The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1891-11-26
A STRONG SPEECH.
WHAT THE ALLIANCE IS FOR
AND WHAT 1T IS GOING TO DO
Response to Address of Wei
come at indianapolis.

II. F. Tillman, Secretary of the
Alliance Executive Committee, in
responding, thanked the people Of
Indianapolis for this warm welcome
and paying a tribute 10 President
Harrison he continued: 1t is farm
ing and laboring I.eople who feed
the world, who fought the battles of
this country and to whose energy
and patriotism this great and glo-
rious land of ours is indebted for its
richest blessings of liberty and
peace. Ii is not our mission to tear
down or disintergate our honestly
conducted industries, but to pre-
serve them. s-.,
Yet we do mean re death knell
to all illegitimate combinations and
mOnOpOlies that tend to destroy the
very spirit and intent Of the consti-
tuition. We are not here as politi-
clans, seeking TO dispute partisan
political parties, or to promote the
fortunes Of any political aspirant,
nor are we here in the interest of
any third party, for by very organic
teachings we have the right to vote
with which every Political party we
may think will best advance good
government. / desire to call your
attention to the last billion dollar
Congress. Its expenditures reached
a grand total of $1,000, 270, All,
which is ne carly twe-thirds Of all
the existing United States money.
More money was spent by that
prOfligate billion dollar Congress
than was spent by all Congresses
during the first seventy.two years
of the history of this government.
1t meant a tax Of forty dollars on
the head of every family 10 support
the general government alone. How
long would they endure it if col
lected directly from them, instead
of indirectly, as it is now collected
through your tariff? Say what You
please about tariff, but it must and
shall come down to a reasonable
basis of taxation, and these rockies IS
expenditures by Congress must be
stopped or We will continue to
change the personnel of every
Congress. Yet this is not a.i, nor
is it at tie bottom which brought
about an uprising of the people of
oil parts of this great country.
transportation, tariff and trust.
Here is the trouble, and there are
three C's, Crush, Change and Con
trolled unwritten. And the iron.
bound oath that our friendly poll
teal newspapers abuse us so about
/ will now tell you what the oath is
1t is to crush the trust, change the
tariff, and control the transporta.
ton. We are going to succeed in
our efforts to obtain large circula
, ting medium. We must have more
currency and we will have it
Farmers North who wore the blue
have reached out to the South AMI
; taken the Southern farmer who
wo, the gray by the hand and said
to him: We have never asked you
to surrender to king monopoly and
partial legislation, but only to pre-.
serve the Union alike good for all
and no brave Southern far ner ever
surrendered to such circumstance
Though defeated it was but to save
tina Union and the chivalry of the
entire South. To-day he is deter
mined to preserve the Union anC
the constitution at all hazards, anG
the result is sectional strife anG
partisan prejudice are buried face
p DOWN. ard to scratch on to hades
. ami the politician who raises the
dead issues in the future will go like
. Wade Hampton and John J. Ingalls,
: Mr.. Mayor, The Farmers Alliance
| means the greatest good for thu
greatest number, and is determined
! to have exact justice for all, anc
+ especially favors to none. 1t mum
bers in cooperation near four hun
,, dred thousand, and has come t.
stay, aud will be held intact as
non-p trtisan organization. Mem
bers Of all political par les may joiu
the organization, and it will 500,
become third political party
There is big political siguificane
in it, but not party political signi
ficanco, because that would meal
9 hopeless ruin. We have alread,
u made a few Governors and Con
gressmen, and bid fair for 2uO mex
9 iyear.