The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1891-07-09
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
THE PEOPLE READY FOR PO-
LlTICAL INDEPENDENCE.


LlTlCAL INDEPENDENCE
Tho Peoples Party Is No 'c.tional Aff,a IN
1T IL In Every Stats from l. kes to Gull
The Voters Arc Numbered by Millions
and tho Next President VIII Wear ow-
hide boots.
In reading the following dispatch sent
out from New York to the Associated
Press, bear in mind that it is old party
authority, and that 1t b,littles the
strength of the third party force instead
of cxaggcrating it
But it shows strength enough to war
| rant the prediction that the next FRESH
dent of the In n'tc / States will wear COW
hide boots.
New YORK, June Now that tho
| leaders OF the Farmers Alliance have
| practically de ided to go into indepen
| dent politics and make nominations fOl
| the Presidency in 1892, the strength O1
| the Alliance and the extent of the third
| party feeling in the organization become
matters of interest aud Importance.
| For the purpose of getting this i'll.
| formal Oh the State officers of twenty.
| eight State Alliances whi h now hoe
| charters from the National Farmers
| Alliance and lndnstr al Union. the mos1
| powerful of the agricultural organi7a
| tions. were requested to answer these
| questions:
| /. What is the approximate strength
| of the Alliance in your STATE now''
9. What has been the growth of Tho
order since the Oca a convention?
3. What is the general feeling n re
| gard to the nomination of candidates fol
the Presidency and Wee PreSidcnc:: II
1892?
4. What proportion of tn" membership
| will. in your oIin on. support such nomi
nations should they be made?
| Herewith are given the replies re
| ceved Among many Of the Alliance
men there is wcll-dciined suspicion
| that anything emanating from newspa
| pcrS other than those devoted to thciI
order must be antagonist G. Hence some
OF the officials did not answer From
| other sources. however, informat;o on i
| gathered about those Stat 5 that are or
ganized but which are not included il
the letters which follow:
Georgia. $500 Missisrippi 40 "a
Kansas. 1909 20 osa.............l5,O1 Il, %
Missouri ....-... 5000 California. -aa,co
virginia. tS.0oo Maryland SEQ
In nearly every one of these State
there has been an in rcaSr in member
ship since the Gala convention II
| Iowa il is i'll round numbers 10, 600 art
In California 500.
In addition to these States, Oregon i,
ready for a State organization with l0'
sub Alliances and about 4.CO0 members
New Jersey is in the same way will
| fifty sub Alliances and 800 members
and the organization has a guoi start il
Wyoming, Idaho, Washington. and Min
| ncSota. Little progress has been mad,
as yet in New England, but outside o
that section the national officers of TIL.
Alliance expect TO have every State il
the nion organized before the mcctin,
of the Federation of Industrial Organi
cations, which will meet in Washington
FEB. >. for the purpose Of taking actio,
on The thirdI arty question, and it j
predicted that the movement will thcl
be indorSed.
| In addition t0 the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, there ar
the Co'ored Farmers Alliance. tn
Farmers Mutual Eenetit Association
the Patrons of IIusbandry and TIN
! 4
membership of /, 500, 00n, the grca
mass of wliirh is, of course, iii th
South. The +. NJ. B. A has abou
15o, 600 members. n arly all of whom ar
In Illinois, Indiana aud hio: the Pa
irons of IIu>handry are atont $50, o.
strong and are pretty well scattcre
over the NorthrrE States. The North
western Alliance is strong in Ncbra-k a
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa, and it
roll of mcmb rship reaches about l15, 90
to 2nc.0OO men.
In estimating the voting strength O
all these organizations, a deduction of a
least - per cent must be made fu
women and minors
OutSi of the purely farmers organ
izationS the knights of Labor with 300,
900 members is in afiliaton with tn
new movement. besides the Citizens Al
lance, which is of unknown strength
As far as the political feeling Is cor
cerned, it is claimed that among tn
Western aud Northwestern men they ar
enthusiastic for a new party, viii i
the South ard East that feeling is raj
idly growing, but that there is d spos
ton in the South to await the action c
the Democratic party in the next Cor
grcss. and if the Alliance tongressmr
arc not properly recognized. and if
: sub,reasury bill is not reported, til
, | Southern Alliance men will Join the ne
, | movement
, The Southern Alliance men are sol
, for the stlb-treasury scheme, and al
, equally as 50 i'll against Grover Clevt
land as the Demo ratio nominee ne,
: year.
, From the letters from state Allanc
officials, til. following tabe has bee
prepared. Some If the officials refll.
to furnish other estimates. or talk
ambigEously that it is impossible to mat
2 deductions The first column of tgur.
shows "the approximate strength, II
: second the growth since the Cca 4 Coz
. vention:
| State
. | New York rk........................ 25,t00 16C
Peunsy syiyanfa. Observation-Disclosures, 100 O 100
l West Virginia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3O.nOl 49,.