The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
PROGRAMME Or THE ALLIANCE.
Measures that IL will Push at the
Next Needing of Congress.

officials on duty 1T the headquarters of
the Farmers Ai3ance In this CITY are
busily engaged arranging the pro-
grauine Of legilI &tion which they hope
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tiie next House who will vote
with it upon allmeasures. 1t also claims
four Senators: PETER of Kansas, KYLE of
South Dakota, Irby of South Carolina
and Vance of North Carolina.
The Alliance claims Vance because he
was elected after the Legislature of his
State had passed resolution that no
mau could be chosen Senator until he
agreed to a programme which was prac-
tically that of tie Alliance. Mr.. Vance
having agreed to those resolutions. the
Alliance now claims him as its own.
At the next session the Sub. Treasury
bill as it was introduced in the last Con
gress will not, it is understood, make its
appearance. That, they say at Alliance
headquarters, has been repudiated by
both Houses of Congress, and will for
That reason not be resurrected. A bill
constructed, however, upon similar lines
and embodyiug the same principle will
be introduced in both Houses and push
ed to vote. Exactly what changes will
be made in the original Sub. Treasury
bill has not rat. LS--r -r<~~ss.s-s-sv<ss-----
-Tffe Stanford Land Loan bill will not
be touched by the Alliance. The lead
ers of the latter are very much put out
because the people think the Stanford
bill finds favor with them. The Alliance
people think that designed to help only
those who already have fair share of
this worlds GOODS fsand that the only
people who are boohing it are those en-
gagged in booming SENATOR Stanford for
the Presidency. AS for the Alliance, it
declares it will have nothing to do with
either Senator Stanford or his bill.
The bill on the same subject and in
troduced under Alliance auspices will
provide for the relief of the agricultural
population of tho United States, and for
the promotion and encouragement of ag-
rlculture. Its main features will provide
that any citizen who owns and resides
upon any tract of land containing not
less than ten nor more than 500 acres,
and who has at least one half of that
ssssIs sissa sssss: @ loan not
to exceed one half the assessed value of
the land and the improvements on it.
The loars are to. be for not less than five
nor more than ten years, and the bor-
rover is to pay interest at "a per cent.
Another measure which the Alliance
will push is free coinage bill. These
three measures are the ones in which it
will take the most interest; but other
bills will come from sits hands. It will
have introduced a.bill providing for Gov;
-ernment control Of ailroads apdstele-
graph systems, Id gard TO the rail
road and telegraph bPanies the Alli.
ance is misunderstood e is said, at its.
headquarters. Itia k as is sgeperaly
ership of railroads al ne telegraph. 1t
amply wants the Government TO control
them. s, ;sti' - -
TheAllianceS viii not, bring forward
my tariff, biils II win content itself
with demanding the equalization Of the
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abolish the natiosa a banking System.