The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-18

volume OF currency is reduced to $780, 900, 600.
resulting in the high price of money and the
low price of articles, entailng distress. pow
erty and ruin. He said: The supreme
question n, before the people is financial re-
forn., The two great parties have evidently
sounded truce, and, as in the past, the
question will be regarded as neutral ground
between them. In this crisis it is the duty
OF every true member of the Alliance to
stand fairly by our principles, and to de-
mand OF all aspirants for our suffrages an
unequlvocal definition of their position on
this great principle" Polk said the growth
OF the organlzatio Ion is very encouraging. A
recommendation was made that a con-
ference Terence be had with the Reform
most available means of disseminating re-
form literature. A powerful auxiliary
forca In the service of reform literature is
found In a well-regulated lecture system.
Inc demand for speakers is so great that it
Is impossible to supply it. The speaker
ci0sed with remarks upon political
alliances. He said the organization must be
Kept free from ntanglements with any
party. 1t would utterly fail in its high
purposes If degraded into a mere party
machine, manipulated by designing men.
When it shall fail to elevate tie member
ship above the arrogant domination OF party
mandate, the hour for decay, dissolution
and death will have come"
ANTI-sUB-TREASURY ALLIANCE.
w. 5. McA lister of Canton, Miss, Chair
man of the National Executive Committee
OF the Anti -Sub-Treasury Alliance, heads
the committee To induce the Alliance to steer
clear OF the Sub b-TreasuIy scheme aud third
party ideas. He said: "We will present
protest tomorrow against the Sub-Treas-
ury and third-party schemes and certain r-
regularities within the order. tits our nten-
tlon to adjust the matter within the Alliance
II possible but If we do not get hearing or
our grievances are not respected the organi-
zatlon of anti Sub Treasury Alliances will
De extended to every State. In Texas the
oppo nents of these ideas are not awaiting
the result Of the commission. They have
already organized, and the Anti-Sub- Treas
ury Alliance embraces 60 per cent of the
total Alliance strength. The sentiment is
also strong in Iowa, Kansas, Michigan and
Illinois,"
RUMoRED IRREGULARITIES.
The irregularities alluded to are embra ced
in resolution adopted at an Anti-Sub-
Treasury Alliance Convention held in st.
Louis, denonncing C.. W. McCune, This
words, henchmen and corrupt practices as
disgrace TO the order and a stencil in the
nostrlls of all honest men who know of
their corruption and villainy." The air is
thick with rumors tending to implicate GER
tain Alliance leaders in connection with GER
tain combinations and their relations with
the National Industrial Company formerly
the Union Cordage Company IL is with
O'"eS abOAoo iiIab SCdHuul has
to deal. and Alliance men here for that pur-
pose state that they will make charges
within the next few days that will
create tremendous sensation and
shake the Alliance from center to
circumference. A former State agent
of the Florida Alliance domiciled himself
In New York and became an agent Of the
Union Cordage Company. 1t is said the
plan was TO get monopoly of the Alliance
trade. Seductive inducements were held
out to State agents to induce them to pro-
cure the Endorsement by their Alliance of
the Union Cordage Company. In some
States the negotiations were successful, but
in Others the contracts by which the A lii
ance stores were supplied had already been
let. Rumors also connect certain Alliance
leaders with q deal with the Louisiana Lot
terry Company, by which the third party was
placed in the heid in Louisiana.