The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-12-18

echoeS dleQ away one aged veteran of
the Confederacy shouted in voice that
rang out clearly through the hall:
"Ihat's the genuine article. I've heard
1T before" The Alliance then adjourn
ed for the day.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
OCALA, December 3.-Several sensa-
tiOnal features are being developed in
the Alliance council. The lobbies are
full of rumors, but 1t Is difficult to get
delegates to talk. Livingston is after
Polk and Macune with a sharp stick,
and threatens to bring charges against
them. Livingston talks freely aud ac-
cuses Polk and Macune of starting the
report that he was in the pay of Jay
Gould and wanted to betray the Ali.
ance. The report was published sew
eral days ago and it has been traced to
Col. Polk's Office. Col. Polk refuses
to talk. The Alliance is with Polk,
and Livingston is trying to run Glover,
OF Kansas, against Polk for president,
but his efforts meet with but poor en-
couragement.
a resolution was introduced to-day
denouncinG the force bill, and it went
through with rush. the members from
the Northwest giving it cordial sup
port. The members are enthusiastic
save few old line Republicans. The
antl-force bill resolutions were intro
duced by Delegate w. S. McAllistrr, of
Mississippi, and are as follows:
Whereas, the President Of the United
States in his annual message to Congress
recommends and urges tho immediate pas
sage OF the measure known as the Lodge
election bill; and whereas, said bill in
wolves q radical revolution in the election
machinery OF the Union, both State and ma
tional, and its passage will be fatal to tho
autonomy of the States and the cherished
liberties of the citizen; and whereas, said
bill Is partisan in spirit and will be parti-
san in its application, thus revitaliZing the
CORY ghost of sectional eStrangement; and
whereas, in the holy war which we have
declared against SectiOnalism the firesides
OF the farmers Of the North, East, South and
West are the citadclS around which the
heaviest battles are being fought, and to
the end that victory may crown our crusade
let fraternity and unity reign: Therefore
be it
Resolved, by the National Farmers AL
lance and Industrial Union of America, in
national council assembled, That we do
most solemnly protest against the passage
of the said Lodge election bill, and we earn
estly petition our Senators to employ all
fair and legal means to defeat this unpa-
triotic measure. which can result in nothing
try.
Resolved, further, That copy Of these
prcamblcs and resolutions be forwarded to
each Senator in Congress.
Mr.. McAlliSter took the floor In sup
port Of the resolutions, and at the end
OF strong speech moved their adop-
tion. AS he sat down there was a still
ness and hush in the Convention which
forebodcd storm. and everybody
n n1 fD
or Northwest delegations, but no storm
came.
After a few moments of suspense
Delegate Deming, of Pennsylvania,
arose and said that he regarded the in
timely; that there was largely preva-
lent at the North feeling that the
Farmers Alliance was a Southern Or
ganlZation, its members being satura-
ted with Southern sentiments, and
that the passage Of these resolutions
would strengthen this opinion. and
check the growth of the Alliance North
and East. Ills language was very tenn
perate and cOnciliatOry, and a ripple of
applause greeted the close of his speech
President McGrath, of the Kansas
state Alliance and delegate from Hi
nois expressed practically the senti-
ments as Mr.. Deming. of Pennsylvania.
The question then recurred on Mr..
McAlister's motion to adopt the reso-
lutions and it was carried unanimously,
amid the widest enthusiasm
The sensation Of the morning session
was when President Livingston, Of the
Georgia Alliance, arose to question
of privilege, and said that in conse-
que2ce of certain rumors and reports
growing out of special letters publish
ed in certain newspapers" before the
assembling of this Convention, insinua-
tl"ns had been made that corrupt and
improper methods had been employed
IN the recent Senatorial contest in Geor-
gia. These irsinuations had been
aimed at Macune and himself, and Pres
ident Polk's name had been connected
with them also. lie made a speech an
hour long, in which he denounced these
rumors and insinuations as UNANIMOUSLY
false, and he demanded the appoint
ment Of fair and impartial commit
tee to thoroughly investigate the mat
ter. Assertions, he said, had been made
IN these specials that the National
economist and some other State ALI
ance organs had been or are being con-
Quoted 10y Wall street capital, which
assertions Livingston also denied most
emphatically.
President Polk then took the floor
and, addressing himself to the same
subject, said that, as far as he was con.
cerned personally, he cared little for
ISLANDERS OF that kind, but there were
certain reasons why the National ALI
ance should make thorough investiga-
tion of the subject, and he therefore
urged the appointment Of a committee
for this purpose.
He was followed by DR.. G. w. Ma
cune, Of the National Economist, who
joined Livingstone and Polk in their
demands for Sitting this slander to the
bottom in tho interest of the future
harmony Of the Alliance He charac-
teriZed the rumOrs and inSinuations as
false in every particular.
a delegate, who was supposed to be
friendly to the three men connected
with the charges, then moved that a
committee of investigation, to con.
ssist Of seven members, be appointed,
but loud murmur of dissatisfaction
from the body of delegates showed
plainly that this was disapproved as
Delng too small. 1t was finally decided
InaJ COmmittpn of inynet i0ation