Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-10
BOOMERS OF THE THIRD PARTY.
The Alliance Leaders Who are Preparing
for the New Movement.

The Alliance Leaders Who are" Preparing
for the New Movement.
From the New York sun.
Tho two foremost leaders Of the Kansas Far
| mers Alliance, Senator PETER and Congress
man Simpson, are both in favor of the organi
zation Of a new political party under the auspi
ces Of the alliance. 1t is important that thi.
fact should be duly considered and also the
other fact that the two Kansas feminine boom.
ers of the alliance, Mrs. Lease and Mrs Diggs
| take the same ground. The influence of these
four leaders is very great. Congressman Jerry
Simpson says that the new party is sure to be
set up at the Cincinnati conference in May on
the platform adopted last year at st. Louis, 81
the representative of all the industrial inter
ests Of the country. and he almost loses control
Of himself as he predicts the triumphs that it ID
bound to win this year and next. Senator
PETER speaks with less assurance Of the pros
pect, but he is ready for action in the month
OF May, when, in his opinion, the working
forces OF the country will be united.
Senator Kyle of South Dakota has also taken
ground III favor of the new party. Il stand, -
he says, upon the tripIe-plank platform
adopted at ST. Louis by the alliance and the
labor organizations and shall uphold the
course that is taken at Cincinnati"
Mrs. Diggs says that the new political party
Is 70 De known as the peoples party, and that
1t VIII hoist presidential ticket in the election
Of next year.
Congressman Davis Of Kansas saws that the
Alliance VIII surely put up presidential cam
aloate, thst the new party will probably nomi-
action may be the means Of throwing the cleo
non into the next House. which will have
thirteen alliance members. Other leaders,
however, hold that Ignatus Donnelly of Min
nesota has chance of getting the nomination.
II Streeter Of Illinois should be elected to the
senate In pf hat tint ha ,ul,f
become the alliance nominee for the presi-
dency next year.
The President Of the National Farmers ALI
ance, Col Polk of North Carolina il guarded
IN MS language when referring to this subject,
put ne recently went so far as to utter the re-
mark that ''the alliance contemplates putting a
national ticket in the field in 1892
Terence V. Powderly OF the knights of Labor
appears on the fence. He holds that 1.-THE indus
trial classes will make their demands heard,
but whether they will form third party de-
ponds upon the other parties
PRESIDENT Gompers of the Federation Of
Labor when asked about the political attitude
OF that body said: 1.-The federation fayors
measures, not parties. We are in politics only
upon measures. We are not committed to
party movements, but we favor all progressive
measures and support those who support our
measures
There are some of the alliance leaders who
are opposed to the formation of third party
AT the Cincinnati conference in May, and hold
that no political action should be taken before
the national convention of the alliance next
December.
One OF the famous alliance leaders of Kan
sas, Sam Wood, has issued a circular from To-
peha in which he tries to show that the prom
ises OF reform made by the alliance politicians
have not yet ''materialized." Has this been
doneY' asks Sam, about one thing, '.or this?''
about another. The alliance politicians have
repied to bls queries by saying that they are
not yet in power. oven in Kansas where the re-
publican senate tbwarts all their labors
The alliance organ, the Economist. sounds
the warning that there is more danger from
schemers within than from ass.,ilarts with
out"
There is at this time an alliance boom in West
Virginia, and the boomers allege that 1.-THE al
lance membership in some counties is greater
than the adherents of either of the two old
parties.
All efforts to boom the alliance in the New
England states have been unsuccessful; but
the new ma tionalist party is making a noise
there and bias put up a state ticket in Rhode
Island.