The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-01-28
ALLIANCE NOTES.

NEWS OF THE ORDER AND IT'S
MEMBERS.
What is Being Done in the Various
Sections For the AdvancemeRt
OF the Great Organization.
The Kansas State Alliance Benefit As
sociation saved its members three times
the cost of the State Alliance.
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On a capital q only s22, 900 the Kan
sas Alliance Exchange did business OF
$1.215, $40 during the last fiscal year.
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The Labor Tribune Carthage, Mo-,
says. Good crops and close economy
can not supply the deficiency in the vol
ume of money, nor pay taxes or debts.
Some papers are shouting as if big crops
could bring money into circulation,
when the fact is impossible. Good crops
cause prices to fall for want of money
enough to handle and hold the same,
whereas if money was plentiful, it would
be called into use in handling the crops,
which would make large crops blessing
in two ways-frst, by the extra labor it
would employ; and, second, by the
amount of money that would 60 into
circulation.
MEETING OF ALLIANCE PRESIDENTS.
The presidents of the various state
alliances held an executive session in
Washington few days ago. According
to dispatches, the meeting was somewhat
heated when the question of alliance po--
litieal afdliation came up. Anumber OF
other allisncemen who happened to be IN
Washington, but had no vote in the
meeting, were allowed to be present and
express themselves. 1t was agreed by
them that an attempt to transfer the al
lance vote Of the country to any party
would result in the complete destruction
of the order. A resolution was passed
unanimously calling upon the February
st. Louis convention to refrain from
committing the alliance to any party.
The resolution is as follows: Resolved,
That it is the sentiment and desire
of this conference of the pres
idents of the Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union that the delegates
from the farmers Alliance and Indus
trial Union who attend the industrial
conference to be held in st. Louis, Feb
ruary %, 1892, lse their Influence and
\ votes to ESTABLISH perfect fraternal yeis
sions with al tfle labor ofaanl2asidg'
representa- ia said meeting with the
Csaia demands as basis and a platform
for principles, aud that such platform DC
presented to the national conventions Of
the democratic party, the republican
party and the peoples party, this year,
with an earnest request that the princi-
Piles involved be ingrafted into their plat
forms for the coming elections of 1893;
but that they carefully refrain from COM
mitting our orders, as such, to affiiliation
with any political party or parties.
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NOT HIRELINGs.
In an extensive article on Alliance mat
ters, correspondent in the Atlanta Con
stitution admits that the lodges of the
order are not as fully attended as formerly,
accounting various reasons therefor, and
adds: $50 you cannot judge the power
of tho alliance in Georgia by the roll call
at the lodges, and to oppose the alliance
is to oppose an unbroken array OF our
agricultural element. Abuse only
Strengthens them in their determination,
and poverty and oppression but drives
them the closer together. Our farmers
are not the untutored irresponsible, Wis
ionary fanatics that their enemies would
like to make the world believe. On the
other hand, they are liberal in their views,
are always open to conviction, conserva-
tive and abiding. Since the alliance
was organized they have devoted great
time and care to study of the economic
questions that agitatc the public mind,
and it would surprise an outsider to at
tend one of our alliance meetings
and hear uneducated men, just from
between the plow-haudles, debate great
public issues, which you would think
as far removed from their under
standing as are the poles. l assert that
the average allianceman is to-day as we'll
or better informed in regard to the poll
tics of our country as is the average pro-
IcsSlOudl Ildu uheA siiNy NM" 40 AASA
about financial questions as the average
banker or capitalist. There is no danger
of the alliancemen of Georgia being led
astray by designing and ambitious dema-
gogues. At this time | know that the
third party has not ghost of show in
this section, and if the democratic ma
jority in the house will give to the coun-
try financial relief, aud show their will
ingness to lift the burden from the backs
of the people, do not believe that the
new party will command corporaPs
guard in any county in Georgia. You
never hear it even discussed at our alh-
ance gatherings, while the course of Col.
Livingston, and those Of our alliance
congressman who went into the demo-
cratic caucus, is universally commended. "
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THE ALLIANCE NOT UNDERSTOOD.
Under the above headlines the Midland
Journal has very comprehensive article
from which we extract the following:
The aims aud scope of the Farmers AL