Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-02-12
NATIONAL CALL.

The National Citizens Alliance Calls For
Conference at Cincinnati With Reference
to the Next Presidential Election.
TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. e.-W. +. Right
mire, secretary of the National Citizens
Alliance, has issued the following call
for National conference OF reformers:
WHEREAS Many efforts are being made to
educate the people to break the chains OF
corporate monopoly enforced by twenty
five years of class legislation; and believing
that general conference should be held to
arrange q union of all reformers who can
federate upon a platform demanding RELIEF
on the issues of currency, land and transpor-
tatfon, to arrange systematic plan for the
education of the industrial classes on these
reform issues and to make such arrange
ments for the political conflict OF 1892 as SUCH
a conference may deem best; therefore.
We, as friends of such conference, hereby
unite and call a general conference OF re-
formers to meet in Cincinnati, O.. on May
10, 1891, to adopt platform and make such
arrangement for the conflict of 1892 as the
conference may deem fitting. Representa-
ton to be the National and State officers OF
each Alliance, assembly and association, ten
delegates from each county or district or
ganization of such bodies, and the editors
and business managers of each reform
paper belonging to the reform press associa-
ton.
p. P. Elder, National chairman Union Labor
party, Ottawa, Kan; w. s. Morgan, State
president Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union. Hardy, Ark; A. j. Streeter, New
Windsor, Ill; Albert R Anderson, member
of Congress, Sidney, Ia; James B. Weaver,
Des Moines, Ia A. H Graham. Lampasas,
Tex; Captain c. A. Power, Terre Haute. Ind:
j. P. Hadley. Hardman. Ore; f. G. Mayer,
Pomeroy, WASH; s. F. Norton, Chicago
Sentinel, Chicago, Ill John McGovern,
Chicago Express, chairman U. L con-
vention of Illinois,: j. III. Allen, chair
man Peoples party of Indiana: W. p.
McAaion. secretary Peoples party of Indi-
]. ord nin Oar al
Campbell, Biencor. Ia; George c. Bercher,
Syracuse, n. Y; Charlcs~A Ford Oswego,
n. Y: s. j. Bronson, Dallas, Tex: c. j. Jack
son, Corn Hill, T. x; Robert SchillinS, chair
man Z. l. party of Wisconsin; s. W. Chase
chairman Peoples party of Kansas John +.
Willitts, National lecturer +. A & o., Nc
Louth, Kan: w. A. PETER, United States SEN
ator from Kansas: H. Vincent, editor Nom
COnformist Winfield, Kan w. L. ID. Guffey,
Kentucky;N n. G. Eaton. Missouri; w. F. Right
| mire, National secretary National Citizens
| Industrial Alliance: F. w. Gilruth, National
| president National Citizens Industrial ALI
| ance, Kansas City, Mo-; Asa 81. Antisdale,
| New York; NJ. c. Rankin, secretary Union
| Labor National committee, Indiana; c. v.
| Vincent, editor Economic Quarterly, Win
| field, Kan: j. G. Kingsbury, editor Alliance
Advocate, Indiana;J. " Randolph, Emporia,
| Kan; p. Il. Maxon, EmpOria, Kan. Van b.
Prather, State lecturer. Farmers Alliance,
| Columbus, Kan. R NJ. Humphrey, Houston,
Tex. Ignatius Donnelly, Minnesota; Noah
Allen, vice president National Citizens In
dustrial Alliance, Wichita, KAN; s. II. Snider,
| National lecturer National Citizens In
| dustrial Alliance. kingman, Kan: Hugh
Cavanaugh, Cincinnati; John Seitz. Ohio
| Charles Jenkins. Ohio; j. H Powers, Ne
braska; III. S. SchiIling, Guthrie, Ok. g; John
| II. Rice Fort Scott, Kan. j. G. Hendrickson,
| Missouri; j. f. Leonard. Missouri: Charles
Ward, New York; William G. Bomke, New
| York G. E. Hammond, Tennessee; j. c. Val
| lette, Norwich, Conn. /: James COckrell. Kin
mundy. ILL.,: E. H. Snow. State Printer. Of
| tawa. Kan. j. p. Latmer, Pleasanton, Kan.
B. e. Kies. Wichita, Kan: Ben c. Rich. chief
clerk of the House of Representatives OF
Kansas, and many others.