Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-05-19
The FARMERS MEET
The Alliance Convention in
Session To-Day.
OVER 1000 DELEGATES PRESENT.
The Third-Party Men Seem to be in the
Lead With Their Scheme.

The Kansas Delegation Vote Unanimously
for the New NIovement-NIr. PowderIy an
Active worker-The Eastern Delegates
Tell What They want-The Convention
Regarded With Interest In washineto
CINCINNATI, May 19.-There was much
confusion when the Alliance convention
was called to order.
Charles Cunningham, for many years
chairman of the Democratic State Cen
trail Committee of Arkansas, and candi-
date for Vice-President on the Union La
Dor ticket in 1888, was elected temporary
chairman, Speaker Elder of Kansas hay
ing declined the honor.
Over 100 notices of resolutions that as
many delegates propose to submit have
been filed with Rev. E. P. Foster, who
was elected principal secretary.
Over 5000 delegates are here and q
struggle as acrimonious and energetic as
any that ever appeared at the session of
an old established party convention is
on. Gen Weaver of Iowa, and Col. Nor
ton of Kansas, are working every corner
to force a new party into the field.
Mr.. Powderly, the Knights of Labor
chief, is frequently consulted by third
party men.
OOAhCAAy 10 Ou0 u bu6
nent figures in the convention, and he is
credited with very earnest aspirations to
the third party candidacy for President.
About all the Greenbackers who went
to Congress on top of the wave Il years
ago have turned up here. They come, as
e. Moody Boynton of Massachusetts, says,
"Solely from source of duty" He de-
clares that he would not accept Office IN
der the Government again for a million
dollars.
Kansas FavOrs Il Third Party.
GAS goes Kansas. so will go the con-
vention," has been a popular expression
ever since the first contingent of dele
gates put in an appearance, and the
representatives of the grashopper State
after a caucus that lasted several hours
decided to support the organization of a
third party through thick and thin.
Whether the representatives of the
granger and labor organizations that are
gathered here are to bring into existence
third political party, or whether definite
action is to be postponed until next
spring, when the policies of the two old
parties shall have been more fully devel-
oped, are issues that will have to be
fought out on the floor of the convention.
There is no question but that to-day the
third-party men are running it to suit
themselves.
The Reform Press Association held a
meeting, formed a national organization
and arranged for an interchange of news
service. A conference was also in progress
between the delegates from New York and
Boston, and those of the Southern States
looking toward the reaching of an under
standing that would enable the northern
and southern wings to work harmoniously
on the floor of the convention.
Eastern men want this plank adopted
on the silver question: That the confer
ence favors "the restoration of silver to
the position it occupied before 1878, viz,
on an equality with gold as a monetary
standard of value"
Also the following: GAS eight hours
constitute legal days work for govern
ment employees in mechanical depart
ments, we believe this principle should
be further extended so as to apply to all
firms and corporations employing labor
in the different States of the Union, thus
reducing the hours of labor and in pro-
portion increasing the demand for it."