The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-17
by several of the farmer orators who
were received with cheers, and their
speeches frequently punctuated with

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Tspeeches frequently punctuated with
applause.
About $3.50 the committee on resolu-
lutiOns made partial report which
was read. 1t is the same platform
adopted by the Fort Worth conven-
tion, except the last resolution is modi-
fled as follows:
Resolved, That we denounce c. w.
Macune and his corrupt methods, to-
gether with the acts of his tools and
henchmen as being a disgrace to the
order and a stencil in the nostrils of
all honest men who know of their cor
ruption and villainy."
This led to heated debate. When
the reading of the resolutions was
completed Delegate Wade of Tennes-
see sprang to his feet and moved that
this clause be stricken out. He said
the convention had not been called to
make personal attacks upon any per-
son or persons. While he personally
was confident, in fact knew, that
Macune was one of the most
corrupt men in. the country, he was
not prepared to go on record
in convention, which was called in
the interests of harmony to attack one
Of the leaders of the Alliance. 1t was
well to know that the Ocala investi-
eating committee had adopted re-
port generating Macune. That the
report was merely whitewash. That
Macune was guilty of the grossest ir-
regularities and was dishonest to the
core, but this was neither the time nor
place to adopt such resolution.
"Therefore,o he said, 81 move that
section be stricken out"
Immediately there were dozen
delegates on their feet yelling for rec
ognition. DR.. Yeaman of Missouri
was finally recognized and he made a
very conservative speech, ap-
pealing to the better judg-
ment of the delegates, asking
that they think twice before adopting
the resolution. "It will have the eff
feet, ,"'he said, "of undoing the very
work we came here to dO.o'
Chairman Hall then called Nc
Clintock Of Missouri to the chair, and
taking the floor spoke against the mo-
ton to strike out. There was, he said,
nothing personal in his desire to have
Macune arraigned for his misdeeds.
Every Alliance man know that he
had opposed Macune from the first,
and he would fight him to the bitter
end. He was tool of politicians and
monopolists; he had accepted bribes
from them, and why should the AL
lance, which is trying to reform the
government, have corruptionist AZ
it's head. 1t was the most illogical
and ill-advised policy that could well
be conceived of.
w. S. McAllister of Mississippi,
chairman of the committee, said he
had no malice against Macune, not
withstanding the fact that he had
knocked him (Macune) off his feet,
and had booted him. He bore him
no i'll will, but corruption must be
rooted. Macune had done, or was do
ing, for the Alliance what Warner
Hastings had done for India. Do you
want such man at the head of your
Alliance / can't believe it, and /
pray that the motion to strike out may
be defeated. Macuneism is a fatal
octapus, encircling with it's Shiny
coils, the escutcheon of the order,
stirling it's purity and destroying it's
value.n
Wade of Tennessee got another
whack at the resolution and then
Murray of Texas jumped onto the
chair and into Macune with both feet.
He gave him the worst drubbing inn
agible, with the possible exception of
Goodman, who sailed into him and
scored him numerically. Murray got
to discussing state affairs, however,
and calls for order caused him to be
seated, but he difiantly arose and
10 fnI ha ta twill n
out the censuring clause. Then Wade
of Tennessee moved to amend his mo-
ton to strike out by stating
that "We denounce the chair
man of the Ocala convention
and the editor of National Economist,
etc." A motion was made to adopt
the report of committee as presented,
but this was declared out of order, the
motion before house being to amend
the original. Several orators in the
meantime were trying to get the floor,
but confusion reigned supreme. FL
nally order was restored and Murray
of Texas moved the previous question
and the motion was defeated, yeas 26,
nays 42.
A motion to adjourn here failed, and
after further considerable debate,
Wade's motion to amend was defeated
by large majority. The question
then required on the adoption of the
committees report, but Missouri
delegate arose and made such an earn
est plea tor a postponement and fin
ally wound up by moving to adjourn
that dozen seconds came from as
many quarters of the hall, and with
the platform still before the conven-
ton, an adjournment till this morning
was had.
The opinion prevails among the
leaders of the present movement that
the platform as presented, including
the Macune resolution, will be adopted
tomorrow.