The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-03
In q Dilemma.

| The National Economist, which claims
to be the official organ Of the farmers ALI
ance. takes a rather curious position with
respect 10 the action Of the conference which
met at Cincinnati on May 10. II the Econ
omtst is to be believed the conference did
not attempt to form a new party. 10 it's
last issue the Economist says: "The par
tisan press of the country has advertised
with big, black headlines and numerous
sub-heads the action Of the meeting as the
birth of the new party, but it is not. Ii
simply provided for education on the Ocala
platform. for cooperation with the CONFER
ence to be held in February, 1892, and, if
necessary, to call a convention to institute
party in June, 1892 1t is necessary that
this fact he recognized and emphasized,
because the partisan press Of the south,
where the conflict is now very bitter, will
TEEN with falsehoods about the capture of
the alliance by a lot Of sorehead politi-
clans"
The Economist will have a pretty hard
task to make intelligent people believe that
those who composed the conference at Gin
oinnati do not think they formed new
party, which they called 'the Peoples
party OF the United States" and it will
have a still harder task to convince the
alhancemsn of the west that new party
was not formed. Indeed, the alliance
papers Of the west are speaking of the new
party as IL there were no doubt about its
existence.
But when the Economist says that new
party was not formed it doubts the sincerity
of the men who composed the conference.
The platform which they adopted shows be-
yond doubt what their intention was. In
the beginning Of their platform they say:
eve believe the time has come for the
capitalization of the political reform forces
of our country and the formation of what
should be known as ''the Peoples party of
the United States of America" They didn't
talk about organizing political party at
some future time. They declared that the
time had arrived, and they adopted plat
form aud appointed national committee.
The nationalists who were present at the
conference adopted a resolutionin which they
said: I'VE heartily indorse the formation
Of the Peoples party and pledge ourselves to
render our best efforts to advance its up
building" And the national committee ap-
pointed by the conference met Immediately
after the conference and adopted the follow
ing resolution: "That the three members
Of the national committee Of the Peoples
party in each state shall constitute COM
mittee for such state, and it shall be their
duty to appoint q subcommittee of the
Peoples party
And yet in the face Of all this the Econo-
mist declares that a new party was not
formed at Cincinnati. Col. Leonidas Liv-
ingston, the president of the alliance of this
state, evidently differs with the Economist
in this matter. When he returned to At
lants from the conference he was reported
as saying that the success Of the new party
depended upon the action of the new con-
gress. And has not Senator PETER time
and time again spoken of the new party as
something actually in existencea
And the PROGRESSIVE Farmer, the state
alliance organ of North Carolina, which is
owned by Mr.. Polk, the national alliance
president, what does it say? In Its issue of
yesterday it contained the following: "The
question, what will the alliance do with the
new partyi is on the lips of thousands of
anxious people to-day. Well, it ought not
to takemuch wisdom to answer that ques-
ton. The new party has adopted the alli-
ance demands in its platform. Does any
one suppose intelligent alliancemen will
vote against the party that adopts those
demands, and in favor OF party that not
only fails to adopt, but resists those de-
mandslp Mr.. Polk evidently has no doubt
that new party was formed at Cincinnati
What is the purpose of the Economist in
trying to create the impression that new
party was not formed at Cincinnati? Is it
trying to mislead its readersa An effort of
that kind would be folly. What was done
at Cincinnati is known 10 the whole world
1t looks very much as if the refusal of the
southern alliance to join the new party had
placed it in dilemma. 1t can't afford to
say anything against the new party for
fear Of offending the western alliancemen,
and it dares not support the new party
while the southern alliancemen show no dis
position to join it. 1t looks, therefore, as if
it were sparring for time, with the hope
that something will turn up to help it out
of its difficulty.