Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-16
HOT AFTER MACUNE.
His Name Made a Football by Anti
Third Party Alliance Men.
"A WILD RESOLUTION OF CENsURE
STAYED Off Until To-Day by an Adjourn
ment Of the Convention.
ONE OF THE sToRMIEsT OF MEETINGS

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 15.-The anti Third party
and anti-sub-T Treasury wing of the National
Farmers Alliance met at 1880 this morning
No more than one-half of the number Of
delegates expected made their appearance
The convention was called to order by q. S.
Hall, ex-President of the Missouri Alliance
and a temporary organization was affected
! bv the election of Mr. Hall as Temporary
Chairman and William II. Murray, of Cor.
sicana, Texas, Temporary Secretary.
While the Committee on Credentials were
consulting, Dick Dalton, the Democratic
aspirant to the Governorship Of Missouri,
addressed the convention on the aims and
objects of the Alliance. He was opposed,
he said, to the Government land loan
scheme. The Farmers Alliance should re-
turn to its first principle-that of protection
for farming interests, but not in a political
party.
The temporary organization was made
permanent, and q motion was made to ap-
point Committee on Resolutions and Per
manent Organization, with instructions to
report plan of organization and policy to
be pursued in the future.
THE FIRST INTERESTING POINT.
This motion brought about long, and at
times animated, discussion. Some of the
delegates contended that plan of perma-
nent organization was out of the question
altogether. They were not here for the pur-
poses of forming new Alliance, as the dele
gates present we're already members of the
National organization. 1t was finally de-
cided to appoint a committee to outline
plan of procedure.
The afternoon session was about as lively
as any convention could be. During the
absence of the Committee on Platform, DR..
W. Polk Yeamans, Of Boone county, No.,
was called on for an address. The doctor
took up the subject of the Government loan
and sub-Treasury schemes, and dissected
them to the evident satisfaction of the dele
gates, who applauded the good points with
out stint. DR.. Yeamans was followed by
several other farmer orators, who were re-
ceived with cheers.
About $50 the Committee on Resolutions
stalked into the hall with a partial" report.
1t is the same platform adopted by the
Fort Worth Convention, with modifca-
tion of the last resolution as follows:
A ROAST FOR MACUNE.
Resolved, That we denounce c. w. Macune
and his corrupt methods, together with the
acts of his tools and henchmen, as being q
disgrace to the order and a stencil in the
nostrils of all honest men who know of their
corruption and villany.
This led to heated debate. Delegate
Wade. of Tennessee, Immediately sprang to
his feet and moved that this clause be
stricken out, and he went on to give his
reasons for his motion. He said the con-
vention had not been called to make per-
sonal attacks upon any person or persons.
While he personally was confident, in fact,
knew, that Macune was one of the most
corrupt men in the country, he was not pre-
pared to go on record in convention which
was called in the interests of harmony to
attack one of the leaders of the Alliance.
Therefore, Mr.. Chairman" said he, 81
move that the section be stricken off it,
Immediately there were a dozen dele
gates on their feet yelling for recognition.
Dr. Yeaman, of Missouri, was finally recog-
nized, and he made a very conservative
speech, appealing to the better judgment of
the delegates, asking that they think twice
before accepting the resolution.
THE CHAIRMAN TAKES A HAND.
Chairman Hall then called McClintock,
of Missouri, to the chair, and taking the
floor spoke against the motion to strike out.
There was, he said, nothing personal in his
desire to have Macune arraigned for his
misdeeds. Every Alliance man knew that
he had opposed Macune from the first, and
he would fight him to the bitter end He
was a tool of politicians and monopolies.
He had accepted bribes from them, and why
should the Alliance, which is trying to re-
form the Government, have corruptionist
at his head?
W. s. McAllister, of Mississippi, Chair
man of the committee, said that be had no
malice against Macune. Notwithstanding
the fact that he had knocked him off his
feet and had booted him, he bore him no i'll
will But corruption must be routed Ma
cune had done or was doing for the Alliance
what Warren Hastings had done for India.
''Macunism," he said, sis the fatal octopus
encircling with its Shiny coils the escutcheon
Of the order, sitting its purity and destroy
ing its virtue.
THE MATTER STAYED OFF.
Wade, of Tennessee, got another whack |
at the resolution, and then Murray, of |
Texas, jumped upon chair and into Macune |
in the most vigorous style. He gave him |
the worst drubbing imaginable, with the |
possible exception of Goodman of the same |
State, who sailed into and scored him un- |
mercifully. Murray got to discussing State
affairs however, and calls tor order took |
him off his feet, but he defantly arose and |
moved to table the motion to strike out the |
censuring clause. Then Wade, of ofTennessee,
moved to amend his motion by stating that |
1--WE denounce the Chairman of the Ocala
Convention and the editor of the National
Economist, !" etc.
A motion was made to adopt the report of |
the committee as presented, but this was
declared out of order, the motion before the
House being to amend the original resolu- /
tion. Several orators, in the meantime,
were trying to get the floor and confusion
reigned supreme. Finally order was res
tored, and Murray, of Texas, moved the
previous question and the motion was de-
26; nays, A.
A motion to adjourn here failed, and after
further considerable debate Wade's motion
to amend was defeated by large majority.
The question then required on the adoption
Of the committees report, but Missourian
arose and made such an earnest plea for
and finally wound up by
moving to adjourn, that a dozen seconds
,ame from as many quarters of the hall, and
With the platform still before the conven-
ion, adjournment until 9 o'clock tomorrow
vas had.
The opinion prevails among the leaders of
he present movement that the platform as
presented, including the Macune resolution,
will be adopted tomorrow.