Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-16
THIRD PARTY HOPES,
Expectations of Having at
Least One of Their Can.
didates Seated.
REID TO BE THE VICTIM
If Their Plans Are ALI Carried Out
and They Get Votes Enough.
OBJECTS OF GIDEON'S NEW BAND.
Twenty.First District Conferees Not Yet
Able to Agree
REID TO BE THE VICTIM
OBJECTS OF GIDEON's NEW BAND.
Twenty.First District Conferees Not Yet
Able to Agree
AFTER TAKING NEARLY $50 BALLOTS
rrRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT

rrRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-New parties
are always sanguine, but the particular new
party that is to the front this year out-san-
guines the most sanguine. One of the
daily subjects of conversation when visitors
call at the headquarters of the Alliance and
Peoples parties is the almost certainty
that they will control the next House of
Representatives by securing the balance of
power, and that they will own the next
President of the Senate by the election of
the Vice President of the United States
They feel assured that they will carry
the electoral vote of so many States that
the election will be thrown into the House.
That that body will elect Cleveland goes
without saying. The Senate will have to
decide the election of the Vice President.
Article u of the Constitution of the
United States provides that ''the electors
shall meet in their respective States, and
vote by ballot for President and Vice
President, one of whom, at least, shall not
be an inhabitant OF the same State with
themselves"
Therefore, in case Cleveland be elected by
the House, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, it is as
sumed, would be ineligible, and, it is fur
ther assumed, the Republican Senate would
prefer to elect Mr. Field, OF the Peoples
party, rather than Mr.. Stevenson, of the
Democratic party. 1t is very pretty clay
OUT" but between this and that there is a
chance tor many slip.
A Modern Band of Gideon.
Some sensation monger has discovered the
existence of an extraordinary secret, oath
bound society within the Peoples party,
called the 'Band of Gideon" its purpose
being to secure 300 tried and true persons to
work for the overthrow of the enemy in
each Congressional district The following
. is quoted from the alleged ritual:
AS God chose only 800 to redeem Israel
demanding of Gideon that each should be
honest, faithful, true and devoted so may
we be successful if We follow out this divine
precept and example Avast multitude can
only be controlled by having a few acting as
one man; Tor just as Gideon invaded the
camps of the Midianites under protection
TO fight our battles. We must ouietlv hand
ourselves together and invade the camps of
monopoly. With the information We can
We will be enabled to successfully overcome
them. More depends on the fidelity of this
band than on great numbers These 800,
whose purity of purpose ana aban donment
of selfish ambition and preferment is so
firmly established that neither the riches of
Croesus nor the Kingdoms of the world can
move tnem, VIII succeed
some Instructions to the Members
These instructions are given to members:
The G-shal be the superior officer in
each Congressional district, and shall have
full power to call meetings whenever the
good of the order demands and each mem
Der shall report promptly to him, and he |
will be held personally responsible for all |
limitations and the work done in his district;
he will receive instructions from c. B
or during an interval OF any session. The |
initiation fee, s., and quarterly dues, so
cents. for each member of the 300 must be |
paid in advance to the G., who will remit |
on,the first of each quarter with his report,
one-half the fees and dues to the National |
Secretary, P. o. Box l3, New York In every |
instance the majority must rule, and It |
must be full, free action.
As the success of our mission depends |
upon the courage and fidelity of its menl- |
Ders, each C. will see that only the very |
these shall be properly distributed through |
out his district. j shall. upon receipt of !
information, call the C. OF any State to- !
to the State demands such r meeting. C.
B shall be convened by j whenever |
questions of national concern or affecting
two more States demand such q meeting
All Of the officials of the Farmers AL |
lance and the Peoples party who are now
in the city deny that any such "band'' is
authorized by their organizations, but admit
that it is possible there may be in existence
society of the kind described.