The record-union., 1891-11-19
Special to the REooRD-UN1ox.

Special TO the REcoRD-UN1oN.
INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. 1S.-The LONGER
the Alliance remains in session tbe
farther apart grow the various factions.
Ihls appears to be the situation this
morning. 1t seems impossible to settle
Lhe various organizations down to snv
definite plan of action, or to anv united
policy.
The third-party fighters are in earnest.
and every move is with more or less di
rect reference to this, the main issue- and
split IN the Alliance on the Sub-Treas-
ury and land-loan principles now seerns
inevitable
An open meeting of the Alliance
inns morning was complete fizzIe and
lasted but a few moments.
| When the executive session opened the
| trouble over the Sub-Treasury matter be-
gan. a communication was received
from the Executive Committee of the
! AntI-Sub-Treasury Alliance. ASKING a
hearing for a protest prepared by w
! rope 1eamans Of Missouri, under in
strucuons from the st. Louis Convention
| of last September. The McKune faction
! opposed any hearing, but Livingstone of
| georgia moved the appointment of
| committee of five to read the protast and
report to the Alliance whether or not It
! should be read in open convention. On
/ THIS motion, which was finally carried
| bya tWo-thirGs vote, a bitter fight was
MADE by the McCune men, who made the
cn4fge that the Georgia faction had at
! tempted TO assassinate McCune i'm Mis-
sissippi. The committee will call on the
members of the Anti-Sub- Treasury Conn
! mlttee this afternoon. These gentlemen.
II is SAID, viii refuse to let the protest be
read, except before the full Alliance.
McAIllster viii leave for Fort Worth.
! Tex, tomorrow, and from there will
formulate for the national meeting of the
Antl-Sub-T Treasury Alliance men a sep
| arate organization to be maintained all
over the country.
before the adjournment of the execu-
tive session significant action was taken
which shows the protest of the Anti-Sub-
| Treasury will receive very little consid-
Grafton. a resolution was adopted, al
| most unanimously, reaffirming the ad-
herence of the Alliance to every plank in
the Roachdale platform
McCune'S resolution to reduce repre-
sentation one-halfis is likely to pass. and
IS causing no end of uneasinesS to the
delegates who come here with a narrow
allowance Oh funds. 1t deVeloped that
the treasury is nearly empty and unless
representation is reduced there will not
pc enough money to pay all the delegates
! The Alliance has been falling off in MANY
States, and the State Alliances have been
unable to furnish their quota of assess
| ment to the national body.
The difficulty over the representation
arose from the failure of the State Secre-
! tarIes to report the falling off IN mem
! bershlp which has occurred In various
! States, especially Texas and Mississippi.
where there is great opposition to MIC
| Cune and theSub-Treasury plan. This neg
lect was Intentional, having been ordered
! by the National League on account of the
detrlmentaI effect such reports would
! have on the order.
After the appointment of a committee
to hear the protest of Anti-Sub-Trea
! men, the convention adopted resolution
to stand by the SubTreasury plan.
Livingston, S committee met McAIlister,
1eamans and others o-night and listened
to the protest. After it had been read
Livingston said: 'Now, when you break
down on the relief plan, what do you
propose to offer as q SubStitute?N
Mr. Yeamans replied that his COM
mittee was not empowered to frame a
platform, but they would readily i'm
prove on the measures protested against.
1t was finally decided that Yeamans
be allowed to appear before the National
! Alliance Tomorrow night, present the
protest and elaborate thereon as he de-
sired, with the understanding that q
member be allowed to reply to him.
At the Reform Press Association meet
ing this morning it was decided to per-
NIT members who gave their adherence
to the main principles of the Alliance to
adYo or oppose whatsoever minor
ideas they please.
The +. NJ. b. A. was in secret session
till l O'Clock this afternoon on routine
business.
The state agents this morning adopted
the Roachdale plan, which contemp1ates
cash sales at Alliance stores, and divis-
ion of profits among the patrons. This
is regarded as black eye for the Union
Company.
That portion of the Executive Com
mlttee of the Peoples party now here is
In almost continuous session. It's efforts
are mostly directed toward the consolida-
ton of the various industrial bodies, in
the hope Of getting the final Endorsement
OF the third-party idea at the February
meeting, and thus carrying their point.
The h. NJ. b. A. is having a hard time
over the matter of funds. About half
the organizations arc delinquent, and there
is no money for the delegates. As a con-
sequence, the Ohio delegation left the
house at / o'clock, and many more
threaten to leave this afternoon and even
ing unless the matter is adjusted As no
means of adjusting the matter are pre-
sented, it seems probable the +. NJ. B. A,
part OF the proceedings will soon come to
an end.
LvN IoNAL UNION COMPANY.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. IS.-A special
from Aberdeen, S. D., says: 1t is learned
that the business department Of the Alli-
ance in twenty-five States of the Union
has united the leading business men of
New York City and formed a company
similar in its plan of operation to the cell
ebrated Roachdale system of England and
the Zion cooperative stores of Utah. The
organization is called the National Union
Company, and has large means at it's
command. 1t is asserted that the advan-
tages to the Alliance are two-fold It
will have the business ability and expe-
rience of some of the shrewdest men in
the Nation at its back, while there will
apparently be plenty of capital to meet
any emergency which may arise and to
push business as circumstances permit.
In return the Alliance will give the or
ganiZation its patronage. 1t is the aim of
the new organization to buy out q mer-
chant in every trade center of importance,
stock him up with everything he wants
Fin the line of general everyday goods de-
| manded by farmers and make him local
manager Of the concern.
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