The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-02-16
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The National Farmers Alliance Finlshe
It's Labors-Omcers Elected and Demand
Adopted.

The National Farmers Alliance Finishes
It's Labors-Omcers Elected and Demands
Adopted.
TOPEKA, Kan. Feb 1O.-The nation
al council of the Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union concluded its annual
session here yesterday. The council
elected the following officers for the
new year: President, Marion Butler, OF
North Carolina; vice president, ]. L.
Gilbert, of CALIFORNIA;; secretary and
treasurer, ID. p. Duncan, of South Car
olina; executive committee, Maun
Page, of Virginia; Ell. G. Demming, of
Pennsyivania; ]. E. Dean, of New
York, and I'll. l.. Loucks, of South
Dakota The proposition for a
close ritual for state and local al-
liances, to be provided by the national
organization, was defeated. A change
of constitution was adopted. whereby
the election Of lecturers is taken out of
the national council and left to the
judgment of the president, who will
appoint five lecturers. The subject OF
woman's suffrage was discussed freely,
but provoked opposition from the south
ern delegates, and was finally referred
to the alliance of each state Tor such
action as they may choose to take. The
next place of meeting was lett TO the
selection of the executive committee.
DEMANDS ADOPTED
Following are the demands adopted
during the session of the alliance:
First-We demand a national currency safe
sound and flexible issued by the general EoF'
ernrnent only, full legal tender for all debts,
public and private, and that without the use OF
banking corporations just equitable and e61-
cient means of dis tribution direct TO the people
at tax not to exceed 2 per cent be provided,
as set forth in our sub treasury plan, or some
better system also by payments in discharge
of its obligations for public Improvements
We demand the free and unlimited coinage
Of slfef and gold at the present legal ratio OF
Is to l.
We demand that the amount Of circulating
medium be speedily increased to at least $50
per capita
We demand that our national legislation
shall be so framed in the future as not to build
up one industry at the expense Of another
We believe that the money Of the country
should he Kept as much as possible In the
hands of the people. and nehee we demand all
national ana state revenue shall be limited to
the necessary expenses of the government
economically and honestly administered
We demand that peoples savings banks be
established by the government for the safe de-
pcsit of the earnings of the people and 70
facilitate exchange.
Second The land, including all the natural
resources of wealth, is the heritage of all the
people, and should not be .monopohzed for
speculative purposes and alien ownership Of
land should be prohibited All land now held
by railroads and other corporations in excess
of their actual needs, and all land now owned
by aliens should be reclaimed by the govern.
ment and held for actual settlers only.
Third-Transpo portation being means Of ex-
change and public necessity, the government
should own and operate the railroads in the in
terest OF the people. Telegraph and te ephone
systems, like the post Office system being
necessity for transmission OF intelligence,
should be owned and operated by the govern
ment in the interest of the people
The following resolutions were adopt
ed, not as additional to the political
demands of the alliance, but as sub
jects to be discussed in the sub-alli-
ances;
Resolved. That we favor graduated proper
tV tax.
Resolved, That we favor, such Legislation by
the state as will place the liquor traffic under
state agents, bound TO obey the law, so as to
eliminate from the business the corrupting
element of profit