The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1891-08-14


Since there is such howl against the
Alliance on account Of the third patty,
it would seem well for us to give the POI
sition of the supreme council upon this
subject so that our extremely warm
friends on the outside, who endorse the
views of the plutocrat press, which is
either owned or controlled by the money
power of Wall street, should know for
certainty the exact position of the SUI
preme council as set forth in its Ocala
meeting. Also there are many of our
own members who seem to take on to
this for which this is also intended.
The following is the recommendation
offered by the chairman of the execu-
tive committe, which was unanimously
accepted:
Gle cautioned the order as TO the
greater responsibility resting upon this
body at this time as to what action it
takes in regard to the political situation.
The order could never participate in any
partisan political effort, and in the South
it was opposed to giving its sanction to
any Independent or third party move on
the part of the members, while i'll the
west and northwest the delegates claim
that the order will retrograde if such
sanction is not given. In this emergency
he thought he had compromise to offer
that would meet the case exactly, and
that was for this body to hereby say
that it gives its sanction and call for
meeting to be held about February, 1892,
to be composed of delegates from all or
CARNATIONS of producers upon fair
basis of representation for the purpose
of general and thorough conference
upon the demands of each and to the
end that all may agree upon a joint set
Of demands just prior to the next
national campaign, and agree upon the
proper Methods for enforcing snch de-
mands. If the people by delegates
coming direct from them agree that
third party move is necessary, 1T need
not be feared; and that the next session
of this supreme council elect delegates
from this order to represent it in said
national conference of productive organ
iaations for political purposes.
In the first place this portion of the
report of the chairman of the execu-
tive committee places the Alliance on
square, non.partisan platform. 1t can
not advocate Democracy, or Republican
ism from partisan standpoint. 1t
stands between the two battling for the
rights of the oppressed, from whatever
quarter this oppression may come, serl-
ously to its members the rights to critl-
else the public acts of any of the of
licials Of any party, giving praise where
deserved and condemning in unmeas-
ured terms those who by their votes have
been the cause of our prese 1T deplorable
condition. BY this, it will be seen that
there is to be a meeting of delegates
from all the labor organizations in 1892,
''to agree on joint set of demands just
prior to the next national campaign ana
to agree upon the proper methods OF en-
forcing these demands"
This gives you the position of this AL
lance, and the action of said committee
depends entirely upon whether the next
congress will grant relief to the farmers
as demanded by the Ocala platform.
To say that the Alliance as body does
not endorse this measure is but to ex-
pose TO public view our ignorance OF the
sentiment of our people. That they are
terribly in earnest is evinced by the fact
that the organization is still alive and
growing, its members meeting semi
monthly all over this country shows
they have not given up the struggle, or
in the least abated in their zeal for the
lettering of the condition of them
selves aud future posterity.
The people are moving and for once
they are ahead Of the leaders and all
the abuse, ridicule, and anathemas
hurled against them from those who
think they have by Divine authority
the right to live off the sweat of other
mems brows, together with the false
hoods, lying suppression of true facts IN
me reports of the associated press dis
patches, the perversion Of facts in regard
10 this movement and the coloring o
speeches made by Alliance men, ii
order TO misrepresent them by set o
editors who wear a live dollar hat on
five cent head, aud who through fear OF
favor of the money power seek to SOW
seeds of discord so as to divide US as
sunder, cannot deter them from press
ing on TO that goal that promises t
them that financial freedom they 5,
much stand in need Of b