The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-08-02
TIE ALLIANCE IN COUNCIL.
w. ID. Evaus is Elected President. and j. l.
Keitt Vice Presideut-Extraordtn
Resolutions, which Show which
Way the Wind Biows-AEow-
ed Third Party Men Share
the Honors Of Office.


WALHALLA, July 27.-There is a
pretty little graveyard within fifty feet
of the place of the sixth annual meet
ing of the Farmers Alliance. This is
perhaps suggestive that before the
Alliance men again see Walhalla there
will be . burial ground filed with
political corpses. Certainly to-day's
actions anticipate such results. Either
the Alliauce wants its burial sclt or it
hopes to see one procured for the Ma
tional Democracy in South Carolina.
, The South Carolina Alliance has
cast the die and plainly says it intends
to "force" its demands as an issue il
the political campaign. There is to be
no dodging. Loyalty to every Alliance
demand is required for Alliance sup
port, be that wnat it may. The News
and Courier has been something Of
prophet as to Mr.. Evans election TO the
presidency of the Alliance. When time
was called w. D. Evans was the only
| real candidate in the field, and the
Administration-Bo candidate, D.
X. Norris, was not presented and Don
aldson declined to run. He and his
friends are happy over his vindication
and the defeat of any suggested candi-
dates.
w. D. EVANS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
At the night session the principal
business was the election of officers,
| which was started about II O'Clock.
During the day it seemed pretty we'll
settled that Norris would not be no.
minated, and his friends had reason to
believe be would be defeated and did
not care to arouse any antagonism.
To Col. Norris's credit it must be said
that be has nothing to do with the
matter. Vice President w. D. Evans
| was nominated in fine speech. Don
aldson's name was presented, when be
made brief and digniied statement
that be had to emphatically decline to
allow his nameto be considered. Evans
Yves then elected. Joseph L. Keitt, of
Newberry, was elected vice president
and J. w. Rid, of Spartanburg, and
F. P. Taylor, of Chesterfield, secretary
and treasurer respectively. Evans
selection is about the best that could
have been made for the Alliance. He
is All independent man and is not
bound up by pledges.
Governor Tillman's friends perhaps
get little satisfaction out Of the election.
Ever since the memorable railroad
commissioners bill, Tillman and Evans
have not been especially devoted. Col.
Evans, while Reformer, is not coat
tail swinger. neither has be had any,
one else to DO his thinking. Col. Keitt's
election was perhaps sop to the Third
Party element. Resolutions thanking
the authorities of Clemson College and
the citizens of Walhaila for courtesies
extended were passed. After debate
at the night session the Alliance lectur-
ers were taken ont from State officers
and put under tie control of the State
officers. Several were elected and will
! be called for by counties as wanted.
| The Alliance set about with the
determination OF getting through with
its work as soon as possible. At 10
o'clock the body was called to order
and remained continuously in session
until l o'clock, and then took only an
| hours recess for dinner, and went
back in the afternoon to tackle the
silver question and tell the good peo-
pie Of the country how to inject flnan-
cial elixir into the nation; why Cleve-
land was zone Of the robbers" and all
about running q great nation. Of
course everybody knows that the Alli-
ance is secret organization and that
its proceedings are sacredly guarded.
A press committee has been appointed,
but nothing much is given out by it.
| After the morning session the commit
tee graciously said: 1--WE did nothing
| except q great deal of routine work. T"
But there are ways known to the aver
age reporter Of getting what he wants.
So everything except that which is
labelled ''offcial' is guess work, but
| the correctness even Of that is worth
wagering on.
! WHOLESALE SALARY REDUCTIONS.
! The most important question con-
sidered this morning was salary reduc-
| tions. The treasury of the Order is
weak, the membership steadily de-
creasing, and the necessity of money
reform and retrenchmentin its manage
ment is acknowledged. The Alliance
has had competent officers, but to-day,
after hard aght, the secretary's salary
was cut from $500 to $500, and the
| presidents from $500 to $3.50! It's said
that Mr.. Norris led the fgh, against
such reduction and my information
is that Burn, of Darlington, Jumped"
on him in vigorous style for having
| taken such 8 stand The committee
on the presidents message submitted
complimentary resolutions on his ad-
! dress.
!
THE EXCHANGE DID GOOD BUSINESS
| Among the members there is some
talk about President Donaldson's le-
liverances, and especially as to that
part where he said bis respects to the
demagogues in politics. The reading
Of reports of committees consumed a
considerable time; among the most
| interesting was that of the State Alli-
anee Exchange. The report indicates,
50 far as can be learned, that the busi-
ness Of the Exchange for the past eleven
| months has been very good, aggregat-
ing about $4,000 70 $4,000. A little
over half of this is for fertilizers. The
| business is strictly cash or for the best
commercial paper. The committee on
resolutions found plenty of work on its
hands, as Senator Keitt's resolution on
silver, banks, etc. was lengthy. Its
consideration took place at the after
| noon session.
DONALDSON SIMON UREDEMoCRACY
During the day there was decided
turning towards Donaldson for some
reason, and l have heard not a few
delegates say that he could be reelected.
His friends claim that be has fully
twenty-five of the delegates. 1t went
so far that friends waited on Donald
son to secure his consent to allow the
use of his name. Donaldson declined
to run or the. ground that while in
sympathy with the Alliance and its
purpose he was not hostile to Cleve-
land or the Democracy, and with these
convictions be could not be at the head
of the body in South Carolina as at
present operated. Moreover the Alli-
ance organization was opposed to
! Cleveland and the Administration,
which action he could not endorse. He
has every reason to feel satisfied with
the talk ofdelegateS.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
At , o'clock the Convention reas-