Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1890-12-05
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BY ASSOCIATED PRESS TO
THE CITIZEN
VERY IMPORTANT WORK OF
THE NATIONAL. ALLIANCE.
GEN. VANCE INTRODUCES A RES.
OLUTION OF INTEREST HERE.

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convention General X. B. Vance. of Nortl
Carolina, Offered n resolution, which wa'
passed, providing for the appointment o
one delegate from each state toattcnd al
Interstate convention at Asheville, N. G.
December II. No expenses ',o1t "!k wet
the delegates from the treasury.
Mr.. Vance also offered a resolution
calling upon the state and national lcgis
laturcs to reduce the salaries of publ,
officers to more moderate sums. Thi,
was referred to the committee on legisla
tion.
Alliance delegates !. II. Rice and Ino
Davis, OF Kansas, in connection with on,
or two Others ar, working upon cal
for national convention to form new
party. the date being fixed at Fcbruar,
%. 1891, and the place Cincinnati. TIL,
call will invite delegates from the nation
al Farmers alliance and all other ma
tional organizations in sympathy witt
it or which indorsc the ST. Louis plat
form as well as the editors of the reform
press throughout the country, TO tax,
part in the convention.
Mr.. Davis said, when asked il the cal
touched ON other measures of public pol
icy:
"Ycs, il lays down four propositions
with reference to national reform, viz
finance, transportation, land and labor
Further than this, the contents Of tn,
call are not for the public as yet. The
call will not be presented to the National
alliance for endorsement, but will be cir.
culatcd tor signatures in thirtv-six ALI
ancc states and perhaps in all the states
Of the union. The convention will un
doubtcdly he largely attended and will
result in placing presidential ticket IN
the field in 1892.
John ]. Holland. of Jacksonville, Fla,
is here. When Mr.. Powdcrly arrives this
will make four members of the national
executive board OF the supreme council OF
knights Of labor present in the city, being
all ol the committee except one, Devlin,
of Michigan, and this fact is thought to
Ike iraught with deep significance.
Apropos OF the third.party movement,
there is said to he a strong feeling among
national alliance men here in favor OF q
general consolidation oi all similar ma
t'onnl bodies.
Al the morning session OF the Farmers
i,iliai'cc Mcssrs. Holden, Williams and
klce, OF Kansas, representing the Citizens
alliance OF that state, asking Tor a com
'nittee OF conference to arrange tor closer
relations between the Sit'zcn's alliance
and the National alliance. The request
was granted ana committee appointed
The eolored alliance Is unanimous III
demanding the organization oi third
party. The colored alliance, according
to the reports OF its oihecrs, mas mem
Dersh'p OF i,2oo,ooo ana OF these ioo''
600 are legal voters: They ar" AL IN,
cluded IN the Farmers alliances claim OF
total membership OF more than 3,Ooo,'
600. Col. X. +. humphrey, the president
OF the colored alliance. and the other del
egates unite IN declaring that the alliance
negroes OF the south are unanimous IN
rcpudiating their allegiance to- the repub'
lican party ana IN demanding q new
party and new measures and new issues
Coz. Humphrey, the head oi the negro
alliance: is a white man, and the only
| one IN the organization. lie was iOrin'