River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1890-12-11
THE OCALA CONVENTION

day-Mr. Powde-Iy Makes an Address
A Citizens Alliance Organized for Po-
Itical Purposes.
OcALA, Fla, Dec. S.-The National
Alliance has been in session for five
days and il has taken no action as vet
upon any of the financial and economic
measures which it will urge upon Con-
gress. All the serious work of the alli-
ance will be done in the last hours of
the session.
Meantime the outside third party
canva has been vigorously pushed,
chiefly by the Western enthusiasts.
They have secured 100 or more sigma
lures to their call for National union
party convention at Cincinnati in Feb
ruary NEXT Most of the North
ern and Western delegates TO the Farm
ers' Alliance convention have signed it.
and nearly all the colored alliance del
egates have done the same. The man
ayers of the canvass say that the call,
with signatures, will be officially pro-
mulgated on the Goth inst DIR. Macune,
who advocates postponing action
until February. 1892. says, never
theless, that new party is the logical
outcome of the alliance crusade. The
Southern alliance delegates remain al
most solid in their opposition to indie
pendent party action at the present
time. Their opposition will be quite
sufficient to prevent any radical action
at this session.
The committee on agricultural sta
tistics recommended the appointment
of a committee of five alliance Con-
gressmen who should cooperate with
the alliance statesmen at Washington
in gathering and disseminating correct
crop reports. 1t was declared that the
present Government reports we're col
ored for the benefit of spectators.
President Folks recomme ndation for
the appointment of a National legisla-
tive council, to be composed of the
State presidents and the National pres.
ident, which shall decide on the meas
ures to be urged by the alliance, was
adopted.
Mr.. Powderiy addressed the alliance
delegates at Exposition Hall in the
afternoon. He advocated reform in the
employment of child labor, insisted
that the Government had the right TO
control the railroads, and then made a
fiery attack upon the employment of
labor-saving machinery as defraud-
ing workmen of the right to
work. lie was especially bitter
against all electrical devices -
greed had even cornered Gods wrath
and compelled it to do their bedding.
He denounced sectionalism and said
mo matter what politicians may say,
We of the two sections are together
again, and together we viii fight
monopoly" This sentiment brought
forth great applause.
The colored alliance has adjourned
after finishing its work. IL adopted
Superintendent Humphreys sugges-
tions, single tax and all, after striking
out the clause relating to third party
action. The convention did not wish TO
take official action just now. Cen
eral Master Workman Powderly and A.
w. Wright made addresses and invited
them to send delegates to the confer
ence the knights are to call. The in
vitation was accepted. Then Mr.. Powers,
of Indiana. presented the call for the
convention at Cincinnati in February.
He did not want the body to take
official action, but simply asked the
delegates to sign individually. All of
them except the delegate from Georgia
did so. He would not commit his peo-
pie, he said, in any way.
A National Citizens Alliance was
formed Saturday with the avowed pur-
pose of fostering third party on the
alliance princi plies. ID. h. Holden, of
Kansas, is the president; Ralph Beau
mont. of New York. secretary, and
j. L. Wild. of Wa ,hington City. treas
urer. Offices will be opened at Wash
ington. a weekly paper will be pub
lished and active work begun in organ
izing all over the country.
Its membership is restricted only by
the Endorsement of the St Louis and
Ocala platform. Its subordinate alli-
ances will be organized only in cities.
towns and incorporated villages, in
order not to enc roach too much on the
territory of the Farmers Alliance.
The representatives of the alliance
exchanges throughout the country
formed an important National organiza-
ton Saturday The figures submitted
w otdbt VI ehb NAAhdbS
showed that business aggregat-
ing more than $40 600, 90 was done
by them in the past year. Con-
tracts have been made this week
with representatives of manufacturers
who have come here for the purchase of
more than Sl4, 100000 worth of goods
during the coming year. The State man
ayers organized with j. H. Dimes, of St.
Louis, President; w. l.. Peck, of Atlanta,
Vice President; Oswald Wilson, of
New York, Secretary, and j. X.
House, of Kansas City, Treasurer 1t
was decided to adopt the Georgia sys-
TEN Of doing business throughout the
country. The alliance exchange in that
State does practically cash brokerage
business. Contracts are made with
manufacturers for supplying staple ar
ticles for farm consumption at a liberal
reduction, averaging % per cent, it
is said; members of the alliance order
ing goods must send cash or sightdrafts.
The small capital necessary in Georgia
to do business in this way-some $780,
900 was raised by subscription in the
suballiances. The brokerage fee
charged is now between ? and "a per
cent, and it is believed this can be re-
duced. The alliance people say they are
now furnishing farmers for SO machines
for which they formerly paid $50.