The advocate., 1891-07-22
NEWS OF THE MOVEMENT AND
POINTS POLITICAL.

The Citizens Alliance organizers have
moved on California, and the work will be
pushed vigorously throughout the state.
The Alliance of Washington county,
Arkansas, has passed resolutions favoring
the NOMINATION Of q Peoples state ticket.
Miss Matte E. Convis, the bright young
editor Of the Peoples Advocate, is billed
for an address at an Alliance picnic In
Jewell county on August 8.
The National Federalist is the name Of
q new monthly journal started at lndianap-
oils in the interests of organized labor. IL
is clean, sprightly paper, and should do
much good.
The Worlds Fair board of construction
has at last been forced to grant workmen
on the grounds and buildings an eight hour
day. An edict to that effect has been issued
by the chairman.
The Capital devotes four columns Of
space to an effort to prove that Judge Dos
ter is q socialist. One word would have
probably been sufficient il they had asked
the judge about it.
The most encouraging reports are COM
ing from Kentucky regarding the success Of
the Peoples party in the state electionlin
August. The election of majority in the
Legislature is already predicted.
The Alliance Advocate is the name of
the official organ of the Washington State
Alliance. It is published at Oakesdale un-
der the management of w. Ct. Gilstrap.
The Alliance of Washington will doubtless
give it the hearty support to which such an
enterprise is entitled.
General Palmer, the new United States
Senator from Illinois, has declared himself
opposed to free or unlimited coinage of
silver and in favor of national banks. We
have always said there was no difference be-
tween Democratic Senator and Republi-
can. We wonder if the two members elected
by the farmers are still whooping her up
for Palmer.-Public Opinion.
The Ohio Democratic state convention
met at Cleveland on the 18th and renomi-
mated Governor Campbell. The platform
declares against class legislation: for tariff
for revenue only; favors graded income
tax, and free coinage of silver. A member
of the committee on resolutions stated as a
reason for declaring in favor of free coin
age that the Republicans were opposing it.
"A. B. Montgomery, state organizer of
the Citizens Alliance, was in the city Tues
day and organized lodge of about twenty
five members. The meeting was very en-
thusiastic, and all showed great interest in
the object of the meeting. The following
officers were elected: L. N. Hitchcock,
president; j. E. Meglemre, vice president;
John E. BOtt, secretary; W. A. Pratt, treas
urer; w. s. WilcOxOn, lecturer; j. Flood,
outer WatOhman; George Friend, inner
watchman.-Colby Free Press.
Last Wednesday the regular quarterly
meeting of the Brown County Alliance was
held at the court house, and over 300 of the
most prominent Alliance men were present
and transacted large amount OF business
with the greatest amount of enthusiasm.
New officers were elected as follows: G.. r.
T. Roberts, president; F. O'Neal vice presi-
dent, w. Fl. Heimlich, secretary; w. M,
Heffner, treasurer, r. M. Patton, door
keeper; j. s. Scott, assistant doOrkeeper.
The meeting ended by deciding to hold q
grand picnic in Ben Sprague's grove, Tues
day, July %. Assistant Lecturer s. M.
Scott and number of prominent speakers
will be present and address the people. Il
was unanimously decided that DR.. Turner
be placed on the list of lecturers to repre-
sent Brown county abroad.
The annual convention of the Farmers
Alliance of North Dakota, held at Grand
Forks, recently, declared in favor of the
Peoples party. Among the resolutions are
found the following: Common sense and
q decent self-reepect dictate that we as in
dividual members Of the Farmers' Alliance
support such political party as supports our
demands, and we resent with all our might
the contemplate misstatements and down.
right falsehoods in regard to our aims and
objects and leaders 30 common in the hos
tile press" believing that our experience
shows that no party can have continuous
power for over q quarter Of a century with
out becoming more or less encumbered
with barnacles that, cancer like, eat out the
life of party and make il the servant of
the few instead Of the many, therefore we
believe that the best interests of this nation
be brought forward holding these views.