Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-04-30
ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ire
MEMBERs.
What is Being Done In the Various
Sections for the Advancement
Of the Great Organization.

On being asked for information re-
garding the call by Frank McGrath of
the Kansas alliance, for the utilization OF
southern aliiancemeh in the committee
convention, width is declared effort to
constitute third party, Colonel L. +.
Livingston of the Georgia alliance pre-
sented his views as follows:
al have not seen the call. Southern
alliancemen will not participate in the
convention. This whole question was
carefully considered at Ocala last Deem
Der, and a convention Of delegates from
the several farmers and labor organiza-
tons in the union was was called for Feb
ruary 49, 1892. At this convention the
demands, us agreed upon, were to be sub
mitted to the two political parties, and in
the event neither of them should agree to
such policy as demanded, then asecond
convention should be called. | do not
know by what authority the Gin
cinnati convention is called, but certainly
McGrath has no right as president Of the
State Alliance of Kansas to endeavor to
commit Allianccmen TO such policy as
indicated III the Associa! ed Press repayts
Such course of conduct would do harm
all along the line. The Ocala conven-
ton has provided the remedy for enforc-
ing our demands-and upon that our
people are largely agreed. A third party
may become a necessity to enforce our
demands, but certainly until the two
parties now in existence refuse our peo-
pie any encouragement or recognition, an
attempt to create third D rty is unne-
cessary, hazardous and unwisc. There
is quite a prejudice in the north
west among Alliancemen to aflibating
with either party. Whether this can be
overcome is question for the future, and
chiefly depends upon the action of the
iifty-second congress, which is largely
democratic If the congress now elected
should refuse the relief demanded, or
reasonable substitute therefor, then, in
my opinion, the northwest will be clam
orous for third party, with far more
| sympathy in the southern states than
now calculated upon. We cannot expect
our Alliance friends of the north and
west to accept anything short of an assur-
ance that the controlling political party
Will at least endeavor to so shape legisla-
ton as to meet the emergencies that now
are SO embarrassing to the farmers and
laborers OF this country, and a failure to
do so might drive the bulk of the south
ern Aliancemen to their assistance. /
have all confidence that the democratic
party will give us the relief we seek.
The northwestern Alliancemen have no
such confidence in the democratic party.
any more than in the republican party.
That is the difference between us now.
Time will show which is right"
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| ANOTHER REPLY TO M'GRATH.
Levi Dumbauld, chairman OF the Farm
er's Alliance state central committee, has
issued an address to the people in reply
to that recently issued by Frank McGrath,
president of the Kansas State Farmers
Alliance, who claimed, that unless the
farmers of the south deserted the demo-
cratic party the farmers of the north
would go to the republican party Dunn
bauld denies McGrath's statement. and
adds: ..'rhe peoples party in Kansas
is in the field to stay and has no
intention under any circumstances
of abandoning the third party movement
and returning to the old party lines. 1t
is solidly in favor of the overthrow of
both of the old parties without any ifs
and butts, and its delegates will 90 to the
Cincinnati convention on May 10Th for
the purpose of assisting to organize the
third party national campaign of 1892,
ready to clasp hands with all who will
! join that movement for the emancipation
of the laboring class. Hesitate or halt
| who may, the peoples movement must
60 marching on to final victory. Let none
lose faith or falter. Forward en- masse,
over all opposition.
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Industrial reform as contemplated by
the Farmers Alliance does not mean the
abrogation of the rights of any individual.
What it seeks is to deprive few indi-
viduals of special privileges by which the
rights OF majority of our citizens nave
been wrested from them. The privileged
classes have not only absorbed the wealth,
but seized the political power of civilized
nations. A system of social and political
economy which compels the laborer to toll
daily to keep want from his door, and is
so infexiblc that the sickness of a week
entails want and restitution upon his
idlhliy, ~ QUO OF tue WORST forms OF
slavery. 1t is labor which should EN-.
ploy capital--not capital which should
employ labor. Capital is the creature of
labor, made to serve and not to govern
it. Organized labor asks that the special
privileges enjoyed by the few be extended
to many, or that they be extended to
none. equal rights to all and special
favors to none," is our motto Alliance
Tallahassee. Fla).
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The Farmers Vidctte alexandra.
Lao very wisely says: "Unity of action
among the workingmcn is The only means
for improving their condition, and to
secure this there must be unity of senti
ment. No unity Of sentiment can exist
unless there is education in that direction.
This to be accomplished must come from
one source. The source of education for
the Alliance is its Supreme Council meet
lngs. Here the delegates come from the |
people expressing their needs. and in
council devise means for their relief.
From the principles and plans cnunciated
1t these councils the teachers both Iect
lrers and journals get their texts and
Mould teach the people one uniform sys-
EN-. Any divergence from this is scdi