The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-06
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE,
The Election Bill Resolution
Causes Dlssensions.
THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT
Gaining Ground..Thc Full Text OF
the Call for n National COnfer.
oncc OF All Who Believe In
tho st. Louis Platform.

yesterdays National Alliance meeting d
resolution reciting that the United
States census returns with respect to
farm mortgages was grossly incorrect
and calling upon all county and sub.
Alliances in all the States Of tho Union
to take immediate steps toward securing
acurato statistics from the county
records and make prompt reports
thereon.
T. R. Carskadon, OF West Virginia, OF.
fered the following resolution:
"That We, the National Farmers' Al.
lance OF America, believing that obed.
fence and veneration for the laws OF God
is the conserving and saving force Of
human government, do hereby respect.
fully request that TIE directors OF the
great Nationa! Fair of 1892 do not desc
crate the American Sabbath by keeping
open the gates Of the same on the Lords
day."
ID The resolution provoked no eerious
opposition and was passed unanimously.
National Secretary Turner submitted
his annual report last night, but it is in.
complete, owing TO the constant pay.
ment Of sub Alliance dues during this
session. During the past year 1859 new
charters were issued to Altiances as
follows:
West Virginia 252, Colorado l59,
Indiana 132, Michigan l06, Virginia 05,
Illinois 81, SOu,hCaroliua S.. Ohio Gl,
Pennsylvania 50. New Jersey 20, Min
nesota 5, Iowa 5, Oregon !, Oklahoma |.
State charters have been issued to the
following States; Indiana, Illinois, Col.
orado, Michigan, Maryland and North
Dakota,
THREATENED STORM.
The feeling over the passage OF the
anti.election bill resolution on WedneB-
day was high aud there is strong pres.
sure being made for the introduction OF
resolution to expupge 1t from the records
of the Alliance.
Great interest 10 also manifested us to
the possible action OF the colored ALI.
nnce upon resolution offered yester-
day Condemning the white Alliance for
i,s action as to the election bill, some
predict that it will he buried in COM
mittee, but the 1iepublicans 3d. that it
will pass that body with practically i
unanimous vote.
The third party movement is gaining
ground rapidly. The presence here OF
so many representatives. of the National
iaaor and industrial organizations
strengthen Tie opinion that the entire
reform element" in the country will
Join this new movement. The Weotern
and Northwestern delegations are said
to be practically united in endorsing the
the Rice Davis call, and it is predicted
that they will demand OF the Southern
Democratsiu the 4iliaa?e that they join
in the movement, this in payineai 0. tho
debt incurred By the latter TO the West.
ern Alliance men, who eat by and raised
no protest against the passage Of the
sn:i'elec.io1 bill F: collation.. 1t is not
beloved, however, that the BOY Hthern
members vii! renounGe one particle OF
their allegiance 10 the Democratic party.
Some questions having been raisel &c
to the unanimous Endorsement Of TIE
St. Louis platform by tho National Ali.
anoe, !gst year, Mr.. Livingston, OF Geor-
sia, this niornlnn a,o"ed its adoption by
the present body: Some uehste .ol-
loved, but the motion vas adopted With
an amendment 80 % to demand Govern
ment cuulto! Of railroads ard Telegraph
lines.
Following is the call for the Third
party conference signed by General
Rice and John Davis, Kansas, and by
about seyenty-Gye other Alliance men:
A CALL FOR A NATIONAL coSrEHESol.
"WnEREAs, In unity there is strength, i,
therefore, it is desirable that there
should be union Of all the variously
named industrial organizations that
etard On common grounds. To this
end, the indiyidIals from gar;ous States,
whose names are hereto signed, make
this call for National conference to be
composed OF delegates from the follow.
ing organizations, namely! Tie E.THers'
Alliance, the Farmers Mutual
E-peit Association, the Citizens
Alliance. the knights of Labor and all
other industrial organizations that sup.
port the principals OF the St, LoulG agree.
ment OF lSS0-euch State organic .tiou to
send one delegate from each Congress.
sional district and two from the Stale at
large, and each district organization to
send not less than three delegates and
each county delegation not less titan one
delegate to be chosen according to the
customs OF each respective organization
during the month OF January, 1891. Also,
That tie editor Of each newspaper is
hereby invited .ag z delegate that
has advocated the principles o. the st.
Louis agreement and supported the al
lance candidates nominated in 1890, the
delegates to meet in the city of Cincin'
pati, Ohio, on Monday, the o3d day Of
Yebrpaty, 1901, at . o'clock p. m. for the
purpose Of forming a National Union
party baeed upon the ftiudanantaI ideas
OF finance, transportation, labor qQd
land, in iurthetance OF the work already
begun by these organizations and pre-.
paratory for united struggle fol
country and home in the greet poljtica
conflict now pending that must decide
who in this country is tho sovereign
the citizen or the dollar"
In conversation with the Associated
Ereas representative Col. Livingstone
bata: :"ksiore February, 1892, We shal
| have change 10 pee Nh.ck one Of The
two leading parties viii sh9W'q Wiling
ness to accede to our demands. Ther.
is nothing new in the principles ol thu
| Alliance platform. II neither party lis
tens 10 MS then it will be- time for US te
act lndppendentiY.H
AT the afternoon session L. /. Foil
was elected President; B. +. Cover, 0
Kansss, Vice President; J. II. Turner
J. ai Geo. rsia, Secretary; J. S. Willet, o
ksneas, Natiohai lecturer.
a Eva Hamilton Released.
| Nsw YORK, Dec. 5.-Judgo Martin
} to-day dismissed the indictment aGaius
Eva Hamilton, Joshua Mann and Mr.:
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