The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-06-19
'Did not fhs Far%ci6 AIIiapee % send

Mot by authority or consent of its na
ional officers. am told delegates wer.
sent there by State Alliances from onIv
two States, and / doubt if they were sent
upon basis of representation. The
Cincinnati Convention appointed a com.
mittee TO. confer with Alliance men on
the 22d of February next"
What, in yolr opinion, will be the
outcome of that conference ia regard TO
the subject of a third party movement 2"
81 do not know the shape political of.
fairs may take by that time, but I am OF
the opinion that the two old parties will
so endcavor to meet the demands of tho
farmers that there will be no necessity for
third party "
Suppose neither of them doesw
"Ihen belive large majority of the
members of the Alliance in the South will,
remain with their respective parties"
''Wili tho National Am s~..s2s a par
ty undertake third party movement,
IN your opinion ~
1.-The National farmers Alliance is not
apolitical party. But in answer to your
question would say it will not, because
it is absolutely non-partisan. Farmers OF
all political parties can become members
of the Farmers Alliance"
"What is the Farmers Alliance, Mr..
Tillman ~
''It is the greatest and grandest organ
ization on earth. 1t means the creates,
good to the greatest number, and abso-
mtely determined to have exact Justice
10 all, and special favors to none. We
have, standing together, from five tc
eight millions in cooperation, and have
mere members than any organization
known 10 history, and the order is be-
com hing more powerful every day."
You say it is not political party
'0n "IJ is missionary enSs1l yelt q
few honopolists from conftSg every.
thing, and is Salvation enough to save
this slcountry. The farming and laboring
people are fast coming to know how to
sticE together and what, organization
meals. They have the numbers and can
con,Sol politics: that is take it from the
han6s of the few and place il back in the
HANDS of the many. We are rapidly
burvinSs all sectional jealousies and Sec
tionaj 81 life in the interest OF the classes
who feed and clothe the world.'
slYo,, said before, the Farmers ALI
ance is absolutely non-rartisan.' You
saw nov, 'they have the numbers and cab
con,roT politics. What do you mean2"
GAS IN organization, mean it is AL.
solutcjv non partisan: but its numbers arc
ahsoJntcX sufficiently great in the two
old nartiS TO enable the Alliances to
capture botiS and TO control them to re.
lisze the oppressed oppressed farming and labor,
'Ir that is the purpose of the Farmers.
Alliance, do you mean to say that it !.
not political organ;zationp
''Tl,e Farmers Alliance sprung to life
from the necessities of more than three.
tourths of our people. The National
Farmers Alliance cannot become polit.
ical party, because it is composed OF
members Of all political parties, and
there is no party significance IN it. But
in answer to your question, | may say
that there is big political significance in
it, but not party political significance.
"Then there are not likely TO be any
immediate developments by your organi'
cations for third party movements"
Certainly not"
Then the Alliance will not put out
ticket this fall2"
''None whatever"
"A New York paper says that Lieut..
SON. JoHco tftS bitC otl'pOtt uuu Sohtio-
of the Farmers' Alliance la his canvass
for the Governorship Of that State. Js
that a fact2"
"There is not wcl q truth in it.
The Lieutenant Governor cannot control
the Alliance, nor have fan ythiDg to do
with it," AS
"Sunpose he should become q membe;.
With the familiar legead of Jones. he
pays the height. suppose he has en-.
deased himself TO the farmeIs class, and,
if he so desired, might. be welcomed to
the bosom of the Alljauce"
"Mr. Jones is not eli 2ibleto member.
ship in the Farmers Alliance, II he is, as
am informed, la &c manufactures.
This not only dcbars him from member
ship, but places him, with ali other like
manufacturers among those whom the
a,mers' Alliance has seen cause to de-
clare its enemies. Therefore, we are not
supposed, nor or we likely, to set pre-
cedenl of going into the ranks of our en-.
mics for material for Governor or any
other State officer"
cit has been said that the Farmers AL.
lance is now working for him.
1'By what authorityF
! Newspaper authority"
- tsWc have o.,ca hee,fS misunderstood d
from newspaper fd.in9sinto thc error ol
un:nten.io5cl'y nfsrcpfc cnsidg t,s.
~ have heard Some talk OF the Cit:.
zens' Alliaut Q !. .Whatrciation has thai
to the Farmers' hlliancel"
1T is. a kindred organiz ,tion for sucl
iaboring men as arc ineligible to tn,
Farmers Alliance by reason OF their resi-
dence within city limits The itizens
Alliance Is to the laboiin& class df tn
cities as the Farmers Allisnce is to, tn
farmers of the country
"Arc they independep< organization
| Or do they work togethe1P
They are inderendent q far as thei