St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-15

The great Farmers Alliance Conven.
ton 1t Lafayette Is over, and the dele
gates will have hard time explaining
20 the members just how 1t happened
that handful Of Anti politicians stem.
ped In and took possession of tho ma
cnine. The Anti-Lottery League com.
mittee, who % successfully "pulled the
WOOL over the eyes OF the Alliance
Committee, and caused them to entirely
forget the Alliance demands and all
other duties they were sent there to
perform, consisted Of J. ID. Hin and
&c. Noise, two lawyers, Jno. C. Vance.
IN OK ONCE holder, and r. s. Perry,
now . Circuit Judge. (By the way, the
universal opinion Is that the useless and
expensive Circuit Judge system ought
10 be abolished, but Judge Perry was
there evidently to prevent any interfer.
ence with that ''soft snap.") For the
sake Of the Anti Endorsement (which Il
decidedly weak and growing weaker)
Ct their candidates for Governor, Treas
urer and Superintendent of Public In.
struction, the representatives Of the
Alliance abandoned their own platform
OF principles, and pledged the support
OF their constituents to the Anti oGlce
seekers and politicians pledge which
they cannot ful6ll, now that the sscat IL
out OF the bag" The Alliance leaders
were also promised that they should
name the temporary chairman OF the
next Democratic State Nominating Con-
vention, and they foolishly believed it,
notwithstanding that appointment can
only be made BY the Chairman of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
and Chairman Lanier asserts that he |
will perform that duty, - usual, him.
self. So far as electing the delegates
to the next Democratic State Conyeu.
fion by the s'white Anti-Lotteryites and |
white Anti-Lottery Farmer Unionists, !"
that would exclude all white Democrats
who favor the Lottery amendment from
having voice in the State Convention,
md admit all white Republicans who
oppose the amendment, and It wont
work. The Democratic delegates viii
'e elected, q in the past, by the Demo-
;ratic voters, and no others need apply
But perhaps the most striking part of
his nonsensical compact Is Article 8.
which reads ~ follows:
Art. s. We recommend that financial
lid shall be furnished Is the finance
committee shall determine, to the cam.
'atgn committee of the Farmers Union.
This caps the climax for paternal as
The members Of the noble or.
Ter Of the Farmers Union are to be a.
Cited the crumbs that fall from the t.
lie of their Anti political ofice-seeking
riends, Sin snch quantity as the CON-
nittee may determine" In return for
olitical support. the farmers are placed ,
the Illuminating position of suppl
ants for aims, which are to be doled
ut to them with . sparing hand, and
hat, too, from m institution they pro- {
sss to hate-the Whitney National
ank.
The Compact" 1t Is said, Was drawn {
p In New Orleans by Senator-elect Z.
}. White, an avowed enemy Of the A. !
ance demands. It has never been pub
shed by the Anti or Alliance organs,
} they are pledged to secrccy-the Al J
NICE delegates doubtless feeling too
reap and Inundated to let the terms
the agreement be known-but we q
lblish 1t in full In another column,
adventure the assertion that the rank
I'd nle of the Alliance will have moth A
z to do with 1t, when they see how
IDLY they have been s'soid' by the
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