Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-12-12

THE FORMAL DEMANDS FRAMED AND
ADOPTED BY THE ALLIANCE-NEw AND
OLD sUB-TREAsURY PLANS ENDORSED
SOME WISE AND SOME UNWISE
CHANGES DEMANDED-ELECT OF
OFFICERS.
The Farmers National Alliance closed
its session at Ocala, Florida, last Tuesday.
1t is not very easy to give a connected ac-
count of its proceedings, rs they were not
public. Such Of them as it was determin-
Ell to make public were given to the repre-
sentatiyes of the press by members desig-
mated for that purpose, but the material
thus gotten is necessarily somewhat dis
iointed. It will be seen that of the two
officers of the National Alliance best known
to the Augusta farmers by personal visits
here, one, President L. L. Polk, of N. c.,
who spoke at the Fair Grounds on Farmers
Day. was reelected, and the other National
Lecturer Benz. Terrill, OF Texas, who lately
delivered ali address at the court house
here, was defeated. We give some extracts
from the voluminus but disconnected re
ports appearing in the daily pres:
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
After short time devoted to routine bust
ness at the afternoon session, President Nc
Grath of the Kansas Alliance, moved that
the annual election of officers be proceeded
with, and placed the name of L. L. Polk in
nomination for president. The whole body of
delegates in a simultaneous shout seconded
the nomination, and Polk was unanimously
reelected by acclamation
President Page, of the Virginia Alliance,
nominated Is. Is. Cover, Of Kansas, for Vice
President, and his reelection was also IMAM
imous j. z. Oliver Of Alabama, nominated
;: II Turner, Of Georgia, for Secretary, ana
For National Lecturer, two nominations
were nade-J. S. Willets, of Kansas, and
Benjamin Terrill, of Texas. Willets was
elected by vote OF 4S against 80. Terrill is
the present incumbent. IL. ID. Talman, of
Tennessee, was elected to the vacancy On the
Committee on Legislation for term Of three
years, and Delegate Cole, Of Michigan, was
elected a member OF the Judiciary Committee.
THE RAILROADS AND TELEGRAPH LINES.
Mr.. Livingston offered resolution provid-
ing that liberty to control and operate rail-
road and telegraph lines shall vest in the gov
eminent, and if after fair trial of this sys-
TEN it is found that ii does not afford the re-
lief demanded OF effect reforms in the man
agement Of them, the Governments owner
ship shall be complete. This was adopted
after some discussion.
DEALING WITH ALLIANCES THAT REFUSE TO
ENDORSE THE PLATFORM.
Mr.. Wade Of Tennessee, offered res
oluton to the effect that every alliance
lecturer, State and National, and all news
paper organs of the alliance shall support the
st. Louis and Ocala platforms (amended
platforms) or suffer suspension from the
der; and further that 10 candidate for any ma
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alliance members unless lie endorses the plat
form, and any sub-alliance not complying
with these restrictions may be suspended at
the pleasure of the President. This was also
adopted and the whole platform as amended
was adopted unanimously upon call Of the
roll by States.
GROWTH OF THE ORDER.
National Secretary Turner submitted his
report, but it is incomplete, owing to the con-
slant payment of sub-alliance dues during
this session. During the past year 1869 new
charters were issued to sub-alliances as fol-
lows; West Virginia, 90; Colorado, 1921 IN
diana, 1926 Michigan, 1Gj; Virginia, %; Hi
nols, 81; Soutl, Carolina, So; Chic 81; Pennsyl
vania, 80; New Jersey %; Minnesota d; Iowa,
>; Oregon /; Oklahoma, i. State charters
have been issued to the following States: Ia
diana, Illinois, Colorado, Michigan, West
Virginia, Oklahoma and North Dakota
THIS KNIGHTS OF LAHoR.
General Master Workman Powderly, of
the Knights of Labor addressed a large pub
lie gathering at Ocala in the interest of Gov
eminent ownership Of railroads, fairer EN-
piayment of ehiii! Labor and compulsory edit
cation. He also advocated equal pay for
wqlnen VINO do the same work as men, and
made fiery attack upon the employment OF
electrical and labof=saFing machinery, as de-
fr3ading workmen of the right TO work. lie
also urged the cooperation OF the farmers
With the knights.
EN-
IN FAVOR OF A THIRD PARTY.
Various propositions to send delegates
to conference next year which shall de-
eide whether the Allience shall form athird
palitieal Marty in cooperation with Knights
OF LABOR and other labor organizations
were defeated through the unwiilingness of
the Alliance men in the Southern States to