The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-01-30
FARMERS IN COUNCIL.
Proceedings of the National Alliance at
Omaha.

proceedings OF the National Alliance at
Omaha.
OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 28.-The national
farmers alliance had lively discussion
at today's session on the amendment to
the constitution to exclude women from
acting as delegates, and it was finally
voted down.
The amendment making all laboring
men eligible TO membership was tabled
by a large vote.
The remainder of the morning was
occupied in discussing minor changes,
and recess was taken until 2 this after
noon.
In the afternoon the report of the com
mittee on resolutions, which was quite
lengthy, was considered by paragraphs
and adopted. 1t begins with the follow
ing preamble:
WHEREAS, Owing to the oppression
that has been heaped upon us by grasp
ing monopolists, capitalists, trusts and
combines, we believe it is time for action !;
and
WHEREAS, The national farmers all
lance, in convention, assembled, does
most emphatically declare against the
present system of government as man
ipulated by the congress of the United
States and the legislature of the several
states, therefore, we declare in favor of
holding convention February %, 1892,
to fix date and place for the holding
of a convention to nominate a candidate
for the office of president and vice pres
ident of the United States. In this pre-
liminary convention the representation
will be one delegate from each state in
the Union.
The resolutions favor abolition of all
national banks, and that the surplus
fund be loaned to individuals upon land
security at low rate ofinterest; declares
for the Australian ballot law; demands
foreclosure of mortgages held by the gov
ernment on railroads; discountenances
gambling in stocks and shares; favors
the election of president and vice pres
ident by popular vote. AS the farmers
of the United States largely outnumber
any other class of citizens, they demand
the passage of laws of reform, not as
party measures, but for the good of the
government. The alliance shall not take
part as partisans in the political struggle
as affliating with the republicans or
democrats. The interstate law should
be 30 amended and enforced as to allow
railroads reasonable income on the
money invested.
The resolutions further demand that
the mortgages on the Union and Central
Pacific railroads shall be foreclosed at
once, and the roads be taken charge of
by the government and run in the inter-
est of the people, with the view to ex-
tending both lines to the Eastern sea-
board. Free and unlimited coinage oi
silver is favored, and that the volume OF
currency be increased to $50 per capita.
Demand is made that all paper money
be placed on an equality with gold.
Another resolution declares that
We, as landowners, pledge ourselves
J to demand that the government allow us
to borrow money from the United States
at the same rate of interest as do the
bankers. All mortgages, bonds and
shares of stock should be assessed at
J their face value; United States senators
should be elected by popular vote; laws
regarding the liquor traffic should be sc
amended as not to be a precedent en-
dangering the morals of our children
and destroying the usefulness of our cit
izens; we believe women have the same
, rights as their husbands to hold prop
erty, and we are in sympathy with any
law that will give our wives, sisters and
daughters full representation at the polls
, our children should be educated for hon
, est labor, and agricultural colleges
should be established in every state
Liberal pensions are favored, also thu
: passage of the Conger lard bill.
At a conference with the Farmers
: Mutual Benefit Association the repre-
sentatives tonight decide that the TIVE
organizations could affiliate but coult
not consolidate.