The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-15
RALLY OF THE ALLIANCE.
FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE OUT TO
HEAR THs SPEECHES.


clares the Needs OF the Farmers of
Great Importance Congressmans
elect Simpson Talks of the Injustice
10 the Railroads.
AMERIcus, GA, July 14.-Fully 5000
people attended the alliance rally here to;
day. The meeting was opened by a select
local choir singing the Farmers Life"
song After prayer by DR.. A. b. Campbell
D. G. N. Burckhalter, president Of the Sum-
ter county alliance, delivered a short ad-
dress, giving the origin and progress of the
southern alliance aud the gradual afilietiou
! OF the northwestern states ia a common
cause upon the basis Of the OcaIa platform.
| he then introduced Gen. James B. Weaver
Of Iowa. He proposed to make political
speech. not party speech. All material
| property comes from the farm. The only
chance 10 produce wealth and support the
people in other vocations is 20 pro.
duce supplies which should find q
remunerative market The price Of the
western farmers wheat is regulated in
Liverpool, where it is placed in competition
with the pauper labor of India. The price
Of all articles bought by the farmer is also
regulated by trusts, pools and combines
He cannot dictate the sale OF his products
nor the purchase Of articles of consumption.
THE CURRENCY.
On the currency question Gen. Weaver
said: AT the end Of the war the north had
| 25,O0O 900 people and tho south IL ,000,000.
Among the 25, 000 900 Of the north there
was "a circulating medium of $1,000, ,00G,.
900. The 100000 people OF the soath
! had no money. The empty reservoir had
to be supplied from the money then in cir
culRtion north. Several years after the
war ended several hundred millions Of legal
tender greenbacks we're taken up and inter.
est-besting bonds substituted. This con-
traction Of the currency caused the panic
of 1873, from which the country has not re-
covered. The population is now 63, 600, 600
The money IN circulation now is 81, ,4Q5, 600.
900, S502. 900 900 less than was in circulation
among the people at the end Of the war.
TIRED OF PARTIES.
Gen. Weaver has reached the point where
he does not care fig for party. He will
support any party that places It's candidates
upon the Ocala platform. He will fight TO
the death any party, democratic or repub-
loan. that opposes 1t. Congress alone has
the power to regulate the commerce of the
country. This power has been delegated to
the national banks, and the railroads of the
whole country are controlled by two rail.
|
Is regulated by Jay Gould. He once ap-
= plfed 20 telegraph superintendent In New
York 90 have a Telegram sent to Maine.
his request was refused until Secretary
Baine's sanction could be obtained for 10 to
enter she state. He made some strong
points illustrative of the concentration OF
wealth in the hands Of a few. He said
could wage four-year's war
as expensive as the oivfl war and not bank
rnpt them. Twenty-Five thousand families
now own over half ths wealth of the coun-
try, sum total of $3l 900, 100000. They
could wage civil war for four years as
expensive as both sides of the late war on
one-third Of their wealth. This uprising
means that the people intend to regain con-
troll of the commerce, railroads and tele-
graph OF the country. He assured the
5000 Qeorgians present that the people of
Iowa are with them in maintaining these
principles, regardless Of the Republican,
Demooratic or Peoples party.
CONGRESSMAN SIMPSON HEARD.
He was followed By Jerry Simpson OF
Kansas, who said he first appeared before
an audience to make political speech less
than one year ago. His opponents charged
that he had come up from the farm and did
not even wear socks. He said he refused to
deny the accusation, but when the con-
gressional campaign was over he had not
only captured his opponents socks, but
stood in his shoes. He said the people Of
Kansas heard and believed for years that
the Republican party would give them the
financial relief asked for. Despairing OF
this lead to his people Offering him and
Others for congress and q general fight
against the republicans for the legislature,
In which they were successful. One evi-
dence he gave to prove that this uprising
meant fraternity With the south was that
this reform legislature repealed the law pro-
hibiting ex-confederate soldiers from vot-
ing In Kansas.
THE RAILROADS.
He said there were $50, GOO miles of rail-
road In the United States. Over half the
stock of these roads was watered stock, rep
resenting fictitious values. He was In favor
Of the general government buying enough
Of these roads to create competition
| throughout every part of the country, not
confscating but paying the owners after
| squeezing all the water out Of the stock.
| In Kansas two years ago the
| farmers made a large corn crop. 10
took one bushel OF corn td
| pay freight on bushel to Kansas City, the
| nearest market, and return freights were
one-third higher. Jay Gould goeS from
state TO state In a special car aud the wind
| Of his garments was enough to corrupt
| state legislature. The national banking
system causes all the financial trouble. He
! compared the national bankers to bed bugs.
and did not object to the bankers or the bed
| bugs, but to the internal business they were
| in, sucking the life blood from the people.
1t made no difference whether there was
any intrinsic value in money or not, it only
needed representative value as a deed to
land represented value.
THE ONLY RELIEF.
The ouly relief to the farmers must come
from rescuing the government from the
money power. This struggle must be
fought regardless of the old political par
ties. He wants to try new men, He would
not be inclined to believe any OF the leaders
of the two old parties II they got on the
Ocals platform with both feet. Not one of
the ninety-two elliancemen elected to the
Kansas legislation deserted the cause. As
much as 81 900 was offered for votes for
Senator Ingalls,. but without effect. Gen.
Weaver was very severe on Maj. Mckinley
aud John Sherman. He said he thanked
God that the bloody chasm was nearly oh.
liberated, but it would not be full until
these two were buried ia it.
Both speeches were well received, and
were regarded as much more severe on the
Republican than the Democratic party.
COL LIVINGSTON SPEAKS.
After dinner Col. Livingston spoke for
nearly two hours, mostly in defense of the
treasury bill. The formation of the
alliance party was necessity. It was
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