The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-12-17
and threatens to bring charges against

and threatens to bring charges against
them. Livingston talks freely and &C
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 Clover
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 a rush. the members from
the Northwest giving it cordial sup
port. The members are enthusiastic
save a few old line Republicans. The
anti-force bill resolutions were intro
duced bv Delegate w. S. McAllister, of
Mississippi, and are as follows:
Whereas, the President of the United
States in his annual message to Congress
recommends and urges the immediate pas
sage of the measure known as the Lodge
election bill; and whereas, said bill IN
wolves a radical revolution in the election
machinery of the Union, both State and ma
tional, and its passage will be fatal to the
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 fresldes
of the farmers of the North, East, South and
West are the citadelS 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
but evil to our comm on and beloved coun-
try.
Resolved, further, That copy of these
preambes and resolutions be forwarded to
each Senator in Congress.
MI. 1CAl1lSISl GOOh SIiO lAOOi AZ Sop
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
foreboded a storm. and everybody
expected it to burst from the Western
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
PRODUCTION of the resolutions as un-
timely; that there was largely preva-
lent at the North a feeling that the
Farmers Alliance was a Southern Or
gauiZation, 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. His language vas very tenn
perate and conciliatorv, and ripple of
applause greeted the close of his speech.
President McGrath, Of the Kansas
State Alliance and delegate from 1lll-
noiS expressed practically the sentl-
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 a question
of privilege, and said that in conse-
queace of certain rumors and reports
growing out of special letters publish
ed in certain newspapers" before the
assembling of this Convention, insinua-
tlons had Deen made that corrupt and
improper methods had been employed
in the recent Senatorial contest in Geor-
gia. These destinations had been
aimed at Macune and himself, and Pres
ident Polk's name had been connected
with them also. He made speech an
hour long, in which he denounced these
runners and inSinuationS as UNANIMOUSLY
false, and he demanded the appoint
ment of fair and impartial commit
tee to thoroughly investigate the mat
ter. Assertions, hes said, bad been made
in these specials that the National
Economist and some Other State Alll-
ance organs had been or are being con-
Quoted by 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 Alli-
ance should make thorough investiga-
tion of the subject, and he therefore
urged the appointment of 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 the interest of the future
haTm0Gy 81 the Alliance. He charac-
teriZed the rumorS and fnSlnuatlons 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-
Slst Of seven members, be appointed,
but a loud murlGur OF dissatisfaction
from the body Of delegates showed
plainly trat this was disapproved as
being too small. 1t was finally decided
that committee of investigation
should be appointed, and that it should
consist OF one member from each State
delegation in the Convention, to be
selected by the delegation itself.
All the speakers demanded that the
Investigation should be thorough and
searching, and that it shall make no
attempt TO suppress facts or to present
a "whltewashed report"
Before the discussion had ended an
ooportunity was had for presenting a
formal charge covering the insinua-
tions contained in the newspaper ar
ticie referred to, but no delegate took
advantage of it. 1t is said, however
that This action asked for by Living.
stone. Polk and Macune will not pre-
vent the filing OF charges against Ma
cuue.
This investigating committee will