The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-18
RALLY OF THE FARMERS.
THIRD PARTY ADVOCATES FIND IT
UPHILL WORK.


President Polk's Annual Address.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Nov. 17-It was
late last night, or rather early this morn
ing. when most Of the delegates to the
farmers alliance sought slumber. The
chief topic Of conversation and discussion
was the third party movement. The propo-
gators Of the movement went 10 bed
tired but happy. for they had worked hard
and felt that they had accomplished
much. The ants, while not so confident,
were still determined that the third party
movement should not receive the indorse-
ment of the alliance or the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association. The third party men
have big lobby in attendance and are
working tooth and nail to carry
their point. 1t is claimed by
the Peoples party men that the "big
five" Polk, Macne, Livingston, Tillman
and Terrell, alone stand in the way Of in
dorsing the Peoples party. On the other
hand, these latter gentlemen say that parti-
san action is expressly FORBIDDEN by the
alliance constitution and predict that the
organization Of third party will kill the
alliance.
MEETING OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL.
The supreme council OF the farmers al
lance was called to order in Tomliuson
hall at lo:40 O'Clock this morning by Presi-
dent Force of the Indiana alliance, with
nearly all the 100 delegates and 500 specta-
tors in attendance. Mayor Thomas l. Sui
livan was introduced and welcomed the
delegates. T. r. Tillman, secretary of the
alliance executive committee, in responding
thanked the people Of indianapolis for their
warm welcome and paid tribute TO Presi-
dent Harrison. He continued:
IL is the farming and laboring people who
feed the world, who fought the battles of this
country, and to whose energy and patriotism
this great and orious laud of ours ia indebted
for Its richest blessings OF liberty and peace, 1t
Is not our mission to tear down nor disintegrate
our honestly conducted industries, but to pre-
serve them Yet we do mean the death
knell to all illegitimate combinations and
monopolies that tend to destroy the very spirit
of the constitution. We are not here as poll
ticians, seeking to dispute partisan political
parties or to promote the fortune of any politi-
cal aspirant, nor are we here in the interest of
any third party, for by our very organic teach
ings we have right to vote with whichever
political party we may think will best advance
| good government.
| THE BILLLoN-DoLLAR CONGRESS.
Idesre to call your attention to the last
| bilion-dollar congress. Its expenditures
reached a grand total of S1,oO9. 270.4d. which is
| States money. More money was spent by that
| prohigate billion-dollar congress than was
| spent by all the congresses during the first
ment. 1t is more than So, IN, 900 for every day
from the time the Fifty-frst congress
met till It adjourned. Ir meant
a tax of $40 on the head Of every
family 70 support the general government
| alone How long would they endure 1t If coll
lected directly from them, instead of indirectly
as it is now, through our terffY Say what you
Iv1lnn ot...u -eR f..ln
come down to a reasonable basis OF taxation
ami these reckless expenditures by congress
must be stopped, or we will continue TO change
the personnel Of every congress Yet this is
not all, nor is IL at the bottom OF what brought
about the uprising of the people Of all parts of
| this great country. Transportation, tariff and
trusts. Here is the trouble, and there are O's-
crush, change and CONTROL the unwritten and
iron bound oath that our friendly political news
| papers abuse us SO about. l will now tell you
what the oath is. 1t is to crush the trust. change
the tariff ana control transportation. We are
going to succeed In our efforts to obtain large
circulating medium. We must have more cur
rency and will have lt.
| NORTH AND SOUTH UNITED.
The farmers Of the north who wore the blue
have reached the south nd taken the southern
farmer VINO wore the gray by the hand and said
TO him, eve have never asked you to surrender
to king monopoly and partial legislation but
only to preserve the union alike good for all;"
and no brave southern farmer ever surrendered
to such circumstances Though defeated it
was but to save the union and the chivalry Of
the entire south to-day is determined
10 preserve the union and constitution at all
hazards and the result is that sectional strife
and partisan prejudice are buried face down
ward to scratch on to hades And the politician
who raises such issues in the future will go like
Mr.. Mayor, the farmers alliance means
the greatest good for the greatest num-
Der, and is determined to have
exact justice for all and special favors
70 akARg In nRoft tNnNN 0FI
100000 and it has come to stay and will be held
intact as a non-partisan organization. The
members of all political parties may join the
organization and il will never become a third
cance In il, but not political party ignificance.
| because tnat would mean hopeless ruin. We
have already taken party extremes out Of the
United States, made a few governors and con
gressmen, ana bid fair for 200 next year.
Mr.. Tillman's references to the non-par-
tisan nature Of the alliance caused some-
thing of q sensation and were received with
about equal evidences Of approval aud dis
approval.
Gen. Weaver of Iowa was called for and
made speech on the general situation,
which was received with enthusiasm. He
was followed by Congressman Jerry Simp-
son Of Kansas in the same strain. President
Willets Of the Kansas alliance spoke briefly
and the meeting adjourned.
At 2 O'Clock the alliance went into execu-
tive session at the board Of trade hall and
the National Farmers Mutual Benefit Asso-
tion at the court house, both discussing the
third party movement
THIRD PARTY MEN DISAPPOINTED.
The opening meetings to-day have been
somewhat Of disappointment to the
alliance leaders and particularly 80 to the
third party men. The attendance has not
been what was expected nor the en-.
thusiasm so great, aud conflicts OF
opinion have arisen on important sub
jectsss which threaten to seriously
interfere with the work of the farmers
organizations. While the session of both
the Farmers Mutual Benefit Association
and the alliance this afternoon were secret
it is understood that the issue was sQuarely
joined in each, and that the result was IN
each case drawn battle, the third party
people making the most noise and
lndulging in the greatest claims,
but the ants are doing some very effective
work, land nothing but the-lfinal vote
can determine the relative strength of the
factions.
PRESIDENT PoLK's ADDRESS.
The attendance at the opening Tonight
was something less than 10000 President
Polk delivered his annual address. The
farmers, it said, had been Disseminated
against and were now appealing to the
ballot-box. The alliance sub-treasury
bill has received no consideration except
denunciation by the billion-dollar congress-
1t was the imperative duty of the people &c
arrest the evident and alarming tendency
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