The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-01-28
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into meeting of Non-Alliance men
| lmanites-friendS OF lrby-and Ge
lirered into their hands for safckeep-
ing the principles, demands and meas
ures of the Alliance. All was lost.
1t can now be seen Whist that all
was and what "all" means.
Why did he do it: Clearly to give
Mr.. Irby the advantage. and II possible
to secure his nomination and election.
for it was well understood Nr. lrbE
could not get the nomination in an A.
lance meeting. Hence these tactics.
The why of his being carefully groom
ed is now IN full view.
The Alliance had no nominee and
did not present candidate to the
General Assembly. y large majority
of the General Assembly are Alliance
men. They should have nominated 4
clean and able representative and run
him on clearly defined principles, and
stood by their colors and go up or down
with them. If they went down, rise
and come again, and never yield. for
we are fighting for great principles.
The writer would rather We should go
down and be tight than to go up and
be wrong.
ALLIANCE RULE ADVOCATED.
If Senator Stokes had proved loyal TO
the Alliance the Order would have
nominated q candidate and elected him
Non-A Alliance men in the General As
sembly whose sympathies are with the
Alliance had 70 right to have any say
as to who should be the Alliance can
didate. That belonged wholly to Alli-
ance men. Where does Senator Stokes
get his authority to deal with Non
Alliance men? A loyal Alliance man
Will not permit his name to so before
meeting Of Non-Alliance men. IF
Hampton's defeat was necessary, he
should have been beaten with clean
man and on clearly defined principles.
II that had been done, Hampton and
his friends could not, and would not,
have said one word; tor their pabulum
is principle, honor and truth. But to
beat him with an unclean man without
any defined principles, is : crime
against the Christianity and civiliZa-
tion OF the State.
South Carolina is dishonored. and
Senator Stokes is responsible for it.
All can now see that all was lost,
and what the ':all'' was that was lost.
The writer does not possess the au-
thority and power to say go and sin
no more" That belongs to the Master
alone. II he had the authority and
power, and Senator Stokes came up a
penitent, he would say as the Master
said: go and sin no more It seems
Senator Stokes. by exercising the au
thoritv and power OF his high Office. in
calling in the Alliance meeting. and
afterward assuming the sole responsi
bilitv for the act, thinks he is the mas
ter.
Irby and Donaldson came before the
General Assembly from 4 meeting OF
Non-Alliance men, and as such had
no claim on the Alliance for support.
They forfeited it when they went into
the meeting Of Non-Alliance men. rs
there was no Alliance nominee every
Alliance member was free to vote for
whom he pleased. All Alliance obi
cations were suspended. II there had
been an Alliance nominee every ALI
ance member was bound by his Obliga-
ton to vote for him.
THE RULE OF UNQCESTIONING OBEDI-
ENCE.
The following agreement shows the
obligation Of each member Of the ALI
ance to the Order and to those organi-
zations with whom We have confcdeT-
2ted.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, December G, 1889.
Agreement made this day by and be-
tween the undersigned committee repre-
senting the National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union, on tile one part, and
the undersigned committee representing
the Knights Of Labor, on the other part,
witnesseth: The undersigned committee,
representing the Knights of Labor, having
read the demands Of the National Farm
ers' Alliance and industrial Union, which
are embodied in this agreement, hereby en-
dorse the same on behalf Of the Knights OF
Labor, and for the purpose of giving prac.
tical effect to the demands herein set forth,
the legislative committees Of both organi-
cations will act in concert before Congress
for the purpose of securing the enactment
of laws in harmony with the demands m,l-
tually agreed upon. And it is further
agreed, in order to carry out these objects,
we will support for Office only such men as
can be depended upon to enact these prin-
ciples into statute law uninfuenced by par
ty unconstitutional Economist, VOL ., No.
4, page 214.
The above agreement was adopted
by the Supreme Council at their meet
ing held in st. Louis, Mo, in December,
1889. 1t was Ieafirmed by the Su-
preme Council at their meeting IN
Ocala, Fla, last December. It IS the
supreme law, and from 1t there IS no
appeal. All Alliance men must con-
form to it, or get out of the Order, or
commit perjury.
If Senator Stokes were an Ii. d., ing
stead Of al NJ. D., he would know that
in all compacts between organizations
there are no reservations unless they
are incorporated into the agreement,
the written instrument. This lnstru-
ment shows there are none; hence there
is nothing to adjudicate. IT each Or
ganization could have secret reserva-
tions, and one not know what the other
reserved, the agreement would be a
rope of sand and fall to pieces.
AN ALLIANCE NAN CANNOT BE A DEM
OCRAT.
Mr. Irby, on the heels of his election
to the United States Senate. IS report
ed as making the following statement:
II am going to the Senate as Democrat
and in full accord with the National Demo-
eracy. I am in full sympathy with the AL
lance, but whatever may be obtained by NE
for the Alliance must I've obtained through
the National Democratic party
ask Senator Stokes il this statement
of Mr.. Irby IS in accord witt, the above
cited agreement? Is 1t Alliance doc
trine? Is it the dortrine Of Il ncn-DaT-
tisan organization Can the man who