The Forrest City times., 1890-12-13
FARMERS TAKE ACTION
The Alliance Decides for a
 Third Party.
A NATIONAL CONFERENCE
for the Purpose of Launching the New Political Party.-.rhe
 ~ex Omcers Elected

OcAL,, Fla, December 6.-Mr. Clover, one of the Kansas delegates, introduced
 and had passed at yesterdays National Al liance meeting a resolution rcciting tha tho United States returns with respect tt
 farm mortgages werc grossly incorrect
 and calling upon all county and sub
 alliances in all the States of the Union tt take immediate steps toward securing ac
 cura,e statistics from tho county record, ! and make prompt reports thereon. Some question having been raised as tt th. unanimous iudorsenent of the St. l ouis platform by the National Alliance, last ar Mir. Livingston, of Georgia, this
 morn 'ng moved it's adoption bs the present ! body. Some debate followed, but the motion was adopted with an amendment so as to demand Government control of rail
 roads and telegraph lines, aud If this shall
 not result in relief to the masses and in checking or curing existing evils the Gov. crnmcnt shall become the actual owners oi such liues. This platform does not include
 the sub treasury bill
 CALL FOR NATIONAL CONFERENCE. l Tho following is the call for third party
 conference signed by Gen. Rice and John Davis, Kansas, and by seventy five other 1 Alliance men:
 | "Whereas, In unity there Is strength,
 therefore, it Is desirable that there should
 be union of all the variously named in | dustrial organizations that stand ou com
 mon grounds to this end The individuals 1 from various States, whose names are ! hereto signed, make this call for a national
 conference, to bc composed of delegates
 from the following organizations, viz. Tho
 Farmers Alliance, the Farmers Mutual
 Benefit Association. the Citizens Alliance,
 the Knights of Labor. and all otber indus | trial organizations that support tho prin | clples Of the St. Louis agreement of 1889, ! Each State organization to send ono dele | gate from each congressional district and
 two from the State at large, and each dis J trict organization to send not less than 1 three delegates, and each county delcga- l ton not less than ono delegate, to be | chosen according to the customs of each l respective organization during the month | of January, 1891. Also. that the editor of
 each newspaper that has advocated tho | principles of the St. Louis agreement and
 supported the Alliance candidates nomin.
 ated in 1890, Is hereby invited as delegate to meet in the City of Cincinnati, O., on
 Monday. the 23d day of February, 1891, at Y, iut- iur tue purpose or forming NA- | tional Union party based upon the funda,
 mental ideas of finance, transportation, labor and laud, In furtherance of the work
 already begun in those organizations, and | preparatory for united struggle for ! country and home in the great conflict
 which is now pending that must decida | who in this country is tho sovereign, tho citizen or tho dollar'n l OFFICERS ELECTED. | The following officers were elected, l President-L. l.. Polk, reelected. Nicc-President-B F. Cowan, of Kansas,
 reelected
 l Sccretary-J H. Turner, of Georgia
 National Lecturer-J $. Willcts, of ! Kansas.
 | II. D Tillmsn of Tennessee was elected,
 'o the vacancy ou the Committee on Legia.
 lation for term of three years, and Dele.
 gate Cole. of Michigan, was elected a mem. 1 Der of the Judiciary Committee. Tho new Committee on Fra,crnal Rela.
 ,ions is composed of Talbot of South Caro-. ! lima; Loucks, of South Dakota, Livingston.
 of Georgia, Rogers of Florida and Terrell, 1 of Texas.
 l The National Executive Board remain,
 unchanged Macuue, wardall, Tillman and l Polk