The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-06

temporary organization be made per
manent. Carried.
At this point Mr.. Hall left the chair
and took the floor in favor of perma-
nent organization. He said eight out
of ten Sub-Alliances were opposed to a
third party, and the land loan and Sub
Treasury measures; he did not want
this convention to do only what the
farmers had been doing for 400 years
resOlute and adjourn. He wanted to
form an organization to fight the Sub
Treasury and Third party falacies. He
favored sending out lecturers to re
fute the heresies of the men who now
had possession of the Order. He de
nOunced the present leaders in the Alli-
ance as "Office seeking demagOgues
devoid of principle and seeking only to
serve their own selfish purposes.
Hall and McAlIister made very
earnest, not to say bitter, speeches
against DR.. Macune Secretary Muir
ray, of Texas, also made a speech full
of denunciatiOn and libelOus accusa
tiOns. He denounced Macune as work
ing in the interest of the Republican
party. That he wanted to start third
party in the South and divide the Dem
Ocratlc party with a view to defeating
it. 1t seemed for a while that the
speaker forgot that he was addressing
what is claimed to be an Alliance meet
ing. In the midst of the confusion
some one suggested that the fight be
transferred from @. w. Macune to the
editor of the National Economist and
Chairman of the Executive Board. But
this proposition did not meet with much
favor and the fight went on.
1t seemed that nothing but Macune's
scalp could satisfy the unquenChable
wrath of the SChemerS and the motion
to strike out Macune's name was lost
by a qOte of 26 to ~. This vote (6S)
was the strength Of the convention the
first day as it was taken upon an eXcit-
ing question and at a time when the
delegates were all present. The pre-
viOus question was now moved on the
adoption of the report of the commit
tee, and amidst great confusion a mo-
tion to adjourn till next day prevailed
with the previous question pending.
On the morning of the second day
the convention opened with the acceS-
sion of three delegates to its members.
The city press published to the world
but only three 1.-TWO from Texas and
one from Tennessee) materialized. Mr..
Davidson occupied the chair, stating
that Farmer Hall was sick. Inasmuch
as it had been given out by him that
this would be the largest representa-
t;On of real farmers ever assembled in
this county; and that twenty States
would be represented, " it is a wonder
that the whole convention was not sick
Farmer Wade was also absent. He
was compelled to return to his farm,
the Tennessee legislature. But Farmer
McAlIister was there. So was Hon
est Dick Dalton, Nicolls and others.
a test vote on the first day displayed
Ond day a test vote showed 72 dele
gates present. Of these ten were from
Texas, three from Tennessee, two from
Mississippi, one from Iowa, one from
Illinois and the balance from Missouri.
At no time were there 200 people in
the hall, and not a single delegate was
authorized by his State Alliance. In
other words the convention was fat
failure and the participants the worst
set of misguided men we ever saw.
Just as the convention was adjourn
ing a delegate called attention to the
fact that they we're about to leave
without making any provisions for
paying the expenses of the meeting
such as hall rent, badges, decorations,
etc. This expense could not have been
less than $50 Mr.. Gates, the Sergeant
alarms, announced that he was
authorized by Mr.. Hall to say that the
entire expenses were paid and no dele
gate would be at any expense on that
account. A delegate asked Mr.. Gates
where this money came from. "That's
none of your business, " promptly re
piled Mr.. Gates. Now we repeat the
question Of the delegate: "WHERE
DID THIS MONEY COME FROM?"
We go further: "Who is to furnish
the money to send anti Sub Treasury
lecturers in the field to prosecute an
" educational campaign" against these
demands of the Alliance?" Who is it,
gentlemen, that furnishes these funds?
All, we do not expect a more courteous
answer than the one given the dele
gate. Its none Of your business.
But it is the business Of those who are
following men who seem to have no
trouble in securing funds to prosecute
work that can only result in disruption
of the Alliance. In conclusion we can
only add, brethren, look well to where
you are going, who you are following
and who ''pays the freight"
w. S. MORGAN,
Sec'y n. p. P. A.