The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-12-15

The Order OnI.lGetting Rid of tho Ritz
! wood.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 2.-Col y.
=. Duncan one OF the delegates from
this State TO the Supreme Council of the
Farmers Alliance recently held in The
city Of Memphis, has been rather dodynu
the newspaper mep since his return,
saying, that he had nothing TO report
aud that he did not think he had any in.
formation that the outside public would
be interested IN.
Yesterday evening he was colncred in
his office and i'll speaking Of how tho
meeting impressed him he said: Taken
as q wi ole L was very favorably i'm.
pressed with the meeting and l believe
these meetings have been and will con-
tinue To be fruitful of much good; they
will do more towards bringing the entire
agricultural interest together on one
common platform for the discussion and
development of tneir mutual material
benefit AID advancement than all other
agencies put together.
After you discard the politicians, the
cranks and their isms, every thoughtful
wldc-aWake man can always learn some.
,hihg from body of representative
farmers brought together from all over
| his vast agricultural country. And one
of the most interested features about the
meeting to me, was the discussions
among the individual members rs u
their modes, plans and methods of farm
ing as conducted in their various sec.
! TONS"
E.s,,, What have YOU To say about tho Third
| + T;oocr ~ature?"
"Whifc N Mer,nhis occupied a room
with The PRESIDENT ot the Georgia State
Alliance, whom have known for seme
years. He Is al extreme Third party
man, aud OF course we had various dis.
cusslons. 1 can give you remark of
his which l think will express the views
OF even tho extreme Third party men.
1--WE have majority of the delegates
present OF our way Of thinking and are
you surprised that we should vote for
them to fill the offices Of the supreme
council, we don't wish or intend to mako
the Alliance political party"
| "A conservative delegate from Iud-
ana, Il Republican, remarked, Il voted
tho Third party ticket this election, be-
cause the man represented my views,
| don't call myself Third party man
now, and may never vote that way
agalu. Two years from now shall vote
Tor the men who advocate the principles
L believe, DC he Democrat, Republi-
can, Populist or some other party man.
While a majority OF the delegates
thought President LOucks was entitled
to the position OF president, | think
many were influenced by reasons other
wi'e tt.an his being Third party man.
Col. Polk, 4 Southern man, had been
president tor three ycras, and they
claimed that now the presidency should
60 TO the Northwest. President LOucks
impressed those who opposed him very
taVorably, by stating after his election
that if it was thought best by the cOun-
Gil and in the interest of the general
welfare Of the order for him to resign
the presidency, he would most cheerful
ly 10 so and support any one the c9ng3-a
Gil might agree upon.'
"llow about the Mac"pe withdrawal?n
"Wcll that is long story and there is
no need to go over it again. NV opinion
ls that il some OF the officials of the
Third pai ty had stayed away from Mem
phls we would not have heard Of anv
division or disagreement; it was unfort,i.
nate that the meeting occurred 80 soDn
| after the general elecLion, and in future
the Supreme Council will meet in Feo.
| ruary instead of November"
"WhaL of the future OF the Alliance
and what about this decline in member
shIp?"
"A very original, Texas Il ,legate said
III his State Gre; many men joined The
Alliance to buy things cheap, whom the
tact OF the business was, they dld not
have any money to buy such ut ,anv
prize, and so those had quit. The or-
sanizatlon is going t. get rid of its drlf
wood ana continue right along with its
work. IL may occasionally elevate
some unworthy person; it may run over
some deserving one; but this is the far
mcrs' greet work brought into existence
by similar co nbinntlons by all other
classes and conditions of men, The
larmcrs cannot give it up If they would:
II 1t should down today as the Alliance
Ii would appear tom orrow under another
name. 1t has come to ."-State.
Panic In n School,
CHARLESTON, Dec. IA thrill of ey.
cltement passed through the city yes
terday, caused by panic i'm one Sfthe