Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-14
THE THIRD PARTY.
NcoNresTleLE PROOF THAT THE
ALLIANCE IS PROMOTING
Tie Pet scheme of the Northwestern Del
sgntcs-iiow They Worked tho
sab~Troasury Measure.
rpy telegraph to tn. oi.pa.oa.l

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, december ~. -
+, iis issue OF tomorrow tho Times.
Ta,op will publish the following:
"V. AWgus'inc, Fyq., December -. -
Sine the final adjournment Of the
Tarmors Alliance st Ocala on Monday
IA inconicstihlc proof has been brought
A., 10 show the existence Of n gigantic
~. 20 use this national organization as
a means for promoting n third-pariy
.-bDme. which came 20 tie surface in
tro or three different forms during the
r.-eut gathering. A significant fact
ir this connection is the vote
~ the northwestern alliance men,
Who are almost without exception
T.rrh.,rlns, and who came 10
C-'a with the ayowod purpose OF
fr.ing the National Alliance to endorse
nfr pet scheme FOR a third party It
soon became apparent. however, that
H. endorsement could not be secured.
although vigorous work 10 this direction
" put I'M during the first three or four
d.r. Of the session. When the sub
Trasurg scheme came mp for endorse
mont on Monday last the final vote on
,he passage OF this demand was a sur
plse IN many respects.
THE sCGPmsE.
The northwcsterners were found to be
solid in their support of the measure
o touoh their political affiliations in the
u.st aud Tho sentiment Of the people
viom they are surpassed 10 represent
would naturally have led 30 open oppo-
fion 20 ihis measure. The leaders in
q thirl-party movement from that sec
t1u are McGrath II Kansas, Loucks OF
North Dakota, Wardell OF South la
l9el, and Wiliits OF Kansas, and they
ars warmly supported by the delegates
h1n Wisconsin and other nearby States.
USBosoWED THEMSELVES.
during the tour Of tho state. which
h7s been IN progress for the post four or
five days. these third-party plotters have
uutosOmcd themselves to certain ex
te-t i'm their conversation with their fell
low cycursiouist8 and newspaper men,
md their admissions have laid bare the
r.ifca' scheme which has PROMPTED
rrr every act in general Their state
u.r.fq are 90 this effect That they are
Y.l.lv oup9so3 20 the mb-Trensury bill
fIr' they regard st Gs wrong IN principle
and oe "a legislative device which can end
orlv i'm fnaucnl hurt 10 the farmers and
c,crv other industrial class that the
ra1ule Of their section are opposed to it,
and that they. as delegates, were par
taunrIv charged with q mission 10 de-
f.lt tie measure when thoy left their
homes
AerCD TO EXPLAIN.
They cay also that upon their return
t'ey viii he a kcd 20 make an explana-
ton of thor conduct in giving their
support TO this demand OF the National
: ance, and the explanation which they
VII he forced to make is this:
bot the fub-Ireasury demand is of
f.l o nature that it can never gain the
support of tine Democracy in the south
ON ~tntes. and That tho attempt 10 Sc
csn such Democratic support can only
c.I IN a split IN tho Democratic ranks in
tie South.
TO DIVIDE THR SOUTH.
This. they say, will be the last Of tho
"-olil South. This is the end which
they have bad in view.
They profess TO believe their people
vii applaud them for having entered
into an advancement by which this end
c.u bc accomplished, and they Will feel
that the sacrifice Of their principles in
connection with the sub-Ireasury
scheme has not been too great if thereby
the Democratic party can be hopelessly
divided.
FARMERS DUPuCTTY.
IN support of this general policy rs
outlined several OF these plOtters have
le.n placed upon record. For instance,
President McGTath, Of the Kansas Al
lance, said in the presence OF several
witnesses Yesterday;
We did not vote for the sub-Treasurv
nI Icrause We believed IN it. The fact
j. ee ara opposed to it, but we saw that
lv making II an issue in the South we
could break up the Democratic party.
T...is the explanation we will give our
constituents when we return home"
J.S. Willis, of Kansas, said owe
r,,er did like the sub-Jreasury bill and
ST.. have no confidence in it now, but wo
supported II ~ Ocala SO as to divide the
ta and break up the Bourbon De-
ru.y." it appears also that these
.ltm,uts have eutrapped other dele
GATE, than those from the ultra Republi-
D. Northwest
'.1u h. Il. Carskadon, an influential
ker of West Virginia, has been heard
o. say: " We northerners were opposed
g. tle sub Treasury bill till we found by
.any II on issue the southern Demo-
cu.y could be divided and make room
f.ranew party" 10 is needless to add
TIT Carskadon is q Republican and an
uucompr0mising third-party man.
4 THIRD PARTY MOVE.
To this connection. it is learned, Also
Tat the recently organized Reform Press
8s.ociation is q body whose purpose it is
O. mould opinion among tho alliance
men in every state toward the promo
ton Of thiTd-party movement The
facts surrounding its organization ana
toe subsequent II organization, rs action,
a.d It's evident policy proves tins beyond
t.e shadow of doubt The thirdparty
men az Ocala who have connection with
the Reform Press IN the Alliance is the
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association.
OTHER SCHEMES.
In the Knights Of Labor and in other
Hundred organizations il IS decided their
ans should bo accomplished III large
I.tlsure through the newspaper IN
fapnce. hut when they saw that their
project would not secure an out-and-out
endorsement from an organized body OF
egates they set about to carry their
hemes through in another way. They
s.w only defeat in pushing tho project
O. a vote in the convention, and the
pocch Of Dr. Macune. chairman Of
tie National Executive Board and
strong third-party man, IN which
b. advocated non-action until the ALI
llce should find out what one or the
ether of two existing political parties
proposed 10 do IN the way of giving legis-