The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-11-21
THE ALLIANCE GObBLEO UP.
The Peoples Party Quietly AbsOrbs
Both Factions of the Farm
ers' Alliance.
A Call for a National Convention
Will he Issued
Today.
W. J. Florence, the Actor. Dies at
Philadelphia His Death II
Great Surprise.


Captured the Alliance.
NpiANApoLIs, Nov. 10. The pcoplcs
party has captured the alliance which
has split ON the sub treasury scheme.
These are the net results Of todays
sessions Of the various farmers Organi-
cations now gathered here. The evidence
of the split was made public before that
of the capture. When the supreme
council of the alliance met this morning
everybody but the delegates were cX-
cluded from the hall. Even Congress
man Jerry Simpson had TO go. Then
the protest of the anti sub treasury
people was taken up and a somewhat
animated debate occurred AS to the best
means of disposino of it with the least
possible friction. Finally after two hours
of wrangling the committee Of the ants
was informed that it could not be hcard
unless it furnished the council with 1t
copy of its protest. This it refused to
do unless it could present its protest
in person and that ended all negotiations
between the two wings of the alliance.
The protest, which Is very long. was in
substance as follows:
| Protests set forth that its authors are
a committee Of the farmers and laborers
union convention held in St. Louis in
September, composed of II. W. Nichols
of Missouri: p. J. PatcllO Of Texas: B.
f. Passmere of Mississippi: }. ". Crews
of Tennessee. and l.. 1. Hall, W. s. Me
Alister and W. Pope Yeamen at large,
which was appointed to mcmorailZc the
supreme council Of the farmers alliance
and industrial union by way of setting
forth the objections of the convention to
certain declarations of principl and de-
mands hitherto made the supreme coun-
Gil. This committee after its Organiza-
ton. prepared the views of the conven-
ton touching the principles ana demands
of the supreme council, from which a
large number of members of the +. A. Il
/. o. dissonted. The memorial respect
fully and earnestly protests against any
action of the supreme council that pro
poses to commit the Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union to the prop
Osition that provision be made
by the federal congress for government
loans of money to individual citizens
upon farm mortgages AS security or to
demand for IL government ownership or
control of railroad property and trans
DortatiOn. Such schemes are uncOnst-
tutional and impracticable, conflicting
with the spirit of the alliance movement
and tending to government paternalism
and state socialism. Then follows the
argument on that question and con
tinucs. The government ownership OF
railroads implies one of two other
schemes Either the government must
take the railroads from the owners 10y
force or buy them for more than they
are worth. 1t woulu foster political cor
ruption and would be an arbitrary inter
ference with private rights in many
senses. The three schemes flavor strong
" of class legislation. The committee cX-
presses its desire to co operate with the
alliance in carrying out its principles OF
securing safe currency; reducing the
land of trusts and monopolies; helping
farmers and laborcrs in securing an hon
est ballot and IA fair count, and
selecting for places of public honor
and emoument honest and capable men
who regard public Office not as private
advantage but as a public trust.
The executive committee of the sui
treasury party will now proceed t'
Texas. where 1887 sub alliances have al
ready declared against the sub treasury
scheme and will begin the work of or
ganizing new alliance. A call for 4
national convention will probably be
issued tomorrow. The capture of the
alliance by the peoples party was prac'
tically accomplished two or three days
ago but the full extent Of the capture
was not apparent until today when
President Polk was unanimously rec clcct-
ed and j. H. Loucks Of South Dakota
was chosen vice president; }. II. Turner
was reelected secretary and treasurer
and j. +. Willets of Kansas, national
lecturer. George T.. Washburn of the
national executive committee of the
peoples party stated that the leaders
of that party were jubilant over
the election of President Polk. OF the
four great leaders in the alliance Liv-
ingstone, McCune. Terrell and Polk, the
latter was regarded as the one favorable
TO Independent political action. Polk in
his annual address Tuesday night So Sc
ycrcly condemned the two old parties
and in the address as well as between
the lines. SO strongly indicated his tend
enccs towards the peoples party move
ment that the election of either one OF
the gentlemen mentioned would have
been regarded AS II blow to the peoples
partv. while on the other hand the re
election of President Polk is regarded as
greater victory for the peoples party
The election of Loucks of South Dakota
as vice president is regarded as a greater
victory from the fact that he is q
member of the national committee
of the peoples party. The fact that
large number of the farmers alliance
delegates are also members OF other in
dustria organizations and are working
together would indicate that the trcno
of their action was toward the unilica
ton OF all and in the direction of indie