Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN

To be Waged by the Anti-sub-Treasur ana
Third Party Section Of the National
Farmers' AIliance-The Macune Censure
= Resolution Passes.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 16.-The Farmers ana
Laborers' Convention reassembled THIS
morning at 10 o'clock. The first order Oh
business was the questions of yesterday
and thay were carried by a good ma)orlty.
An effort to make them unanimous revealeu
two negative votes, who did not relish the
resolution oensuring Macune The Commit
tee on Permanent Organization then pre-
sented their report as follows:
"We, O large number of the Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, representing
our constituencies in convention assembled,
being desirous of settling the differences
existing in our ORDER agree to the appoint
ment of a committee of seven members VINO
are authorized to go before the Supreme
Council OF the Alliance which convenes at
indianapolis in November and submit TO
said Council our objections to that part OF
the demand of the order for the sub-Treas-
ury and Government land loan schemes
which were adopted by the Supreme Council
at its meeting in Ocala, Fla. Said committee
are authorized and empowered to use their
own discretion in the premises.
Bureau of Information Proposed.
-"Pending these negotiations for an ami
cable settlement of our differences, the COM
mittee hereto provided for shall constitute
bureau of information, and shall use all
legitimate means for informing the subord1-
nate unions and the people in regard to the
true views and principles now engaging the
attention of the industrial classes OF Amer
lea. Said committee is authorized to secure
competent speakers and suitable literature,
and to devise ways and means for paying all
the expenses of an educational campaign.
Said committee is authorized to call a con-
vent1on of all anti-sub-treasury brethren
throughout the country to consider the re-
port of the committee as to the result of the
conference with the Supreme Councll, ana
may fix the time and place of meeting and
make such arrangements as may be deemed
necessary.
select a committee, such committee to CON
stitute State Bureau of Information, which
shall be empowered to make all necessary
arrangements to obtain speakers and con-
duct a campaign of education against the
sub-Treasury and land loan schemes in their
respective States, and shall cooperate with
the National Committee"
This did not satisfy B, W. Nicolds, of Mis-
souri,, and he offered the following amend
ment, which was unanimously adopted:
For Complete Political Liberty.
-'That said committee be authorized to
file the conventions unalterable and unend-
ing objection to the passage Of any resolu-
ton whatever binding the individual men,
bers of the Farmers Alliance to any political
course of action; and we hereby protest
against the action of any previous meeting
infringing upon the individual political
rights of any member of the order"
The report as q whole was then adopted
by unanimous vote. Then came one Of the
most important declarations of the conven-
ton. 1t has been maintained right along
by many of the delegates, and some even
went SO far last night as to give out to the
press, that new State organization in Mis-
souri, had been organized that this conyen-
ton ton was for the express @ purpose, ,S o. seeealng
Industrial Union, and form q new body in
opposition to the present organization. A.
s. Smith, of Missouri, wanted to protest
against these erroneous statements and in
troduced the following, which was adopted
unanimously:
WHEREAS, The impression has gained some
credence that the primary OF ultimate OBJ
ject Of this meeting is for the purpose of ef-
fecting separation or division of the order
and the formation of distinct organiza-
ton, therefore,
"Resolved, That such purpose is not and
has not at any time been the intention of
this meeting, but that its object is purely
one Of expressing its opposition to the pro-
posed sub-treasury and land loan enact
ment, and to institute an educational move
ment in that direction, thereby bringing the
organization back to those principles of
wisdom, justice and fraternity on which it
was originally based"
The Cooperation OF Outsiders Asked.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
tion asked for further hearing, and the fol-
lowing was presented:
Believing that the future policy and pros
perity of the Government and of the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union depend
in a large measure upon the action of this
body in setting forth plans for the work in
the future; fully realizing the fact that we
need the hearty cooperation of all people,
and especially of the members of our order,
and in order to secure the same we recon-
mend that the members in each State who
oppose the sub-treasury and land loan
scheme, the Government ownership of rail-
roads and who are not represented in this
meeting, be respectfully invited to co.
operate with us, and are further requested
to proceed to organize and to elect one men,
ber from each State who shall become a
member of the National Central Committee
provided for by the report of the Committee
on Permanent Organization.
This report was adopted without debate.