The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-06
ORDER OF THE FARMERS.
TIE OCALA CONVENTION TAKING
DECIDED STANDS.

Census Returns of Farm Mortgages
Declared Grossly Inaccurate The
National Secretary's Report - The
Third Party The St Louis
Platform Adopted-The Force Bill
Resolution.
OcALA, FLA. Dec. 5.-Mr. Glover. one of
tbe delegates, introduced and mad passed at
Yesterdays national alliance meeting a
resolution reclting that the United States
,,apsus returns with respect to farm mort
cages we're grossly incorrect, and calling
mon all county and sub-Allisnces in all
states of the union to taks immediate steps
toward securing accurate statistics from
vhe county rec jrds and make prompt re-
ports thereon.
T. r. CaTskadon Of West Virginia offered
the following resolution:
rhat we, the National Farmers Alliance OF
America, believing that obs1ienc TO- and ven
eration for, the laws Of God is the conserving
and saving force of human government, we do
hereby respectfully request that the directors
OF the great national fair OF 1872 do not desc
crate the American Sabbath By keeping open
the gates of the same on the Lords day.
The res luton provoked no serious op-
position and was passed unanimously.
THE sECRETARY's REPORT.
National Secretary Turner submitted his
annual report last night, but it is incom-
plete owing to the constant payment of sub
alliance dues during this session. During
the past year 1869 new charters were
issued to sub-alliapcss, as follows;
West Virginia 252, Colorado 152, Indiana
132, Michigan 1906, Virginia 95, Illinois 81,
South CarolinasB3, Ohio 61, Pennsylvania
So New Jersey 60, Minnesota 5, Iowa s.
Oregon l, Oklahoma l. State charters
have been issued to the following states:
Indiana, Illinois. Colorado, Michigan, West
Virgiuis. Oklahoma, and Norih Dakota.
The feeling over the passage of the anti
election bill resolution OF Wednesday was
high, and strong pressure is being made for
the introduction of a resolution to expunge
1t from the records Of the alliance.
THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT.
The third party movement is gaining
ground rapidly. The presence here of SO
many representatives of national labor and
industrial organizations strengthens the
onniOn that the entire reform" ele-
meat in the country will join this
new movement. The western and
northwestern delegates are said to be practi-
cally united on indorsing the Rice-Davis
call, and it is predicted that they will de-
nand of the southern democrats in the alli
auc8 that they join in the movement
this in payment of the debt incurred by the
latter to the western alliancemen who sat
by and raised no protest against the passage
Of the anu election bill resClu ion. 1t is not
beloved, however, that the southern mem-
beFs will reG0u ICE one particle of their alle-
glance to the Democratic party. This third
party project is the uppermost topic Of dis
cuss.on in Tee hotels and every where in the
city outside OF the alliance hall.
THE CALL FOR THE CONFERENCE.
Tho following is the call for the third
party conference, signed by Gen. Rice and
Joan Davis of Kansas, and by about
seveatY-fye other ailiancenea:
WHEREAS, In unity there is strength, there
fore it is desirable that there should be a union
OF all the yariOusly named industrial CrganiZa-
tons that sand on common ground, To this
end 20 individuals from the various states
whose names are hereto signel make this call
for national conference, to be composed of
delegates from the following organizations:
Farmers Alliance, Farmers Mutual Benefit
Association, Citizens Aliiance Knights of
La53r, and all other industrial organiza-
tons that support the principles of the st.
LOUIS agreement OF 1889, each state OrganfZa-
ton t1 nd one delegate from each co gres-
slonai district, nd two from the state at large,
ana eacl district ORGANIZATION to send not less
tnaa three delegates. and each county
ue.esation not less than one dele
gate, to be chosen according to
ths customs of each Organization, during the
month of January. 1891. Also that the editor
OK eac1 newspaper is hereby in
vited as . delegate, that has
St'qaatsd a. the princpe3 of the
HO' Lojs agreement and supported the alliance
c'hlliates nominated in 1880; the delegates to
meet m Cincinnati, o., Monday, Feb. %. 1891,
a cioeE p. m for tha purpose of forming q
Nailona Union party, based upon the funda.
msatal IDEAS Of finance, transportation, labor
|. % land, IN fdr5herancs of the work already
s5sun by those organizations and preparatory
~ United struggle for country and home In
yo5 ra9 sFeat political conflict now pending that
!4lst decide who in this country is sovereign,
'Ae Civllen or the dollar.
STEPS FOR 4 UNION.
r. At this mornings session of the alliance,
Ooi Livingston of Georgia, from the COM
!littee on organic union, made report which
t' 10 furnish the basis for an ultimate union
oe0 Eeen the Natio lal Farmers Alliance and
yue industrial Union and Farmers Mutual
tDeleht ASSOCIATION, which has an organiza-
@ uoH with a large membership in the western
Iva@s' Inc report was explained at
.olssn ny Chairman Livingston. Under this
proposition the Mutual Benefit Association
- t5 10 sun maintain its separate organiza-
IN, ouU to be entitled to representation III
nAvIohai alliance council, and the execu-
80. .,o ooihinlttee of each organization is to
,bis ,I,Gs' hereafter and arrange the details of
10 uuion. At the conclusion of Col Liv-
sn SSt1ns remarks, which occupied nearly
II. nOur, the report was adopted without
tbosIh This section undoubtedly means
C4dte CO NSllldatiOn OF these Two or
eN1'z4uons in the near future
THE ST. LOUIS PLATFORM.
Ool Livingston also offered resolution
fsirES'uIls Ior the adoption of the st. Louis
fL''anGe platform OF 1889 inasnuch as
~ ~ had been question raised as TO the
luminous indorsement of the demand
so.l se'n contained by all the state delega-
i5oa oaS one year ago. Col. Livingston's
to was to call out any objec-
soJ's Js which might exist as to alb
T,WeIy unanimous Endorsement
tia Ylatlorm demands abolition of the na-
ts18a 10 uanks and the subs tituti0n of legal
b5'f.9L treasury notes in lieu Of national
the H,Nl notes II sufficient volume to carry on
tq,, BUSINESS Of the country on the cash sys-
dasl tnab congress prevent by law
~ iAs IN futures of all agricult-
Sro aud mechanical productions:
prob;tF.nn,i ana unlimited coinage of silver;
| ttI'.olA9n H. Of alien owne ship of land and
goye-,,.ptl2n --optl2n # some just plan by which the
| ia7d, N.ueIU may acq uire ownership In such
COZ, Guu also in lands held by railroad
tsv--. -.'-Iss III excess of actual needs: that
bc,.ol' both st te and ma ional, shall not
tbs 1 D' buiid up one interest or class a.
re- @pehso of another; that all
sba1 national, state and county
ev'o,.99e ''., 9e limited to the actual necessary
rIlr, r,alit,e ures Of the government &c )uonic-
Xxx, 1t-' honestly administered; that con-
/. I'rle q sufficient fr,cfi.nol ct,rrarcv