The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-11-19
THE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
A Bolt of Those Opposed to TAX
ing Part in Politics.
TALK OF F0RMINGAN ALLIANCE.


Flexible Currency, Free Coinage of
Silver, Increase of Circulating Me-
dunn and Graduated Income Tax.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 19.-The knot
IN the Farmers Alliance eliminated in
n bolt yesterday morning. and those on
posed TO tho Peoples party captured the
body, held b caucus and concluded to
form new association embodyinp the
doctrine Of the Alliance, but holding
from politics. Tho Lauboneck crowd
having captured the conference, many
OF the delegates refused to attend the
executive scsFion. At o o'clock they got
together and effected temporary or
ganization, aid began to shape matters
for the issuance CS Il manifesto
The correspondent of the United Press
Found DR.. MGCune i'll his room. and that
gentleman made the following state
ment: Il withdrew from the convention
ball because the national committee of
tho l'eople's party have come here and
are at'NSAR ing to secure control of the
ALLAN, !. Considering that these men
were in control of tho convention and
hal determined to carry out their meas
ures contrary to all AlliaAce traditions
and principles, | Withdrew from tho hall,
and shall remain out as long as such
methods are being used to divert the
purpose of the Alliance"
docs this mean that you will Try to
form those thinking as you do into
separate organization"
Mot necessarily but if such an asso-
citation is formed, the demand for it is
from the people who don't care to see
tho principles advocated by the Farmers
Alliance go tD naught. Tauheneck and
half dozen national committeeman of
the Third party have held secret sessions
here daily and so far have shaped the
entire policy of the organization through
their tools on the convention floor"
Mr.. Mcclure retired into another
room when the bolting delegates had as
sembled, and the work of mapping out
programme for action was begun.
Exciting Night Session.
Additional details of Thursday nights
secret session are leaking out. Tillman,
OF this state, called Scott liar and
coward Scott started toward him and
half dozen hands reached for their hip
pockets. Scott was pulled away.
: Governor Buchanan made a remark
that WAS not pleasing to II delegate and
tho latter rushed at the governor with
baseball bat used by the sergeant-at-
arms to keep the peace. He was pulled
away.
The Alliance Platform,
The following demands were adopted
by the National Alliance:
Finance-We demand national cur
roncy, safe, sound and flexible, issued by
the government only, full legal tender
for all debts, public OF private, and that
without the use of banking corporations.
q just, equitable and efficient means of
distributing direct to the people at tax
not to exceed - per cent be provided as
set forth in the sub-treasury plank of the
Farmers All lance, or some better sys-
tenn; also by payments in discharge of
tts obligation for public Improvement.
Awe demand the free and unlim-
ited coinage of silver and gold at the
legal ratio of lG to /.
B-We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be increased to
Rt least $50 per capita, exclusive of legal
reserve.
C-We de nand graduated income
tax.
D-That our national legislation shall
be so framed III the future as not to
build upon industry at the expense of
another.
Eve believe that the money of the
CouutAl DS kept iLN llluCtl as pOSSl-
bio in the lahds Of the people, and hence
we demand all national and state revenue
shall be hlhited to the necessary ex-
penses Of tho government economically
and honestly administered.
F-Wc demand that postal savings
banks be established by the ,vernment
for the safe deposit of the earnings of
the people AZ d to facilitate exchanges.
Land-The land, including all the
natural resources of wealth, is the her
itage of all the people. and should not be
monopolized for speculative purposes,
and alien ownership of land should he
prohibited. All lands now held by rail-
roads and other corporations in excess
of their actual needs, and lands now
owned by aliens, should now be reclaimed
by the government and sold for actual
settlers only.
Transportation-Tr TRANSPORTATION being
means of exchange and public neces-
Hty the government should own and
operate the railroads in the interest of
the people.
A-Tho telegraph and telephone, like
the postoffice system, being necessity
for the transmission of intelligence,
should be owned sd operated by tho
government in tho iSterest of the people.
Election of officers.
The election of officers was begun at
il o'clock AMI ended in two hours. II.
L. Loucks, Of South Dakota, was re-
elected president; Marion Butler, of
North Carolina. vice president; L. II.
Taylor of Nashville, secretary; Bania-
min Terrell, pf Texas, national secretary.
Members of the executive board: l..
Leonard, Missouri; Mann Page, Vir-
Rinia; l. E. Can. New York; Fl. G. DEM
ing, Pennsylvania. The Third party
Hlate was mol broken.
No Gambling at Mondorf.
PARIS, Nov. 10.-The government of