Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1892-04-28
THE THIRD PARTY IN GEORGIA.

Statement About the Alliance Men.
In double loaded article about the
third party in Georgia, the Atlanta
Constitution, the leading Democratic
paper of the state, speaks as follows:
Is the Alliance of Georgia going into
the third party?
Have the members Of that order de-
termined to forsake the Democratic
party?
Sensational, indeed. are the claims of
the third party leaders; and if the adop-
ton of resolutions indorsing the action
of the St. Louis conference is any indi-
cation of the sentiment of the Alliance
men of Georgia, the statements of the
editor of the official organ of that order
as to the action of the sub-Alliances
means much to the Democracy.
The Constitution is no alarmist. As a
newspaper its plain duty is to present
the full facts concerning the growth of
third party sentiment in Georgia. The
statements made by the third party
leaders and by the editor of The South
ern Alliance Farmer may not prove al
together pleasant reading to those Dem
ocrats who have believed-or professed
to believe-that the movement was.rnak-
ing no Roadway in Georgia, but it is well
for these and all other members Of the
party to be made to realize the real stu
alton.
The sub-Alliances are indorsing the st.
Louis convention.
That means that many Alliance men,
unless shown the error Of their ways.
are going into the third party.
Editor Irwin, of The Southern ALI
ance Farmer, is authority for the state
ment that of the 1900 sub-Alliances in
the state over 900 have Endorsed the
st. Louis convention, and that but three
of those so far heard from have refused
to indorse that convention.
The week following the st. Louis con-
vention Editor Irwin published request
to the sub-Alliances Of Georgia to meet
at once and take action upon the St.
Louis conference and report the result
of their action to The Southern Alliance
Farmer at once.
The returns seem to give great conso-
lation to the third party men, and if one
half they claim is true they have right
to feel happy.
Editor Irwin says he is not a third
party man. He says he is nonparty
man.
He was sitting at his desk scribbling
hard away. with three big piles of papers
before him. "See those three piles of
papers there" said he, pointing to them,
with a smile; land you see here" and
he opened acopy of The Southern ALI
ance Farmer and run his finger down
two columns of, matter containing re-
ports of the action of seventy-nine sub
Alliances on the st. Louis platform.
1--WE have but few in the paper" the
editor continued, but we have received
reports from 900 and odd and they are
pouring in every day. 1t is just paralyZ
ing how the Alliances are going into the
third party. Out of over 1900 Alliances
reported only three have failed to in
dorse the St. Louis conference. And
they are still coming. believe that
when they are all heard from there
won't be enough dissenting sub Alliances
to count.
You may put this down: The Geor-
gia alliance is going into the third party.
Not only the Alliance is going into it,
but the workingmen in the cities and
professional and business men are join
ing in. Why. three prominent Atlanta
lawyers told me that they were in SYM
pathy with the movement and had
joined the party"
Anxiety Among Democratic Congressman