Telegram-herald., 1890-12-10
THEIR WORK ENDS.
Flaal Aajoarsnsns Of tAs Sstien-
al Alliance Convention.
Rssoigtseas Toacnias upea me S4e-
Treasury SchsFoes TIA P1rs fooa
Q4estioa ana Otksr Topses.

Aoa42s norains After roQtiRs work
ana a fs~ spsssAss EAs Ensaelsl poliey
u the order sa1s ep Tor elscussioa
anesr ths report % ths committee oa
legislation fhls Fspors contained tAs
folis~iBy .msaas4 dewaaas:
~ ". den4aa ne asolitioa q Nstioaaa
bsEks we aeuaue thzt tie eoseFEweEg shaa
esg4slisA 49, treasures - dsgSslteriss u tAs
several States waich sh2l l04a Doaey cirses
70 tse people az ie~ rate " lnlerest act 10
sxcesd per csat per szson, % so1 perish
abe Tara protuets aad 4lso upoa feA sst.ls.
~ith proper lnalt4tieas upoz the aaAAsily u
lane zad aLaOank u moaey, 80 aem4Hd thai
Shs sme4Et 81 TIE circulating medium oe
speedily Increased - rot less tAan 81 per
capita
. We demand that Coasfcss shall pass such
iass as shSli etrctgaiiy prsseHt Tie ceallns IA
futures 90 a. Agricultural Aaa lAeeh2nieAi pro
ducfi0ns. preserving striagent system of pro
cedare il trials such ss 81 al secure the pconyt
csnvietion q o1endegs ana tie imposit4on Of
su<h penalties 4s shall seoaFe the NEST peffs0s
eoupti4nes with the law.
Il We condemn the silver bin recently
passed oy Congress and demand in Lieu thereof
The tree snd unlimited coinage OF silver
a We demand the passage OF laws prohib-
iting ailea ownership o. land and that Congress
take pEOinpt action 10 devise some plan 10 OBJ
tsiR ali l4ods aow owned by aliens and forcisn
syndicaies. and that al lands held by railroads
aud other corporations Ia excess Of such As ts
actually used aud needed by them be reclaimed
oy the Government aud held ioC actual settlers
only
s Believing IN the doctrine Of equal rights
20 all aud special privileges 10 none, We de-
mahd that our National legislation shall be so
framed IA the future not 10 build up in
dustry al tie expense OF another Wa further
demand a removal OF the existing heavy tarir
tax from tile necessarics OF life that the poor
OF our land must have. We further de-
mand just and equitable system Of graduated
tax on incomes. We believe that tue money OF
the country should be kept as much possi-
ble in the hands Of the people, and hence We
/ demand that ali National and State revenue
shall be limited 10 the necessary expenses OF
| the Government economically ana honestly
| administered
g. We demand the most rigid. honest and
| Just State and National Governmental control
| and supervision OF the means Of public com
| munioation and transportation. aud II this con.
/ troll aud supervision does not remove the
/ abuses existing demand the Govern
/ ment ownership OF such means OF communica-
tion and transpoE tation'
Colonel Livingston, of Georgia. Of
fered a resolution amending the first
| section OF the demands so that the
| volume OF currency issued should not
| be less than $50 per capita OF the entire
population, which was agreed to-
Other speeches were made and the
demands of the National Farmers Ali
ance and Industrial Union were finally
| adopted by vote Of 80 TO 70.
Just before the noon ad journment a
resolution was passed indorsing the
sub-Treasury bill as it now stands in
| Congress and calling upon Congress to
| pass il promptly. The bill does not in
clude provision of loans on land, but
this feature does appear in the formal
demands as adopted. This is a small
contradiction. but it is explained TO
mean that the passing of the present
sub-Treasury bill would afford partial
relief and later on the land loan feature
would be more easily secured than at
present
During the afternoon session Dele
gate Carr. of North Carolina, presented
a memorial OF the National Farmers
Alliance to the Congress of the United
States with reference to the Conger
lard bill. now pending. This me-
mortal recites that the delegates
10 the National Alliance SUI
preme council. representing the Farm
ers' Alliance organizations in the vari-
Gus States and Territories. ask that
Congress enact. as soon as possible, Sen
ate bill No. s.99i, known as the Paddock
pure-food bill, introduced by Senator
/ Paddock, of Ne ebraska, at the instance
of the Farmers Alliance of that
| State.
Some short speeches followed the in-
PRODUCTION of the memorial. and then
the convention adopted the following
resolution amid treme ndous applause:
"R,soisrd, That We are opposed TO the Conger
bill and that We favor the passage Of the Pad
dock pure-food bill"
Mr.. Wsrdell, of South Dakota, moved
to reconsider the vote by which the Al
lance protested against the passage OF
the election bill. saying the reason for
this motion was feeling that this pro-
test would retard the progress of the
Alliance in the North AMI West
and would be considered partisan.
Mr.. Hall. Of Missouri, moved "a
lay the motion on the table, which
was agreed 10 by vote OF Sc TO 52-oi
Nut butl wv tAfl0 Ntlo uFc 0OAlutfD
Republicans Those States voting
against tabling the motion were: Hi.
nois. Texas. Indiana, Michigan, Penn.
sylvsnia. South and North Dakota.
There was a divided vote among the
delegates from Arkansas. Missouri.
West Virginia, Florida and Kansas.
Washington was abandoned as the
place for holding the next meeting and
the National legislative council will
decide at its hrst mseting upon
some city either in Indiana or Iii.
nois.
A. the night session resolution was
passed urging the establishment oi
postal savings banks MessrA Dem.
ming. OF Pennsylvsnia, Page. of Vir
ginia. and Houston. Of West Virginia,
were appointed 20 arrange for a
grand sumner sncsnpment time
and place TO be fxed here
after. The National executive com
uittse was authorized TO formulate Z
plan for mutual life association and
70 report a. the next annual meeting
Then TIA National Alliance passed res
oluti0ns of thsnks 20 all VITO bad sx
tended eeurtesies 70 mem bers ana a.
late boar adjourned