The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-09-02
THE GEORGIA ALLIANCE-GoV.
GORDON AND THE SUB
TREASURY BILL.

NEVER did a more intelligent and
~ substantial body of men assem-
ole in that noble State than the n
composing the recent State Alliance.
Gov. Gordon, during the week, made
a speech to the members, in which
he opposed the Sub Treasury bill.
Promptly and unanimously the Ali,
ance adopted resolutions, affirming Its
adherence to the whole Alliance plat
form, including the Sub Treasury bill.
We here append the resolutions with
the Introductory remarks of the South
erm Alliance Farmer, the official organ
of the Georgia Alliance:
awe wish to call the attention of
every Alliance man to the resolutions
passed by the Georgia State Alliance
demanding of all brethren who may
be elected to the legislature that they
do no. commit themselves to any can,
didate prior to the meeting of the
legislature, and that they vote for no
man for United States senator, who
does not endorse the Georgia State
Alliance platform as follows:
Resolution by ". R German, which
was unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, There is a determined effort
being made to diviCe u people, and
Their by defeat the objects and good re
suits to flow from the Alliance organiza-
ton and
WHEREAS, All Alliance eyes and hearts,
from every section of thi, great country,
are turned to Georgia, and the hopes Of
our brotherhood from every quarter are
largely based on the union determination,
wisdom and aggressiveness of the Georgia
Allia nee; therefore be it
ReS0zved, That this, the Georgia State
Alliance, now assembled, do reafirm our
allegiance to our National Alliance plat
form, and do most earnestly and unquali-
fedly demand that all mem oers of our
order who may become members of the
Georgia Legislature, do not vote for mem
bers of the United States Senate unless
he or they subscribe to the Georgia
State Alliance platform, to-wit:
To a reduction of State and National
taxes. Asserting that only should taxes
be levied for revenue, and that to an
economical and j~udiciOus administration.
s.. That in the revision of the protective
t~rif, the burdens now resting on the
agricultural and laboring classes, shall be
lessened to the greatest possible extent.
6. That our representatives in the Ma
tional Legislature shall advocate the pas
sage of such laws as will prevent specu
lation and combines that seek to interfere
with prices f prime necessiti and pro-
auctions.
7 To an abolition of the n ational bank
ing system, and the substitution Of legal
treasury notes in lieu Of National bank
notes, and in sufficient volume, in c|oniunc
ton W tn gold and silver to do the bust
nees Of the country on a cash basis.
8 That the Sub-Treasury bill of the
National Alliance, now pending in Con-
gross, or some better system for the relief
of the struggling masses, be passed
Our object in calling special atten-
ton to this action is to warn our breth
rem all over the state against the effort
which will be made to divide the Ali.
ance on this question. The State ALI
ance recognized this in the preamble
to this resolution and calle1 attention
to the fact that the eyes of the country
were on US and that the action of the
Georgia Alliance men in this matter
would be crucial in advancing that
great reform to which the Alliance is
pledged.
T1is is the issue that c~onfronts US.
We bear no i'll will to any man, nor
do we seek the aggrandizement of
any individual; but alone and beyond
all personal considerations stands the
good of our order, and our fealty to
its great principles. The distinguished
whose name has been promi
mentioned for senatorial honors |
has declined to commit himself to the
support of our platform. On the Sub
Treasury plank in a speech delivered
by him before the resolution was
passed during the session of the State
Alliance, he voluntarily announced
that he would neither take a position
in favor of the Sub-Trea sury bill nor
would he present any plan of his own
for the relief of the financial wrongs
he admitted to exist. He thus
repudiates the last plank of
our State platform in two particu
Yet we know that all over
the State, Alliance men are being
urged to pledge themselves to vote
for him for Senator. This effort is an
appeal to Alliance men to be untrue
to the order and to the great cause
it advocates, for the sake of
personal consideration and the cost of
Alliance principles and success Clearly
it is intimated that Alliance men will
split on this personal issue, and that
they will be untrue to their allegiance.
This i%nsinuation, by whonsoever it
was made charges beneath the surface
that n nan is stronger than the
combined intelligence of the farmers
of the State.