The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-02-26
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This is the all important subject OF
discussion from one end of the order to
the other. The letters and communica-
tions received at this Office show that
three times as many people are writing
| end thinking on this subject than any
other at this time. 1t Is like an epidem-
ic which suddenly spreads over the
whole country. There is no telling
whence it came, how long it will pre-
vail or how disastrous the result may
be. Under such circumstances it is ex-
tremely important that great order
| like the Farmers Alliance should have
a plain and well understood policy upon
the subject, otherwise difference of
] opinion gradually becoming fixed senti-
ment under the fire of discussion, would
| tend to promote division and discord
within the ranks. If there is no fixed
and settled policy officially interpreted
there will be many local versions of the
policy interpreted by the partial eyes OF
| personal interest and great confusion
must of necessity follow.
| The order and the public are, there
fore, to be congratulated that the Su-
| preme Council did see fit to inaugurate
/
| stood, conservative, wise and consist
ent. The following is an extract from
the report of the chairman of the exec
utive board as adopted:
He cautioned the order as to the great re-
| sponsibility resting upon this body at this
/ time as to what action it takes in regard to
/ the political situation. The order could
/ never participate in any partisan political
effort, and in the South 1t was opposed to
| giving its sanction to any independent or
/ third party move on the part of the men,
| bers, while in the West and Northwest the
| delegates claim that the order will retro
| grade IL such sanction is not given. In this
emergency he thought he had a compromise
/ to offer that would meet the case exactly, and
| that was for this body to hereby say that 1t
/ gives its sanction and call for a meeting to
| be held about February, 1892, to be composed
| of delegates from all organizations OF pro-
| ducers upon a fair basis of representation
| for the purpose of general and thorough
| conference upon the demands OF each, and
| to the end that all may agree upon Joint
| set of demands just prior to the next Ma
| tional campaign, and agree upon the proper
| methods for enforcing such demands. III
| the people by delegates coming direct from
| them agree that a third party move is neces-
| sary, 1t need not be feared. That the next
| session of this Supreme Council elect dele
gates from this order to represent II In said
/ National conference of productive organiza-
| tions for political purposes.
| For the purpose of carrying out this
proposition, the following resolution
was introduced by Brother Guice, of
Louisiana, and by the body referred to
| the Joint committee on confederation:
Whereas. We have already adopted the re-
| port of the chairman of the Executive Board
| in part, and whereas said report did recon-
| mend that this body authorize call for
| convention of all labor organizations to be
| held in February, 1892; now, therefore, be it
| Resolved, That this body elect commit
tee composed of one from each State, here
| represented, to be known as the National
| Executive Committee, for the special
| purpose of comforting with like com
| mittees from other organizations,
| and deciding questions as to time and
| place of meeting, basis of representation,
| and submit to their respective States the de-
| mands of all such other labor organizations
| as will probably be represented at such la
| Dor conference, each member to be ex ofiiclo
| chairman in his State and to have authority
| to appoint Congressional district chairmen,
| who in turn shall appoint county chairmen
| for the purpose of bringing our demands
| and those of the other labor organizations
| squarely before the people during the COM
| ing year, and secure an expression from
| them as to what concessions they will make
| In order to secure general co operation and
| what methods they will adopt to secure the
| same.
| The general joint committee on fed
Grafton, to which this was referred, is
| composed of Ben Terrell, chairman; L.
F. Livingston, R. F. Rogers, H. L.
| Loucks and w. J. Talbert. This COM
mite was called together by the chair
man and met in Washington, ID. c., on
| the 22d inst.
IF ha huS
stated, is: Neither the officers of the
order nor the delegates to the Supreme
Council at Ocala were willing to attempt
to define the ultimate position of the
membership, nor were they willing to
choose delegates to a convention for the
purpose of doing SO, but in order to
settle the business they refer it back to
| the people by placing the conference
meeting over a year away, in order to
give ample time for the demands of all
organizations of producers to be pre-
sented and considered by each, so that
the delegates to the next Supreme Coun-
Gil will come with full knowledge of
the sentiment in his State, and with full
power to represent it in the selection Of
delegates to the great conference. 1t
fair expression from every individual
member of the order, and if such indi-
viduals by their duty elected dele
gates meet in February, 1899 and
formulate a set of demands on
which all the producers of America
stand pledged, and offer such demands
to both political parties to be incorpor-
ated in their platforms, and both such
parties refuse to accept, then such or
ganizations of producers Immediately
resolve themselves into new party for
the purpose of enforcing such demands.
If all this should occur it would in no
way commit the Alliance as an
order to a partisan political move
ment but would leave the order as
now. The confederation might, and it
might not, be committed to partisan
political move, but in case it should be
and should fail, and the failure broke
up the confederation, there Is no more
reason for supposing that would hurt
the various orders that participate in
the confederation than there would be
for supposing that the destruction of
party would destroy the individuals
that compose it.
The great labor movement of to-day
is educational. 1t does not depend upon
agitation, and therefore every new step
IN its evolution must emanate from the
ranks of the people. 1t has no leaders
who can manipulate it to their own ad-