The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-03
THEY DEMAND PLEDGES
The Farmers Alliance Proposes to Have
Them in Black and White.
New York Tribune.7


Colonel printed card with six ques
tions to be answered and six pledges tc
be signed. The document was headed
"The demands of the National Farm
ers' Alliance aud Industrial Union as
ratified by majority Of the sub.alli.
ances in North Carolina"
The first demand is for the "aboli.
ton of national banks and substitution
therefor Of legal tender Treasury
notes." The pledge under this demand,
which like all the others must be signed
in the presence of witness, a special
line being left for the witness to sign,
reads
II approve of the above demand,
and if elected to seat in Congress Will
endeavor to have it enacted into a
law"
The second demand is for a law to
"effectually prevent the dealing in fu-
lures of all agricultural and mechan-
ical productions )" the third is for free
and unlimited coinage of silver; the
fourth for law prohibiting alien own
ership of land by persons or corpora
tions ; the fifth is that all revenue, ma
tional, State or county. shall be limited
to the necessary expenses of the Gov
ernment economically and honestly ad-
ministered; the sixth and last demand
and pledge deserve to be given in full.
They read:
"That Congress issue sufficient
amount of fractional paper currency
to facilitate exchange through the me-
dunn Of the United States through the
medium of the United States mail"
II approve of the above demand, and
ifelected will endeaor to have it enacted
into law. I also approve Of the bill
introduced into the United States Sen
ate by Senator Vance and known as
the Sub-Treasury bill. If it is not
shown to be unconstitutional I will
vote for it and endeavor to secure its
passage, and, in the event it is shown
to be unconstitutional then will in
troduce and advocate a bill to abolish
bonded warehouses for whiskey, &C.,
and also a biilto abolish national banks
in accordance with the first demands
on this card"
On the back of the card is this t'in-
formations" "This card is prepared foz
the purpose of pledging the candidates
for nomination and election to legisla-
tive offices to support these demands,
which have been ratified by large
majority of the subordinate alliances in
North Carolina. Politicians have so
often deceived US by their verbal pro-
misses, which they make and then
deny having made, that we have de,
cided for the future to take their
pledges in black and white"
Col. Jones refused to sign the paper
at all, saying in letter to the Alliance
Secretary that he is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination, and proposes
to stand on the Democratic platform.
Col. Jones competitor in this county
is Capt. S. B. Alexander, Late President
of the State Alliance, who is an en-.
thusiast for the Sub-Treasury bill.
THE TROUBLE COLONEL JONES
BROUGHT ON HIMSELF.
RALEIGH, n. c., June 24.-The
Farmers Alliance is unquestionably
the creates: factor in the North Caro-
lima politics.
Its State Secretary sent out, few
days ago, cards with certain pledges to
be made by all Congressional candi'
dates.
This matter became very prominent
by reason of the fact that Col. 81. G.
Jones, a Democratic candidate for the
Congressional nomination IN the Sixth
district, refused to make the pledge.
THE FARMERS ANSWER.
This caused much stir. The Progress
sive Farmer is the State organ of the
Alliance, and it publishes an editorial
on Col. Jones' refusal to sign these
pledges in which it says:
ave believe that a farmer will &c
from the Sixth district to Congress. II
the lawyer candidates are not better
than the methods now being used tc
secure their nomination, their election
would be calamity. Farmers and all
other people in the Sixth district, now
is your time to show your hand. Il
you want a good farmer in Congress,
you can, by united action, put him
there. Ifyou do not, you may expect
toll on and grow poorer every year
Take your choice"
The above will apply to every district
in the UnitedssStates.
ADVICE TO COL. JONES.
Now word about Col. Jones. He
says that less than one-third of the
farmers of that district belong to the
Alliance. That is incorrect. Nearly al
of the Intelligent ones who are moi
members are in sympathy with it
Hence the Alliance represents the
wishes of majority of the good people
of the district.
This editorial shows that the Alliance
proposes to 60 actively into the cam
paign and make an issue direct.
S.,p, .IDpoS Tal1S Story.