The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-12-11
farmer. The manufacturers could take

care or themselves.
MIR. Winn, OF Kentucky. thought anv
change would made trouble, and Mr.
Alexander, of North Carolina. brought
down the house by saying that by this
amendment the farmers would be at
tendiug to everybody's business. Mr.
Davie, of Kentucky, here moved as
substitute to insert paragraph calling
Tor the Picker bill now before the wavs
and means committee of Congress, or
some other better relief measure. Mr..
Hall, OF Missouri, then took the floor
against the sub-treasury section, saving
that he owned nothing but farm land.
lived seventeen miles from a town or
railroad, and opposed the scheme in the
interest of the farmers. He Said il was
class legislation. His speech was an i'm
paaSioued effort.
Jerry Simpson, Of Kansas, said 80
000,0 bushels of corn were raised in
Kansas last year, and the market price
averaged f3 1-2 to IA cents. OF the
crop 249, 600, 600 bushels were sold.
After it bad been sold gambling arrange
ments in Chicago enabled spectators
70 sell corn for As cents bushel Ii
the government of the United States had
protected The farmers as it protects some
other classes the farmers of Kansas, in
stead Of Chicago gamblers, would have
| had 45 cents bushel. That would
have given Kansas $50. 0.000,0 900. The
farmers could have paid $50, ,0G0, 900 on
their mortgages, spent some of sit in
clothes and used the rest in building
houses, which some who lived in sod
houses, sadly needed. He argued that
the sub treasury plan was not class leg
islatiOn.
Arguments were also made for the
sub treasury pan by Messrs. Livingston,
Waddell, Terrell, of Texas, Harvey, OF
Florida, and Harry Brown, Of Georgia.
and against ii by Wade and Mcdowell
| of Tennessee, and McAlliSter, of MissiS
sippi.
The VOte Taken.
When the question came to its passage
the result was vote of 70 to 8 in favol
of the bill. A resolution endorsing tht
Picker sub-treasury bill was subse
quently adopted with only three dissent
lug votes.
SO We condemn the silver bill recent,
passed by Congress. and demand in liel
thereof the free and unlimited coinage o.
silver.
a We demand the passage of laws pro
I hibltinQ the alien ownership OF land; tina
| Congress take prompt action TO deYlS
some plan to obtain all lands now OWne'
by aliens and toreiln Syndicates, AMI tha
all lands now held by railroads and othe
corporations, in excess of such as IS &C
tually Il ed and needed by them, be re
claimed by the government and held o.
actual sett ers ONLY.
: "5. Believing ii the doctrine Of eQua
: rights TO all and special privileges TO mons
, we demand that our national LeglSlatlo
, shall be so framed in the future as not t
| build M one industry at the expense G
another. We further demand the remov;
ofthe existing heavy tariff tax from th
Eecessaries OF life that the poor of our Ian
must hive We further demand jus
, and equitable system Of graduated tax Q
lucoms- We believe that the money {
Z the country should be kept as much 8
5 possible IN the HANDS OF the people, an
= hence we demand that ali national an
, state revenues shall be limited to the M
I cas,ary expenses of the government, ecol
Z onically and honestly administered,
. Is We demand the most rigid, homes
) and Just state and national governmel
control ana supervision OF the means
:. public communication and transportatlo
} and If this control and supervision do ~
b. remove abuses now existing, we demar
if the government ownership OF such meal
, Of communication and tranSpOftaGlOn
! The Force Bill.
J. A vigorous attempt was mac TO
= verse the action on the force bill. Wa
It dell, Of South Dakota, moved to reco
"a slider the protest against the force b
le on the ground that it would retard t
a progress Of the Alliance in the mort
10 west: that it would be considered lnte
to ference in partisan politics.
Mr.. Hall, Of Missouri, moved to /
le the motion to reconsider on the tab
i'd which was agreed to-55 to 81.
he Five Of the thirty-one who voted
e reconsider are southern Republican
a. three of whom were defeated for Ct
to gress
5, The votes by states as far as record
were as follows: Against Force bill, 4
kansas, 2; Louisiana, q; Missouri,
le- Georgia, 7; North Carolina, 4; Sou
nd Carolina, A; Tennessee, 4;lndiana,2;V
ed ginia, A; w Virginia, 1, California,
eel Florida, 3; Kentucky, and Kansas,
n For the Force bill: Alabama, 4; Ark;
NJ sas, .; Illinois, 2; Missouri, /; Texas,
,ad Indiana, 9; w. Virginia, l; Florida,
aet Michigan, 2; Pennsylvania, 2; South
~, kota. 2; North Dakota, 2; Kansas,
or, The convention adopted memorial
,ho resolution favoring the Paddock p
e,t. food bill and condemning the Con
ok compound lard bill.
ac. indianapolis was chooses as the pl
me Of meeting next year, and with the Us
e. vote of thanks the convention adJour
nen sine die.