The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1891-09-25
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
President Polk Makes Three Speeches
In Kansas.
He Says That the Alliance Move
ment Is Gaining Thousands of
Converts Throughout the
South Daily.


- ,-----<1EToRcED 1NTosTHE WAX.
I He states that he did not g into the
rebel wing from choice. He upheld the
union until the wave of secession swept
over the south, when he did as many
others d d who were forced to shoulder
their muskots. He had been offered the
command oi a company, but refused it.
as acceptance would have been construed
into an endorsement of the cause whose
! arms he carried.
He aft rwards accepted the Office he
held because by doing so he could indi-
| rcCtly aid those who were fighting for
the preservation of the union and in a
degree mitigate the sufferings of those
who, like himself, had been forced to
bear arms against his country.
uPHoLDs TUE STRIKES.
While not speaking directly about the
| contemplated strike of the cotton pick
ers in the sonth, he sad the oppressed
agricultural laborers should and shall de
mand the right of naming the Compensa.
tion for their services, and until these
demlnd are aCCcled- Ia LA -e-~>~y- -aos't- IN
i-vrir-ranu contain tied produce, north
| or south.
/, You here are fortunate in being your
own laborers, but the plutocrats ot other
states must be compelled to acknowledge
the God given rights of laborcrs, whe'h-
er they be white or black.
"Some Of our brethrcn have already
made their demands, and they will be
granted or entire regions will contain
only families ruined by their own greed ;"
In an interview today. Colonel Polk
stated that the alliance movement was
gaining thousands of converts throughout
the south daily. and the great mass of
farmers, planters and laboring meu had
deserted the democratic party and were
standing squarcly on the Ocala platform
81 b .lieve the third party will sweep
every state in the south in 1899. The
old bosses down there have tried to bull
doze and force the people to take their
democratic medicine, but without result.
Within the past six months I could have
FMfSsiSfes hsS sn foT portage"
Mr. Polk uttered these words with
feeling. and4declared eternal warfare on
both the old paSties. The bloody shirt,
he said. will be wrapped around tho '~
sectional agitators, and they 1alr st}Jf.
led too deep for resurrection.
THERE WILL BE THIRD PARTY.
Ill tnC dllldHtt uC " dSh'
ington in February declare for third
party!'
al cannot say but there will be third
party, 1t might have been prevented
four months ago, but now it is too late.
Our people in the south have been abused
and sneered thy, the democratic bosses
and the democratic press, and we will
stand it no longer. The negro donomi-
nation cry won't prcSent break of the
solid demosEaey will take care OF
the negroes and see that they are allowed
to vote They are largely in this move
ment and will be an important factor in
| the campaign next year,
affsAhte SAat TIE ss RspslSS Snss.lon
| against the pensioning of soldiers who
fought for the union. When we were
defeated we accepted the result as final
aud acauiesced. We shall never raise
our voice against the legitimate pension
ing of union soldiers. 1t is the result of
/ warfare and we can shake hands with
our northern brothers who wore the blue
and feel that they arc receiving only JUS
tice from government which they help
ed to preserve.
| CONFIDENT OF VICTORY.
Mr.. Polk said the peoples party would,
in his opinion, carry every southern state
next year. The alliance was for the
Ocala demands and would have nothing
else.
y X 4 s.
Is YOUR ALLIANCE on THE DEcLINE9
There should be no, such thing as de,
cline in Sub Alliance. And it q true
Alliance spirit pervadcs the membership,
there wM be no decline in interest, in
membership or in attendance npon regu,
lar meetings. There is too much of in
formation and mutual benefit to be de-
rived, If the Alliance standard is held
firmly and high, to admit of decline. And
yet it is not uncommon to hear it said,
"My Alliance seems TO he on the back
ground. We have dropped some Of our
members; others arc irregular in attend
ance." Something is radically wronl
when this is the case, and it behOoves
true men to set about to find out the evi
=. and correctit. Show me such an Ali
ance, and will show you one whos'
members have made little or no effort t,
help each other to build up the order a
large. Those who are full handed ant
can pay cash for what they buy pull OF
from their poor brethren and act indie
pendent of them. Their patronage
courted by local merchants, aud the
think and sometimes say, their money ]
good enough Alliance for them. Whel
it is proposed to make anote 10 the bank
these cash men decline to sign, who's
names would lecture the money TO run tn
Alliance for cash, and the poor member
are left to shift for themselves and /
mako the best arrangements they can TO
supplies to make their crop; they ar
driven to the necessity of'giving liens O
mortgages on their crops and stock
which results in the merchant takin
about all that is made at the end of tn
year.
4 Is it any wonder, then, that member
become disheartened and gradually dro
out OF the Alliance ranksI They see n
Improvement in their condi ion This
beautiful dream of brotbeTly love an
help vanishes They know they ar
honest they are willing TO secure. b
lien or mortgage, their abier brethren fc
pll advances made yet symp9th
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