The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-07
x EL0QUENT PLEDGE.
,,,EPROMISES TO CARRY
= ,uEALhItNCE BANNER
FORN ARD.

.sh,,Ibe in the Hottest Part of
,nts.t.- That lie Will Re-
i with its Snow White Folds
.,lisd..Save by Marks Made by
tum --Mr. Harvey Says Col.
.ton i, Trying To Run the
I,holc onyention.
fBy United Press.)
s, FIa.. Dec. 6 Upon the an-
u.gt Of his reelection by the
r, Alliance yesterday evening,
/ l.ot Polk took the floor and said:
n. h.abreu and sisters, | say to you
[,s,1t are slightest affectation, that
M proadest moment of my life.
ami NJ, manifestation of your ex-
.ipdness and partiality and conf
NOT As personal tribute, but simply
1 adgrsement of my fidelity to your
sad TO the great interest that
ntrusted to my hands when
s,eeted me twelve months ago. l
sna in and out before you, con-
I.rra nothing and shirling nothing
conceived to be my duty. | stand
L., you with heart too full for
I,',nncs. and only express to you, as
\. can. the deep gratitude | feel at
n,meat towards you all. can say
4 yol. my dear brethren and sisters,
=, i you have again placed your ban
r. n nv hands rs your leader, whenever
T. want 10 see that banner, so long as God
IIp.rmlt me to carry it, charge you
!, yoa need look in but one direction
Eri-sanarely in the front in the hot
n, Of the contest | pledge you here
H. now, that with the help of my kind
n ..r. when | shall return that banner
n gog. Nill return it without one sin
4 b.at or bur on Its snow white folds,
taye the marks that are placed there by
id enemy
/ NV God bless each and all of you
spd bless your cause and our common
.e,un,y now aud forever. thank you
H. tlIs renewed manifestation of your
Ee0ldleuce.'
'complainiug at Government Satatis'
y OALA. Fla Dee G.-Mr Livingston, of
Ia. fl,s, made complaint this morning
Alliance convention that the croI
4 /y4tisigidn relied too much on informa
4 toa Drained from uniformed Congress
Xuu The committee on agriculture
stds.cI recommended Ia their repor
hgaWnmlttee Of five Alliance Cong
rgS1sl b, appointed to cooperate wit!
lLa9Ci crop StatiStician In furnishin,
/ |h5rmation, so that people would no
1 ltre to depend upon unauthoriz I'd re
pJfts OF government statsticians. Fran
|Blrsitt, Of Mississippi, moved that
r Ser Of all Sub-Aniance secretarie
b taken which led to all the informa
ton bearing on satisfies.
5 cr@tary Turner protested agains
snch roster being furnished as it CAV
one man too much power. He said sue
a roster could be used to destroy tn
orderb by politicians or schemers; that
he, a. national secretary, had possesse
roster, he could if he wished have sol
II Tor $4,000 during the recent polit
ca. campaign.
Burkitt did not believe that Allianc
secretaries were so corrupt as to ia
victims OF such a scheme.
Livingston favored Turner's line {
argument.
Who Is Running the Convention!
Harvey, of Florida, thought Livin
stoa took up too much of the CONVEX
tioAs time and seemed inclined to ri
the whole concern.
Livingston replied that he was ru
mug It syotimttictlly, while neither bu
iae.s or system resulted from Harvey
leadership.
turner said Ingalls,, of Kansas, hi
offered $4,000 for the roster of t
N'usas secretaries alone.
Wants an Unbridlded Press.
Goyernor Buchanan, of Tennessee, pl
'sItd against the amendment to the
LollS platform passed yesterday, viii
gave tae national president power 10 81
leaa Alliance papers if they did not 6
'2sa.e this platform. The protest was