The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-03-04
A TRUE STATESMAN.
JOHN ipAvIS, MEMBER
ELELT FROM KANSAS,
TALKS.

Their Big Fight will be Mad,
il for More money and o Big
Reduction in the Tariff.
| washington Star.
i Mr.. John Davis, Farmers AL,
lance member-elect to the next
House, was on the floor of the
House to-day. He is a man OF
rather solid appearance, simple
land somewhat old-fashioned in
his dress and manners, but there
lis nothing of the "sockless hay
lseed" in his appearance. He is
probably fifty-eight years old.
His hair and whiskers, origin
ally black, are now streaked
with white and his cheeks are
tanned and weather-beaten.
His hands bear the honest scars
of work. His features are strong
and amiable and his eyes bright.
His manner of speech is simple
and straightforward, his lam
| guage good and his opinions pos
tive, though not arrogantly ex-
pressed.
THE MOVEMENT PROGRESSING.
"The Farmers Alliance move
ment," he said, sis progressive
and will continue. 1t is inde-
pendent of both of the old par
ties. / cannot say what will be
the attitude Of the several Alli-
ancemembers in the next House.
You can't Judge from what the
papers say. It has been stated
everywhere that / would go in
to the Democratic caucus. /
snail not go into the cancus of
either party, and l know that
the other Alliance members of
Kansas and those of Nebraska
will not.
THE GREENBAcK FIGHT.
"This Alliance movement is
the growth Of seventeen years.
Its foundation is in the money
question. / have run for Con-
gress before as q Gresnback
candidate, as a matter of princi-
pie. We hold that the volume
of money should increase with
the increase of population. In
the earlier stage of the fight we
had to contend against the claim
that nothin but gold and sill
yer were money. In 1873 we
won the fight inasmuch as the
courts acknowledge that the
government could make trea-
sury notes a legal tender. The
greenback movement subsidized
then because we thought we
had won the fight. But we have
got 10 60 all over it again.
WANT MORE MONEY.
's0ur prople are tired of suf-
fering the shrinkage of values
of our pro iucts through the
scarcity of money; and of being
burdened with taxation. We
want the proper amount of
money for the volume of bust
ness; we want fair transporta-
|tion' charges by the railroa Is,
which we by right own, and we
want a reduction IF the tariff,
the. greater the reduction the
better. The money question is
the first question, but there has
been a. resolution in Kansas on
the tariff question. A large
majority Of the people there areI
in favor of as little tariff as
possible. Many Of our people
used 70 think they got some BEN
eft from the protective policy,
that they got higher wages, but
they are rapidly coming to see
that it is not true. They are
coming to see that the protec-
tive policy is injuring them.
The tariff is q tax, and they feel
il. They know that a hog. can
not live on its fieah and get fat.
The trade should be opened up
with the whole world and the
volume of money should be
sufficient for the trade and COM
merce. We want free coinage
of silver, but that will hardly
funish Us with the necessary
amount Of money.
THE POSSIBLE THIRD PARTY TICK
ET.
"How about the third party
movement in national politics!"
81 do not think there is any
doubt that the Alliance will
have O national ticket in the
field. IL may be too sanguine
TO expect to elect the President
at this time, but we will try.
Weaver, # 10 va, for President,
and Polk, Of North Carolina,
the president Of the Alliance,
for Vice President, are spoken
Of as the ticket. Il is not un-
likely that they will be nomi-
mated. No one can say what
will be the result. II may
throw the election in the
House"
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