, 1890-12-04
FARMERS IN SESSION
Sensation at the Meeting of
the National Association.
A COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
Strong Denunciation of the Lodge
Bill and the Louisiana
Lottery.

oCALA, fla., Dec. 3.-Ihe sensation oil
the morning session of the Farmers
Alliance was when President Living
stone of the Georgia alliance, arose to
question of privilege and denounced
as UNANIMOUSLY false insinuations in Ger.
tain newspapers aimed at DR.. Macune
and himself, ana even at President
Polk, i'll connection with the recent sem
sational contest in Georgia. He de-
manded the appointment of fair and
impartial committee to thoroughly in
vestigate the charges.
President Polk and DIR. Macune also
spoke, and 1t was decided that q COM
mittee OF investi CATION be appointed to
consist OF one member from each state,
the com mittee to make a thorough and
searching investigation, in accordance
with the demands of the gentlemen con.
cerned.
At the afternoon session w. :. Nc
Allister, of Mississippi, introduced a pre-
amble and resolution, setting forth that
the president of the United States. in his
annual message recommends and urges
the immediate passage OF the Lodge bill.
That said bill involves a radical revolu-
ton IN the election machinery of the
union and its passage will be fatal to the
autonomy ofthe states and the cherished
liberties of citizens; that said bill is par
tisan in speech and will be partisan in
application. thus revitalizing the hoary
ghost of sec ctionnl lestrangement; that the
alliance has declared against sectional
ism; that the firesides of the farmers Of
the North, East, South and West are the
citadels around which the heaviest bat
ties are being fought to the end; that
victory may crown the crusade of the
fraternity and unity reign.
BE 1t resolved, by the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union
of America in national council AS
sembled. that we do most solemnly pro-
test against the passage of said bill, and
most earne estly petition, our senators to
employ all final and legal means to de-
feat this unpatrotic measure, which can
result in nothing but evil to our common
and beloved country.
Mr.. McAllister made strong speech
in favor of the resolution.
Delegate Deming. of Pennsylvania,
said tie regarded the introduction OF res.
olutions as untimely; that there was
largely prevalent at the North feeling
luib IIlc hEiutTb Allltutt WAS u COulh'
ern organization saturated with South
ern sentiments, and 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
same sentiment. He feared the adop.
tion of the resolution would confirm the
charge that the Farmers Alliance is a
partisan body. The alliance, lie said
is growing in the West and in localities
where republican sentiments wero strong
this action of the national order would
tend to thr it into political disrepute
and stop its expansion over the states Of
the West and Northwest.
Alter several other speeches, however,
McAllisters motion to adopt the resolu-
tions was put and carried unanimous
amid the widest enthusiasm.
Resolutions were also adopted denounc.
ing the Louisiana lottery as blow at
American civilization and morals and
asking for submission to the people OF
America OF an amendment 10 the
national constitution prohibiting the
operation of lotteries in any state.
Resolutions will be offered tomorrow
indorsing Senator Stanford's bill for
loaning money on land at 2 per cent.
interest the mortgages to run for thirty
years.