Telegram-herald., 1891-11-24
ENoEp THEIR WORK.

AftoR ksa ~ ming the 0caln Platform And
Dscl2rlas Ia Favor Of Liznislng Psasioaa.
the F.rnsrs' AiiI.as. Asjsarns. sim
CiaIaaiag Its Neutrality IN Politics
Is0IAxAroLH. Ind. Nov. 2a-The
most spirited fight that has character
ICED any Of the executive sessions of the
supreme council Of ths Farmers ALI
snce occurred Saturday afternoon over
= resolution asking congress To PEN
sion only honorsbiy discharged and
INDECENT soldiers and to provide for
the payment of all pensions by is
suing sub-treasury notes for that pur-
pose The council at once divided on
political lines. Jerry simpson and Gen.
Weaver leading the opposition and
Congressman Livingston, President
Polk and others from the south favor
ing its adoption When put to . vote
the resolution was carried by decided
majority.
At the morning session the commit
tee upon platform reported approving
the Ocala platform with but two
changes, and these were simply in the
wording of the sub-treasury plank
Where that section reads shall
loan money" upon imperishable
farm products. it is changed to ''shall
issue money" and where it reads mot
more than 2 per cent interest,"" the
last wor! is changed to tax" The
report of the committee was received
with cheers
The resolution instructing alliance
congressman not to take part in party
caucus was defeated and a substitute
adopted asking them not 10 participate
in a caucus IF the Ocala demands were
likely to be sacrificed"
The FIRST official boycott ever estab-
lished by the Farmers Alliance was
declared against the Rochester firms
who locked ont the $4,000 garment
workers The adoption Of this resolu-
tion is also the first aak Of cooperation
between the alliance and the Knights
of Labor. General Lecturer Wright
says that the knights are pre- epared to
indorse every demand of the Ocala
platform fg"
A memorial indorsing d.. p. Duncan,
of South Carolina, for . place on the
interstate commerce commission to
succeed Gen. Bragg was adopted. and
committee composed of President
Polk, ]. B. Beverley, of Virginia, and
Hugh Mitch IL. of Maryland, named to
personally present it to President Har-
rison.
The supreme council of the Farmers
Alliance adjourned at midnight The
most important action was a resolution
| pledging the alliance to stand by the
decision of the February conference of
the Federated union. AS it is a fore
| gone conclusion that that conference
viii declare for independent political
action, this resolution practically
| pledges the support of the alliance to
the peoples party.
| Notwithstanding the representations
Of the leader of the peoples party the
officers of the alliance maintain that
the organization is still in a neutral
position politically. Secretary Tillman
said: ave have held the alliance intact
| as against partyism- The members are
not bound by any action that has been
taken to vote either for or against any
party"
what 10 the significance of the ap-
| pointment OF a committee to be pres
ent at the February conference of the
peoples party?"
''It is merely concession to the SEN
timent in favor of compelling political
reco0nition Of our demands. 1t means
at that conference the peoples
| party will be told what we demand
in the way of legislation II will
| at the same time be notice to the other
political parties of what we want IL
will mean that the party that will un-
dertake to give US what we want,
whether republican, democrat or the
| new movement, will be the one that
will receive our support but at present
we are on { he outside of all parties"