Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-11-19
THE FARMERS.
Their Various Societies in Council
at Indianapolis.
Belief Thst the National Alliance viii
Continue to Hold Aloof from
Political Organizations.
IN ANNrAL sFssIoN.

IN ANNUAL SESSION.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. Is
Farmers Alliance, Industrial union,
Farmers Mutual Benefit association
and other party badges are all that can
be seen in ,his city to-day Ali the or
CARNATIONS in the country growing out
of the uprising of the farming interests
are represented They witt be here an
the week preparatory 10 the work IN
cidental t. the beginning OF the work
of the supreme (ua,iona) council of
farmers.
The Alliance Industrial union and
Farmers Mutual Benefit association is
already wen under way Besides
these there are the meetings of the ex-
ecutive committee Of the peoples
party and the consideration of indus
trial unions. The national board
of Organizations is holding
sessions, the Reform Press asso-
citation is in conference and the
National State Agents association is
in session. and all the allied interests
of these concerns are being considered
generally, The present conventions
are not for the purpose of nominating
tickets, but for transacting the vast
business interests involved and for con-
sidering measures looking to the future
allied organizations.
The National Alliance.
The National Farmers Alliance be-
gan it's session at 1910 a. m. at Tom
linson's hall. President Force of the
state alliance and Mayor Sullivan de-
livered addresses of welcome. which
were responded to by iillman of
South Carolina and Ferrill of Texas,
after which the convention tool, recess
for dinner. President Polk delivered
his annual address in the evening.
VIII Remain Non-I rtisan.
The attitude of the Farmers Ali
ance as to the third party movement is
creating the most interest and nearly
200 have registered at the different
hotels They are men of dignity and
intelligence, and though conserva-
alive .sare genial and obliging. OF
course, for the most part. a dele
gate is an enthusiast and often
an extremist; the latter class
is carrying peace and discretion in its
right hand and their identity is evil
denced rather vaguely. The concensus
of opinion among the delegates and
mem bers of the alliance seems to be
that the alliance will perpetuate it.
self, not as a third party, but by main
tanning thoroughly bipartisan char
acter.
Many Organizations
The considerations organizations en-
brace the Farmers Mutual Benefit as
sociation, the Farmers Alliance and
Industrial union, the National Alliance
and Cooperative union, the Citizens AL
lance and the Knights of Labor. The
members of the executive committee
are: Ben Terrell, Texas, chairman;
G. w. McCune, Texas; John p. Stille,
Illinois; il. NJ Humphrey, Texas; T.
V. Powderly, Pennsylvania, and Ralph
Beaumont, Kansas. each representing
one of the organizations named above.
Il. NJ. Il. 4.
The Farmers Mutual Benefit
convention will have about 400 dele
gates, though it has but 200 900 meui-
bers, the basis of representation being
greater than the alliance
delegate for every 45O members,
while the alliance allows one for
every 10000 or fractional part but
little has been said in regard to the
object of the Farmers Mutual Benefit
association meeting, but its objects are
understood to be practically the same
as those of the alliance excepting that
it will be more conservative. The
expected result of the meeting here is
an amalgamation or at least the estab-
lishment of cooperative union be-
tween the association and the alliance.
The Peoples Party.
An informal meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the peoples party
and number of leaders of the party
held a meeting Monday at the Hotel
English. A. +. Taubeneck, of Illinois,
presided. The purpose of the meeting
was a general exchange of opinions.
Mr. Taubeneck says the peoples party
will go ahead even If the conference of
the industrial unions does not decide
upon independent political action. A
crisis demands the peoples party, he
thinks, and they viii not be influenced
by the alliance and the conference
He does not think the alliance will
break into politics as a party itself
The Reform Press Association.
The Reform Presa association held a
meeting Monday evening and the ways
and means were discussed as to the
best method Of aiding the organization.
= was deeided to start as rapidly as
possible a new daily newspaper de-
voted to the interest Of the alliance,
and if no proper arrangements for tel
egraphic service could be made with
existing press associations to establish
one Of their own.