The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-19
Dr. Macnne, Seeing He Had No Chance to Be
Elected President, Withdrew and Allowed
Loucks to Be Chosen.
The Organization TO Be Run in the In.
terests of the Populists Hereafter.
Democratic. or Southern Wing, Likely to Form
aGigantic Cotton Trust-Ths Chief Bolter
Mad-WOrk OF the Knights
PoPULIsTs on Tor.

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Macune Bolts the Farmers Alliance and
Loucks Is Elected President
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov, 1s-The Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union reassem bled
this morning. at $50 o'clock, and TO the
surprise OF many the pendulum had swung
to the Populite side and that element was
in high feather. During the late hours Of
last nights session Z. w. Macpne be-
came discouraged and withdrew from the
order, leaving the field free to Loucks
The result was the election of the follow
ing officers: III. ID. Loucks. of North Da-
kots. president; Marsh Butler of North
Carolina, vice president; Ben Terrell. Of
Texas. national lecturer; Editor Tay-
lor, of the Nashville Toiler. secretary;
and the following executive boards L.
Leonard. of Missouri; Mann Page. of Vir-
ginia; 1. f. Dean. of New York; Ii. c. DEM
ing. OF Pennsylvania. This means Iand-
slide In favor of the third party. Taube-
neck Is credited with manipulating the
rabbit foot so skillfully ss to concIliats
certain animosities and win over several
members whose intermittent Democracy
had temporarily alienated them from
Loucks and placed them under the stand
ard of Macune. The Alliance as officered
at present means. In the language of Mr.
Dean. of New York. that it is ''as full Of
politics az an egg is of meat"
Maoune is grimly disconsolate. Yester-
day his name was power. To-day he 10
in the attitude of q bolter. To reporter
be said: Il resigned from the order be-
c&nse il 10 being diverted from ITS original
purposes, and made the tail to the third
party kite. The executive committee Of
the third party caucused, and the slate
that it prepared has gone through. This
means that the bipartisan Alliance mem-
bers can no longer remain in the order" In
response to question as to the organize
tion of q new Alliance, Mr.. Macune saidi
THAT is question the people must de-
cide.n
The closing session of the Alliance oon-
vention was held at o'clock this afternoon,
when the new officers were installed in the
presence of about one-balf Of the delegates.
The others were so much disgruntled at the
result of the contest that they remained
away from the hall A number of the del.
egates insist that as soon as they return to
their homes and announce the action of the
convention to their State Alliances with
drawal from the national body will at once
take place. and that new order will be
formed.
PROTEST OF THE MACUNEITEs.
The announcements of the election Of
Loucks was the last straw for his opponents,
and they at once began action. A room
was secured in the Gayoso Hotel, and
manifesto was prepared. es follows:
We deplore in unmeasured terms the false,
cruel, unjust warfare which has been waged up
on Brother G W. Macune by partisan leaders
destruction OF our noble order. We do here aud
now assert our fullest confidence in Brother Ma
cune, and IN the belief that he has been slandered
and maligned in the most cruel and wicked man
ner, .Yithouta precedent In political partisan
warfare or this country, and by the enemies OF
organized labor and the productive industries.
Sec0nd-We depl0re the fact that these emis-
earies and miniohs, who are not even members
the secret actions Of this body. sought TO de-
grade this Supreme Council in the public mind,
and TO produce discord and strife amolg the
membership. in order 10 impair its usefulness
and 10 produce its ultimate ruin.
Third-The efficiency and usefulness OF this
body has been impaired by these unfortunate
agencies aud the wicked perversions OF the facts.
While we believe the majority of this body to be
sincere and IN earnest, and 10 have at heart the
good OF the order, yet We do most earnestly pro-
test agninst the course that some of its MEM
bers have pursued against our brother. Or. Ma
cune; that. while We, as delegates. shall re-
body, We Iuainisin that II these conditions are
persisted In by future supreme Councils we
fear that the Alliances OF the Southern States
will be drivensfroIn this order.
The manifesto was signed by nearly all
the southern delegates, headed by Ben
Terrell, of Texas. Dir. Parks, of Texas.
took the document to the convention hall
at o'clock. and read il to the delegates
His demand that IL be placed on the records
of the Alliance protested aQRlnat hy
members in sympathy with Mr.. Louoks.
Alter q stormy debate. Mr. Parks carried
his point. He then returned to the hotel.
and, after q short time, q number of the
friends of Macune gathered in his room and
discussed future operations. Among them
were John III. Mcdowell, Governor Buch.
anan, Ben Terrell of Texas and Secre-
tsry Taylor. Terrell and Taylor, though
elected TO Offices. are in sympathy with
Macune. and. when the signal is given.
4 their friends ASSERT that they Will cast
their votes for the new body.
An open meeting was held tonight The
friends of the third party regarded IL rs q
thlrd-party meeting and preached thirds
| party principles to the exclusion of the AL
lance doctrines. DR.. Mscune fiu ally came
|, into the hall. and loud calls were made for
him. He made q speech and scored the
members of the third-party executive COM
| mittee, several of whom were in the audi.
ence. The third -partyites give 1t ont that
the Macune faction has been moIlified, ana
tudb tuc tbfcotcucu cpiit uo1 occu uooicu.
| But on the outside it Is plain to see that
Macune is far from pl9cated. and from
uttersnces by himself and friends
| there is no doubt he intends
to start q little Alliance Of
his own. The basis of bis proposed organ
izstion is known. It contemplates the or
ganization of cotton planters of the South
| into gigantic trust to be controlled
through district. county, State and nation.
| al leaders. with the purpose of disposing OK
| the South's cotton crop direct 70 the spin
| ners of Europe and America. thus doin z
away with middlemen and insuring more
| liberal advances on the crops and easier
| rates of interest. Nearly all the Southern
delegates are pledged to the scheme. 10
| means the complete dIvorcement of the
Northern and Southern wings of the Alli-
ance.
The business Of the Alliance convention
was practically finished when the officers
were installed. The majority Of the dele
] gates will leave for their homes tomorrow
morning, but o number of the Northern
| members of the Alliance will take o trip
through the Southern States.