The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-02
THE STATE ALLIANCE.
RESIDENT EVANS'S ABLE ANIL pRac-
TiCAL ADDRESS.

In Masterlv hIanpor- Inner rtant sup.
Eestions hIade-Allusions t.: tho ON o,a1
Organ of the Oldor.
AIKEN, 5. c., July 25.--When the
Alliance met this morning in the Al.
Ken county court house at IL o'clock
Cnere was q full attendance of the
members, President Evans was in the
cnalr and secretary Reid was In his
place. The other officers of the order
RresenI were Vice President j. s. Keitt
J. VIM. Stokes, Steward 10. B. Tavlor
Sergeant. .at.Arms ]. Il. Jarnegan. Dis.
Grlct Lecturer j. II. Blake, ,Jr., Of the
Thlrd District and w. 0. Tatum of the
= new Seventh; and executive committee
men u. l.. Mitchell, .E. II. Walter and
5. L. ID. Lancaster: and judiciary com.
mttteemen w. N. Elder, d. X. Norris
and John I. CASTOR. The absent ON
GERS were Chaplain James E. Douglass.
Doorkeeper j. w. Kennedy and Assist
ant Doorkeeper l.. E. Parler.
, Ihe following delegates appeared
and presented their credentials and
were enrolled:
Abbeville-J. T.. Robertson; Aiken
). S. McKte; Anderson-J. Nj. Glenn:
Blarnweil-W. T.. Banberg; Berkeley
II. S. Browning; Chester-S. r. Nc
keown; ChesteTlleld-R. e. Rivers:
Clarendon-James T.. Davis; Colleton-
u. M. Yarn; Darlington-H. A. Josey !:
Fairlield-J. M. Galloway; Florence.
). q. Pettigrew; Georgetown-R. J.
donaldson; Greenville-J. II. Latimer:
Horry-J ames A. Lewis; Lancaster
y. elliott; LaureDs-A. Il. Goodwin:
hexlngton-D. +. Elird; Marion-J. d.
montgomery; Marlboro e. w. Hear
Saw Iolr
J. l.. Smith; Orang ngeburg-S. G. Kenne.
dy; Ilckens--JOel II. Miller; Richland
james Norton; Spartanburg-M, o.
LoWland; Sumter-1I. Il. Abbott; Uu-
10n-H. 9. Little; williamsburg. y.
Daniel; + Ork-W. j. Miller.
Among the other Alliancemen pres
ent were Col. w. A. Neal, Prof. w. N.
Marchant, Senator Reagan, D. w. Nc.
Laurin, ID. K. Norris, Il. f.. Kirven, w.
N: Elder and others. There were In
all about forty five members Of the Al
lance In attendance.
a lew more are expected in tomor-
row morning. The body Is composed
for the most part this year of new blood
Mr.. ID. w: McLaurin, who attended the
nrst meeting Of the State Alliance of
South Carolina. said to me: "This is as
good body as haye ever seen and I
nave been to every meeting the State
Alliance has ever held.
After the organization had been COM
pleted PRESIDENT w. d. Evans proceed.
ed TO deliver his annual address. 1t
was strong one and seemed to great
ly impress all the members of the ALI
ance., lie urged the Alliance in the
strongest terms to stand to It's guns,
reiterated all of it's demands, etc. The
copy OF the address was placed In the
hands OF the committee to be reported
npOn and I've had some difficulty In
getting at It. Here, however, Is the
address,:
Gentlemen of the State Farmers AL.
lance Of South Carolina: Six years
have come and gone since the Alliance
has been organized in this State. These
years have been spent by us In advo-
eating measures burdened with the pre-.
servation Of the liberties Of the people
and tre1ghted with the responsibilities
or perpetuating our republican form Of
government, a legacy handed down to
us by our revolutionary ancestors as q
sacred trust for generations yet un-
born. Let as ask ourselves today if we
are faithfully and honestly discharging
our duty as trustees Of this noble es-
tate. From 1883 to 1889, the agricultu.
raj and industrial classes were aroused
to knowledge of the fact that the props
were being knocked from under them,
and that they had not only to stand
alone bearing upon their shoulders the
legitimate superstructure of maiatain-
Ing the professional and non producing
classes IN their necessary and hOnora-
bic calling, Of producing bread for the
eater and raw materials to clOthe the
naked, but that Il horde of gamblers
and spectators under the forms of
legallzed mOnsLroslties, had fastened
themselves upon them, and had placed
burdens upon their shoulders greyions
to be tolerated. In fact there was an
uprising OF tho people protesting
against financial system that was first
destroying the resources of the farm,
and sweeping all the profits Of the
laborer into tho Golfers of the legaliZed
robbers. The result Of investigation
and consultation showed that unless q
different ana better system of finance
was adopted by the government, ruin
and disaster would blight the peace and
prosperity and happiness OF the people.
TO avert this calamity, the Alliance
formulated ana set forth what are
known rs the Ocala demands, and
boldly predicted that unless these de-
mands were inacted into law, the coun.
try would witness the most disastrous
panic ever known In It's history. THIS
prediction has been more than verified.
for not only the government itself, but
every kind of legitimate business has
been on the verge Of bankruptcy for
the past twelve months
The Alliance L0ing m lde up of me em-
bers Of all the political parties, these
demands were made In strictly non
partisan spirit. and therefore every
political party was appealed to to give
relief to the country through better
and just financial system That would
give the wealth producers equal change
under the law. We have stood by
these demands from 1890 to the present
time, believing them to be founded
upon justice, demanded In equity upon
the broad Democratic principle OF equal
rights to all, special privileges to none.
Until experience teaches us something
better, we must stand squarely by and
advocate these demands, supporting for
office only those who are with us and
who will use their political influence to
advance and build up our interests. If
we 40 no less than this we will be re.
creant to the high duty of citizenship.
traitors TO our country, to our homes
and to our families,