The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-26
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT
A Nebraska Judge to The Rescue
Of A Farmer.
fhe Relation Of Col. L. L. Polk
and the New Peoples Par
ty Discussed.

OcnCn, anu caused IL 10 exercise rare
degree of discretion in administering the
law
1t seems that while court was in ses.
sion in town appropriately named
Broken Bow, lawyer applied for rule
e sssas& 0 lAs@ @2ssEsGs sassss,,~-,TglAlle. sass,, TN
out precedent in court annals.
Judge Hamer, who was presiding,
looked thoughtfully at the lawyer a mo.
ment. Then his eyes ranged over the
sadfaced farmers in the hall Of Justice
81 will not do i'll" said the judge
"This docket is covered, page upon page,
with confirmation cases The drourn;
of last summer has exhausted the farmers
resources, and he is unable to pay his
loans. The act of God, for which the
people are not responsible, has reduced
onc-half of them almost to bcggary, au,;
this calamity shall not be made worse Ivy
any act of mine. We are asked to turn
100 farmers over to money lenders and
800 women and children over to paupcr
ism. 1t shall never be done in this dis
trict while l am Judge. The people N"
not able to pay, and will not assist in
robbing them. Let us wait until a crop
can be raised aud confidence restorc,:,
aud all will come out right. II man br
living on his land, or trying to cultivate
it, he should have the reward of his
wurK. VIM nevrr Cuunru~ sufc-fu
times like these, II the owner is trying tn
make living on the land. When the
people arc compelled to ask aid to pro.
cure seed it would he cruel mockcry L,
deprive them Of the land to SOW the seed
upon. ! have right not to confirm Il
sale when the property sold docs not
hrinfr fu,n th,rIc !, moi, nal un1,,n Il ~,
these cases il has not brought that
amount. The sale is not confirmed
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The president of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, Col. l.. L.
Polk, was not present at the Cincinnati
Conference that formed the "Pcoplr',
party" and he was not in favor of the
formation of new party so soon. Never
thclcss, he does not propose to be in th,
rear when the procession has started, an,
he comes out in his paper, the ProSrc>S
i've Farmer, in what ought 60 be unmis
taxable fashion, as follows:
The question what will the Allianc,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -tor-v6xr mue-~
wisdom to answer that question. TIL,
new party has adopted the Alliance de
mands and its platform. Does any one
suppose that intelligent Alliance men VIII
vote against party that adopts thos'
demands and in fayc- cf party that at
only fails to adopt, but resists those dr.
mands2 The Western Alliance State
have already gone into the new party
Will not the necessity for Alliance unity
force the other Alliance States TO go int"
the new party also2 We see 10 way T."
prevent the new party from sweeping the
country, except the simple one of cheer
fully conceding to the people every one
of their just demands.
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According to Topeka dispatch, the
Executive Committee Of the Farmers
Alliance of Kansas is discussing II plan
for private sub-treasury
The plan is to establish in each county
a bank, and storehouse or elevator. The
stock is to be taken by subscription, and
each county sub-treasury is to be manag-
ed by the officers of the local Alliance
The farmers may deposit their grain or
other products in the storehouse and re.
ceive in checks of the bank 80 per cent.
of the value of the deposit, minus the
! charges for INSURANCE. Tic deposit ran
be kept until the owner is ready to sell.
| Meanwhile his check for advances is to
circulate as money. The amount OF the
produce deposited is limited to the
| amount of the bank stock subscribed.
Such are the outlines of the plan.
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An antitrust bill has been passed b!
| the Illinois Legislature which forbid'
with severe penalties any corporation,
partnership, individual or association to
enter into an agreement with any other
corporation, partnership or individual to
| regulate production or fix prices. 1T is
| to be noted, however, that combinations
| in production arc now more commonly
taking the form of large corporations
| legally organized into which have been
| merged many smaller ones. This bill
would not apparently outlaw the Sugar
Trust as at present organized, any more
than it would any other corporation.
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A Grand Alliance mass meeting held a
Goldsboro on the 9th. A number o
prominent men made speeches, anon;
them being President l.. J.. Polk, OF th
National Alliance and Industrial Union
and Senator PETER, of Kansas. Anothe
similar meeting will be held il Charlotte
on August Goth.
A meeting of the farmers and working
men of Chesterfield county, Va, was hclt
at the county court house on Friday
June 10th, and an address made b,
Robert Snavely, State lecturer of th
Farmers Alliance, who explained the
objects and principles of the Alliance.
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1t was Byron who said that a drop o
ink may make million people think
So it can, and like the shot that was firct
by the cmbattlcd farmers and hcart