The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-18
FIGHT OF THE ALLIANCE.
LIVINGSTON AND ELLINGTON RI
VALS FOR CONTROL.

GAINESVILLE. GA, Aug. 1.-THE state
alliance is on the verge Of dissolution. Sem
ator Ellington aud his followers are making
strenuous efforts to carry 1t into the third
party, boots and saddles. and Congressman
Livingston and his followers, who are DEM
ocrats, are doing all they can TO make 1t re-
sumo It's old place of q non.partisan organ
ization. If the third party men are on the
ascendsnoy the alliance will in the future
be political organization and will soon die
a natural death. If the third party is In
centrol the democrats will withdraw and
hold a separate convention. This is the
situation in Gainesville to day.
Tomorrow, when the election takes place,
will decide the future of the alliance.
Yesterday the trustee stockholders of the
state alliance exchange held their annual
meeting, and a sorry plight the exchange
turned out to be In, for the reports OF the
officers show that there are now but $50 900
Of available assets. When the exchange
began business it had S74 900 of the hard
earned money of the farmers to start on
The report Of President Peek showed that
the exchange for the last year had made
$500.
THE WYNN bHOHIAGk.
Messrs. Broughton of Morgan and Led
better Of Polk, the trustees appointed to
handle the Wynn securities, made their re-
ports. The Wynn accounts, it will be- re-
membered. were $4,000 short. He turned
over some real estate and some phosphate
bonds into the exchange and it was claimed
that they were worth more than $50, 900
and the exchange felt safe, as It held an In
demnity bond for 5000 TO make good any
shortage not covered by the securities
turned over.
The report Of the two trustees showed
that the real estate and bonds were put up
for sale, but no one wanted them and they
were bid In by the exchange for $4,000.
It further showed that nothing could be
realized on the IS 900 bond. This leaves
the exchange with a shortage Of $50, 600
against II being a lot Of real estate and
phosphate bonds. which cannot be convert
cd into cash.
w. A. Broughton was elected president
OF the exchange, and L. s. Ledbebter was
elected business manager
LIvINGsToN's ANNUAL ADDRESS.
This morning President Livingston made
his annual address In calling the conven-
ton to order. He referred to the acts of
the alliance In 1890 and 1891. when it was a
non-partisan organization, and showed how
successful 1t had been. He showed the
falling off since division had arisen, aud
advised the alliance 70 elect a set of con
servative officers that no one could object
TO, let mems politics be what they would
He advised them TO steer clear of politics in
both the state and suballiances, and to
keep the order within its constitutional
limits. He showed that the original inten-
ton Of the order was strictly non-pArtisan
and that 1t was an educational organiza-
ton, not only to educate the farmers, but
To AdncafQ tba manila IN fba Oufai1a IN, I'm
liberal views toward its members as the
producers Of the country and TO look
with less favor on the monopolists
He said that If the alliance would condne
itself 10 Its legitimate functions IL would
safely land the people on the shores of re-
lief, but II not 1t would sink into oblivion.
ITS FORMER STRENGTH.
BE referred to the strength of the organ
ization for the two years when there were
no divisions and said both democrats and
republicans admitted the farmers had
wrongs and neither one Of these parties hesi-
tated to say they would give all the relief In
their power. He said the alliance had now
lost all claims on the old parties, and until
the third party agitation ceased the great
organization was between ths upper and
neither mill stones and was being ground to
pieces. He declared that the alliance could
not live as q political institution, and said
to it's original ground.
Vice President W. A. Wilson, who has
been acting president for nine months,
made short report and then the oonven-
ton adjourned for dinner.
The meetings are held In secret and the
members are wary about giving out any
thing that happens.
The real fight Of the convention will come
up tomorrow when officers are elected.
The third party candidate for president In
Q. h Ellington and the democratic candi-
date Is Vice President w. A. Wilson. If
the third party has strength enough to elect
senator Ellington the deaah Of the alliance
is foregone conclusion. nthe democrats
elect Mr.. Wilson he will strive 20 make the
order non-partisan aud TO save its life, IL
possible. There ts considerable talk, how
ever. OF agreeing on a compromise candi-
date In the person of Col. W. A. BrouRhton
or Col. Zachary of MoDonough. There is
any. amount Of log-rolling and secret
conferences and there is no telling what q
day may bring forth in the convention.
a STARTLING SHOWING.
The most startling condition Of affairs
was shown to exist In the alliance by the
report OF the executive committee rendered
this afternoon. 1t states that dur
ling the year the number of alliances has
been greatly reduced, only 93S being re-
ported for the March quarter. The de.
crease of membership is put down as appal-
Ing and the revenues have fallen from
81, 247 in August, 1891. TO So, 232 in August,
1892, a decrease OF s5.0l5. The committee
says the days OF the alliance are numbered
unless this is stopped. The report staggered
the rampant third party men and will
probably hold them in check
more than anything else. For
time at to-night's session 1t looked like the
funeral sermon Of the alliance was being
preached, but Col. Liyinston threw himself
into the breach and saved it.
THE ALLIANCE FARMER.
A resolution to indorse the course Of
Editor Irwin in turning the Southern Al
lance Farmer into a third party sheet
and TO re-elect him editor was presented.
Il amounted to the same as indorsing the
third party. A substitute was offered that
the past course of the paper be indorsed and
that IL be earnestly requested TO advocate
the principles and purposes of the alliance,
TO educate the people IN the principles
OF the order, TO be non-part!ssn
and TO uphold no political party. The third
party men are IN q majority, and IL APP
peared after a long and fierce debate that
they would defeat the substitute aud carry
the original resolutions.
LIVINGSTON TO THE FRONT.
Representative Livingston came % the
front, and he still has a wonderful influence
over the farmerL He made telling speech,
al agrN ha.N . -. a a