The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-11-06
ALLIANCE TOPICS.
The Illinois Convention Decides
Against Monopoly.
The Florida Farmers Held Their An.
nual Meeting at Dade City and
Excluded Reporters.


SPRINGFIELD, It'll. The state assem-.
bly, Of the Farmers Mutual Benefit Asso-
citation adOpte resolutions in substance
rs follows: The favoring an equal as
sessment of all classes of property, real,
personal aud corporate graduated income
tax; increase of the circulating medium
to poinS that will admit of the business
OF the country being done on cash bas-
is; free and unlimited coinage of silver
and declaring the present system of stor-
ing silver fraud; demanding that all
stocks and. haRa ~ cogpopnd bc "a
for 81 they af1 =! INIT G.
gitinate, and 81 all 'watered 3 VA s{iSll
be retired; opposition to fostdring GER
tain Industries by government bonds; in
favor of the cooperation and federation
of all the farmers and labor organiza-
tions; denouncing dealing in futures on
oil agricultural and mechanical products;
favoring the enactment Of laws to pre-
vent the adulteration of food products;
opposing alien ownership of land; favor
ing the uniform system of text books for
public schools, to be furnished by the
state at cost.
The resolutions also favor the election
OF president, vice-president, United
States senators and postmasters by di-
rect vote Of the people, advocate patron
lzlng manufacturers who use home grown
hbrcs in the manufacture of binding
twinc, rope, bagging, etc. favor the cX-
tension of the free postal delivery system
to people outside of towns and tho cleo
tion of men of agricultural ccllegc3 to
the halls of the legislature
The following resolution led to. pro-
tracted debate, but was finally szdoptcd
by large majority:
We arc opposed to all monopolie', and
want it distinctly understood that the or
ganized liquor traffic is included. We
oppose the unholy alliance of the govern
ment with the said business. AS a rem
edy, we propose that the revenue and Ii
ccnse laws, high or low, must bc repeal
ed, both state and national.
THE FLORIDA BRETHREN
sjADE CITY, FLA.-Atthe second days
session of the state alliance, President
Rogers appointed all committees for the
routine work of the convention and de-
livered his annual address. In this he
referred sharply to the dissensions in the
order, arising chiefly from admission to
membership of persons who GAINED ad-
mittancc for the purpose of otiice,or ,po-
litical influence. The subtreasury schame
was warmly endorsed, The Sprcai6 ~
closed his address as f0ffows.
1t is a fact that partisan pres "a
distorted the truth in references t1'f{,c
Ocala platform and subtrcasury plan. and
In our state the democratic press is wont
to read every man out of the party who
advocates tho Ocala platform and sub
treasury plan. The result of such an on
slaught upon the alliance has cansed
many of our members to advocate third
party. This condition of affairs is to be
deplorcd. My judgment is that the
Ocala platform contains not syllable
which cannot readily be endorsed by
every true democrat throughout the coun-
try.
The reports of the state secretary and
other officers followed the delivery OF the
annual address. United States Senator
Pasco was the delegate from the Jeff rson
County Alliance, and there was stronp
opposition to seating him, the Sopposi.
tion being based on the theory that he is
lawyer and not farmer. He was duly
accredited, however, apd thsApresidcnt
having declared in his fayor he Nas seat
ed. C~IS-'
There was fight over the passage of a
resolution offered by Thomas Hind, of
Putnam county, to exclude all press rem
rcscntativcs from the hail.
Kinds motion, he said, was not aimed
at the correspondents present, but chiefly
at the Florida Times IIniOn which bo ro
garded as great enemy of the alliance
because of its opposition to the subtrcas-
ury bill, and its dcnunciation of Polk,
Macune and Livingston.
The debate. lasted nearly two hours.
and was finally compromised by the
adoption of resolution excluding re.
porters from the hall, but permitting
them to examine the secretary's notes.
with an injunction to send nothing out
for publication except what is approved
by President Rogers.
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE PROGRAMME.
INDIANAroLIs, IND The State Far
mcTs' Alliance met in secret session
with eighty delegates present. The
following programme for the meeting
here of the National Alliance was adop-
ted: On the first day, Tuesday, Novem-
Der II, the addresses of welcome will be
delivered at Tomlinson Hall by Major
Sullivan and President Force, of the
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