Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-11-27
The Manner in Which the PEOPLES
Party Captured the Al
lance.
After Considerable Fighting the
Alliance Split on the Sub
Treasury Scheme.
The Ants Will go to Texas and
there Form a New Al
lance.
Ag inst the Sub Treasury Scheme.

& inst the II Treasury Scheme.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 21.-The Peoples
party has captured the Alliance. The
Alliance has split on the sub-treasury
scheme. These are the net results Of
the days sessions of the various farmers
organizations now gathered here. The
evidence of the split was public before
that of the capture. When the supreme
council Of the Alliance met everybody
but delegates was excluded from the
hall. Then the protest of the anti-sub-
treasury people was taken up, and a
somewhat animated debate occurred as
to the best means of disposing of it with
the least possible friction. Finally,
after two hours Of wrangling, the COM
mittee of the antis was informed that
they could not be heard unless they
furnished the council with a copy Of the
protest. This they refused to do unless
they could present their protest in per-
son, and that ended negotiations be-
tween the two wings of the Alliance.
The executive committee of the sub
treasury party will now proceed to
Texas, where 1887 sub-alliances have
already declared
Against the Sub-Treasury Scheme
and will begin the work of organizing
a new Alliance. A call for a national
convention will probably. be issued at
0nNo Tho oo1,f1,ra of +Go A11,,-1o INV
the Peoples party was practically &C.
complished two or three days ago, but
the full extent of the capture was not
apparent until when President Polk was
unanimously reelected, and J. H.
Loucks, of South Dakota, was chosen
vice president. J. H. Turner was re-
elected secretary-treasurer and j. F.
Willats, of Kansas, national lecturer.
The committee on confederation of
the various industrial organizations,
met during the morning at the Hotel
Denison. The committee was composed
of five representatives from each of six
organizations, and was chosen by the
latter for the purpose of calling a con-
gress of all the labor and industrial
classes. The duty of the present meet
ing of the committee was to fix the
place. The matter occasioned lengthy
discussion and ended in referring the
question to a subcommittee with in
structions that either Indian
apolis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Chi
cago or Springfield, ILL.,, be
chosen. This committee will
look into the accessibility of these places
and rates of transportation that can be
obtained after which it will report. It
will make a
Decision Within Twenty Days.
The political phase of the situation
cropped out in the meeting, con-
Stunning much of the time of the session.
The question at issue was whether the
call for the confederate assembly on
Feb. 22 should leave the way open for
the nomination of a national ticket at
that meeting or whether the scope of
the work to be done there should be
limited SO as to prevent political action.
The latter course was the one finally
decided upon.
When the assembly convenes it will
proceed to draw up a platform of declar-
ations and demands, and the two great
political parties will be requested to
give them consideration and indorse-
ment. It is not expected by any
n that the two great parties
will take any notice of these demands,
and the way will remain clear for the
Peoples party to call the convention
after the other political conventions
have been held and adopt the formulat-
ed demands of the confederated labor
assembly as its platform. This is the
plan Of action now determined upon by
the PEOPLES party.
The Rock on Which they Split.
The rock on which the alliance split
was the sub-treasury scheme. The ALI
ance, or rather the s~ub-treasury wing of
it, out-witted the ants by a very cum
ming resolution which barred MI. Gates,
of Missouri, from the meetings and com
mitted the alliance to the sub-treasury
scheme. The resolution excluded "all
alliance men who are not vouched for by
the chairman of their respective state
delegations" Mr.. Leonard refused to
vouch for Nh. Gates, and, although he
bore credentials from his state alliance,
he was forced to retire. The anti-sub-
treasury people made prompt response
by issuing a call for a meeting of anti
sub-treasury alliance men at Memphis
on December 16, next. All labor organi-
cations are asked to send delegates.
jackson and slavin Will Fight.