The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-09


determined to press it to the end. If the
confederation of farm and labor organ
izations in 1899, through their repre-
sentatives, determine to make an indie
pendent nomination for President. | feel
safe in predicting that our order will
vote solid'y for that nominee unless in
other respects he was unworthy of con
iidence and support
II. Il. Martin, Secretary (same Statc):
We do not expect. in lS!'2, TO support
Grover Cleveland. Ben amin Harrison,
or any other candidate who does not ia
vnr these demands, or the leading ones,
su"h as the abolition of the national
bank, the "frcc and unlimited COMA &c
of silver" ard the "Sub-trcaSury plan, !"
or some other plan equally a> COOL for
the supplying of 4 circulating medium
to the people in SI ficicnt volume and at
low rate of interest to meet the bust
ness requirements of the country.
NORTH CAROLINA. w. :. Barnes, Sec
retary: More than % per cent. OF our or
der are a unit or "our Gemand>," as
adopted at St Louis and Ccala.
SoUTH CAEoLlNA.--I. William Stokes,
President: Outside of the lolitical press
and d small circl" of political spcculat-
orS the question Of independent political
it has not bcen discussed. independent
politica! action by the Alliance is cut of
the question SO long as the Alliance con
StitutiOn remains as 1t is. 1t cannot be
changed before ne,t wint T., and our
people are not disposed to worry at out
the bridge before they get TO it. From
a close and frequent contact with them
in every quarter of the State ran safely
say they may be counted on to stand
squarely by all tn" demands of the All:s
ance. Gov. Tillman to the contra y not
withstanding. The temper Of the Eeop'c
is such that they will rcpudiatc any man,
however trusted. who cannot support the
Alliance demands. just as they ropudi,
ated lla npton last fall.
FIORIpA.-R +. Rogers, Tres dent:
The general sentiment in this STATE on
the question of making an independent
nomination for the Presidency in 1892 is
not at all strong. Not more than per
cent OF the organi alton would favor
such movement. do not believe tina t
more than 10 per cent. of the 'rganiza-
ton would support All independent can
d.da'c for the Presidency if one should
be nominated. That would, of course,
include nearly all the Republican mem
le:s OF the alliance in this State
ALABAMA.-J, j, y. Oliver, President:
Much depends on the action of the two
old parties in the meantime whether or
not independent political action will be
taken IN lSG3. Should no concessions be
made the sentiment for Il new party will
be very great, and SO strong as TO carry
the State. | believe. OF course, as an
organization no action will be had, but
as individuals educated along the same
line they will generally act together and
they will b. felt.
L,risIANA.-I. w. Mcfarland, Sc re-
tary: There IS but little talk of an inde-
pendent move in this state, as the Su-
prcme Council of our order decided 10
| push the work of educati among the
people dur ng the year 1871. and to
take ~ political action until the con
ference of February, ls9a. While there
are some of cur ltaiing members who
| favor an independent move, the matter
| is held In lbcy yaure until such time as the
| Supreme Council Sha ! decide after dis
cussing the matter what is best for the
| order to do
| TENAS s. o. DowS, Secretary: The
Farmers Alliance in Texas has been IL
| grand rally ever since the national
| meeting in Dcccrabcr last. Over Il q
| suballancrS which have been dormant
| since l-SG have rcorganiz"d and gone I,
work, and over 300 new Suballian"rS
| have been organized. Five new county
| Alliances were formed the first week in
| May. The prosi Gets ar" that the orde,
will double its II enber>hip in this Sra.e
this summer. Every county has fror
| one to three a tive organizers and lcct.
urcrS
OHIo-Alva Agcl, PRESIDENT: Tie +.
| A. and l L. is less than one year Old in
Ohio The State Alliance has been or
ganizcd within the last month. The ico
pie are ready for organization, but unit
recently we have had very few worker:
in the field There were between 2ot
and 3C0 SuballianCcs in the state wheI
the State ll;an was formed, and thir
| teen counties were represented. l have
not the records giving the strength il
the State, but some of the counties
notably Franklin, Ga lia, and Adams
had 1,50J to !. O NJ members. During Thu
last month. however, we have been try
| ing to answer the calls for organizers
and are pltting a large number in th'
field. but their number is not >uiticicn
to meet the demand. and We are accept
ing offers Of aid from Kansas and othc
Western workers The next six month
I
growth We stand upon the Ocala plat
form. While some members may no
be In any more full agreement will
every artirular in that patforn
than members of political parties ar
with their PLATFORM. still it embodie
the present wishes of ma ity of tn
farmers of this country, and We go will
the ma; ;ority. Our growth in Chic i
made on that platform. The Chic L. A
and |. L. think it too early to mark on
course for 1892. The action of th
two prominent parties may affect on
attitude. If nomination for the Prcsi
dcnry is made by the Pc; pies party, il
convention that is fully and frenl,
representative of the wishes of 4 ma
.jority of the farmers of the country,
will appeal to the favor of all Obi,
farmers who are able to see that sucl
action is not inspired by willy politician
and not taken in the interest of any oil,
party. The Alliance is n protest agains
existing conditions, and it will be th
work of wisdom in the old party leader
to grant change. and that right early
as nothing will be left undonc. if nee,
be, to secure the granting of our de
mands As / understand it. we are hon
for that purpose, and 'nnity" will b
| our WaLfHWofd Hntll 'ne purpose is aC
compishel.
INpIANA.-Thomas W. Force, Frcsi
dent: Our State il ready for the thr
party in 1892, and the sentiment i
growing rapidly. | believe nine tenth
of our order will support the third part
ticket, and think | could safely put
even higher. The Alliance and th
Farmers Mutual Benefit Association il
this State are one in co operation ant
politics, and stand as ono order 1oo. co
strong.
ILLINOIS G. Blood, Secretary: A
least IS per cent of the membership O
this State j. in favor of nominating can
didateS for President and Vice Prcsiden
in 1892, and if such nominations ar
made so per cent of the members Wi
SUPPORT the ticbt t.
MiCHIGAN.-A. +. Cole. President:
am of the opinion that large majorit
of our memb Rs favor an independent
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