The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-04-09
THE THIRD PARTY.
Awaiting the National Conference at Gin
cinnati in May.
TThe New York Sun. !


| The political boomers of the Farmers
! gies to the work of preparing for the
National Conference that is to be held
! in Cincinnati on the 18th Of May with
the object of organizing the new polit-
ical party that is 70 sweep the country.
| Their desire is to cooperate with the
Citizens Alliance, the Nationalists, the
Industrial Alliance, and all other bod
les that can be drawn into the ranks,
and which are to be induced to send
delegates to the Cincinnati Conference.
Various committees are trying to
construct a platform upon which the
Alliance can stand with these other
bodies. The Farmers Alliance would
not accept the platform of the Nation
alists, who, in turn, would not be salts
fled with the Alliance platform, nor
even with the st. Louis platform,
upon which all factions are asked to
unite.
The preparations for the Cincinnati
Conference includes the holding of
propagandist meetings all over the
country. Stump speakers are already
in the field in several States. They
are especially active in this, Iowa, and
adjacent States, and they are hardly
less active in the States of the Pacific
coast. In this State they have begun
operations and the New York State
Farmers Alliance is to be organized by
President Polk on the 22nd Of April.
The renowned Congressman Simpson
himself is to speak in this city next
Monday under the auspices Of a branch
of the Citizens Alliance. The New
England States are not to be neglected
and the South is to be thoroughly can
vassed.
In Ohio the Alliance boomers are
boasting of their successful work. In
the southern part of the State weekly
meetings are held in the schoolhouses
and candidates are to be put up at the
township elections next month, with
the view of ascertaining the propects Of
success for Legislative candidates at
later period.
In Iowa the leaders of the State Alli-
ance are anxious to take hold ofpolitics.
When President Polk addressed its
Convention at Creston last week he
spoke on the subject in language that
could not be misunderstood.
The Legislature of Nebraska, both
branches of which are in the hands of
the Alliance, has adjourned without
adopting any of the radical measures
that had been introduced.
In California, Oregon, and Washing
ton the business of organization and
speechmaking is in progress.
The Alliance members of the Kansas
Legislature have issued a manifesto, in
which they claim credit for not passing
sundry bills that were defeated by the
Republican Senate, and in which they
assail the Senate for its obstructive
policy. Senator PETER speaks very
loudly about the political prospects of
the Alliance, and has drawn up for it a
programme of action to be laid before
the Cincinnati Conference in May.
There is no way of ascertaining the
actual voting strength of the Alliance
at this time. The membership includes
a large body of fnon-voting women, and
large proportion of the male members
in the North, as we'll as in the South,
are opposed to the formation ola new
political party.
ARRANGING FOR THE CONVENTION.
CINCINNATI, March 31.--Capt. Power,
the national organizer OF what's known
as the Citizens Industrial Alliance, is
Eere to arrange for the national con-
vention to be held in this city May l9,
to organize new political party, with
the Farmers Alliance as the basis. He
said last night that at least 10000 dele
gates will be present, representing
thirty or more States. The convention
has not the endorsement of the great
Alliance bodies, but individual MEM
bers are taking an interest in it.