The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-12
MORE ABOUT HIM |!
The Fraud Polk and His Comrades
Exposed.
The Methods Employed tG Fleece the
Farmers.
A RECORD THAT IS TERRIBLE TO SEE
They Exist in This Coun-
try To-day.

Of the farmers alliance, passed through
this city last Tuesday still wearing the
black eye given him in Mississippi two
weeks ago by an honest alliance man who
doesn't like to see trusted leaders Of the
great farmers movement fraternizing
with railway officials and "borrowing"
money Of them. 1t was noticed that
President Livingston, the Georgia chief
executive, was not at the station to meet
him. Inquiry into the occasion for this
| lack Of courtesy brings to light the fact
! that for some time there has been de-
c.ded GOODNESS between these two truly
great men in the alliance leadership.
Further inquiry shows that this coolness
is passive on the part Of Macune and aC-
tive on the part Of Livingston, who com
plains that Macune doesn't "divide fair"
The quoted expression is given out as
| from Livingston's own lips. Members
Of the present Legislature say that this is
Livingston's fault. This statement is
corroborated by high official Of the
state, who said to the Morning AdVer-
tiser correspondent:
"Macune simply took Livingston at his
own valuation, which surely ought to
satisfy any man. This valuation was
made while he and another member Of
the legislature were considering bids on
material for the new capitol building.
Livingston sold his services to the Geor-
gia Marble company and his price was
$50. Possibly he may claim that as he
now draws three salaries-those Of CON
gressmaD, president Of the Georgia state
alliance, and chief editor of the alliance
organ-this $50 valuation is out of date
! But you can't expect a busy man like
Macune to keep such things in his head"
On the understanding that his name
shall not be used, q railroad man has
shed new light on the relations between
Macune and the Richmond Terminal. 1t
was not So, 600, but $1,000 of monopolis-
tic wealth that set Macune on his legs as
publisher here and in Washington, and
turned the sentiment of Georgia farmers
in favor of Pat CalhOun's scheme to re-
model the constitution of the state and
consolidate his railroads. Here is where
Macune did not divide on a basis salts
factory to Livingston. But the difficulty
between the two leaders does not mate
rally inJure their mutual business in
terests. Livingston is doing everything
ia his power to pass the Berner bill,
| w oh 1ofi Of
Pat Calhoun's railroads, and Macune
helps assure LivingstOn's farmer cOnsti
tuents that the exchange failure is not
half as bad as outsiders represent it to be.
Macune also lent his aid to Livingston's
and Peeks plan to sell the Georgia alli-
ance exchange to the Union Cordage
company,s Of New York. There is a
great deal back of this plan, which was
interrupted by the announcement of
Manager Wynn's shortage, which the
people of Georgia do not know, and
which will astonish them when they
know the whole truth.
There are in existence documents
which will convict the national alliance
leaders, and other presidents Of state al
liances besides Livingston, Of plotting to
use the money subscribed by farmars to
start the state exchanges to make those
farmers victims Of the biggest monopoly
of country patronage ever heard Of
Further than that a company had been
formed in New York with a capital of
81, 5000 to purchase the alliance ex-
changes in thirty states the public knew
nothing The documents above referred
to are the written terms of agreement be-
tween the Union COrdage company of
New York and the officers of several al.
lance exchanges. If any further evil
dence were needed to prove that the en-
tire leadership Of the farmers alliance,
national, state and county, was engaged
in conspiracy to hand the farming com
munity over bodily to the very concerns
it is organized to fight, these written
terms Of agreement would furnish it.
They exorted themselves personally to
gel outside merchants to enter the ring
and they published articles in the South
! crn AIlanCc armef showing the long
suffering local alliance men what Il clever
thing it would be 10 get New York capi-
tai into the exchange.
Democratic vote elected Livingston TO
congress-. Recently the Evening Journal
printed a set of resolutions in f c.
simile of Livingston 5 handwriting, which,
had they been adopted at the Ocala con-
vention, would have thrown the weight
Of the farmers alliance in favor of the
passage of the Force bill. Accompany
ing this document is a letter from |. :.
Hall, of Missouri, who says he saw LiT-
! ingston comforting with northern dele
| gates, and that when he went TO him and
demonstrated, Livingston tore up the re-