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New Offer to Meet Demands. Five Copies Caucasian 3 Months For $i00"12 Copies 3 Alonths $2.00. THE CAUCASIAN. 'j Now It the time for action. The I enemy i towing tare. Let the jx-opU" cow good iced. Kite copies j Dt tli Caucasia r 3 months for ! I.(m. Twelve -ojif '.I month for Setid a tluh nuick. Ever jtlv pi i , hj.r t tU I wheel Kw. Tbe to.-m ft err aowitr the rtt 4tt with J tixir aauairavlisg Jui.-. tKMYt tbrtm. vt4 fr-f tte ? cIMofU Catraaiaa .&. 1 VOL. XIV. RALEIGH, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 189G. NO. t 1 GUTHRIE AMD DOCK The Greatest Convention Yet The Representatives of theiople Come Together in the Grandest Phalanx on Record. INSPIRING SIGHT OF PATRIOTS BENT ON REFORM. Miue Spire larl.lral la I ha l'rot.llu -A Kinging flat ' Hollaring " -aol hlM All Along- Ilia I I in riill Kapnrt ut What laa lle- ! A He at Named Hint What f-aot.1 I'nrlr Maya. STATIC TICK IT. For Governor: W. A. Gt'THRlE. For Lieutenant-Governor: O. II. Doi'KEKV. For Secretary of State: ernes Thompson. For Treasurei: W. II. WOKTH. For Auditor: HAT. W. Ayek. For Suit. of I'ublic Instruction: Cjiah. A. Meuane. For Attorney General: (To bo named by State Committee.) For Associate JuBtico of .Supreme Court: Walter Montgomery. (Ono Associate to bo named by State Committee.) For Elector at Large: Z. T. Oarrett. (Ono Elector to bo named by State Committee-) I KOPI.tM l'A lit Y STATK I'LAII'OKH, The Peoples Party platform of North Carolina, in convention assembled at Italeigh, on the 13th day of August, Is'.M'., hereby reaffirms it unqualified al legiance to the principleH of the party, and hereby approves the platform or the People Party adopted at its Na tional convention held in the city of St. Louis, July 2Jnd, ls'Ji;. THE ELECTION I. AW. We hereby reallirni our fixed de termination to support and maintain a free ballot an 4 a fair count in all flections held in North Carolina; and the election law passed by the Gen eral Assembly of I s'.ii" meets our hearty endorsement and approval; anil we hereby pledge the Peoples Party to the policy of upholding the principle of free and honest elections provided for in said election law, ami warn the voters of the State against the threats which have been made to repeal the same. t'OCMTT GOVKHNMKNT. The act of the last General Assem hlv restoring to the riirht of local wif government by the election of . t heir county commissioners and just ices ot the peace by the vote of the peo ple in the respective counties, and the isfe-guards therein provided, meets with our hearty approval, and we pledjre the Peoples Party to the con tinued support and maintenance of that legislation, and warn the voters of the necessity of preventing injuri ous changes in that act, and of the danger of electing members of the Jeneral Assembly hostile thereto. LKOAI. TKNDKK MONKY. VVe favor the exercise by the State of North Carolina of the reserved con stitutional power to make all gold and silver coins of the United States (in cluding the trade dollar) a legal ten der for the payment of debts, and that this right be inforced by the passage of an appropriate act by the General Assembly. HOLD NOTES AND MORTGAGES. We believe that all money demands should be payable in the lawful money of the United States without preference or discrimination, and therefore favor the passage by the General Assembly of a law to prohibit the taking or giving of gold notes, bonus and mortgages in this State, and t he making of all mon ey demands solvable in any kind of (lawf ul money of the United States. INTEREST. We pledge ourselves to maintain the ix per cent, interest law enacted by .the last General Assembly. PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The action of the Peoples Tarty members of the last General Assembly has demonstrated, beyond question, that toe Peoples Party has been true to its antecedent platform declarations in favor of public education. H e de mand still further improving and broadening the public, school system or the state as rapidly as a proper re gard for the interests of the tax payers and the resources of the State will permit. We also favor such revision of our Ipresent school system as may increase the efficiency of our public cnoois and insure the most compe tent and effective supervision. We think that the committee on Kduca tion of the next General Assembly should invite and secure, as far as possible, the co-operation of the lead njr teachers and educators of the Stat in framing and perfecting the school aw. JUDICIAKY. Our judiciary should be lifted above Che plane of partisan pontics. KKVOMATORY VOR TOl'NO CRIAIINAJJI We favor the establishment of State Institution for the reformatio of young criminals. of extortion ami discrimination with such vigor nod continuity that should they fail to secure remedial action by the I nter-Stat" Commerce. Commis sion, all the people would know where to place the responsibility for exist ing outrages; and if their facjlitiu for fighting the battles of the people be'ore the Inter-State Coin merer Com mitaion are inadequate for that pur pose, that they make recommendation to the General Assembly of amend ments to existing laws, to the end that low ami fairer rates may be estab lished, both in the State and Inter State jurisdictions. iU.iohrl, J hat we recommend a con stitutional prohibition of the pur chase, lease or rental of parallel or competing railway lineB. KKEE 1'A.SSKS. We favor a law forbidding the giv ing of free passes to public officials, and forbidding their receiving the same. ri I li jt of the ball. Coat bal Ihi j ulied. a tnouand fan were in motion, "ice water" boys passed continuously up and down the balls and galleries and everything possi ble n done to of ,h distract the atti-n- froni the heat so ed in order to convene the conven tion permanently, and asked Rev- H. W. Norris to pray. Rev. Mr. Xorria came to the plat form and made an eloquent and ear nest invocation asking that an all- wis Providence might divet every- H.C. FARMERS' STATE ALLIANCE. j pair of the r r ri. 1 1 e'atii! oirri no i.tw at 1 .