The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-04-28
Selling the Southern Vots.

ance circles and serious disturbances are
predicted especially in the Southern
States. According to information receiv-
ed here from South Carolina some OF the
leaders Of the Farmers Alliance move
ment are suspected of treachery and are
accused of being in the movement 'for
revenue only" It is well-known fact
that every Presidential campaign brings
to the front q certain number Of move.
ments which crafty and unscrupulous
politicians manage to dispose Of 10 their
individual advantage.
One of the latest schemes proposed ny
those who are trying to run the Farmers
Alliance on the "blood money principle
has Just been discovered. and an invests
cation is now In progress. The project,
as understood by those of the inner cir
Gle, is to call secret meeting OF certain
branches Of the National Farmers Alli-
ance in Birmingham, Ala, on Tuesday,
May 8, and pledge them to endorse l.. L.
Polk for the Presidency. He Is already
selected as the choice OF the Third Party,
and by securing the endorsement Of the
Alliance those who are engineering the
scheme expect to realize handsome sum
of money from the National Committee
bidding highest for the combined Third
Party and Farmers Alliance vote.
There Ia great indignation among those
members Of the Alliance who have en-
deavored to keep the organization free
from political entanglements over the
discovery of circular letter, which fell
into unfriendly hands, by the merest ac-
cident. The letter shows that it was pro-
pared in Washington, D. c., ut tho head
Quarters of the National Farmers ALI.
ance and Industrial Union, of which G.
W. Macune is Chairman of the Executive
board. It also bears the approval of L.
l., Polk, president Of the Alliance, and
three members of the Executive Board,
Messrs. G. w. Macune, Alonzo Wardwell
and J. T. Tillman.
The communication opens with a fra
ternal and brotherly greeting, and pro-
ceeds to say: ''This is the most critical
period in the history of the Order. There
Is a universal cry from the Order to their
officers for directions how to conduct the
local fight. Never has there been as little
concert Of action among the officers of the
different States and sections. This, If al
lowed to continue, must be fatal ; concert
of action is necessary, and SUCCESS cannot
be obtained without 1t.
1.-THE political contest threatens the de-
struction Of the Order. A lack Of cohesive
and uniform action by the Order threat
ems the political slaughter Of its friends.
The emergency is great and the necessity
for full and free counsel by all executive
officers is greater than at any time in the
history of the movement. The nation is
large and the expense of attending q ma
tional council Of this character is too
great to be borne with convenience; it
has therefore been decid ed by the Ma
tional President and National Executive
Board that the Presidents and Executive
Committees Of the States having like diff
ficulties and issues to meet be called to-
pether in council. This conclusion has
been reached after very careful study Of
the situation, and we are very forcibly
impressed with the necessity Of your at
tendance at this meeting, which, after a
full consultation, we decided to call to
meet in Birmingham, Ala, Tuesday, May
8, 1892.
Executive Committees Of the following
State Alliances have been invited to at
tend: Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky
Tennessee and Oklahoma. The impor-
tarce Of this meeting and Of having every
one of these States fully represented is
without parallel, and your State will be
asked to reimburse you for the travelling
expenses you may incur, and should it
fail to do so we will call upon the broth
erhood TO contribute for that purpose,
which will be readily done when the ben
efts can be shown. Let no ordinary
cause prevent your coming, but should
you find it utterly impossible for you to
come, have your Committee select
proxy to represent you.
"It is understood that this meeting will
be strictly secret with mono present but
those invited or their properly accredited
proxies that is called by G. W. Macune
as Chairman Of the National Executive
Boa.d, acting under the advice and ap-
proval of the President and the Execu-
tive Board, and that no ono Is to be
apprised Of the meeting before it con-
venes. Let US in conclusion appeal to you,
by all that you love in the cause, bepres'
ent."
The representatives of the Alliance in
the Western and Northwestern States, as
will be seen, are ignored in this invita-
ton. When the question was raised that
they should be represented, it is alleged
that the promoters Of tho scheme object
cd ON the ground that 1t would not DO ne
oassary to put the Western farmers to the
expense of visiting Birmingham. 1t is
said that the trouble all arises from the
division Of tho prospective spoils by the
Mnrofessional farmers who are engineer
inc the movement. Several of those who
do not think they are being properly
treated are kicking over the traces and
through them the exposure comes. Tho
sole object of the Birmingham meeting
Ia said to be to secure the endorsement of
Polk as tho Farmers Alliance candidate
for tho Presidency.
Such proposition creates great indig-
nation and is severely condemned by the
honest farmers of the South who went
into the Farmers Movement in good
faith, and with no intention Of having