The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-08
THE THlRD-PARIY MOVEMENT.
Negro Supremacy Its Chief Obstacle In
the Southern States.

Negro Supremacy Its Chief Obstacle in
the Southern States.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Dec. 4j.-Thc
leaders in tho Farmers Alliance move
ment arc a unit in opposition to the
projects of Gen. John IL. Rice aI.d others
to hold a National Convention in Gin
cinnati, February 25. to form third
party. They all declare that The time
has not yet como when the Alliance men
of the Carolinas, Mississippi, ouisiana
and Florida can he induced to leave the
Democratic party for Il new OrTaniza-
ton. They say that the fear of negro
supremacy IS an msupcrablc stumbling
block i'll the way or the movement. and
the force bill will, SO long as il is alive.
keep white formers united in thc Dem
cratic ranks.
Frank McGra,h, president Of Tic
Kansas Farmers Alliance, in ;;u inter.
view to-day said: II am opposed to the
attempt to form Il national third party
at this time. Tie calling Of Tie con-
vctlon at Cincinnati WAS premature and
can result in no good to our cause. The
South is hardly ready for it yet. bat II
is coming around.
1.-The Farmers Alliance offers tic
only solution OF the ncyr" question.
and the Southern farmers. both white
and black. are beginning to recognize il.
Nrthing can be done, however. while
the people are agitaicd over ,hc force
bill. The colorcd Farmers Alliancc has
membership OF 10000 in Georgia.
l5,00o IN Florida. 2j.OOO in Tennessee.
i,, 10 IInn
sippi and 25,UOO ia each Of the CAroijnaS.
Their affairs are conducted. if possible,
Oh better business basis than ours.
The very name Of Democracy is re-
pulsivc to them, and the more intclli-
gent OF them recognize that Their only
hope Of suffrage is through third
party. 1t will all come about in time.
but it is something that cannot Lr forced
upon the Southern people"
The Alliance Meeting at Washington.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Dec. 25.-Mr Nc
Grath, the president Of the Kansas
Alliance, III an intOrvicw to-day said the
Legislative committee of tho National
Alliance will meet in Washington some
time in Fcburay. "Thirty-lvc States"
he said, ''will be represented ut the
meeting, and the third party movement
will be one OF the principal things to be
acted upon. The movement" said Mr..
McGrath, "will eventually embrace all
the labor organizations in the United
States. In fact, about all of them are
committed to 1t now except the Grange,
and most of the Changers are members
OF the Farmers Alliance. | cannot say
when tho party will be organized, but it
VIII be done at the proper time"
Two Hundred Cinnamon Drowned.
LONDON. Dec. 27--Further advicrS
from China, as 10 the burning Of the
steamship Shanghi at Narvoo Hoo, in
the province Of Nyhan IIoei, about
n1ty miles from NanKing. show that
the disaster is much more serious than
at first imagined. The carliSt adviccS
received stated that the victims con"
sisted Of about sixty natives, together
with several European eiliceTS " no are
supposed to have met death either in
the DANES or subsequently by drown
ing whlle attempting to escape from
tho burning vessel. 1t now seems that
the number Of lives lost will amount
to over 200, and all lost their lives bv
drowning. A terrible panic appears to
have occurred among the Chinese pas
sengers and the crew as soon as the
alarm of fire was heard and the panic in
creased terribly when the flames spread
beyond the control of the terror stricken
crew. The few European officers on
board Of the Shanghi seem TO have
done their best to maintain some kind
of order among the Cinnamon with
some result. The large majority of
those who lost their lives did SO by
Jumping overheard III order to escape
the flames, while others met death
through the swapping of the clumsily
lowered and overcrowed boats.
Russian Brutes.
r1LoNDoN, Dec. 24.--A letter received
from Russian exile at Seurich, charges
that Sophie Gunsberg, a rihilist, who
was condemned to death for being con