Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-06
Call Issued for a Third Party Con-
ference.


the United States census returns with re-
spect TO farm mortgages are grossly incor.
rect, and calling upon all the county and
sub-Alliances in all the States TO take i'm
mediate steps toward securing accurate
statistics from the county records and make
prompt reports thereon.
a resolution asking that the Worlds
Fair be closed on Sunday passed without
opposition.
National Secretary Turner submitted his
annual report. During the past year l,0G9
new charters were issued to sub-A liances,
as follows: West Virginia, 252; Colorado,
142; Indiana. 132; Michigan. 1906; Virginia,
50; Illinois. 81; South Carolina, S3; Ohio,
81; Pennsylvania. so; New jersey, %;
Minnesota, 3; Iowa, 8; Oregon, /; Okla
homa, l. States charters were issued to the
following States and Territories: Indiana,
Illinois, Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia
Oklahoma and North Dakota
Some question having been raised as to
the unanimous indorsem ent OF the ST. Louis
platform by the National Alliance last year,
Livingston OF Georgia moved its adoption
by the present body. Some debate followed,
but the motion was adopted with an
amendment, so as 10 demand Government
control of the railroads and telegraph lines
and if this shall not result in relief to the
masses and in checking or curing the exist
ing evils, the Government shall become
the actual owners of such lines. This plat
form does not include the Sub1reasury
bill.
An amendment was adopted that every
Alliance lecturer in the State and National
and all newspaper organs Of the Alliance
shall support the platform or suffer sus-
pension from the Order; that no candidate
for any national political Office shall be
supported by the Alliance unless he in
dorses the platform, and any sub Alliance
not complying with these restricions may
be suspended at the pleasure OF the Prasi-
dent.
The St. Louis platform, as thus amended,
was adopted unanimously upon a call OF
the roll by States.
Colonel Livingstone of Georgia from the
Committee on Organization, made a re
port favoring an ultimate union between
the National Farmers Alliance and In.
dnstrial Union and the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association. Under this plan the
Benefit Association will still maintain a
separate organization, but be entitled to
representation in the National Alliance.
The Council and Executive Committee
OF each organization will meet hereafter
and arrange the details of the union. The
report was adopted.
DR.. Macune, Chairman of the National
Executive Committee, submitted ms an
nual report Il referred at length to the
ub-TTeasury bill drawn and presented to
Congress. The committees mission in this
respect is virtually ended, because the Al.
lance had elected several Congressmen
who would look after pushing the bill
through the National legislature Iu
short time, he said, Congress will pass the
bill. II not willingly, then by a compro-
mise.
The report recommended the reduction
OF the salary of all the National Alliance
officers and the removal from Washington
OF the Presidents Office inasmuch ss the
retention of it there entails an expense not
commensurate with its usefulness.
AT the conclusion of the report DR.. Ma
cune addressed the Convention upon the
policy OF the Alliance, especially with ref
erence to its position upon leading public
measures, and its attitude toward the
Democrats and Republicans in future po-
liticsl contests.
In conversation with an Associated Press
representative, Colonel Livingston, of
Georgia, said that if the policy outlined by
Macune was adopted, ii cannot fail TO have
a marked effect. 1t would commit the
Alliance Of the South almost solidly against
third party.
Before February, 1892" said he, I'VE
shall have chance to see which one Of the
two leading political parties will show It's
willingness to accede to our demands. If
neither listens TO US. then it will be time
for US to act independently. l see no posi-
bic chance for the Republican party to se-
cure the Alliance vote of the South while
it stands on the present protective tariff
platform. 1t will have to wholly forfeit its
present identity as political party and
do not see any possible chance of this
coming about"
do you think" said the reporter "that
the Democratic party of the North would
join the Southern Democrats on an Alliance
PLATFORM"
II do; think more, and make the pre-
diction that the Democratic National Con-
vention of 1892 will adopt the Alliance st.
Louis platform"
The annual election of officers was held
this afternoon. President Polk and Vice
President Cover of Kansas were unani-
mously elected. J. H. Turner, of Geor-
gia, was elected Secretary, and j. s. Will.
etts, of Kansas, National Lecturer
a committee was appointed to memo
riaiize Congress for the suppression Of lot
teries.
7. V. Powderly and A. W. Wright,
members of the Executive Board of the
Knights of Labor arrived here this after.
noon. At public meeting tonight they
spoke. Powderly, in his address, said it
was time for the lawyers to stand aside and
give the farmers chance, as we'll as the
THE CALL.
Following is the call for third party
conference signed by General Rice and John
Davis, of Kansas and about seventy-fiye
others:
''In unity there is strength, therefore, it
is desirable that there should be a union of
all the variously named industrial organ
izations that stand on common ground. To
this end the individuals from the various
States whose names are hereto signed
name this call for National Conference,
TO be composed of delegates from the fol-
lowing organizations, namely: Farmers
Alliance, Farmers Mutual Benefit Associ-
alton, Citizens Alliance Knights of Labor,
and all other industrial organizations that
support the principles of the st. Louis
agreement of 1889; each State organization
to send one delegate from each Congress
sional district and two from the State at
large; each district organization to send
not less than three delegates, and each
county delegation not less than one dele
gate to be chosen according to custom of
each respective organization, during the
month of January, 1891; also, that tue edi-
tor Of each newspaper is hereby invited as
delegate who has advocated the princi-
pies of the st. Louis agreement and sup
ported the Alliance candidates nominated
in $780, the delegates to meet in the city of
Cincinnati, Ohio, on Monday, the 23d day
of February, 1891, for the purpose of form
ing National Union parfF, based upon
the fundamental ideas Of finance, transpor-
tation, labor and land. in furtherance of
the work already begun by those organizs-
tions and preparatory for the united strug-
gle for country and home in the great po-
iitical conflict now pending, that must de-
eide who in this country IS sovereign, the
citizen or the dollar