereas, The President of the
United States in his annuo' message
to Congress- recommends I'd urges
the Immediate passage Of !. measure
known as the Lodge Elecsl 81 Bill;
and
aWhereas, The said bill will n
state a radical revolution Of the
election machinery Of the Union,
both State and national, and its
passage will be fatal to autonomy, OF
the States and the cherished liberties
of citizens; and
Whereas, The said bill is partisan
in spirit, and viii be, partisan in it's
application, thus ~reyitalizing the CORY
ghost Of sectional enlargement; and
Whereas, Tn the holy war which
we have declared against sectional
ism, fresides of the North, East,
South and West are citadels around
which the heaviest battles arefbeine
fought; and to the end that victory
may crown our crusade, let fraternity
and unity reign; therefore be it
"leesolued by the National Far
mers' Alliance and Industrial Union
of America, in National Council
assembled, that we dofmost solemnly
protest against the passage Of the
said Lodge election Jill; and we
most earnestly petition our Senators
to employ all fair and honorable
means to defeat this unpatriotio
measure which can result in nothing
but evil to our common and beloved
country.
"ResolveM, further, That acopy
of these preambles and resolutions
be forwarded to each Senator in
Congress"
McAllister took the floor in sup
porto Of the resolutions, and at the
end Of q strong speech moved their
adoption. 5*5E s555
As he sat down there, was a still.
ness and hush in the convention
which foreboded a storm, and every
body expected it to burst from the
Western or Northwestern delega.
lions, but no storm came.
After a few moments Of Suspense,
delegate Deming, Of Pennsylvania,
arose and said that he regarded tho
Introduction Of the resolutions az
untimely; that there was largely pre-.
yalent a feeling at the North that
the Alliance was a sectior$I organi.
cation, its members being saturated
with Southern sentiments, and that
the passage of these resolutions
would strengthen this opinion and
check the growth Of the Alliance
North and East. His language Yves
very temperate and conoiliatory and
q ripple of applause greeted the close
Of his speech.
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