The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-03-23

TIE STATE SECRETARY WRITES Us \
STRONG LETTER
SHOWING WHY SENATOR ATWATEg AND
THE OTHER ALLIAxcgMES AGREED
To THE INFAMOUS AMEND
MESTS.
of TuE TWO UNJUST AND INFAMOUS
PROPOSITIONS, THEY THOUGHT 1T
BEST To- TAKE THE LEAST.
The Legislature shown Up ia q Worse
Light Than Ever.
Especial to THE CArcAslss.I

9th. you have an editorial in which
You seem to blame Senator Atwater
for agreeing 10 the amendments to
the Alliance charter, which were re-
ported by the Senate Committee fa-
vorably and passed in place of House
bill for repeal of charter in hands
of Senate Committee. The facts are
these: The amendments We offered
to the committee through our at
torney, SO completely filled the pre-
text that was used for repeating the
charter that the Senate Committee
were at loss for time what to do.
for the Democratic members both of
House and Senate had agreed pre-
ylously in caucus, unanimously, $50
have heard) to repeal the charter of
The Alliance and to Issue d new one
which would suit the fancy of our
lawmakers, not of those interested.
These things the House proceeded
to do; to repeal our charter and
grant new one as far as it was con-
cerned, and that before the Senate
had acted on the bill for repeal as
sent from the House. AS | said
above, the Senate Committee did not
know what to do, but the conspira-
tors (those who had in caucuses
planned for repeal of charter) were
on hand demanding their "pound of
flesh" hese conspirators, (headed
by man who claimed to be an ALI
anceman, but who was traitor SO
depraved, that Judas Iscariot and
Benedict Arnold were saints in COM
parlson,) concocted, with the aid of
AsTUTE LAWYER Politicians the
amendments of which you have so
forcibly and truthfully written. |
These amendments were presented |
to our attorneys on Saturday eve
nlng, the 25th of February by the
chairman of the Senate Committee.
Mr.. Patterson, who had this bill in
charge, and, who stated that if Mr.,
Atwater who is member of our Or
der would agree to them, that the
committee would make unanimous
report and it would pass both Houses:
but If he should refuse to do SO then
the committee would make fayora-
BILE report of House bill for repeal of
charter and IT would pass the SEN
ate-that he must know by 81 o'clock
same evening what Mr.. Atwater
would do, as the committee would
make out their report at that time
and proceed to the Senate More time
was asked for, but it was refused.
Our attorneys saw Mr.. Atwater at
once, and together they come to nv
office to consult with Brothers Worth.
Ivy and myself in regard to the mat
ter. Remember we only had about
one hour for consultation and it was
impossible to correspond with YOU or
any other of our officials in that short
time.
After as thorough discussion as ;
possible, In so short time, upon these
amendments, while each one of us be-
lleved that 1t was direct insult to i
every Alllanceman in North Carroll ,
ma, and as far reaching in its ingen-
lous deviltry as could have been con-
cocted, we thought it best that Broth t
er Atwater Che agreeing with us) |
should sign the committees report for t
the amendment, as it was better to 7
have them than for the charter to he :,
repealed, he, Mr.. Patterson, promis-
ing that no more hostile legislation
should be enacted by said body if
the report was signed.
Brother Atwater agreed to the
amendments, not because he believed
they were right or just, not because
ne desired to fasten any such igno-
measure upon himself or
his brethren, but because he believed
1t would work less harm to the ALL
ance organization and to the bretb-
rem. Now if there is any stigma to
De attached to this action of orr
brother, then we W. H. Worth.
Ihadeus Ivy, and myself, wish to di.
vide it with our Brother as we adj
ylsed it, and believe yet it was best.
w ny did we think it best? I will
tell you. We believed that if the
Alliance charter was repealed that q
Receiver" would be appointed at
the suggestion of these same conspir-
ators who would have been "a tool of b
these traitors if not one of them:
That greater part of the funds in u
that case would be squandered un- n
necessarily In expenses of settlement: es
that the funds of the Agency would G
De locked up for the remainder of !,
the year if not longer, and none Of :.
It could have been used as backing l
tor our Business Agent as now: that f
thousands who were partly depend f
INT on our agent for supplies would Y
De deprived of that privilege of :
trading; that without the fund onr =
business Agent could not purchase J
tor us goods at the favorable prices t
ne now is enabled to do; that it would il
iisorganlze our order by unseating f
every officer in sub, county and STATE !,
Alliance; that it would take some =
lime to reorganize again and would s.
nave cost the members thousands b
II dollars extra. While our breth- n
ZEN would be willing to contribute
AGAIN to the Agency, they would -
not like to do so, not knowing but :
what the fund would be trifled with {
AGAIN oy another set of tsNoN-PART1- y
'AN POLITICAL" Lawmakers That II
With the amendments we know that
'ur trusted agent Bro. W. A. Ora
1am, would have the handling of
ne funds and that they would be
AIKEN care of faithfully, as they have
ecu u ene past. That no one knew n
Q much about the fund, and the .
y ,lan upon which 1t was given, and
y Whom given. That there would