People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-02-16
National Alliance,

tiOns. A. FARMER.
National Alliance.
The Supreme council OF the Ma.
tiOnal Farmers Alliance and Iudus-
trial UhiOn has just adjourned the
most interesting meeting since its
organization. While the attendance
was not so large as some OF It's pre-
yious ones, all delegates aud men,
bers were filed with enthusiasm and
brought greetings Of good cheer from
their respective states. There were
about 40 representatives and dele.
gates present from the following
states: California, Colorado, Texas,
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas,
Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee, Ken
lucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, New
York, Virginia, Nortk and South Car
olina. A good manyvisiting members
from Kansas were present. The
meeting was called 70 order by Presi.
dent Hanna Of the Kansas State Al
lance. Governor Lewelling delivered
the address Of welcome, in behalf of
the state and ]. &. Willitts for the
State Alliance. ]. E. Dean, of New
York, made the response. The rest
of the day was devoted to organiza-
tion and the appointing of commit
tees.
Open meetings were held each even.
ing. H. y. LouCk. president of the
National Alliance, delivered his an.
nual address. he was followed b,
Mann Page, of Virginia, who was hu
morous aRS earnest. He said the peO
pie had learned te read the papers O.
the press the opposite from whicf
they were printed.
Wednesday evening was Womant
evening and representative hall wa.
crowded; standing room was at a pre-
MUM. There has not been such 4;
gathering since the Inauguration O
Governor LeweEng. Mrs. Helen S
johnson, Of Pennsylvania, and Mrs
Lease were the principal speakers
Thursday evening, although it wa.
raining, tlie hall was well filed &
hear Ben Terrell, Gf Texas, ard J. L
Gilbert, Of California. Mr.. Terrell
1, spoke for aa hour and a-half on f
nance and transportation. On money
be said congress had violated the con
! stitutiCn by issuing redeemable pa
lper money, the constitution gave con
lGreSS the power to coin money anC
tx the value thereof and a redeem
able paper money was only Substi
, GJte and the constitution did moi
. give them the power to issue a sub
sCitute. He showed that the natiOna
bank note was substitute and it.
isSJe was paternaliSm, because the
gonernment conferred on corporation.
! a Bewer which the constitution re
: fuses to the nation. A legal tender
; currency, not redeemable, issued by
the people to the people and for The
people would be constitutional anC
not paternal.
Mr.. Gilbert is a fOrcible speaker
and makes his points so clear that NJ
one can dispute them. He was ap
plauded time after time. He il
, strongly ia favor Of woman suffrage
and scored many points in their ia
vor.
W. II. Worth, business agent fol
the State Alliance of North Carolina
gave very interesting account O.
the business transacted by the statt
exchange. He has turned into tn,
State Alliance treasury as high a
$1,000 for one years business.
The 0cala and Memphis platform.
were indorsed by unanimous vote
, sUB-TREAsCRY and all. The charge.
I of c. W. McCune against Presiden
Loucks were not sustained. The fol
lowing are the newly elected officers
} President, Marion Butler. of NOrtl
, Carolina: Vice President, J. L. Gil
bert, Of California: Secretary, d. P
: Duncan, South Carolina: Execu
tive Committee, H. c. Demlng. o
= Pennsylvania, II. L. LOucks, Of Min
{ nesOta, Mann Page, Of Virginia, J. Z
4 Dean, Of New York.
! On the afternoon Of the first day
} meeting President Loucks called tn
: meeting to order and requested al
/. who were not members to please re
tire. The conductor proceeded L
r take up the pass word. An old gray
{ haired man sat in the middle Of th
? room who was hard Of hearing ant
: did not understand what the Presi
: dent had said. When asked for tn
I pass word, he said he had none; bu
' all he knew was "that banks ar
; falling. railroads are going into tn
hands Of receivers, people are starvin
OIL to death and the country Is In dew
I OF nx.n W. d. McKISsrRY.