The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-03
NEW CRANK COMBINE.
Farmers Bave a Scheme Of Uniting
All Their Own Bodies with the
Anti-Liquor Element.

TRENTON. April 8, ls9l-Arrangements
are now under consideration for the
amalgamation Of the Farmers Alliance
and Farmers Political League In New
Jersey. and q convention to effect this
combination mas been called for April at
Bridgeton. These two powerful organi-
zations have for the past year been in
direct competition with each other in the
matter Of making converts aud organiz-
ing local branches. looking forward TO an
active political life in the near future.
II is claimed that the recent Legislature
enacted no law Of interest to them, but
rather avoided giving any attention to
the demands of their Legislative Com
mittee. This has led TO a conference Of
the arltators aud favorable considera-
tion Of union of forces, so as to be more
effective. g. A. Kirby. State organizer
for the National Farmers League,
and Daniel Davis, State Or
ganizer for the Farmers Alliance, had
their heads together recently and they
went over the Legislation of the session
recently adjourned and found that their
demands were entirely ignored. The
Alliance, under the leadership of DIR. H.
=. Atkinson OF salem county, has located
local Alliances in Salem. Cumberland,
Cape May, Hunterdoa, Monmouth, War
rem, Middlesex and Union counties. g.
League, has organized Cumberland d
county, and Is about to organize in Cape
May, Salem, Camden aud Gloucester
counties. Ex-senator Waiter ". Pierce
of New York, national lecturer of the
league, has organized local leagues in
Warren, Sussex, Burlington, Somerset
aud Morris counties. He will soon en- ter
Hunterdon. Bergen, Union and in fact II
the counties above Mercer. Lectu rer
Pierce has established his New Jer sey
headquarters at Rutherford and he is
now getting ready for series of general
meetings In the upper part Of the State.
In Sussex county he formed leagues at
Deckertown. Hamburger and Laf-
ayette. He states that the prospects
for league work In New Jersey is good.
The League as well as the Alliance Is
represented in the New Jersey Industrial
Senate, which Is new centralizing body
formed by the Knights of Labor TO offset
the work of the Federation Of Labor,
which is composed of labor unions, but no
Knights of Labor. So far the Senate has
accomplished nothing, and the farmers
suspect their influence is being used to
bolster up the labor cause. In conse-
queDce, they think more good would be
accomplished BY securing a distinct
organization. The direct purpose of the
new amaigamation Of forces is to make
political issue. Both organizations have
sought to accomplish their ends by pledg-
ing Assembly and Senatorial candidates
to certain measures, now they favor
straight out and out candidates. They
are disposed TO cast their votes with the
Republicans if that party succeeds IN get
ting the sympathy of the temperance peo-
pie who are now planning an independent
campaign, with the assistance Of the
Evangelical churches, to get an anri-cor-
poration and anti-liquor legislature.
Organizer Kirby, who, by the way, is
Democrat, states that it is proposed to
bring Democrats, Republicans and tenn
perance people together in a party or
league to hght on new lines, check ex-
travagance and curb legislation in the iu-
terests of liquor men and gamblers.