St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-20
Peoples Party Men Have the
Farmers Union Tightly
in Their Grasp.
The Subtreasury Scheme Has
Split the Alliance Very
Wide Open.
All Hopes OF the Third Party
Center in the Industrial
Assembly.
Anti-Subtreasury Workers to
Form a New Organization
at Once.

Peoples party has captured the AL
lance.
The Alliance has split on the sub
treasury scheme.
These are the net results of today's
sessions of the various farmer organiza-
tons now gathered here. The evidence
of the split was public before that of
the capture. When the supreme coun-
Gil of the Alliance met this morning
everybody but delegates were excluded
from the nall. Even Congressman Jerry
Simpson had to go. Then the pro-
test OF the anti-subtreasury people was
taken up, and somewhat animated de-
bate occurred as to the best means of
disposing of it with the least possible
friction. Finally. after two hours of
wrangling, the committee Of the ants
was informed that they could not be
heard unless they furnished the cOun-
Gil with copy of the protest. This
they refused to do unless they could
present their protest in person, and that
ended negotiations between the two
wings of the Alliance.
Hot DenunciatiOn.
The protest, which is very long, was
in substance as follows: The me-
moral respectfully and earnestly pro-
tests against schemes that are uncOn-
StitutlOnal, impracticable. conflicting
with the spirit of the Alliance move
ment, and tending to government pa
ternaliSm and state socialism. The
government naturally looks to the citi-
Zens for the supply of all its legitimate
wants, all inversion of which state of
affairs would make the government an
engine OF oppression, and the citizens
helpless and dependent. The prog
resS and prosperity of the indi-
vidual, as also the stability and
be left by any free government to indi-
vidual thought, effort and enterprise.
Any other system would dwarf the indi-
vidual and abnormally magnify the gov
eminent. Any assumption of the rights
and duties of the citizen by government
menaceS the truly American principle \
that government is of the people, by the
people and for the people. Instead of
relief from present oppression. the
measures promise greater evils.
The scheme would be partial to GER
tain classes, involving business details
too deep for the average farmer; attend
ant expense would make the market
price of money higher and would open
an avenue for SharperS to trade upon
the farmers hard earned goods and
products. The markets would be over
loaded with produce. putting down the
value of commodities and raising taxa
ton. Alabama, Mississippi and Mis-
souri, furnished examples of how similar
schemes to the subtreasury project failed
signally.
The Land Loan Scheme,
beyond promising low rate of interest,
presents no favorable features, the ex-
pense of maintenance being enormous.
Government ownership of railroads i'm
plies one of the two other schemes. |
Either the government must take rail |
roads from owners by force OF buy them |
for more than they are worth. 1t would |
foster political corruption and would be |
an arbitrary interference with private |
rights i'll many senses. The three |
schemes flavor strongly of class legisla- |
ton.
The executive committee of the sub |
treasury party will now proseed to |
Texas, where 1887 suballianceS have |
already declared against the subtIeas- |
ury scheme, and will begin the work of |
organizing a new alliance. A call for a |
national convention will probably be is |
sued tomorrow.
The capture of the Alliance by the |
Peoples party was practically accom- |
plished two or three days ago, but the |
full extent of the capture was not APP |
parent until today, when President |
Polk was unanimously reelected and J. |
IL. Loucks, of South Dakota, was chosen |
vice president; j. IL. Turner was re- |
elected secretary-treasurer and j. f. |
WilletS, of Kansas, national lecturer.
Peoples Party Victories.
The reelection of President Polk is |
IaI III Al.
pies party, but the election of H. L. |
Loucks, of South Dakota, as vice preSi- |
dent is regarded us a greater victory !
from the fact that he is member of the |
national committee of the Peoples |
party.
The committee on confederation of
the various Industrial organizations met |
this morning at the Hotel Denison.
The matter Oceasioned lengthy discus
sion, and ended in referring the queS-
ton to a subcommittee consisting of
MeSsrS. Terrell, Taubeneck and Baum
garten, with instructions that either
indianapolis. Louisville, Cincinnati,
Chicago or Springfield, ILL.,, be chosen.
This committee will make a decision
within twenty days.
The question at issue was whether
the call for the confederated assembly
on Feb. % should leave the way open
for the nomination of a national ticket
at that meeting, or whether the scope of
the work to be done there should be
limited SO as to prevent political action.
The latter course was the one finally
decided upon. When the assembly con-
veneS it will proceed to draw up q
platform of
Declarations and Demands.
and the two great political parties will
be requested to give them consideration
and Endorsement. 1t is not expected by
any one that the two great parties will
take any notice of these demands, and
the way will remain clear for thePeo-
pies party to take the convention after
the other political conventions have
been held and adopt the formulated de-
mandS of the confederate labor assem-
bly, as its platform. This is the plan of
action now determined upon by the
Peoples party. The confederate assem-
| bly, OF industrial unions, as it is called,
! will, in the minds of the committee, be
| the most important organization of
recent years. 1t aims for the cOnSidera-
| ton of all labOring classes aud the sub
seQuent diversion of the whole strength
of the gigantic combination into the
ranks of the third party. 1t will be
! composed of twenty-five delegates at
large from each confederated organiZa-
ten and one delegate for each 10000 or
| fraction thereof of members.
A committee of four. consisting of G.
w. McCune ann H. Baumgarten, +. w.
| Gllruth and j. i. STEELE. was appointed
to prepare the address TO the laboring
| people setting forth the objects and pur-
| poses of the February meeting. which
| address is to be published within twenty
| days.
At a joint meeting of the Alliance and
| the T. NJ. B. A. the third party move
ment was Endorsed amid the widest en-
thusiasm. The F. NJ. B. A. elected 5.
| S. Cause, of Missouri, president; W.
A. Bartlett, of West Virginia, vice
president, and }. p. STEELE, Illinois, sec
| retary-treasurer.
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