The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-07
ROW In THE ALLIANCE.
HALL, GOES FOR MACUNE WITH
OUT GLOVES.

He Charges That the Doctor Was
Under Calhoun's Influence Because
Calhoun Had Loaned Him $4,000.
He Also Travelled on West Point
Terminal Passes-The Whole Session
an Exceedingly Lively One.
OcALA, FLA, Dec. 6-The alliance met
st9:S0 o'clock this morning. A resolution
was offered by Gov.-elect Buchanan Of
Tennessee to amend the Ocala platform,
adopted yesterday, SO that the president of
the national alliance shall not have power
TO suspend the editor Of any alliance news
paper organ which advocates any policy or
any measures in violation of said platform.
Gov. Buchanan says this gives too much
authority to the president. and would be a
dangerous precedent to establish. The
amendment was discussed at length and
was referred to committee.
And amendment was offered by Mr..
Buchanan to the clause in the constitution
which provided that it shall be necessary
for an alliance editor to get the official
sanction of the president before publishing
a state, county or surveillance organ. His
objections were practically the g lme as to
the platform provis on, above referred to,
that it vested too much power in the ma
tonal president. This amendment was also
discussed.
FEELING OF DISSATISFACTION.
Much dissatisfaction is expressed at the
report of the committee on the iuveStiga-
tiou Of the charges against MessTs. Polk,
Macuue and Livingston, presented yester-
day. 1t was learned this morning that
President Hall of the Missouri alliance, who
was a member of the committee, pronounced
ft1f Iii hat
attached to the report as presented and
adopted
THE TOUR OF THE STATE.
Tuesday morning the alliance visitors will
start o. q tour Of the state uoder the guild
ence of Hon. A. s. Mann of Florida. stop
ping at Leesburg, st. Petersburg, Tampa,
Barlow, Kissimmee, Orlando, Sanford,
TItusville, go down the Indian river
and up again, then touch at DeLand, Pa
latka, ST. Augustine, and Jacksonville,
where grand banquet will be held at the
Sub-Tropical building, on the night Of
Saturday, Dec. b. Already 247 persons
have had tickets issued to them. The num-
Der will be increased to nearly 300.
THE GOVERNMENT CROP REPORTS.
At this mornings session of the alliance
complaint was made by Col. Livingston
that the government crop stats ician relied
too much upon information furnished by
unlnformed congressman. The committee
on agricultural statistics reported, proposing
that committee of farmers alliance CON
gressmen make arrangements to get sta
tistics so that the people will not be depend
ent upon the reports of the government sta
tis.icisn. They are to cooperate with the al
lance croD statistleian in his labors Frank
Burkitt Of Mississippi moved that a roster
be furnished Of all the Sub-alliance secreta-
ries who will send to each alliance all the
information in their possession bearing
upon statistics. Mr.. Turner of Georgia
protested against such a roster being fur
nished a 1t gave one man too much power.
He said that such roster could
be used to destroy the order by politicians
orschemers; that if he, as national secretary,
had lad roster in his possession, and bad
been willing he could have sold it for $40, 600
during tie recent political campaign.
politicians, he said, could use it to dissent
rate their corrupting literature. In reply,
ldr Blrkltt said that he did not believe
that the alliance secretaries were so COR
rqplole or would be so disoyal to the
alliance principles as to thus conspire with
the politicians
HARVEY STRIKES AT LIVINGSTON.
~ Col. Livingston supported Secretary
4uFnerln his argument, and while speaking
aV some length on the subject was inter
Ergp'ed by Delegate S. S. Harvey of
t-orda, on point of order that Col. Liv-
lngston consumed too much of the time of
tne convention IN talking. Col. Living
SUD- st?h raplied that when he ran things he ran
tnllgs IN shape; that there were some sys-
s'ih ana order prevalent and that some
BUSINESS was done, but that when Mr..
nafVey had anything to do with affairs
fusion
=, Mr. Turner got the floor again, and said
X tow, ffAv-
TlgallS had offered $1,000 for a roster of the
NaAsa' secretaries aloDo, the inference be-
.rk mat such roster would largely in
Crease IN value as the alliance extended
INTO other states
,nt, - orass band was playing outside the hall
cnHtotae ~uito tae discussion was going on and great
SoALas!on prevailed inside, many members
eaYing the hall to join procession to the
t4Po'.Qon building. Among other things
TaOC Vol Livingston said was that Mr..
on o-'. 1eys only conception Of the duties of a
7resSnan was the distribution of garden
SroRM-CLOUD BURSTS.
WI tho 3t alliance adjourned just before noon
ViCu Ine resolution on furnishing roster of
s.3uo-GAlance secretaries still under dis
g1tINon' When the meeting was called to-
S9.ueF So. at ) o'clock, mob dy expected a
di.''.!usAce OF this debate, or any final
fio fi,1go5!Yloh s.. Of the matter under considera-
~ NJ uuFllg the forenoon. A storm-cloud
sTo'n'Iiie TaI%niie had been gathering, and
rs.t!,5 95ouy was waiting to hear 1t burst. 1t
ye--tC s1-teu 10 Tue Macune- Polk Livingston in
sS8 saI41n, and it burst with suddenness
e9-, up'oar. President Hall of the Missouri
aa a-.Alce @ got the floor and he was loaded to
o1s,,ti.CA LICK with indignation, which subse-
test round vent in a written pro-
renor. ~Hlc9 l ne held in his hand against the
fon " lne committee on investiga-
Ea submitted and adopted yesterday.
ressd,r p,oCeeded to read from manuscript his
bod bdILs Ga, Tor not signing that report. But he
In Tr uIy read the opening sentences when
Wvp-r, raclnes lI friends, through Delegate
H5Ti;s1 Oh kentucky, objected to Mr..
rro1S3 stating his reasons, on the
cbisc.iio that his previously formulated
ra,.,-t -,.iohs M We're in the nature of minority
ora,n, "nlch he had now forfeited his right
aotia'e, tIi,1@e, by reason of the conventions final
The % o--1 VI tle majority or regular report of
snJ ,S5,Liiaotee. A cross-hre of objections
Was ,orla4ds ensued, during which there
eyc,e.S5oooa Sooa deal Of sharp-shooting, and the
-9"t rose to the highest pitch.
W., MAcUNE GETS THE FLOOR
}lso,I- Ii1e the debate was at It's highest DR..
Ha.l, got the foor, ana said that if Mr..
Cain, .. eport was read ne should certainly
h' l- tHo tlo right to offer testimony ia rebut-
Ia