The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-04-15

from them agree that third party move is
necessary, it need not be feared and that the
next session of this Supreme Council elect
delegates from this order to represent it in
said national conference of productive organ
izations for political purposes"
This was adopted. This report and action
upon it put end to all pretense that the
order is or was non-political.
The Third Party.
1t was then and there carried into a storm
of politics. 1t was then and there the leaders,
the designing men of the order, Tennesseans
claiming to be your representatives undertook
to forge the manacles that were to bind you
hand and foot and deliver you body and soul
| to third party. There the attempt was made
| to dissolve your allegiance to the Democratic
and Republican parties The declaration,
The order can never participate in any par
| tisan or political effort" was made for the
purpose and to the end to prepare you for sale
and delivery to third party.
The North and Northwest were ready to go
| then. The South was not ready but must
await the action of the meeting to be held in
February in 1892.
| Then 1t was the oaths and grips and secret
passwords were attempted to be utilized and
made available for your transfer
| The Tennessee delegates agreed that if the
meeting in 1892 agreed that a new party
move should be had it need not be feared.
| The third party would have been then and
there organized but for the fear of the South
| ern delegates that the South would not sane
ton it. They wanted more time to work and
| deceive and practice their frauds upon ALI
ance members. To see if they could not fast
| en- them by false construction of the oaths
| they had taken to a non-political organiza-
| ton.
The North and Northwest saw the force of
the position and postponed a declaration of
| their already fixed purpose of forming third
party.
The proposed February meeting of 1892 was
had in ST. Louis After denouncing both of
the old parties, it declared for third party.
Terrell, of Texas, said 1.-The Alliancemen in
the South have all along been in favor of in
dependent action, and would not and have
not committed their organizations in any
way" This was the Terrell who has been
posing through Tennessee and the South as
Democrat.
Ignatius Donelly, of Minnesota, said: ''Thc
fine distinctions drawn by the Southern dele
gates have been respected, but the masses of
the people never could or would indulge in
hair splitting The Alliance in the South has
been clptured.'
He had not forgotten the recommendation
of Chairman Macune at Ocala and its adop-
ton.
He was holding the South to its agreement
for third party when the St Louis conven-
ton should so declare itself.
Third Party in Tennessee.
That there is third party now in Tennes
see is put out of question by L. L. Polk Pres
ident of the National Alliance will read an
interview had with him in Washington a few
days ago. 1 give it in whole. Remember that
until very recently Mr.. Polk has loudly pro-
claimed 4 am Democrat"
Here are his statements. After prefacing his
remarks by stating that he knew perfectly well
what was going on in Tennessee politically. as
well as in all the States, and if he didn't know
he would not be fit for the place he occupied, he
said: Mind you, 1 do not confine my decla-
ration To the South but the United States.
and if there is one State over and above all
others that would undertake to make the
third party succeed in this campaign it is in
the State of Tennessee. say this in view of
the particular political condition existing
there, and because / know the strength and
temper of the Alliance in that State.''
If the Alliance does not have its way, will
it make common cause with the Republicans?"
we asked.
well, don't know but what it is going to
have its way 1t is well enough organized to.
l will say this however, there is Third party
Democrats. l don't think that the Alliance
men in Tennessee or anywhere else have any
business going into the Democratic conven-
tiOns. There are sixty-tive papers in Tennes- |
see that say an Alliance man is not a Demo |
crat, and, according 10 their way of thinking, |
he is not. Ny advice to the Tennessee AL |
lance men is to keep away from Democrats
and have nothing to do with them"
Can the Third party and the Republicans
carry the State2"
If they choose to combine, the Democratic |
vote would not be worth counting"
He was asked, SIS it not fact that com |
bination between them has been agreed upon, |
or is in process of agrcementl'
That cannot say, but the third party in |
Tennessee is already strong enough to have |
concessions come to instead of from it, Wait |
sixty days and then the Bourbons will open |
their eyes
1t is important TO bear in mind that Mr. |
Polk is the head and mOuth-piece of the ALI |
ance in Tennessee and bases his declaration
upon the report of his subordinates. The |
Tennessee President is one of these subordi- |
Mates and the inference is irresistible and |
conclusive that President Polk speaks from
the returns of his field officer, the President of
the Tennessee Alliance.
That field officer is not purposely making |
public his third party proclivities, but set in |
such purpose he is attempting to conceal it by |
crying Il am a Democrat" that he may be |
better armed to capture and absorb true Dem |
ocrats
Alancemen, read and ponder well these |
claims of President Polk. Many of you are as |
good Democrats as or any other in the |
State. Yau cannot and will not subscribe or sub |
NIT to such unblushing fraud and treachery.
Again. Jerry Simpson, an Alliance Con
gresham from Kansas, said in the lobby of |
the House on March 81, He felt confident the |
third party could and would carry Tennessee. |
The Alliance is in a majority in the State, and |
the President of our order, John H. Mcdowell. |
down there recently sent out a three-column |
circular marked, respectively, Democratic, |
Republican and Third party to the Secretary
of every subordinate lodge in the State The |
returns have about all come in. and the result |
shows that 95'per cent. of the Alliance is for
the third party"
Duty of Democrats.
With these evidences from the highest |
sources corroborated by minor witnesses, there
is but one of two courses left for the Demo-
crat who is a member of the Alliance in its
present condition, and that is either to come
out and remodel the organization to its origi-