The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-04-21
SOME ALLIANCE NEWS.
What TIE GREAT BODY or FARMERS
WILL DO OUT WEST.
Doth the Old Parties TO be Abandoned--
Direct Statement from n Lending Oaicial
-rhe order to Mako its ownFIshs wi,h
its own Candidates,

:
-The Order to Make its ownFisht wi,h
Its own Candidates.
BALTIMORE, April 15.-Hon. w. f.
Willets, OF Kansas, the lecturer OF. the
National Farmers Alliance, was in
Baltimore yesterday.
Mr.. Willets has recently been at work
in the interest OF the alliance in New
jersey, and came over from Washing
ton on his way to the eastern shore.
He will address the local alliance at
Royal Oak, Talbert county, this after
noon and will spend tomorrow with
Mr.. II. ID. Bradley, the lecturer OF the
Maryland State Alliance, at his resi-
dence, Linchester, Carroll county. ~
MIR. Willetts is one Of the alliance
leaders and among the most conspi-
cuous members of the movement. He
was for long time thoroughly identi-
fed with the Kansas alliance before he
was elected lecturer Of the National
Alliance, and no man In the ,OrganiZa-
tion has more abundant faith In its
Possibilities for the future or can speak
more adyisedly than he as to what it Is
and what II MIll be. Last fail he was
the alliance candidate for governor of
Kansas, but was defeated by a very
narrow margin, and was subsequently
prominetly spoken Of as a candidate for
United States senator to succeed Sena-
tor Ingalls, in the legislature which
elected Judge Pfeffer. He is farmer
In the strictest sense, has never beer
anything else, believes that the farmers
haye brains enough to take care Of this
country, and has no higher ambition
than to see the triumph of the cause
which they are so vigorously advocat-
ing.
The only time he has ever left his
farm was when he canvassed his State
for governor, and then he hired man
to run the farm for him, and went into
the fight with the same energy and
fidelity which he had devoted to his
agricultural interests.
Mr.. Willetts 10 tall, squarely built,
sturdy looking man, with a full beard.
He Is enthusiastically man of solid sense
ana judgment, and speaks unreservedly
and pleasantly upon the work in which
he Is so deeply Interested.
"Talk to you about the Farmers Alli-
ence? Why, certainly" he said, with
smile. "There is nothing about it which
you should not know; it has no secrets,
except few pass words, that 1 need
keep from you. What do you want to
knowp"
"There has been q great deal said since
the election last fall" suggested the
American reporter, "by men of both
political parties, by big men and little
men, about the purpose of the alliance
and its possible disintegration or alb
sorption by one Of the two political Or
ganizations. Is there any foundation
for such a beliefp"
"None whatever. The Farmers ALI
ance is not thing of to-day; not thing
to be blown aside or frightened to death
by Democrats or Republicans. 1t is q
permanent factor, and will be speedily
recognized as such by those who haYe
yet failed to learn 1t"
'Then you mean that it Is destined to
become distinct party organization 2"
Il do not say that; but do say that
1t will not be tail to the Democratic or
Republican kite, nor be dominated by
any partisan influence"
"What will be its probable policy to
make its influence most powerfully
feltp"
sour platform, boiled down, is simply
this: Equal justice to all, special privi-
leges to none, more money and less
misery" That is our starting point
We will preach the gospel according to
the new dispensatlon and baptize in
the Jordan of intelligence. We are
with the people, the people are with us,
anu thuU 10 IlO LOCh VI OuE SIlCuBOu.
III you ask whence comes my belief, l
answer, from that which we have al
ready done and the power that know
Is within us to do"
"Will the alliance hold strictly to their
two leading principles, the free coinage
of silver and the sub-treasury plan?"
'Most undoubtedly. We may make
some change in the sub-treasury plan
as 1T stands nOw.l Do not fmisunder-
stand me. don't mean change in
the way of taking any step backward,
but to perfect it and make 1t better for
the farmer than it Is now"
"What will be the position of the
alliance in the next presidential elec-
tionp"
..We will never vote for any candi-
date, Democrat or Republican, on a
platform, opposed to the free coinage
of silver"
aThen Mr.. Cleveland will not find
much comfort in the alliance?"
"We will not touch him under any
circumstances"
"At this distance, what forecast can
you make Of the next national cam
paign. more especially as to the atti-
tude of the two old partiesp"
"The Democrats will nominate
Cleveland; the Republicans will nomi-
nate Blaine If he will be candidate.
If he will not, Harrison seems the next
most likely man."
"And as 10 the platformsp
"They will both be against the free
coinage of silver"
"Then we come back to the original
rOposition-what will the Alliance
1--WE will not support any candidate,
except on the st. Louis platform"
"And that means a third candidatep"
"Yes. think there Is bound to be q
third candidate. j think he will be
nominated by the Citizens Alliance
which is distinctly political organiza.
tion."
"And the Alliance will endorse him ?"
"Yes, IL they nominate on our st.
Louis platform, as j think they will.
They accept that platform, and we viii
not support any candidate who is not
LIN accord with it,"
"If that can be accomplished in no
other way, then 1t Is probable the alli-
ance will nominatep"
Eyes; 1t is not improbable"
"At this distance can you name any
man who is likely to be the Farmers or
Citizens' Alliance candidatep" ~
"Eo. We are not. giving ourselves
much concern aboutfhat yet. We are
deyoting- all our time to perfecting a
thorough organization. and then we