, 1890-12-06
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Growth of the Order During
the Past Year.
A Call Issued for a Political
Convention.
All Industrial Organizations
Invited to Join.

OoALA, Fla, Dec. 5-The National
the United States census returns with re-
spect to MORTGAGES were grossly incorrect,
and calling upon the county and sub ALI
ances in all states to take steps toward sc
curing accurate statistics from the county
records and make prompt reports thereon.
A resolution asking that the worlds
fair be CT ,sed on Sundays was passed with
out opposition.
National Secretary Turner submitted
his annual report. During the year l,O65
new charters were issued to sub alliances,
as follows; West Virginia $50, Colorado
l52, Indiana I32, Michigan log. Virginia
95, Illinois 81, South Carolina SO, Ohio
61, Pennsylvania 50. New Jersey 20,
Minnesota 5, Iowa 5. Oregon l. Okla
bona !. State charters we're issued to
the following states: Indiana, Illinois,
Colorado, Michigan, West Virginia,
Oklahoma and North Dakota.
Some question having been raised as to
the unanimous Endorsement of the St.
Louis platform by the National Alliance
last wear, Livingston of Georgia moved
its adoption by the present body Some
debate followed, but the motion was
adopted with an amendment so as to de-
mand government control of railroads and
telegraph lines, and if this shall not re-
suit in relief to the masses and in check
ing or curbIDg existing evils the govern
shall become the actual owners of such
lines. This platform does not include the
sub treasury bill.
The following is the call for the third
party conference signed by Gen. Rice and
John Davis OF Kansas and about seventy
five Others.
WHEREAS, In unity there is strength,
therefore, 1t is desirable that this should
be a union Of all the variously named in-
dustrial organizations that stand on com
mon grounds to this end. The indi.
viduals from various states whose names
are hereto signed make this call for a
national conference to be composed of
delegates from the following organizations.
namely: Farmers Alliance, Mutual
Benefit ASSOCIATION, Citizens Alliance.
Knights of Labor and all other industrial
organizations that support the principles
OF the st. Louis agreement Of 1889, each
state organization to send one delegate
from each congressional district and two
from each state at large, and each district
On ganization to SEN not LEES thar three
delegates, aud each county delegation not
less than enc delegate, to be chosen ac-
cording TO the customs OF each respective
organization during the month o~fJanuary,
1891; also that the editor Of each news
paper is hereby invited as a delegate that
has advocated the principles of the St.
Louis agreement and supported the
Alliance candidates nominated in 1890;
the delegates to meet in the city of Cln-
cinnati, o., on the 23rd of February,
1891, for the purpose of forming a ma
tional union party, based upon the funda-
mental ideas of finance, transportation,
labor ando land. in furtherance of the
work already begun by those organiza-
cations, and preparatory for q united
struggle for the country and home in the
great political conflict now pending that
must decide who in this country is
sovereign, The citizen or the dollar
An amendment was adopted that every
Alliance lecturer, state and national, and
all newspaper organs of the Alliance shall
support the platform or suffer suspension
from the order; that no candidate tor any
national political Office shall be supported
by the Alliance unless he endorses the
PloeAOAat ahA abf SUI dillduOC nOb OoLh
plying with these restrictions may be
suspended at the pleasure of the prcsi-
dent. Tie St. Louis platform, as thus
amended. was adopted unanimously upon
a call of the roll by states.
DIR. Macune, chairman of the national
executive committee, submitted his n
nual report. 1t referred at length to the
sub-treasury bill, drawn up and presented
to congress. The committees mission,
says this report, is virtually ended, be-
cause the Alliance had. elected several CON
Rressmen who would look a ter the push
ing of che bill through the national legis-
latnre. In a short time, hesaid, congress
will pass the bill, if not willingly.
then by compromise. The re-
port recommends a reduction in the
salaries Of all National Alliance officers
and the removal from Washington OF the
presidents office, Inasmuch as the reten-
ton of it there entails an expense not
commensurate with its usefulness. At
the conclusion of the report DR.. Macune