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prevailed and between forty and fifty
stood up amid the widest enthusiasm.
THn BURIAL OF sRcTIoSALIsM.

VIII. linen III WAS INC 1OuicutrhteS turn,
and they cheered the old soldiers Of the
Union with a volume and heartiness that
raised DO doubt as to the genuineness of
their feelings. The cheers ended with
the wild, oli-fashioned "rebel yell, ,"
and as its echoes died away one aged
veteran Of the Confederacy shouted in a
voice that rang out clearly through the
hall, "That is the genuine article. I've
heard it before" The convention then
adjourned till o'clock.
CRITICISMS OF DIR. MAcUSK.
Expressions OF dissatisfaction are
heard with reference to the conduct of
DR.. Mscune IN going TO Atlanta during
the recent senatorial contest there and
taking part in the fight. Some mem
bers severely criticised his espousal Of
Calhoun's cause because Calhoun is
railroad attorney and a representative OF
what they term the monopoly and money
power. This matter will come up for IN
vestigation either tomorrow or Thurs
day and is likely to prove bombshell in
the deliberations of the National Alli-
ance.
FURTHER ALLEGED DISSEMINATION.
There is also some dissatisfaction with
the policy pursued by Macune in his Of
fetal capacity as chairman OF the Ma
tional Executive Board and rs editor OF
the National EcOnOmiSt. 1t is charged
that Macune has violated tho policy OF
tho National Alliance in his advocacy,
through the columns of the Economist,
Of tho Conger lard bill, measure OPP
posed by the alliance generally as OPP
pressive To the agricultural classes in the
cotton States in his opposition to the
Paddock pure-food bill, a strictly al
lance measure in his endorsement OF
Speaker Reeds rulings in his espousal,
both personally and through the columns
OF tho Economist Of the contests OF
Langley and Featherstone, Of Arkansas,
for seats in the National House of Rep
reseutatives, and finally in his charac-
tcrizing tariff reform as the galvanized
ghost Of sectionalism and disloyalty."
DIR. MACUSE DEFIANT.
When approached by the Associated
Press representative tonight with re-
ference TO these matters, DR.. Macune
admitted that he had heard that charges
were to be brought against him for his
action in these particulars, but he was OF
opinion that no charges would be pre-
ferred. "No one," he said, "would
dare bring charges of this kind against
Inc. Such course would result only in
the defeat and humiliation OF those
bringing them and in the expo
sure OF their purposes. l am
perfectly willing to have a cal
cium light turned on all Of my
official acts, and upon my policy as well.
/ court the closest scrutiny OF my re-
cord, and my enemies, if | have any,
will not, think, dare to bring charges
Of this kind. They are likely to get
hurt if they do.
The Economist is the official organ of
the National Alliance. owned by stock
company, but DIR. Macune was elected
editor by the alliance at its last annual
meeting.
KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT 1T.
President Livingstone, of the Georgia
Alliance, when questioned about the
charges, professed ignorance OF any
movements of this kind and added ::
"Macune is candidate for reelection.
IL the National Alliance doesn't like his
policy why it can elect somebody else in
his place. j see no reason for bringing
charges against him. Furthermore, as
far as his advocacy of Calhoun goes l
can testify he did not take an extreme
position in the contest. He didn't
lobby for any candidate. l wish
to deny also the report sent ont
from Atlanta or Washington to St
Louis newspaper in which, it was charged
that JAY Gould and other sO-called mo-
nopolists had gotten control of the Nd-
tiOnQi Economist and other alliance
newspapers, and that they were to be
conducted in the interests OF the rail
road and the money magnates. 1t is all
false, and / can prove it if l choose"
1t is needless TO say that the source of
these changes, if any are to be preferred,
is among southern and southwestern
members in the defeated wing of the
Georgia Alliance, who are said to be
active in the movement against DR.. Ma
cune.
A NATIONAL TICKET.
Tillmann. of Tennessee, the statisti-
elan OF the National Alliance, said to-
night that the question of forming new
political party which would put presi-
Dental ticket in the field in 1892
would probably como up for discussion
at this meeting, but he predicts that it
will he disposed of 10y referring it to the
different State alliances for indl-
yidual action. The advocates of this
step are chiefly in the West and
Northwest. and the plan proposed COM
piehends the denunciation Of both the
Republican and the Democratic party
bv the alliance-men's refusal to net with
either or to support the candidates OF
either, in which event separate ma
tional ticket would be nominated and
the opposition to the movement Will
come from the South, West, and East
FACTS AND FIGURES.
Statistician Tillman has not prepared
an official report, nomoney being ayaila-
BILE for that purpose, but he has in his
possession large amount of data indl-
eating the numerical strength of the ALI
ance in the different States, actual votes
cast for strictly alliance candidates and
actual number in the different States,
and actual number OF such candi-
dates elected by the alliance votes. These
will be presented during the meeting.
THE STATE DELEGATIONS.
The National Alliance opened its first
session tonight, and from now on all the
sessions will be secret. only men,
bers of the order being allowed in
the hall. The report of the commit
tee shows eighty-eight actual delegates
present from the following States, each
State having full accredited delegation
in attendance: Alabama, 3 Arkansas,
3 Colorado, Florida. 3 Georgia, Z ;
illinois. 2; Indiana, 2; Indian
Territory, 9; Kansas, 8; Kentucky,
8; Louisiana, 4; Maryland, 2;
Michigan, 3; Mississippi, 4 Missouri,
6: North Carolina, 3 South Dakota, 2 ;
Pennsylvania, 2; South Carolina, 4 ;
North Dakota, 3; Tennessee, A; Texas,
4: Virginia. 4 West Virginia, 2. Other
States and Territories having organiza-