- r-.! -ik ..,. r of a lavili.rv, aoj tl. -nut-ti.i- .f h .-or !.-n.r 'u-n-Tar. aljoea a ! t.- w(.li of Xorlh 'rilir't tar Htr ruur Farmer .-'.at Al!ian-e. W hattr J:f. J - j-"i fc j f "?r j . u feret e -f opinion maj l.iniitr.l'frri.c nr ri.rn. t--Wr t r t.i rotPerfo among treM.rrn, I aai mrtu-ed ! tlii. i rnl.fil. Ur lnri.u Uvt'4 tson of TeU rates that their entire attention might be body of prejudice, and that thi Jr Til Annual Meeting Held at Hillf- glvl'U I" ca-JU-B. izie iaire gaiu- buuuiu diuok icibviuucicu u jiu i ring of strong, honest and in some of great reformation wherein the instances, firm and rugged faces, masses of the people should be freed, showed that the convention was a There were several "Amens at this bfflro, Anguat ll-12Fiftj one Counties Represented. NORTH CAROLINA HA I LKOA I LEASE. We condemn the lease of the North C'arolina Jiailroad to the Southern Railway Company for ninety-nine years, not only as a bad business transaction in which the interests of the State amounting to the large sum of i:,(XH),000 invested in good paying property yielding an income, were sacrilioed; but we also, in most em phatic terms condemn the hasty and secret manner in which it was done several years before the former thirty years' lease, by its terras, would have expired. We call the attention of the people of the State to the fact that some mysterious power lias prevented an investigation through the proper legal channels, of this transac tion, which was so universally con demned by t he press of the State and all classes of our citizens, when it iirst became known. We therefore demand that the next (Jeneral Assembly fully investigate this transirction, and to the end that the interests of the State may be fully protected as far as it can be done, such legislative action shall be taken as to counteract, as far as possible, this unwise and secret trans action. KRMOV A I. OK CASKS. The removal of cases from the State courts to the Federal courts for trial wherein the plaint ills are poor per sons and defendants rich foreign cor poratioiis, on application of defend ants, is a growing evil in North Caro lina, and in its practical operation frequently amounts to a denial of jus tice to poor suitors, and therefore should lie condemned. We demand, therefore, that the nest General As sembly shall pass such a general stat ute on this subject as to take from such corporations doing business in this State the privilege of carrying on business in North Carolina, and with drawing the protection of the State extended to their business, if they persist in escaping the jurisdiction of our courts wnen claims are 60ugnt to be enforced against them therein. We advocate such legislation as will nsure a just listing and taxation of all evidences of debt, and make an quitable adjustment of the burden of taxation between the debtor .and a creditor. REDUCTION OK SALARIES. In order to keep our public servants n thorough touch and sympathy with the oppressed masses, and to check to some extent the scramble for otlice, we demand a reduction of salaries un til such time as through an increase of the currency the price of property and products will justify the present rates. magnificent representative of the backbone the bone and sinew the mainstay and suppcrt of human life n.uil existance of civil government. It was the only convention yot held which was not almost entirely com posed of professional pie hunters and oflicial pap muckers. Chairman Butler said: "I had the honor ot c alling the first and second J'opulit-t fcitate conventions to order, and I feel proudt r of being a Popu list now than ever before. I have the honor to anuonnco the tempo rary chairman, the Hon. L. C. Cald well, msyr r of Statesville." Mr. Caldwell came to the front and was enthusiastically received. He made a happy little address of acceptance iu which he said that for some time pa&t something bad been working within him which began to make him feel better. He had be gun to waot to do right, and when be had fully made ap his mind to take the right course ho found he was .a Populist. (Applause.) There is no prescription for making a Pop ulist except a w:su and determina tion to do right. I look into the facts of freemen to-day into the faces of mtm who want to give this State a chivalrous ticket The Pop ulist party is the only PARTY that wants to do right." Mr Caldwell instantly spranginto high favor with tL convention. His houest, intellectual face and happy personal and impressive pres ence had the tffect or flinging him into immediate touch with the dele gates and he was what might be termed one of the "favorites" of the "boys" throughout the sessions of the convention. Messrs. Doling, of Chatham, and Penny, of Wake, were appointed convention doorkeepers. Districts were next called for the formation of the following commit tees composed of one member from each district. COM.VITTKK ON CRKDENTI AI.S. lt District J. S. Mitchell, of llert ford. Second District A. I Wayne. Third District Zeb. T. Kruett, of Harnett. Fourth District J. M. Williams, of liandolnli. Fifth District Dr. Win. Merritt, of compelled plea. COL. SKIXXER'K AItRES. Col. Skinner as permanent chair man addressed the convention and wa.4 attentively listened to. In the course of his remarks he said: "In the beginning, we ask the blessing of Providence. It is now my duty to call the convention per manently to order. 