Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-11-25
FARMERS FORM A PARTY.
Tie Alliance Taken Into the People s
Party Camp.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 19.-The
Peoples party has captured the Alli-
ance, and the Alliance has split on the
sub-treasury plan. These are thenet re-
suits of to-day's sessions of the various
farmers organizations now gathered
here. The evidence of the split was
public before that of the capture.
When the supreme council of the Alli-
ance met this morning everybody but
delegates was excluded from the hall.
Even Congressman Jerry Simpson had
to 90. Then the protest of the anti-sub-
treasury people was taken up, and a
somewhat animated debate occurred as
to the best means Of disposing of it with
the least possible friction. After two
hours of wrangling the committee of the
ants was informed that they could not
be heard unless they furnished the
council with a copy OF the protest.
This the ants refused to do unless they
could present their protest in person,
and that ended negotiations between
the two wings of the Alliance. The
memorial respectfully and earnest
lya protests against any action OF
the supreme council that proposes to
commit thea Farmers Alliance and In
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provision be made by the federal Con-
gress for government loans Of money to
individual citizens upon farm mort
cages as security, or to the demand for
government ownership or control OF
railroad property and transportation.
The executive committee of the anti
sub-treasury party will now proceed to
Texas, where 127 surveillance have al
ready declared against the sub-treasury
scheme, and will begin the work of or
ganizing a new Alliance. A call for a
national convention will probably be
issued tomorrow.
The capture of the Alliance by the
| Peoples party was practically accom-
| plished two or three days ago, but the
full extent of the capture was not ap-
parent until to-day, when President
| Polk was unanimously reelected and
j. II. Loucks, of South Dakota, was
| chosen vice president, J. II. Turn
er was reelected secretary treasurer,
and j. f. Willetts, of Kansas, ma
tional lecturer. George F. Washburn.
of the national executive committee OF
| the Peoples party, stated that the lead
ers of that party were jubilant over the
| election of President Polk. OF the four
great leaders in the Alliance, Messrs.
| Livingston, Macune, Terrell and Polk,
the latter was regarded as the one favor
able to independent political action.
| The election of II. L. Loucks, of South
Dakota, as vice-president, is regard
ed as a greater victory from the
| fact that he is a member of the national
committee Of the Peoples party. The
fact that large number of Farmers
Alliance delegates are also members OF
the other industrial organizations and
working together would indicate that
the trend Of their action was toward the
unifcation of all and the direction OF
| independent political action.
At a joint meeting tonight of the AL
lance and the F. NJ B. A., the third
party movement was endorsed amid
the widest enthusiasm. The f. M. B.
A. elected S. S. Gaust, of Missouri, pres
ident; w. A. Bartlett, of West Virginia,
vice-president, and J. P. STEELE, Illinois,
secretary and treasurer.