The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-12-24
NOTES ON THE INDIANAPOLIS
MEETING.

accumulated business, both official
and private that faced me upon my
return has monopoliZed my time.
But there are several Of the many
gross misrepresentation published
by the partisan press which they
have not set seen fit to cor. Get 10
which / Will how refer. First is
the statement that the Alliance, &C
icording TO the National Sacretary's
books, had greatly Tossed in me n
ber5hip, Every delegate knows ills
TO be = malicious fal5eheOd. The
only shadow Of ground for this in
ference by the outside world, was
the fact that several states elected
more delegates than they were enti-
tied to have seated. The best test
for membership in good standing is
the amount Of money paid into the
treasury in dues, and according to
secretary'5 books the amount paid
during the last year was little over
a third larger than last year, hence
a net increase in membership Of 335
per cent.
Second is the statement that the
Alliance split in twain over the Sub
Treasury plan. We believe that
many OF the papers that published
this knew they were publishing lie
at the time and none Of them that
we have seen have had the manhood
and courage to correct it. By unan-
im2us vote the Supreme Council en-
dorsed the sub-Treasury plan, and
the delegates in doing 80 acted Iuder
the almost unanimous instructions
Of every State Alliance in the Union.
All this talk about split was man.
ufactured and mag'.ified out Of the
following little harmless and ihsig-
nificant side show. One McAlister
who it is supposed is in the pay of
somebody who is fighting the ALI
ance, and three other s0-called anti
sub-Treasuryites who have been dis
commenced by the Alliances went up
to indianapolis TO enter a protest
against the Sub-T.easury and to
teach the whole Alliance world that
it was wrong, etc. When these men
with unparalleled cheek asked for a
hearing, the first impulse was to pay
no attention to them, but upon Sec
Dad thought it occurred to the Ma
ticnal meeting that that was exactly
what they expected and desired, and
as Il further evidence of this it was
learned that reporter of the Asso
ciated telegraph dispatches who had
been sent from New York was closet
ed with McAlister, and waiting to
publish to the world that the ALI
ance was afraid to discuss the Sub
Treasury, ETC., etc. So the Supreme
Council sent q challenge to McAliS-
ter to discuss the Sub-Treasury plan
publicly in indianapolis, or through
the public prints. McAliste. and
his crowd took water and left. This
was news, but the lying associated
press would not end it out over its
wires. And this is all there is of
the great split Great prominence was
given to him and his renegsdej by
the public press. but, dear reader. if
y"u had been at the meeting you
would not have seen him or known
he was in the town.
Third, the effort to make it appear
that the Alliance had gone into par
tisan politics and that the National
meeting was nothing more than q
Third Party council. The fact is
the Third Party, nor for that mat =
ter any other party, was not discuss
ed or considered either directly or
indirectly in the slightest manner
whatever during the whole meeting.
Those who know anything about the
Alliance know that it is not and can
never be political party, for the
day it should attempt to be, ii would
Idle. This its enemies know hence
they are very anxious for it to give
up it's great work and objects anil
descend TO the level of a political
machine. In this event the machines
might live as other party machines
DO, but the Alliance would be dead,
its true work would stop and its
mission fail. Then what is the
legitimate work of the Alliance? 1t
is education, education, education.
For any reform that is beneficial
and permanent must be the result of
education. With the Alliance parties
are not an object, but may be and
will a means and a method. But
when the individual is educated he
can be trusted to find the means that
will bring about the reforms. IF
any one or all parties should adopt
and advocate the reforms demanded
by the Alliance, still the organiza-
ton would exist and remain sepe-
rate and intact from them all.
and keep up its campaign OFT
education as a lesson of reform.
For without some such reserve and
moralforce through which all wealth
producers could unitedly express
theirnon-partisan demands any party |
would soon be prevented and degra-
ded,as have been the great parties of
Jefferson and Lincoln. In short the
Alliance is above parties, but its
, members will enforce its demands
by the ballot through some Darfy