St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-08-15
POLK'S REPLY
UNAVOIDABLE TO ALLIANCE
ANTE-COMPRO MHSE.
Full Text of the Celebrated Documents
Signed ut Lafayette by Which the
Ants and Alliance Propose to Bum
the State.
N, o, Daily States.

N. w. lazy Stdtts.
The long expected telegram of President
Polk in answer to that sent by Col. 7. iona
than Guce, of the Farmers Alliance, has beel
received, and it is in favor Of the third party
men lust as Guce and his friends maintained
it would be. When Guice sent the telegram
he hoped that a reply would be received ~
time to present it to the Alliance, which would
have necessitated re.opening of the matter
But through some hitch the telegram did not
20 through. 1t was quite late Friday afternoon
when Mr.. Guice, inquiring as to the fate OF his
message, learned that it had not reached
Wash ngton, ID. c. Then the telegram was re-
peated. 1t was in full as follows:
Has the State Farmers Union of Lafayette
the power to bind its members, against their
will, to the support of the Democratic party,
or any faction thereof, based on strictly
Democratic platform! Answs by Wire"
President Polk was not in town when the
famous dispatch was received, but Saturday
night he found tile message ana sent Ihe lol-
lowing in reply:
Individual members of the Alliance must
he left free to act according to their own judg-
ment. The action of the Alliance cannot bind
individual members TO support any party
measure or platform"
On Friday evening the third party men said
they had Temporarily adjusted their differences
with the Alliance, but that their future action
would be based upon the answer that was re-
ceiyed from Polk. Guice was very much net
tied at his defeat and to States reporter he
State to an independent party. If the decision
was in his favor and that the independent
party men would stand for the Ocala platform
through thick and thin, since it was measures
and not men the Alliance was battling for
Guice is on lis way home to DesOto and it will
probably be u day OF two before anything is
heard from him with regard to his future
movements. AS lie is a national lecturer of
the Alliance he may now get an opportunity
to 90 out and make speeches to the Alliance
and the famous " compromise may yet be
knocked sky high.
THAT COMPROMISE.
All the Alliance men have left LAFAYETTE for
their BONES. A reporter at Lafayette yester-
day obtained an authentic copy of the g COM
promise Here it is in full, and as will be
seen it contains all that reporters who were
present at the Lafayette meeting maintained
that it did:
LAFAYETTE. Aug 4, 1891.
The undersigned. members of the conference
committee of the Anti-LOttery Executive Com,
mittee of the State OF Louisiana and the. State
Farmers Union of the State of Louisiana,
recognizing the fact that they represent two
factions of the Democratic party of this State,
and with view of securing an Anti Lottery
plank in the platform of the coming State
nominating convention of the Democratic party
to d. feat tie Morris constitutional amendment,
and of electing all. administration pledged to
suppress, by all lawtnl means me Louisiana
other lotteries whatsoever: to preuent the
charter of any lottery company, and to main
tain, not only in name but i'll spirit, the prin-
ciples of the Democratic party Of Louisiana, do
make this agreement:
l. The delegates to the Democratic nomi-
mating convention shall be selected according
10 Democratic usage by all the white anti-lOt-
teries and anti-lottery farmer unionists of each
parish, and in cases where disagreements be-
tween these respective factions OF the anti-lOt-
terry cause shall arise, committees from the
union ants shall be appointed to adjust the
differences so as to insure the election of anti
delegates in each parish to the State nominat-
ing convention shall be pledged to carry into
effect this agreement and all other agreements
made by the governing committees OF our res
pective factions.
strictly pure Democratic platform containing
an anti-lOttery plank.
8. The temporary chairman of the conyen-
fion shall he selected by the Farmers Union
non-uniOn Anti-Lottery delegates.
4. The caucus OF the Farmers' Union dele
gates to the Democratic nominating convention |
shall designate the candidates for GoFerner,
Treasurer and Superintendent of Public In
stfuction. The caucus of the non-uuion anti
lottery delegates shall designate the eandi-
efal, Auditor of Public Accounts and Secretary
Of State. The parties designated shall receive
the unanimous support of both factions, for
their respective positions.
S. We Recommend that financial aid shall
be furnished as the finance committee shall de-
termine to the campaign committee of the
Farmers Union. o, :.
w. s. NOTEWORTHY,
A. ID. LAFARGUE,
w r. WoMACK,
j. e. BURCH,
~, G. WARD,
Farmers Union of Louisiana.
j. ID. Hill,
r. s. PERRY,
j. G. VANCE,
JAMES O. Noise.
AntiL0ttery Executive Committee.
This compromise was adopted by vote of
evenly. three to twenty-five. The twenty
wo who voted against it we're:
Acadia. C. Lyons, +. A. GreemaM.
Avoyelles-J. III. Ryland. ID
Calcasieu-T. l.. Davenport, /. j. Mills.
Catah0ula-J. r. McAnaly, j. X. Alexander.
Grant-B. F. Brain, G. w. Bruce /
Livingstone. G.. Brannon.
Natchitoches-J. w. Jones, j. G.. Davis.
Rapides-Z r. Squyres, w. w. Monroe.
Vernon-R. b. Paine, M. D., John Franklin ,
Winn-J. 81. Crawford, II. l.. Brain /
Webster e. Bayne, M. ID. G
At Target. A. Clayton, b. L. Tannehill, +. j
Guice. u
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