Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-28
SAM H. DIXON.
A LEADING ALLIANCE MEMBER
ON THE WACO CONVENTION.
The Opposition Perfectins Organization
to Fight the sub-Treasury Scheme
Within the Alliance.
Special TO the Gazette.

| porter this morning called on Mr.. Sam II.
| Dixon, chief clerk of the house of repre-
| sentatives, formerly editor of the Mercury
| and well-known, well posted and leading
member of the Farmers Alliance, TO get
| his views on the Waco cOnclave, Senator
| Reagan's appointment to "a position on the
railway commission and kindred subjects.
| He, with possible majority of the Alliance
| people of this state who are banded to-
| gether solely for educational reform and
not for political ascendency and manipula-
| ton, is unalterably opposed TO the sub
| treasury bill, to which the Waco meeting
| lent its support and Endorsement. Speak
| ing of this meeting he said
The prime manipulators of the Waco
convention were third party men-men
| recognized everywhere as opposed to the
| Democratic party in TeXas-men who have
| been defeated for Office. l refer to J. c.
| Rhodes, Stump Ashby, W. r. Lamb, VIII
Farmer, j. NJ Perdue and other equally
well known third party advocates. They
| had the state organ, the lecturers, and they
| manufactured sentiment and sent men to
| the convention who favored the sub-treaS-
ury scheme, with the view to giving it 4
| boost They ran the gag law over those
| opposed to the scheme Right al the outset
| there was a manifest disposition to brand
| US as kickers, and we became interested
| spectators only. Their Incorporate resolu-
! tions and the bulldozing spirit displayed
toward every man they spoke of will hurt
their cause. Everything they did was of
a spiteful character. The resolution
demanding the resignation of Mr..
Hall, and in the event of his fail'
| ure to resign, demanding his re-
moval by the president, was foolish
blow. The president has nothing to do
| with him He was one of the legislative
| committee selected by the supreme council
in Washington, ID. c., and those who
elected HIM knew his record in opposition
to Macuneism and the sub-treasury scheme
He was elected on that issue"
What do you think of the resolut ion de-
handing the appointment OF MIR. Duncan on
the railroad commissionl'
THAT resolution was simply engineered,
and some of the leaders of the meeting had
no sympathy whatever with it 1t was
done for effect. They knew that if Gov
ernor Hogg granted the request it would
make him ridiculous, and by his refusing to
grant it they hoped to array the Alliance
against him. 1t was not adopted TO secure
Duncan's appointment as much US it was to
cement the Alliance against HOgg, and Dun
can was used as cats paw to effect its
purpose. The men who finally successfully
manipulated that convention were not one
half as much in favor of third party as
they were Observation-Disclosures. It was
freely claimed at Waco that prominent rail
way attorneys were in caucus with some of
the leaders of that meeting
''What about the attack on Congressman
Mills"
"The attack on Mr. Mills was undignified.
unpatriotic and un-American, and was not
shared in by the Alliance men, who are net
for politics, but are for educational reform.
MIR. Mills is stronger to-day with the peo-
pie of Texas than he has ever been before,
and that assault upon him will not be in
dorsed by the conservative element in the
Alliance. They don't think he has done
~ sab
While he is outspoken in his opposition to
the sub-treasury and his convictions are
clear cut, they are without desire to in
ture the Alliance and kindred organizations,
but to prevent their side-track with schemes
foStered by Wall street manipulators and
Eastern manufacturers with the hope of
RELOCATING the tariff issue and disrupting
the Democratic party in the South. This
opinion is shared in by many Alliance men
in the state who have studied the question
thoroughly, and many Alliance people who
are sincere in their advocacy of the sub
treasury are, without their knowledge,
tools of designing politicians"
'sWill the anti-sub-treasury wing Of the
Alliance put on foot any method to coun-
teract the sub-treasury idea!"
I'VE held caucus in Waco and agreed
to fight the sub-treaSury scheme within the
Alliance. We propose to carry on our
organization through the Sub-Alliances and
II DOSSlOle QeledL Tue duOpIlCH Oh the SUD-
treasury scheme at the state Alliance
meeting. to be held here next August.
Only one side of this question has been
discussed, and we propose to present the
other side. This is the only method 1 can
see by which to prevent a disruption of
the Alliance. If we are forced to fight
outside of the Alliance disruption Is in
evitable. One of the first things the AL
lance did after its organization in this
state was to pass-resolutions opposing such
schemes as tine sub-treasury bill We are
thoroughly agreed with the state and
national Alliance with the single exception
of this sub-treasury plan, which we think
unwise, impractical and which will not &C
complish the relief desired
ssYou labor under Observation-Disclosures
tage with the Alliance state organ against
you?''
1.-THE state organ never had any influence
against the will of the people. It worked
for Marion Martin against Ross and sup
ported Jones against Mills, but it had no in
f1uence because the people were unalter-
ably opposed to third party, and they are
as much opposed to it now as they ever
were"
Mr. Dixon said that Senator Reagan's ap- |
pointment as railway commissioner would |
be highly satisfactory to the rank and file |
of the Alliance He thinks Mr.. Foster will |
be the working member of the commission |
from the fact that he is thorough and !
practical student, in statistics. He anticir |
pates . warm state campaign