The daily state chronicle., 1890-12-09
THE FARMERS, ALLIANCE.
The Third Party BOOmers-.The Action
on the Force Biil..The Alliance
Against CieveIand--The Nj Mcney Ques-

Against CIeve land--The NJ cney Ques.
tion IAN Elastic Currency.
WASHINGTON, Dec. G.-The Alliance
third par talk is the cause % mach I'M
easiness here among the III lnhefs OF |
both parties 1t is not generally believed
among the politicians that an alliance
third party would have any great amount
of strength, but it would draw votes
from both the old parties, and greatly
change the political situation. While
it is generally believed tnat it
would benft the Democrats mere than
the Republicans, still there is no Demo
crat who does not oppose it. The Re-
publicans, on the other hand, hold that
the Alliance is an attachment to the De-
mocracy, and that therefore the Demo
Gratis would be the losers. Still they be-
lieve it would ruin them in the West.
The Democrats, as rule, argue that no
good Democrat will desert his party to
20 into third party, and that if snoth
er party is found, it must come from the
dissatisfied Republicans.
The Alliance and the Force Bill.
The Republican politicians seem to be
a good deal ''cut up" over the action OF
the Farmers Alliance convention in pro-
testing against the passage of the Force
bill. Mr.. Lodge spoke of their action
with much disdain as of no effect what
ever. Other Republican members amuse
themselves by stigmatiziDg the Alliance
as "the Democratic annex" Governor
Dingley, of Maine. said that it was so
patent that the Alliance movement was
an attachment to TIE Democratic party
that he did not think the farmers of the
North and west would bs long iu finding
| it out. The action on the election bill
resolution would help them to an under
standing of the situation. He assumed
that in '92 the Alliance would not put q
national ticket in ne field, b 1t would in
struct the Allia1c4 IN each State to take
such part in tie campaign as they
thought wise The purpose of this
would be to have Alliance candidates
running IL running in Republican States,
aud have TIE Democrats endorsed by the
Alliance III Tx Democratic States. Mr..
Carter, of Moita..a, said the Alliance
was an organlz atom in the interest OF
the Democracy, having its origin in the
South, and that every farmer who was
in favor Of honest elections and opposed
to fraud, intimidation and bloodshed
would favor the passage of the election
bill.
The Alliance Against Cleveland
had talk last night with one of the
most conservative democratic members
of congress. He is a southern man and
has always been an ardent Cleveland d
supporter.
1.-THE future path of the democracy"
he said, ''is not as straight and smooth
as it might be. have always been a
Cleveland democrat. That is, I admire
the man and believe as be does except
on the silver question. This is the stone
in our path If the party ties to Mr..
Cleveland with his silver views l fear
the result. A party cannot bow down to
one man. The Farmers Alliance has
become power. We must en-
courage it, 1t is against Mr.
Cleveland. 1t is against him now
and will continue against him
whether be changes his views on the sill
yer question or not. The Alliance is
naturally Democratic, and if the Demo-
cratic party norainates q man who is
soundly Democratic on the money
question, then We shall get the support
of the Alliance in every state of the
Union and elect our man, but if we
nominate Mr.. Cleveland or any other
man who entertains similar views on
the silver question We simply cannot
elect him. We must hold the Alliance
within the Democratic party. 1t is
with US now and will remain with US if
we show it the proper degree of encour-
agement and recognition"
The Money Question.
The members of the House of both
parties are right now deeply interested
in the money question. The Democrats
and Western Republicans want free coin
age Reed and the other Republican
leaders are, however, fighting free coin
age with all their power. Reed, Nc
Kinley and Cannon are understood to be
Matching scheme to head off free coin
age. The scheme is to pass bill at once
to purchase the $13, 5000, 900 of silver
bullion now in sight and on the market
to coin this at once, but not to interfere
with the operations of the silver bill
which recently became law. The idea
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bullion at once will, for a time at least,
put stop to the free coinage agitation.
Of course the primary cause Of the great
interest in this silver question is the
action of the Farmers Alliance at Ocala
Nothing IN the papers is watched for with
greater interest Or more eagerly read
than the reports of that convention.
An Elastic Currency.
Mr. Carton, of Georgia, has iutro.
3 duced a bill which will make every bond.
: holder his own national bank The bill
IS entitled All act providing for elasticity
of the currency, and provides that any
holders of United States bonds may de-
posit his bonds in the treasury and be
paid their par value in notes similar tc
national bank notes, to be dsnominate6
national bond certificates" 1t furthe,
Q provides that the owner of such bonds
Z deposited shall continue to draw inter.
! est on the same in the same manner tina
: interest is paid to national banks on bond:
and allows the owner to redeem his
bonds at any time, providing, however
that not more than 10 per cent. of the
4 total deposit is redeemed in one year.
: Mr.. Carlton says this bill will, in
s large measure, relieve the financial sit
q | nation and thot ho iptop1, 81 ,..L - a.