The morning call., 1892-11-16
READY TO GO AHEAD.
The Farmers Alliance and the Labo
Unions to AmsIgamste.

The Farmers Alliance and the Labor
Unions to AmsIgamate.
MEMPHIS, Nov. ia meeting of the Ma
tionai Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union was held here to-day, but no de-
finite plan Of work has been mapped out.
Among the questions to come up is
proposition to have an assistant to the
national lecturer in each State. There
will be an attempt. also, TO change the
national headquarters from Washington
TO some other point, on the ground of
economy. Probably the most important
matter to come up will be the attempt to
amalgamate the three orders which have
representatives here. This has been tried
before and failed, but prominent members
of all these organizations think now the
scheme will 60 through, and that finally
there will be an amalgamation OF all the
farmers and ab0rers' unions in the coun-
try. The convention will scarcely get to
the election of officers today. AS an un-
written law of the orgauiz ,tion is the man
shall not seek the Office, there are no candi-
dates. The name of only one man, aside
from that OF Louck, the incumbent,
WIN succeeded TO the presidency on the
death OF President Polk, has been men
toned for the place so far-that Of G. w.
Macune.
When the convention met, owing to the
illness of Governor Buchanan, Colonel
Gales, secretary of the Commercial Assoeia-
ton, delivered the welcoming address.
Delegate Dean of New York, in respond
ing. among other things said: THE alliance
is non-partisan in character but is as full
Of politics as an egg is of meat"
There is quite a lively contest over the
presidency between the friends of the
incumbent, Loucks of North Dakota. and
those of e. w. Macune of Washington,
editor of the Economist. The former is
being pushed by the third party element
and the latter by the Democrats. Delegate
Beck OF Alabama, who is leading light in
the organization, said this evening: THE
original idea was an organization that
should stay out of politics, but 1t wont. and
since the members will dabble In politics,
say give the thing Democratic favor.
That's my idea. We want Macune for pres
iient. He's q Democrat" On the other
hand, John II. Mcdowell OF Tennessee is
working hard for Loucks, thinking thus to
throw the organization into the Peoples
party.
At to-night's session of the Alliance and
Industrial Union President Loucks delivered
his official address. He eulogiZed the late
President Polk, commented on the crisis
through which the Alliance had passed and
dilated upon the Alliance and Industrial
Union. He spoke in part as follows: "We
began cur work by cropping In the dark.
Our attention was directed chiefly to the re-
lief, through cooperative Efforts In buying
and selling, with the social, educational
and political features as secondary con-
sderation. The combined capital and ex-
perience against us made it difficult TO
make much progress in that direction. We
learned, and the census reports of 1890 affirm
IL, that The trouble was not with the pro-
duetion OF wealth. but with its un-
just distribution through special priv
ileges conferred on favored industries
and private corporations. Our sailing was
comparatively smooth until we were con.
fronted with this political problem. The
result was the formulation and adoption OIL
our demands, each one of which required Z
change of the laws, to that extent we
became a political organization, and oul
mind was trained TO look Tor relief through