The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-09
Alliance Convention Indorses
the Sub-Treasury Scheme.
WISE LEADERS vAINLY PROTEST
Government to Loan Money on Pump
kins and Other Produce.
As Wild . Dream as Socialist Ever Rev
eied in-Northern Alliances Unable to
Secure Reconsideration OF Elections
Bill Resolution.

noon session OF the Farmers Alliance the
financial policy of the order came up for
discussion under the report of the COM
nittee on legislation. Il contained the
following amended demands:
First-Aboltion of national banks; establish.
ment OF suo-treasuries in the several states, 10
loan money direct tn the people a. a rate OF in
terest not 10 exceed per cent per anuum. on
non-perishabie farm pro1ucts aad real estate.
with proper limitations upon the quantity of
land and the amount of money: that the circu-
iatfng medium be speedily increased to not less
than $50 per capita.
second-Congress shall pass laws to ehsctu-
ally prevent dealing in futures on al agri-
cultural and mechanical productions, prescrib-
ing stringent system OF procedure in trials
TO secure prompt CONVICTION OF offenders and
such penalties as snail secure the most perfect
compliance with the law.
Tnird-Condemns the silver bill recently
passed. and demands free aad unlimited coin
age of SILVER.
Fourth-Damands the passage of laws pro-
hibiting alien ownership. and that congress
take prompt artion TO devise same plan TO oo-
tain all lands now owned by aliens and foreign
syndica,es, and that all lands held by rail-
roads and other corporations in excess OF what
is actually used and nseded by them, be re-
cla med and acid lor actual settlers only
Fl th-Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to ali and special privilege to none, we
demand that cur national legislation be SO
framed in the future as 70 no. build up one in
custry at the expense of another. We further
demand the removal of the existing heavy
tariff tax upon the necessar OF lie that tn.
poor of our land must have. We further demand
q just and equitable system oil graduated tax on
incomes. We believe that the money of the
country should be kept much as possible In
the hands of the people. and d, mand that all
national and state revenues be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government econom.
icaly and honestly administered.
Sixth-We demand most rigid. honest and Just
state and national control and supervision of
tie means OF pubic communication and trans
portation, and ii this control does not remove
abuses now existing. we densnd government
ownership OF such means of communication
aid transportation.
A spirited debate followed the introduc-
tion of this report.
Loucks, of South Dakota, offered an
amendment to strike out the word farm"
before products. but after some discussion,
it was changed to read "merc ,ntiie" IN
stead of 'iarm." Davie, of Kentucky,
offered Q long amendment, and speeches
for and against these amendments went
on for long time.
President Hail. of the Missouri Alii-
ance. declared himself uncompromisingl
opposed to the sub-treasury plan. He
said:
1t is unconstitutional and Il is directly on
posed to the principles of the order; it is un-
jus and fnequi,abie; Il Is very extravagant 1t
would bring faancial ruin to the farmer ana
ali other classes of business: It would have and
is now having the effect of drawing the minds
Of farmers and other laoorers from the greatest
curse OF the age-clss, legislation.
In conclusion he said if such step was
tasen it would destroy the order in Mis-
souri, in less than ninety days.
Congressman-elect Simonson of Kansas.
Clark, of Texas, and Others favored the
sub-treasury plan. An amendment by
Livingston, that the amount of circulation
snail be not less than $50 per capita, was
agreed 70. Many other speeches for and
against the sub-treasury scheme were
made and the vo-e finally taken resulted
In the adoption OF the demand, as above.
by a vote of 80 to 10.
At the afternoon session Wardell. of
South Dakota. moved 10 reconsider the
vote by which the Alliance protested
against the passage OF the elections bill,
stating his reason to be the feeling that
the protest would retard the progress of
the Alliance in the North and West On
| motion OF Hall. of Missouri, WardeIl,s
motion was laid on the table. by vote of
56 to 30. There was considerable excited
discussion over the matter. The states
voting with Wardell were Illinois, Texas,
Indiana, Michigan. Pennsylvania, South
and North Dakota: there was a divided
vote in the delegations from Arkansas.
Missouri, West Virginia. Florida and
Kansas.
Delegate Carr. of North Carolina, pre-
sented memorial 10 congress heartily ap-
proving and asking the passage of the PAD
dock pure food bill, and emphatically pro-
testing against the passage of what is
known as the Conger lard bill, which is
denounced as "a measure tending toward
more taxation and unju3t discrimination
against the cotton-seed oil of the South anu
the beef fat OF ths West, sectional iegisla.
rion against which Ihe industrial move
ment declares increasing hostility" Tue
memorial was unanimously adopted.
OcALA, Fla, Dec. 0, I:3o a. NAT the
night session a resolution was passed urg-
| ing the establishment of postal savings
banks. Just before adjournment. Bu-
| chanan, of Tennessee, took occasion TO
warmly denounce the members VINO had
| furnished information to the press repre-
sentatives as 'scoundreis. liars"
..knaves'' and TRAITORS" After passing
! the customary resolutions OF thanks. the
| National Alliance. at l O'Clock this, Tues
day, morning, adjourned. The sub-treasury
bill. as it now stands in congress. does not
| include a provision tor loans on land. but
this feature does not appear in the formal
demand Today.