The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-04-17
ALLIANCE COLUMN.
Interesting Alliance Politics From
the West,
Tho Kansas Senate Announces Itself
the Defender of the States Honor.

TOPEKA, KAN. The House has passed
compromise bill appropriating $50, 600
for the aid of destitute settlers in the
Western counties of Kansas. The Senate
has agreed to concur in the bill. The
money to be used for the purchase of
seed grain in the counties where the crops
last year were destroyed by drought.
The following resolution has been
passed in the Senate: .s-,s.,,,---.s -.
Whereas, the passage of the House bill
commonly called the Elder tax bill and
Others of like character by the House of
Representatives of this State has caused
great apprehension and distrust among
the holders of Kansas securities, and is,
as We believe, doing the people of this
State great and irreparablc injury by
causing the withdrawal of oil foreign
capital from our State, thereby rendering
1t impossible for the debtor class of our
people to renew their mortgages or even
pay their interest accruing thereon; there
fore be it
RcSofretl, That it is the sense of this
Senate that no wild or visionary measure,
calculated in its fiature or by its provi-
sions to injuriously affect the people of
this State or the credit of the same, can
or shall pass this body.
The House, in Committee of the Whole,
has recommended the passage of Sena-
tor Richtcr's Alien Land Ownership bill.
The measure is most stringent one, aud
provides that aliens who now own land
in the State must dispose of it in ten
years under penalty of forfeiture to the
State. Aliens who acquire by inheritance
or in satisfaction of debt must sell it
within five years from the time of secur-
ing title. Corporations, 90 per cent. Of
whose stock is owned by aliens, are pro-
hibited from owning over 1000 acres Of
land.
FARMERS ALLIANCE NOTES.
The National organizer of the Farmers
Alliance is now in Oregon, and he sends
word that the wheat raisers there are
docking to the Alliance standard.
The Kansas Alliance leader, who
lately hoisted the name of ex-senator
Ingalls, as the Alliance candidate for
President, has not yet met with any
encouragement.
The Alliance in the State of Washing
ton, which held a convention lately, took
no action in behalf of third party, but
favored the establishment of produce ex-
--a-sse'pasrhcss na,sssakeicrs uf een1 pUuynufu
Farmers Alliance Exchange held con-
vention at Birmingham, Ala. Meas
ures were adopted regarding the hand
ling of this years cotton crop and the
establishment of cotton tie factory, and
other business Of q practical kind was
transacted.
Several branches of the Farmers Alli-
ance have recently been organized in
New Hampshire. The charge that
Senator Chandler has been coquetting
with the Alliance is the subject of great
deal of speculation in both parties in the
State.
The Boston Herald has obtained inter
views regarding the Farmers Alliance
from large number of the Old Changers
OF Massachusetts,. Nearly every one of
them says that the Alliance cannot find
favor in the New England States.
According to the Secretary of the
Minnesota Alliance, there are over 60.
900 members of the organization in that
State; and both of the political parties
are afraid of its power.
The leaders OF the Kansas Alliance are
preparing for the local elections next
month. The women are even more
active in the political field than they
were last year.
The Nationalists of Rhode Island, who
are anxions to join forces with the Farm.
crs' Alliance, have nominated full State
ticket for the spring elections on a
Socialistic platform. The candidate for
Governor is an engineer, the candidate
for Lieutenant Governor is newsde aler
and the other candidates are mechanics
or shopkeepers. The New Nation says:
"To the Nationalists of Rhode Island
has been reserved the distinction of
bringing out the first full-fedged party
ticket"
Some Of the Western farmers are hav-
ing hard luck. The following pathetic
announcement is made in the news COL
umns of Nebraska paper: "John
Thompson's dogs are all dead but
twelve"