, 1890-12-11
CITIZENS OR DOLLARS
Call for the Organization OF
the New Party.
IN UNITY THERE is STRENGTH
The Secretary's Annual Report
Ovor 1000 New Char
ters Issued.

OcALA, Fla, Dec 5.--Following Is tho
call for the third party conference,
signed by Genaral Rice and John Davis,
of Kansas, and about seventy-hve
Others.
Whereas, In unity there is strength,
there fore IL Is desirable this should be a
union of all the variousiy named IN
dustrial organizations that stand OH
common grounds to this end. In
diyduals from various states whose
names are hereto signed, ask this call
for a national conference, to be com
posed of delegates from the following
organizations, namely: Farmers ALI
ance Farmers Mutual Benefit Associa-
ton, Citizens Alliance, Knights OF
Labor, and all other industrial organiza-
tions that support the principles of the
st. Louis agreement of 1880. Each state
organization to send one delegate from
each congressional district and two from
the state at large, and each district
organization to send not less than three
delegates, and each county delegation
not less than three delegates, to be
chosen according to the customs OF each
respective organization during the
lll VI i1vhs nav '''N N''N'
editor of newspaper Is invited as a
delegate that has advocated the prlnci-
pies of the st. Louis agreement, and
supported the alliance candidates nomi-
mated in 1890, delegates to meet In the
city of Cincinnati Ohio, Monday, 23d OF
February, 1891, for the purpose OF form
ing a national union party, based upon
the fundamental ideas Of finance. trans
portation, labor and land, in further
ance OF the work already begun by those
organizations, and preparatory for the
united struggle for country and home in
the great political conflict now pending,
that must decide who in this country is
sovereign, the citizens or the dollars.
An amendment was adopted that every
alliance lecturer, state or national, ana
all newspaper organizations OF the alil-
ance shall support the platform or suffer
suspens sion from the order; that no can
didate for any national political oihce
shall be supported by the alliance uniess
he indorses the platform, aud any sub
alliance not complying with these re-
strictions may lie suspended ut the
pleasure of the president.
The ST. Louis platform, as thus amend
ed was adopted unanimously, upon
cali of the roll by states.
Colonel Livingston, oil Georgia, from
the committee on organization, made
report to furnish the basis Tor ultimate
union between the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union and
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association.
Under this plan the benefit association
still maintains separate organization
in the national alliance council, and the
executive committee OF each organlza-
ton will meet hereafter and arrange the
details of the union. The report was
adopted.
Dr. Macuns, chairman of the national
executive committee, submitted his an
nual report. 1t referred at length to the
sub-treasury bill drawn and presented
TO congress.
The comm ttoes mission in this re-
spect was virtually ended. because the
alliance had elected several congressman
who would look after pushing the bill
through tho national legislature.
In a short time, he said, congress will
pass the bill, II not willingly, then by
compromise,
The report recommended a reduction
in salary of all national alliance officers,
ana removal from Washington of the
presidents office, nasmuch as the re-
tention of il there entails an expense
not com mensurate with usefulness.
At tho conclusion of the report DR..
Macune addressed the convention upon
the policy of the alliance, especially with
reference to It's position upon the lead
ing public measures, ana attitude toward
democrats and republicans in future po-
litiCal contests.
After adjournment he gave the Asso-
ciated Press the following synopsis of
his utterances upon the third party
question.