The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-02-10
THE THIRD PARTY.
Alliance President Polk Talks About Presl-
dent Livingston.
Especial to Augusta Chronicle.

Special to Augusta Chronicle.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Last Friday
| President Polk, of the National Alli-
ance organization, and DR.. Macune,
the editor of the national organ, carded
Mr.. Livingston into the House lobby
and long and somewhat animated
talk occurred between the three. Polk
and N1acune both looked grave and Col.
Leonidas looked restive and i'll at ease.
What they talked about no one could
know but themselves, but the Alliance
national president and the National
Alliance editor seemed to be very much
in earnest, if their wealth Of GESTURES
and looks could be regarded as All indi-
cation.
WHAT POLK SAYS.
Subsequently Col. Polk was cornered,
aud he is one of the easiest men in the
world to interview. He has absolutely
no secrets and don't seem to care who
knows what he is driving at:
"Do I regard a Third party move
ment as probable?" he responded. "Of
course. Why not? Why its bound to
come. We will meet at st. Louis on
Feb. %, and all the working orders
will merge with US, and with good
platform we will be irresistible in No
vember.
"No,n he continued, "of course there
can be no nominations at st. Louis,
but we can havea big ratification meet
ing, and i national convention is bound
to follow. And we will get there, he
added, with quick upward jerk of his
fat thumb.
"What do I think of Livingstone?
"Well, We have him on probation just
now-he and his friends, and we shall
keep an eye on them hereafter. Living
ston will 60 to the bottom like ship,
if the order ceases to hold him up. You
can say that said that, and I mean it.
If he thinks the Atlanta Constitution
and the regular Democracy of his dis
trict are going to bolster him up just
because he voted for Crisp for Speaker,
and is skirmishing around with the
Democratic caucus meetings, he is in
grave error. They will dump him like
a load of old tins"
ANOTHER ALLIANCE CAUCUS WHICH
SIMPSON d CO., DID NOT ATTEND
atlanta Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Another al
lance caucus was held last night. All
friends of financial reform were invited.
Its object was to discuss measures for
the relief of the people.
Picker, republican, of South Dakota,
was there. Johnstone, of South Caro-
lima, and Pierce, Of Tennessee, both
lawyers, were there. Long, of Texas, a
granger and farmer, but not an alliance
man, was there. Ralph Beaumont, the
big knights of labor orator, was an in
terested spectator. McKeegan, indepen-
dent, of Nebraska, was chairman of the
meeting.
There was no earthly reason why
any friend of financial reform should
not have attended, yet Mckeegan was
the only one Of the nine third party
caucus men who was present.
The refusal of Watson, Simpson &
Go. to attend a conference of this char
acter could easily be construed to mean
that they are not friends of financial
reform. Their action certainly does
say, with greater emphasis than words
can voice, that if they cannot enact
their measures through the third party
they won't have them at all.
Democrats who attended this con-
ference comment on the fact that since
the rabid third partyites withdrew
their deliberations have been conducted
with perfect harmony.
BEWARE! SAYS HALL.
JACKSON, Miss, Feb. 3:-Hon. VIM.
S. McAllister, Chairman of the Natio-
nal Anti-sub-Treasury Alliance, has
promulgated the following paper from
Hon. Z. S. Hall, member Of his COM
mitlee, to members in Missouri and
makes it general:
Hubbard, Randolph County, Mo-,
february |, 1892.
To members of the Farmers and
| Laborers Union of Missouri.
Brothers: Be on your guard; do not
allow yourselves to be committed or
compromised or entansled politically.
The meeting that is to be held in st.
Louis, Mo-, on the 22d Of this month
under the so called authority of the
National Farmers Alliance is for that
sole purpose. We did not allow that
body to dictate to us how we should
vote nor to commit or bind US by re-
commendaton or otherwise to any
political party, and any attempt to dc
so is without authority and is viola
tton Of every principle of our order.
LSigned] L. S. HALL.