The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-28
FARMERS IN COUNCIL.
Eleventh Annual Meeting of
the National Alliance.
ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT.
ingalls, Defeated by Pfeffer, the Kan
sas Alliance Candidate.
Resolution in the National Meeting Ask
ing Pfefer's Election Voted Down
When Member Denounced Him as
No Friend of the Farmers.

OMAHA, jan 27-The eleventh annual meet
ing of the Farmers National Alliance convened
here this morning A resolution was adopted
excluding all persons not members OF the Alli-
anee from the session. About $50 delegates were
present. The morning session was consumed in
routine business ana the reading of President
Powers annual address.
President Powers, in his address, advocated
the general organization of trades unions and
Knights of Labor with the Alliance. No effect
i've arrangements of a national character for the
conduct OF the business industries of the eoun-
try can be made and prove of benefit without
being the effect of the laws
OF the organization which adopted them
To prevent general and continual conflicts
with the laws the government itself must be
controlled by these societies. For the attain
ment of this object, Powers opposed new
political party as not practicable for industrial
organizations, as the platform on which the
party might be formed would soon become oh
solete: witness two parties which have divided
the government the last thirty years. He
favored Independent political action, and be-
Heved in men pledging themselves to vote for
good men or good measures because majority
of any party or class may demand it. He out
lined plan of action as follows
"Let the Alliance discuss and agree upon such
measures as it deems expedient to form basis
for political action for this year and next
Place this by correspondence before the other
great industrial organizations, and with their
concurrence let a convention be called to COM
pare views and adopt national platform of
concise, set principles, which can be cordially
supported by all. Publish them to the world
disseminate them and prepare for great strug-
gle in 1892"
Powers thought the subjects on which these
principles were founded were included in the
following list: Money reform, ballot reform ana
the suppression of any vice tolerated by law to
the peril OF our national prosperity. Powers
dwelt at length on the money question and adj
vocated the loaning of money by the govern
ment to the working people without interest If
money is thus furnished by the government, its
boarding will soon be stopped and all the money
soon be In circulation. He urged that the gov
ernment should take the railroads into its own
hands and furnish service for the
people, which the corporations have
failed to do. This could be brought about either
BY purchase or confiscation. Land reform was
nightly touched upon. Powers advocated taking
the right OF franchise from the ignorant and
vicious and giving IL to women. In conclusion,
he said there was time when the corporations
and moneyed oligarchies looked upon ms with
contempt. The enemy is already marshalled for
battle. We must conquer or suffer gnominious
defeat: Delegate Fullerton, of Missouri, offered
the following resolution, which was referred to
the committee on resolutions:
THAT II is the sense of the National Alliance
that independent political action OF the past
year, as evidenced by the state of Nebraska, is
just and proper, and ought to be encouraged
At the afternoon session a resolution by
delegate from Illinois expressing the swish of
the Nationall Alliance that the legislature of
Illinois may select for United States senator q
man favorable 1.-THE welfare and prospects OF
the alliance" was adopted and telegraphed to
Springfield A resolution TO send a telegram to
Kansas urging Pfeffer's election was lost, after
delegate from Kansas had denounced him us no
friend OF the farmers although the editor of
farm paper.
National Secretary Ashley received report
showing the order in tiourishing condition.
Five new states were organized during the year
He argued that the organization should keep
out OF politics. An effort was to be made to
form cooperative union at the conference to
be held at Chicago February 9, with the Farm
ers Mutual Benefit Association. committee
OF five from the Farmers Mutual Benefit Assoei-
alton OF Illinois, headed by w. +. Stillwel, were
had come for the purpose of securing union be-
tween the Alliance and the Farmers Mutual
Benefit Association.