The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-01-29

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Let me say to Alliance men, the
principles, demands and measures of
the Alliance are not safe in any hands
except the hands Of Alliance mon, SEN
ator Stokes, president Of the State AL
lance, to the contrary notwithstand-
ing. Alliance men should no more 90
into meeting of Non-Alliance men
than Non-Alliancc men should be ad-
mitted into meeting Of Alliance men
when Alliance interests are involved.
Alliance men, the glory and success
OF our noble Order depends on it's
purity. Clean men alone should be in
the lead. Unclean men should not be
seen or heard.
THE ALLIANCE MAJORITY.
While in Columbia the writer learn
ed there are ninety y-six Alliance men,
bers of the General Assembly. Eighty
one mako a majority. There are fif-
teen more than majority.
Senator Stokes, by his arbitrary call
ing In (and in the Cotton Plant of De-
cember q ultimo he assumed the sole
responsibility the Alliance meeting
agreed upon and appointed to nomi-
nate an Alliance candidate for the
United States Senatorship, defeated tho
Will of these Alliance men, prevented
the nomination Of an Alliance candi-
date, and he trampled under his feet
tho welfare of the Order when, against
into meeting of Non-Alliance men
Illlmanites-friends of Irby--.and de-
lvered into their hands for safekeep-
ing the principles, demands and meas
ures of the Alliance. All was lost.
1t can now be seen what that "all"
was and what "all" means.
|. Why did he do it? Clearly to give
MIR. lrby tho advantage, and if possible
to secure his nomination and election,
for it was we'll understood Mr.. Irby
could not got the nomination in an Al
lance meeting. Hence these tactics.
The why of his "being carefully groom
ed" is now in full view.
The Alliance had DO nominee and
did not present candidate to the
General Assembly, A large majority
of the General Assembly are Alliance
men. They should have nominated 4
clean and able representative and run
him on clearly defined principles and
stood by their colors and go up or down
with them. If they went down, rise
and come again, and never Yield, for
we are fighting for great principles.
The writer would rather We should 30
aoWn and be right than to go up and
be wrong.
| ALLlANCE RULE ADV OCATED.
If Senator Stokes had proved loyal to
the Alliance the Order would have
nominated candidate and elected him
Non Alliance men in the General AS
sembly whose sympathies are with the
Alliance had no right to have any say
as to who should be the Alliance can
didate. That belonged wholly to ALI
ance men. Where does Senator Stokes
get his authority to deal with Non
Alliance men? A loyal Alliance man
Will not permit his name to go before
a meeting Of Non-Alliance men. If
1lampton's defeat was necessary, he
should have been beaten with a clean
man and on clearly defined principles.
If that had been done, Hampton and
his friends could not, and would not.
is principle, honor and truth. But to
beat him with an unclean man witho ut
any defined principles, is crime
against the Christianity and civiliZa-
tiOn Of the State.
South Carolina is dishonored, and
Senator Stokes is responsible for it.
| All can now see that all was lost.
and what the "all" was that was lost.
The writer does not possess the au-
thoritY and power to say "go ard sin
no more" That belongs to the Master
| alone. If he had tho authority and
| power, and Senator Stokes came up a
penitent, he would say as the Master
said: go and sin no more" 1t seems
Senator Stokes, by exercising the ar-
| thority and power Of his high office, in
calling in the Alliance meeting, and
afterWard assuming the sole RESPONSE
bility for the act, thinks he is the mas
| ter.
Irby and Donaldson came before the
General Assembly from meeting Of
Non Alliance men, and as such had
no claim on the Alliance for support.
They forfeited it when they went into
the meeting Of Non-Alliance men. AS
there was no Alliance nominee eyery
Alliance member was free to vote for
whom he pleased. All Alliance obli-
cations were suspended. If there had
been an Alliance nominee every ALI
ance member was bound by his obliga-
tion to vote for him.
TIE RULE OF UNQUESTIONING OBEDI-
ENCE.
The following agreement shows the
obligation Of each member of the ALI
ance to the Order and to those orQani-
cations with whom we have confeder-
ated.
| ST. LOUIS, Mo, December 6, 1889.
| agreement made this day by and be-
tween the undersigned committee repre-.
senting the National Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union, on the one part, and
tho undersigned committee representing
the knights Of Labor, on the other part,
witnesseth: The undersigned committee,
representing the knights Of Labor, having
read the demands Of the National FARM
ers' Alliance and industrial Union, which
are embodied in this agreement, hereby en-
dorse the same on behalf of the knights Of
Labor, and for the purpose of giving prac.
tical effect to the demands herein set forth
the legislative committees of both organi.
cations will act in concert before Congress-
for the purpose of securing the enactment
of laws in harmony with the demands mr-
tually, agreed upon. And it is further
we will support for Office only such men as
can be depended upon to enact these prin-
ciples into statute law uninfluenced by par
ty caucus-National Economist, Vol. 2, No.
4, page 214.
The above agreement was adopted
by the Supreme Council at their meet
ing held in st. Louis, Mo-, in December,
| 1889. 1t was reallirmed by the Sll-