Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1892-11-24
THE ALLIANCE DisRuPTtNo.

! The Two Wings Clash and the Popullse
Faction Captures the Gatheffng-The
McCune Faction Withdraws from the
Convention ar May Form Non-Poie-
ical Oreanization-The National All
ance Demands.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Nov. 19.-The knot
| IN the Farmers Alliance convention cui-
minated in bolt, and yesterday morn
| ing those opposed to the peoples party
| capturing the body held a caucus and
concluded to form a new association
embodying the doctrine of the alliance,
but holding aloof from politics The
Taubeneck crowd having CAPTURE the
convention the delegates refused to at
tend the morning session. a., noon
they got together and effected % tenn
porary organization and began to
shape matters for the issuance of a
manifesto. The correspondent for the
United Press found DR.. McCune in his
| room, and that gentleman made the
following statement:
II withdrew from the convention
hall because the national committee of
the peoples party have came here and
by every possible method are attempt
ing to secure control of the alliance.
| They have used foul means to secure
| hold of the body and have gone SO far
as to make up slate for officers See
ing that these men were in control of
the convention and had determined to
carry ont their measures contrary to
all alliance traditions and principles
withdrew from the hall and shall re-
main ont as long as such methods are
being used to divert the purposes of
the alliance. The delegates who left
the hall felt the same as / did about
the matter.
docs this mean that you will try to
form those thinking as you do, that
the alliance should be non-partisan
body, into a separate organization"
Not necessarily, but if such an as
ISOLATION is formed the demand for it is
from the people who don't care to see
the principles advocated by the Farm
er's Alliance go to naught because de-
signing politicians have succeeded in
capturing the present organization.
''Taubeneck and half a dozen ma
tional committeeman of the third party
have held secret sessions here daily,
| and SO far have shaped the entire policy
Of the convention through their tools
on the convention floor
Mr.. McCune retired into another
room when the boiling delegates had
assembled and the work of mapping
out programme for action was be-
gun.
Additional details of Thursday
nights secret session are leaking out.
F. Tillman, of this state, retaliated by
calling Scott liar and coward. Scott
started toward him and half a dozen
hands reached for hip pockets. Scott
was pulled away.
Gov. Buchanan made remark that
| was not pleasing to delegate and the
latter rushed at the governor with a
baseball bat used by the sergeant-at-
arms to keep the peace. He was pulled
away.
The following demands were adopted
by the national alliance:
FINANCE.
We demand an international currency, safe,
sound and flexible. issued by the government
only: a full legal tender for all debts public
private, and that without the use OF banking
corporations: a iust equitable and efficient
means of distribution direct to the people at
tax not to exceed per cent. to be provided rs
set forth in the subtreasury plan of the Farm
er's Alliance some better system; also by
public i'm movements.
(A)-We demand the free and unlimited coin
age of silver aud gold at the legal ratio Of 16 to
olive demand that the amount of the cir
culatnR medium be increased to at least $50
per capita exclusive of legal reserves
tC:-We dem and graduated income tax
(D)-That our national legislation shall be sc
framed in the future not to build up one in
justry at the expense of another.
Give believe that the money of the coun-
try shoull be kept much possible in the
hands OF the people; and hence we demand all
national and state revenues shall BE- limited to
the necessary expenses of the government
economically and honestly administered.
1--WE demand that postal savings banks
be established by the government for the safe
deposit of the earnings OF the people. and to
facilitate exchange.
The lan1. including all the national resources
Of wealth. is the heritage Of all the people, and
should not be monopolized for speculative pur-
poses. and alien ownership Of land should bs
prohibited. All lands now held by railroads
and other corporations in excess of their actual
needs, and lands now owned by aliens should
now be reclaimed by the government and held
for actual settlers only.
TRANSPORTATION.
Transportation being q means of exch angs
and public necessity the government should
own and operate the railroads in the interest
Of the people.
(A)-The telegraph and the telephone. like
the post Office system, b ,ing a necessity fer
the Transmission Of intelligence SHOULD be
owned and operated by the government in the
interest Of the people.
The election of Off GERS was begun at
IL o'clock and ended two hours later.
Fl. L. Loucks, of South Dakota, was
reelected president: Marion Butler. of
North Carolina, vice-president: T. H.
Taylor, of Nashville Tenn. secretary:
Ben Terrell, of Texas, national secre-
tary.
Members of the executive board: L.
Leonard, Missouri. Mann Page, Vir-
ginia; l. E. Cain, New York, and H. c.
Deming. Pennsylvania
The third party slate has not yet been
broken.
A Mere POstponement
PARIS, Nov. 19.-After long excit-
ing debate the chamber yesterday, by