Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-11-24
THE ALLIANCE.


\ stormy Session at Memphis-Nacune
Wnhdraws and VIII Start Another Order
The Demands Adopted-Ou on the
Troubled Waters
MEMPHIS, Tern, Nov. 19.-The Ma
tional Farmers Alliance was in session
all Thursday night until Friday morn
ing. There was violent alteration,
delegates at times resorting to violence.
When the alliance reassembled C. w.
Macune became discouraged and with
drew from the order, and the following
officers Were elected: FL. d. Loucks,
North Dakota, president; Marion Butler,
North Carolina, vice-president; Ben
Terrell, Texas, treasurer; Editor Tay-
Tor. of the Nashville Toiler, secretary:
and the following executive board: {.
l. Leonard, of Missouri; Mann Page,
of Virginia; L E. Dean, of New York:
H. C. Deming. of Pennsylvania
The following dcma nds were adopted
by the national alliance:
F'inance-We demand q national currency
safe, sound and flexible, issued by the govern
ment only; full legal tender for all debts,
public or private, and that without the use of
banking corporations: just, equitable and ef-
nc1ent means OF distribution direct TO the peo-
pie at a tax not to exceed per cent to be pro-
yided as set forth in the suh-treasury plan of
the Farmers Alliance some better system
also by pavments in discharge Of its obligation
Tor public improvements
(A)- We demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold at the legal ratio OF TO
/.
OBJ. We demand that the amount of circu-
lating medium be increased to at least 1850 per
capita exclusive of legal reserves
co. We demand a graduated income tax
Cd That our national legislation shall be so
framed in the future as not to build up one in
dustry al the expense OF another.
TEL We believe that the money of the eOr1n-
try should be kept as much possible in the
hands OF the people and hence demand all
national and state revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses OF the government Geo.
nomically and honestly administered
90 We demand that postal savings banks
be established by the government for the safe
deposit of the earningsof the people and to
facilitate exchanges
Land-The land, including all the natural
resources OF wealth. is to be the heritage OF all
the people aud should not be monopolized for
speculative purposes. and alien ownership of
Iano should be prohibited. All lands now held
by railroads and other corporations in excess
OF their actual needs. and all lands now owned
by aliens. should be reclaimed by the govern
ment and held for actual settlers only.
Transportation - Transportation being a
means of exchange and public necessity the
government should own and operate the rail-
roads in the interests OF the people The tele-
graph and telephone,like the post office system,
Tor the transmission of intelligence. should be
owned and operated by the government in the
interest of the people
The closing executive sessions of the
national alliance were devoted to rou-
tine business A truce was patched up
with the disgruntled Macune faction by
the adoption of a document known as a
protest from the MacuneiteS. This doc
ument SEES forth, in vague and general
terms, the dissatisfaction of the signers
with the course pursued by the Loucks
faction in the contest for the presidency.
Alliance authorities give it out that
the adoption of this protest has molli-
fed the Macune faction, and that the
threatened split has been healed. But
on the outside it is plain to see that
Macune is far from plscated and from
utterances by himself and friends there
is no doubt he intends to start little
alliance of his own The basis of his
proposed organization is known. 1t
contemplates the organization of cotton
planters of the south into a gigantic
trust, to be controlled through dis
trict, county, state and national lead
ers, with the purpose of disposing of
the south's cotton crop direct to the
spinners of Europe, and America thus
doing away with middlemen and insur-
ing more liberal advances on the crops
and easier rates of interest Nearly all
the southern delegates are pledged to
the scheme 1t means the complete di-
vorcement of the northern and south
ern wings of the alliance.