The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1892-12-01

AERSAoAS ohU bCSuh W 6tldDS ludUCeTS IOr
the issuance Of manifesto.
The correspondent of the United
Press found Mr.. Macune in his room,
and that gentleman made the follow
ing statement Il withdrew from the
convention hall because the national
committee of the Peoples party have
come here and are attempting to secure
control of the Alliance. They have
used foul means, and have gone 50 far
as to make up a slate of State officers.
Considering that these men were in
control Of the convention, and had de-
termined to carry out their measures,
| contrary to the Alliance traditions and
principles, withdrew from the hall,
and shall remain out as long as such
methods are being used to divert the
purpose 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 into q
separate organization
| Mot necessarily; but if such an asso-
citation is formed, the demand for it Is
from the people who do not desire to
see the principles advocated by the
Farmers Alliance go to naught because
desl gning politicians have succeeded in
capturing the present organization.
Taubeneck and half a dozen national
committeeman of the Third party have
held secret sessions here daily, and so
far have shaped the entire policy of the
organization through their tools on the
convention floor"
The election Of officers was begun at
III o'clock and ended in two hours. II.
L.. Loucks, Of South Dakota, was re-
elected president; Marion Butler, of
North Carolina, vice president; l.. II.
Taylor, of Nashville, secretary; Ben.
Terrell, OF Texas, national lecturer.
Members OF executive board: l.
Leonard. Missouri; Mann Page, Vir-
ginia; |. d. Can, New York; III. g.
DelnnR, pennsylvania. The Third
party slate was not broken.
The closing session of the convention
was held tonight, when the newly elect
ed officers were installed, in the pres
ence of about one-half of the delegates.
The others, disg usted at the result, re-
mained away from the hall. a num-
Der of these delegates insist that as
soon as they return home and announce
the result to their State Alliance, a
withdrawal from the national body
Will take place and new order will be
formed.
I0uckS' opponents held meeting
and issued a manifesto against the
methods of the Third party men, accus-
ing them Of an attempt to disrupt the
order. Parks, of Texas, took the docu-
ment to the convention hall at o'clock
and read it to the delegates.
Later number Of friends of NIacune'5
gathered in his room and discussed fur
Cher operations. Among them we're
John III. Mcdowell, Governor Buchan
an, Ben Terrell, of Texas, and Secretary
Taylor. Terrell and Taylor. though
elected to Offices, are in sympathy with
Macune, and when the signal is gi zen,
their friends assert, they will cast their
fortunes with the new body. Their
election WAS All attempt to cOnciliate
the Macune faction, but it was fail
ure.
Tonight the officers were installed In
one room, while In another an open AL
lance meeting was held. Macune
came into the hall and spoke, scoring
the members Of the Third party execu-
tive committee, several of whom were
III the audience.
The reelection OF President Loucks
was IA triumph for the third party men
and will certainly iDiure the OrganiZa.
ton, especially in the South where 81
majority of the members of the Ali
ance are Democrats.
Already there are unmistakable evl.
dences of bolt. DR.. Macune has with.
drawn from the national body and IS
preparing an address which will be
signed by the delegates from every
Southern State, and which sets forth
the position he assumes and which was
made necessary by the action of the
convention.
President LOucks represe nts what is
designated by many of the delegates as
the political faction of the third party |
and under his leadership they think be
will endeavor to swing the organiza-
tiOn as body into line with the lead |
ers OF the third party and the non polit-
lcal standing of the order will be lost.
During the heated discussion last |
night Jonn f. Tillmaa denounced Mr.. |
Scott, Of Kansas, as Il coward and a |
scoundrel.
Congressman Otis, OF Kansas, in Sec
onding the nomination of Loucks, said:
"lt Macune is elected president, we of
the national order for we have had
enough OF the purchased allies of South
ern Democracy"
IL was after these utterances, which
were loudly applauded by the friends
OF LOuckS, that General West, of Mis-.
sissippi, withdrew Macune's name from
before the cOnven tlOn. West went on
to say that while he and his colleagues
from Mississippi would not withdraw
from the order they would retire from
the order, and he left.
Ben Terrell, of Texas, answered OTIS
attack on Macune and said that his
(OtisD utterances would drive $4,000
men out of the Alliance In the South.
Delegates fl ON Alabama, Texas, Ten.
nessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Caro-
lima, Kentucky and Ohio, to the num-
Der of 265, had a memorial spread on
the minutes today declaring the "false,
cruel, unjust warfare which has been
waGed upon Brother Clio. Macune by
partisan leaders throughout the coun-
try whose chief object was the destruc.
tion of our noble order and asserting,
"our fullest confidence in brother Ma
cune and i'll the belief that ho has been
slandered and maligned in the most
wicked manner without pre- ;edent in
political partisan warfare vt this coun-
try and by enemies of organized labor
and productive industry"
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