The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-11-26
FARMERS ALLIANCE,
ANNOh-soyncrL MEETS IN


The Delegates welcomed BY.
Patriotic Response by Secretary H.
president PoIlt's Annual Add, ess->l
Tarifr and Financial Reform the Issue.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Nov. IT,
The Supreme Council of the Farmers
Alliance was called to order in TOmlin
son Hall at 1910 O'Clock by President
Force, Of tie Indiana Alliance, with
nearly all the l20 delegates and 500
spectators in attendance.
Mayor Thomas l.. Sullivan was intro
duced, and welcomed the delegates. Il.
| +. Tillman. secretary Of the Alliance
| Executive Committee, in responding,
thanked the people Of Indianapolis for
their warm welcome, and, after paying
tribune to President Harrison, he con-
tinued: ut is the farming and lab"ring
people who feed the world, who fought
the battles Of this country, and TO whose
energy and patriotism this great and
glorious land Of ours is indebted Tor its
richest blessings Of liberty and peace.
1t is not our mission to tear down nor
disintcgrate our honestly conducted in
dustries, but to preserve them. Yet we
do mean the death kncll to all lie 5lLi-
mate combinations and mOnopnliGS that
tend To destroy the very Spirit al,i in
tent Of the constitution.
1--WE arc not here as politjeions, sock
ing to dispute as to partisan pO!iNrat
parties or to promote the fortune ot any
political asplrant, nor arc we hcca in
the interest of any third party, fer by
the very organic teachings we have the
right to vote with whichever political
party we may think will best advocate
7 good government.
II desire to call you attention tn the
last billion do.,ar Congress. Its cHpcn-
, diturcs reached grand total Of 81 ,hO9,-
2GO, Ill, which is nearly two-thiWls OF
all existing United States money.
:: More money was spent by that :ot'i-
? gate billion dollar Congress than was
spent by all the Congresses during the
first sevcnty-two years Cf the history OF
: this government. 1t is more than So
1 l11,0OO for every day from the tlmc the
S III. tv-imst Congress met till diOu. ned.
n 1t meant Il tax Of $40 on the hc,td OF
. every family TO support the general .,ov-
e ernmcnt alone. How long would hey
T. endure it if collected directly from chem
II instead OF indirectly as it is now co cct'
. cd through our tariff!
y
= it must and shall come down to a ,Has
~ enable basis of taxation, and these :eck
" less expenditures by Congress must b
1r stopped, or we will continue to chang
to the personnel 0 every Congress.
"N'et this is not all, Tor is it the BOT
TOM which brought about the uprising {
rhc people OF all parts Of this great "u
try. Transportation, tariff and t'uS
Oh here is the trouble. There are thrl
al C.'s-crush, change and controlled
il that constitute the unwritter and 'rOl
90 bound oath that our friendly politics
- newspapers abuse us 50 about. | wi
iu now tell you what the oath is. 1t is
y. crush monopoly, change tarii and COZ
in troll transportation. We are "oin5
" succeed in our efforts to obtain a arg
y. circulating medium. We must hay
ed more currency and will have it.
IN "bIr. Mayor, the Farmers Ali.lnt
nd means the greatest good for the M,ca
ed est number, and Is determined to nav
or exact justice for all and especial favor
)e- TO none. 1t numbers in cooperate
IL II ,ar 1900, 900 and it has come TO sta,
le- and will be held intact as II nonpar;isa
90 90 organization. Members OF all pol. tic
~ parties may join the organization, and
on will never become a third political pa
in ty. There is big political signilican
in IN it, but no party political signilicanc
ed because that would mean hopeless rui
,nt We have already taken party cXtr"m
en- out OF us. have made lew goVcnO
Ike and Congressman and bid fair for .
We next year."
ere Tillman's references to the nOn.par
isan nature of the Alliance cHus
an, something Of Il sensation and were
ICY ICY ccivcd with about equal evidence OF a
NY ~ prOval and disapproval.
ors General Weaver, OF Iowa, was call
90 Tor and made Il speech on the gene
YES situation, whlch was rccc'Vca WIN
mn husiasm. He was followed by &c
au- .,ressman Jerry Simpson, OF Kansas,
the The same strain. President WillcbH,
her the Kansas Alliance, spoke briefly Il
'ere The meeting adjourned.
lelr The attendance at the opening
not night was something less than 100
lily prosidont polk delivered his annual ;
ialS droee rLo ,,rmor. no eoid bad hr
OOn I;a;>,;,,,o,l n,,i,.t ,,,d uoro uo,. q
pcallng to the ballot box. The Allar
sub-treasury bill has received II" GO
cot sidcration except dcnunCiatlOn ~
his. billion dollar Congress. IL was an
ar pcra i've duty Of the people TO arrest
evident and alarming tendency to c
pc, traliZc the money power Of the count
'osl- This was one OF the grand purpos es
res the sub-Treasury bill. 1t would n
est supplanted OR unjust and opprc"s
cred national bank system by securing -
f. OF people an adequate amount OF mo-
= I,'IIH direct from the government, al i0'
. u ~ rate OF interest. TO meet the lcgitnuI
II dnn demands Of the country. But III IA
h,cb iication Of the silent contempt VII
nino characterized the reception Of tho ne
need urc, assaults vehement and persist
rick have been made on its minutcsL dc,a
ton instead of arguments on the undcr.y
nicle principles. But despite these ass"u
ma the sub-trcasury had grown unit
most sentiment of the order i'll thirty i
cot states was a unit. Government CON
noes Of railroads, Polk said, IS one o;
lripe essential demands of The Alliance:
Kc III 4, pf no rnhlir 1nmoiD