The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-08-21
CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE
FARMERS ALLIANCE.
County Unions Requested to send Dele
gates to Meeting TO be Held
in 81. InmIs. Sent / 3.

the Alliance Brothers OF the United
States who are in accord with the reso-
lutiOns passed at meeting recently
held in the city of Fort Worth, Texas.
The objects of the Fort Worth meet
ing are fully set out in the resolutions
adopted by that body hereto appended.
the Undersigned were elected al
Exc cutive committee to make all ar
rdngemenLs NECESSARY for The con-
venLiOn referred To above.
We have cOrrespOndCd with the Cen
erai Managers oI II number OF railroads.,
and find that they are willing TO give
greatly reduced rates upon their roads
10 ali delegates attending this meeting.
\ basis of representation will be fixed
1T three delegates from each and every
county in the jurisdiction OF the Ma
LiOnal Alliance.
Reduced hotel rates will be secured
in tho city of st. Louis, and all mem-
bers of the Order arc cordially invited
To- take part III making this nHniiesta-
ton of the farmers of this county, a
grand success
This meeting as will be seon from the
Fort Wortk resolutions, is "a protest on
the part of the lovers of the constitution
of the Alliance against seeing that
Organization prOStituted by body OF
men who have no interest in farming
and whose love for the Organization is
limited by the amount of personal gain
they can got out of it.
This is an effort on the part of the
conservative members and real farmers
of our Order to emancipate the f arm
ers Alliance fromlthe control of scheming
politicians and designing demagogues.
That we will succeed in this effort we
entertain no doubt.
We especially ask that all the news
papers in the United States will repro
duce this communication with the APP
pended resolutions.
Communications addressed to Hon.
w. s. McAllister, Canton, Mississippi;
Hon. Will l.. Sargent, Rayner, Texas;
or to u. 5. Hall, at Hubbard, Randolph
County, Missouri; will be promptly
answered. Yours fraternally,
u. y. HALL, Chm, Hubbard, Mo-,
w. 5. MCALLISTER, Canton, MISS.
w. l.. SARGENT, R0yIteT, TcGoS,
Committee.
RESOLUTIONS.
We, the anti-sub-treRsury members of
the National Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial Union, recognizing the grave
and responsible duties resting upon US
as farmers and citizens and members
of our beloved order, the Farmers Al
lance, hereby present Tor the careful
consideration of our brother Alliance
farmers the following preamble and
resolutions:
Whereas, the Farmers Alliance has
been organized to the end that its NOM
beers might become educated i'll the
science of economical government, and
| that we might become more united in
our action, having been divided through
| the influences OF the war, while we
have ever been united in interest; and
Whereas, our beloved order, the Far
m6rS' Alliance, was founded for the eX-
| press purpose as set forth in our con-
| stitution To bring about the above most
important results, and that this educa-
! ton and union should be brought about
| in strictly non-partisan sense and
manner; and
| Whereas, we declare to the world in
our constitution that the Alliance would
| eVor advocate "equal rights to all and
| SpBcial faVOrS to nOne;" and
| Whereas, we declared to the world
| through the Alliance that we would
make no war upon any Of the Legitimate
interests of our country; and
Whereas, we were assured when we
entered the organization that no one
should be Ostracised tor opinions sake,
| md r. fused admittance into or turned
out of The order on account of any belle
might hold on political questions
and
| Whereas, we felt assured that this
orgaLiZation would be directed and con
trolled by farmers, who were homes
mon ard who would labor to unite the
farmers of our common country wht
were divided by tho war; and
| Whereas, we now lind that the pur
poses and objects of tho order have beer
defea ted and the organization defiecteC
and turned from its original purpose
and intention in the following manner
and ways:
| l. By violating the plainest principle
and declarations of our constitution, by
| advocating and declaring i'll favor OF tn
Sub-treaSury and land loan scheme am
tho government ownership of railroads
| 2. by debarring persons from NOM
bershfp and office for opinions sake:
3, BY putting men in important offices
and keeping them there, who arc know
and have proved themselves to be dis
honest, nl0rconary and corrupt, AM
have continued them i'll such Offices.
| 4. BY falsely and maliciOusly de
nouncing tho just and honest chosen
representatives of the people who haV
been elected to serve in public trust
although the honesty and fidelity o
such public servants have been proves
by long and faithful service.
s. By trying to direct and turn tn
organizations of the farmers and labor
ers of our land from one of the creates
curses of the age-the protective tarli
system-and to commit them to the ma
tional course of our class legislation.
6. By placing in the highest ofhcia
positions of our national and stat
orders mon who are not farmers, no
nave any interest in tho farming, bu
whose only interest and ambition is t
keep the farmers in the depressed con
ditiOn they now are, to the end the
NAV draw their salaries from theln
knowing that the depression of tn
farming class is.necessary to keep NJ
an organization of this character.
z. BY some of the leading officers O
the order, both state and national, con
sorting with the enemies of good gov
eminent against the true interests @
The people, and cOrruptly endeaVOrin
Nv dishonest methods to fasten upOl
the people the protective tariff and rail
road combinatiOn-two of the evils tha
the Alliance was created to put dow
and destroy.
5. BY private individuals in the All
ance, through corrupt and mercenar
motives, buying up the state and ms
tiOnal official organs of our order, there
by centraliZing the power of his organ
cation and that of the millions of farm
ers in it for the purpose of the persons
ggrandizement and political ambitio
and corrupt ends of these men.
8. BY changing our order from Ii
| nOn-partiSan character into partlSa
| body, by applying partisan politics
tests to membership and otitce-holdln
in our order, and by declaring in
statute passed at Ocala, December, lS9
and by proclamation OF our natloni
! president, that whom the majority
the National Alliance promulgated an
political principle, demand and hereSy
that every Alliance man must Subscrih
to and conform to such political prime
pie; therefore be it
8 Resolved, that we donounco the sui
treasury and land-loan schemes an
: governmental ownership of railroads q
: violations of the first principles OF goo
government, as paternal in their cha
acter, az centralizing In tbeir tendencie
and if enacted into law would Great
such a horde of national otfice-holdeI
as would fasten the clutches of I'll
- party in power upon the Threats of tn
people so strongly that the voices
honest, patriotic citizens would n
longer be heard in the control of gov
ornamental affairs.
We further denounce these measure
as being a violation of the constitutio
of our beloved order.
That we denounce &. w. Macune an
his corrupt methods, together with IL
acts of his tools and henchmen, as bein
a disgrace to the order and s stencil
the nostrils of all honest men who kno
n of their corruption and villainy, an
j thus point out to the order by continl
ing such men as this in power they al
enabled, by betraying US and our int
ests, to most effectually chain us to til
W juggernaut cars of monopoly.
We further demand that those me
ID who are not farmers be removed frOl
e the national and state offices of OF
order, and that none but those WI
have their interest in farming be a
lowed to fill such places, TO the end thu
the legislatures OF our government MA
know that when the Alliance speaks
= ia tho voice of the farmers and labOrel