The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1891-01-29

ell with the same man rs president
Of both, = judicial tribunal, which
may veto but cannot reverse, the de-
cisiOn OF the president, In fact, q
concentration Of power in q very few
hands, which makes the organization
very effective in carrying out the
will Of its management. AS will be
seen from the official list Of officers,
the president, secretary and treas
urer reside In Washington, where
they have every opportunity to effect
legislation, an arrangement which
( cannot be made without salaries cor
forming to the necessary expenses.
Another distinction lies In this, that
tue Southern Alliance IL q secret or
ganizatIOn, while the Northern IL
entirely open, there being no secret
work In connection with any Of Its
meetings. In so far as II enters upon
cooperative work Its business sfIIairs
come under the rule OF all business
matters. Naturally, the Southern
Alliance draws the color line, allow
ing, however state organisations In
the northern states 10 do as they see
1T about admitting negroes; but rs
we understand It, no negro can be
admitted from any state into the SUI
preme council.
The Southern Alliance Is disposed
TO recognize certain papers rs official
organs, the opponents and advo-
Gates Of the views OF the leaders,
and IL has been proposed to create 4
ready print" system Of state and
county newspapers, with a national
organ at their head, to serve the
Alliance In the capacity Of official
organs, all official matter or articles
upon the policies Of the Alliance to
pass through the hands Of q commit
tee Of censOrs. The Northern Alli-
ance IL not disposed to recognize any
newspaper rs an official organ, but
encourages free discussion OF its
policy and views by the public press,
not willing to be bound by the views
or opinions Of any member or official
and shaping is policy by the con-
sensus Of opinion, as expressed In
its national conventions.
1t IL, however, in the measures
now advocated before Congress that
the widest difference between the
Alliances appears. The Northern
Alliance is bringing its influence to
bear on several measures, prominent
among which are the silver bill, the
Butterworth bill for the control OF
gambling in "optiOns and futures"
the Conger lard bill for the proven
ton Of aduIteratioD OF lard, and the
antitrust bill. The Southern ALI
ance IL spending Its main force on
what IL known as the sub-tressury
bill, or . bill requiring the govern
ment to build store houses for agri-
cultural products, In the counties
that produce the grest staples, and
issue treasury notes against the re-
ceipts Of grain, or cotton, which are
to pass current as the money Of the
people. IL IL not true that all the
members OF the Southern Alliance
favor or endorse this scheme, but 10
has been most earnestly pressed by
the leaders, and all, or nearly all, OF
Its support, comes from members Of
this organization. The Northern
Alliance has never even discussed
this scheme in its general meetings,
nor In any other way taken the
views Of its members. So far rs we
are able to learn, Its leaders are dis
tinctly and earnestly opposed to IL,
believing that Il IL impracticable to
start with, and that II practicable, IL
would foster and encourage q sPecu-
lative move, which would, after
brief and fitful fever, leave the West
In q state Of bOom-strieken collapse.
Akin to this scheme, IL that Of loan
ing government money on land at
two per cent. interest, which has,
perhaps, lite most effective support
In the Kansas State organization Of
the Southern Alliance. We have |
watched carefully for an expression |
Of views on this point from her lead |
ing men, aud can End nowhere any
emphatic endorsement Of this policy
by the Northern Alliance.
IL cannot have escaped the notice |
of Close observers, that there is .
marked tendency among the South
ern Alliance organization TO form
third party movements, OF, rather,
TO put In nomination men who are
Alliance candidates, thus
Q possible oFgsnlza-
tiOn Of q distinetlvely farmers
party. while In some Northern
Alliance states, as, for example,
there is much unrest and
with partisan politics,
and independent movements are
q IL entirely outside Of
Alliance lines, aud while it may be
endorsed by many members aud
officials, Il IL not endorsed nor en-
tered Into ell the Alliance ~ an
The Northern ALI
aDee, and many members Of the
Alliance In Northern
States, distinctly favor the policy Of
all their contests within
party lines. beginning their refOrms
II the primaries, sud carrying them
to the great conventions Of
The parties. THIS . the natural and