Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1891-04-16
Progress ofrhe Ailanoe Work.


Progress ofThe Allanoe Work.
The Pennsylvania State Alliance
was organized April 18th, 1890.
There are now over two hundred
sub. Alliances with more than ten
thousand members and our friends
are organizing at the rate Of one
Alliance a day, Sundays inclded.
Secretary Deming says: 1--WE
have been battled, badgered,
kicked and culiod, not only by our
natural enemies, but by those who
should have been our friends. y
But Notwithstanding the better
fight, the Alliance is gaining ground
and winning friends.
Wisconsin, the State in which
Senator Villas says there is no Al
lliance, had only scventy-eight sub
organizations last June. There
are now two hundred and thirty
six Alliances organized. Appliea-
lions for charters are received by
the Secretary every day, aud tn ere
will be over three hundred organ
izations before the end of next
month.
West Virginia was organized
seven months EGO. There are now
four hudred and thirty-three organ
izations reported, and the work is
more vigorous and active than
ever before. In nearly every
county there are commissioned or.
ganizers at work. The interest is
wide spread and eager, and tho
people are leaguing themselves to-
gether for the common good
Secretary Davis Of ;he Kentucky
State Alliance sent out charters
for sixty new sub Alliances during
the month Of March Eighty-six
of the one hundred and nintecn
counties in the State are orgnized
There is a total Off 400 sub-unions
in the State with membership Of
more than one hundred thousand
farmers; and the work now being
done is simply grand.
North Dakota has not been idle,
il she has been quiet. During the
past winter the Alliance has
doubled its number of sub. organiz-
ations, and largely increased its
membership; and friends there say
they will continue the work with
renewed yigor and energy during
the spring and summer
The New England States have
been showing a lively interest in
the Alliance for some time past.
There have been hundreds of ap-
plications for Alliance literature,
and particularly for the sub-treas.
ury plan argument In New
Hampshire the interest has cul-
in the organization of the
Granite State Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union at Troy, aud
Il dispention was sent there last
week They are now calling for
organizers, and think the time is
ripe for good work in that section.
In some sections, particularly
in New York, the partisan press
has succeeded in keeping up a
strong prejudice against the Ali
ance. \ national organizer who
is at work there gives the Bureau
an incident in his work. lie says:
sent word to an exclusively farm
ing district that ! would speak Tor
them on a certain date. Arriving
there ] found a few people. They
were not familiar with the Alliance
and were afraid of it. presented
economic questions for an honr or
more. Ny listeners were struck
with wonder. They seemed to
have no idea of the cause of their
financial depression, and of the lie
probation of their farms in value
of more than one hundred per
cent. in the past ten years. = = .
Five days laier | got a telegram
asking me to come and make one
more speech. | did so. The whole
country was out and a more en-
thusiastic meeting | never saw,
even in Kansas. At the close of
the speech | organized an Alliance
and parties from other sections
were anxious to organize also.
The two states which will enter
the Alliance lists this month are
Ohio and New York. The first
will be organized to-day and the
second on the 22rd. Both are
well equipped for entering upon
active organized work. In Ohio
there are one hundred and eighty
seven sub-Alliances, with a mem.
bership of over eight-thousand.
New York has two hundred and
forty-one subAlliances with mem
bership exceeding ten thousand.
Thus the good work goes on. Alli-
lnce men all over the country
never bad better cause to remain
true and firm TO their principles.
The leaven is spreading every
where, and the people are being
welded into a solid unit for reform.