Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-12-09
THE ALLIANCE.
A SPIRITED DEBATE or THE SUB
TREASURY PROPOSITION.
Tne Financial Policy OF the Order Tho
Amended Alliance Demands--Abo-
iition of National Ranks, sc.

this morning ut $50. After routine
work and few speeches giving the news
paper correspondents drubbing because
they have secured information OF tho
proceedings beyond that given out by
the Press Committee, the convention
listened TO the report Of committee on
legislation with reference to
THR sUp-TREAsuBY BILL,
and this matter has been under discus
sion for over two hours. The exact ma
ture Of the report and the discussion
thereon has not yet been learned, but n
warm controversy has been going on all
the morning, il one may Judge by the
loud voices, applause, and frequent raps
OF Presidents Folks eavel, the sounds OF
which como through the open windows
G~iho convention.
CHANCE RECOMMENDED.
Tho report is said TO have recon-
mended numerous changes in the bill as
originally drawn, presumably with the
purpose OF securing Democratic support
for This measure. Captain G. A. Power,
Of Indiana, has been circulating a petit
ton 10 tho National Alliance asking that
il rcscind its action OF Saturday night
naming Washington. ID. c., and the
third tuesday in November rs the time
aud place for holding the next annual
meeting and making indianapolis the
place. Many signatures hss been secured
already among the delegates, and it is
predicted that the change will be made.
EXCURSION TO HOMosAssA.
About half the delegates. with ladies,
have gone on an excursion to-day
to the Homosassa phosphate-felds on
tho Gulf coast. II Is now predicted
that the alliance may remain in session
two or three days longer.
THE sUB-TBEAsUBY BILL ENLARGED.
Just before tho noon adjournment
resolution was passed endorsing the sub
Treasury bill AS it now stands IN Con-
qress. and calling upon Congress to pass
Il promptly. AS the bill now stands it
does not include provision for loans on
land. but this feature does appear III the
formal demands as adopted. This is
seeming contradiction. but it is ex-
plained to mean that the passage of the
nreseut sub-Ireasury bill would afford
partial relief, and later on the land-loan
feature would be more easily secured
than at present
FINANCIAL POLICY or THE ORDER.
OcALA. Fra, December S.-Early in
the forenoon session Of the alliance the
financial policy Of tho order came up for
discussion under the report of the Com
mtteo on Legislation. This report, as
70 the financial policy, contained the fol
lowing amended demands:
ABOLITION or NATIONAL BANKS.
/. We demand the abolition of the ma
lional banks. We demand that the Gov
eminent shall establish
sUB-TBEAsUBIEs
as depositories in the several States which
shall loan money directly to the people
nt IA low rate of interest, not 10 exceed 2
per cent. per annum, on non-perishable
iarm-products. and also upon real estate
with proper limitations upon the guam
tty of land and the amount of money.
We demand that the amount Of the cir
culating medium be speedily increased
to not less than $50 per capita.
AGAINST "FUTURRs.
?. We demand that Congress shall
pass such laws AZ shall eliectually pre-
vent the dealing in futures on all agri-
cultural and mechanical productions,
preserving n stringent system OF proce-
dure III trials, such rs shall secure
prompt conviction and the imposition of
snch penalties rs shall secure the most
perfect compliance with the law.
FOR FREE COINAGE or SILVER.
3. We condemn the silver bill re-
Gently passed 10y Congress and demand
in lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
AGAINST ALIEN OWNERSHIP or LAND.
s. We demandt the passage OF laws pro-
hibiing alien ownership Of land and that
Congress take prompt action TO devise
some plan TO obtain all lands now owned
by aliens and foreign syndicates, and
that all lands now held by railroads and
other coruorations III excess Of such as is
actually used and needed 10y them be re-
claimed by tho Government and held
for actual settlers only.
EQUAL RIoHTs TO ALL.
,. Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none, We demand that our national legis-
hton shall be 80 framed in future as not
to build mp one industry at the expense
OF another.
TARrFF REFORM.
We further demand the removal OF the
existing heavy tariff-tax from the neces-
saries Of life that the poor of our land
must have.
Ajax ON INCOMES.
We further demand just and equita-
lie system Of graduated tax on incomes.
We believe that
rHR MONTY OF THE COUNTRY
should be kept as much as possible in
the hands OF the people, and hence we
demand that all national and State reve-
nues shall bo limited 10 the necessary
expenses Of the Government. economi-
caily and honestly administered.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL or RAILWAYS, KTc.
G We demand the most rigid, honest,
and just State and national govern
mental control and supervision OF the
means of public communication and
transportation, and if this control and
supervision do not remove the abuses
now existing we demand Government
ownership Of such means OF communi-
cation and transportation.
A SPIRITED DEBATE
followed the introduction of this report,
at the beginning of which President
Polk reminded members of the restric-
ton OF five minutes placed upon all
speech-making by resolution previously
adopted.
DRPBKcATrSG CHANGE or PLANS.
OCALA, FLA, December S.--One of
the first speakers at the forenoon session
after the presentation Of the report of
the Committee on Legislative Demands
was Delegate Thomas Hin, OF Florida.
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