The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1891-11-25

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president Poli's Annual Address =
T:rjC' :,rG Financial Reform the Is:us.
INDIANAPOLIS IND, NoT. liz
The Supreme Council Of the Farmers
Alliance was called TO order in To:nlin"
sou Hall at 1910 O'Clock by Pres:den:
Force, of t,;~ Indiana Alliance, with
nearly al the l20 delegates and 500
spectators il attendance.
Mayor Thomas i. Sullivan was intro
Guced, and welcomed the delegates. I.
=. Til.:nan. secretary CT the Alliance
Executive Committee, in responding,
thanked ;Ec people o. Indianapolis for
their warm welcome. and, after paying
: tribune to President Harrison, he con-
lnucG: 1T is the farming and laboring
people who feed the world, Hho fought
he battles Of this country, and to whose
energy aud patriotism this great and
glorious land Of ours is indebted for its
cichest blessings Of liberty and peace.
& IS not oar mission t2 tear down ncr
disintagralc our honestly conducted in
austrje.. but to preserve them. Yet We
do mean lie death-knell 10 all iilegil!-
mate combinations aud monopniies that
tend 20 destroy the very SPIRIT ard in
lcnt OF the constitution.
ave are not Gerc as politicions, seek
IL. 10 dispute IS to partisan political
parties oc TO promote the fortune Of an!
political asp-rant, nor are we here il
the Interest Of any third party, for By
.he very organic teachings we have the
right to vote with whichever political
party we may think will best advocate
good government.
Il desire to call Jou attention to the
last billion dollar Congress. Its expen-
ditures reached grand total Of 81, ,009,-
2G0. III. which is nearly two-thirds OF
ali existing United States money.
More money was spent By that protl!-
cate billion dollar Congress than was
spent by ali the Congresses during the
iirat seyenty-two years Ct the history OF
this government. It is more than 81
IL 900 for every day from the time the
Eu ty-tirst Congress met till itadjourned.
It meant tax Of $40 on the head OF
every family to support the genera. gov
ernmcnt alone. How long would they
endure it if collected directly from them
instead OF indirectly as it is now collect
ed through our tarill?
Say what you please about tariff, but
It must and shall come down to a reas-
enable basis of taxation, and these reck-
less expenditures by Congress- must be
stopped. or we will continue to change
the pers,,nnel o every Congress.
Yet this is not all, nor is it the bot
tom which brought about the uprising OF
the penple Of all parts of this great copn
try. Transportation, tariff and trust,
here is the trouble. There are three
E.'s-crush, change and controlled
that constitute the unTritten and iron
bound cath that our friendly political
newspapers abuse us so about. / will
now tell you what the oath IS. 1t is to
crush monopoly, change tar.lt and con-
trol transportation. We are going to
succeed in our efforts to OBTAIN . large
circulating medium. We must hare
more currency and will have it.
''alr. Mayor. the Farmers Alliance
meaus tie greatest good for the great
est number, aud IS determined TO have
exact Justice for all and especial ti.vors
10 none. 1t numbers in cooperation
n,ar 1000, 900 and it has come to stay,
and Will be held intact as q nonpartlsan
organization. Members OF all poi:!ical
parties may join the organization, and 1t
will rever become third political par
y. There is a big political significance
n it. but no party political significance,
because that would mean hopeless ruin.
We nave already taken. party extremes
out of US. have made q few governors
aad Congressmen au:i bid fair for 200
next veal"
2'iliman's references to the nOn'part-
san nature OF the Alliance caused
something Of a sensation and were re-
ceived with about equal evidence OF ap-
proyai and disapprova!.
General Weaver. OF Iowa. was called
for and made q speech On the general
situation. which was received with en-
huslasm. lie was followed by Con-
gressmaa Jerry Simpson, OF Kansas, in
;hc same strain. President Willebe, of
.;ae Kansas Alliance, spoke briefly and
lie meeting adjourned.
Tie attendance 3. the opening TO-
night was something less than l0,C00.
President Polk delivered bis alnua! ad-
,!ress. The tarIaers, he said, had be ca
:i!=criNinated againss and were ro:v ap-
pca!lng to the ballot box. The Alliance
.ub-!rcasury bill has received 40 COZ
s;Gc7aticn except denunciatlon b7 tue
Giii:on dollar Congress. I, was al itr-
pera I'VE duty Of the people to arrest the
evident and alarming tendency to cen
,ralize tLe money power Of The country.
This was one OF tae grand purposes OF
ne sub-Trcasury bill. It would have
srpplanssd or unjust and oppressive
national bank system by securing to the
people an adequate amount 0! money
direct from the government. at a iower
ratc OF interest. TO meet the Legitimate
demands Of the country. But III iustl-
:icatior OF the silent contempt which
characterized the reception OF the meas
ure, assaults vehement and persistent
have been made on its m.nutest details,
instead of arguments on the underlying
principles. But despite these assaults,
the sub-treasury had grown until the
sentiment OF the crder in thirty-iour
States was a Unit. Government control
OF railroads, Polk said. Is one OF the
essential demands Of the Alliance: also
The retention CT the public domain to-
our own people; also the prohibition OF
gambling in futures; also the free coinage
O: silver; also that no class legislation be
enacted; also that United States Sena.
Tors be elected By popular vote; also
graduated tax on incomes: but the
greatest demand of ali is that the ma
ticnal barkin. system he abolished 40
tie peoples money be issued d!rec! by
The goyernmcn. 10 the people. The
3upre nc question before the people IS
NAT Of f;nanc;a! rtfarr The Two yrcit