1 regard it as a distinguished privilege to preside ever such an assemblage of Ameri can patriots, not less patriot than the mn of 1776. You had the cour age and enthusiasm at Omaha fonr years ago to issue to the world our second Declaration of Independence, and to the human race its first decla ration of freedom from the tyranni cal mono metallic dollar. The peo ple then organized in their own cause to fight for their own property. It was to my mind the brightest hour that ever beamed in American politics. It was the solemn appeal of a suffering people for better con ditions. It was the protest against the then moving and now appalling conditions. let there are some rc-asons why we should recall and remind the country of the present political status we now live in; and I think without controversy with Democrats and Republic-aus, I can say that if the farmers had not or ganized we would not have this con dition to-dav. If there -had never been a Peoples party every white or black man would have marched to the polls and cast his vote for one of the old parties committed to gold. Our party, born in principle, had been carried out in principle. Four years ago I stood here and lefused the nomination for Governor because I did not want to turn over the State to the rule of ignorance, and now standing here on the same platform, I saytthat by our action for princi ple, never deviating to Democracy or Republicanism, in four years we have forced these two parties to tako sides upon the great pivotal issue in this country. We have forced the Republican partv to align itself on PRES. THOMPSON'S SPEECH Maatarly add rasa and a.atbulallrall Rll - Hr porta af Secretary aad turar- Ttaa AUlaaca la a ProaiMrraa Co a-Hilda- Kraalatloaa Paaad C'onderaalna; Ib 99 Yaar Kail road Laaaa. The North Carolina Farmer Alli ance met at llillsboro, August loth. President Thompson opened the Alli ance at 2 o'clock p. in. An inte rt ing session was also held at night. The next morning after opetung, seve1 new delegates reported, mak ing &l counties represented. And ft was a good looking delegation of rep resentative men from every section of the State. The President delivered bis speech this morning. It was given up by all to be one of the grandest addresses ever delivered before the Farmers' Alliance. President Thompson re ceived many flattering congratula tions on his speech. It was ordered published in all papers friendly to the Alliance. The officers then made their reports, all of which being good, showing that the Alliance is fapidly gaining in eili ciency for good in every department of its work. Especially should the success of the Business Agent's work be commended. In their report, the Executive Com mittee stated that the State Alliance had made $5,000 in the last year. The report pertaining to the prop erty purchased and the repairs made on buildings, the farm and manu facturing enterprises begun and still in progress, was satisfactory. The remaining morning session was devoted te the introduction of resolu tions, which were all referred to the proper committees; except a few which were passed under the suspen sion of the rules. Among these was one thanking the Executive Committee and the officers for their excellent work done. Also the following resolution intro duced by John Graham was unani mously passed : "Whereas, Attorney-General Os borne did in a letter dated February '2:2, 1890, refuse the representative of a special committee of Alliancemen, acting upon tueir ry 4Lar laJsatry. I oat; at I ""! ' (fio.'IWll ra j j I'f-vdi 11 -rx;.rf ff -t fca ar- j . bawl. ILa aaa.tViarrr..- 1. of lvtr.ri.1 lit. Tfcia t. 4ilr-a i.attalx-tt t x h cittw W aafria to bIive lf:t a ciore rligiM' l.--a? no 1 into ir j lir iinif j to air .r ut. , ' i.t. (arJd or Jrad 1 1 ana tf.iO III hft.il t . . . ) I . ' -1 . ........ . . ft - ... ... . m . . could hardly have tu l. t. ft. the historic town of llili.' fo. cn,n.. ly located ard on -titrt ;lj t , !. ever ur biiiu- may rt-uir... r ar. in the niJ.; of frier. a nf ditrr utr prosperity and pern.ann re. an 1 l.rre we are not hke'y tosutt.r an urj'it w l;t,M Late own rpnnnfii In ! ir v Swinson, of the gold side of this question. We as citizens, permission to bring suit to have compelled the Democratic party the validity of the lease of the North to quit straddling and adopt our Carolina railroad to the Southern platform. The Peoples party has railway in accordance with the per swallowed the Democracy. We have them to nominate for Person. Sixth District-It. W. lenburg. Seventh District .1 land, Davidson. Eighth District J. Cleveland. Ninth District-W. D. Henry, of liun- coni be. EllioLt,of Meck- . F. Westinore G. llamrick, of mission granted linn by the Supreme wourc 01 jvortn Carolina, to wit 'Leave to bring action in the name of the State for the purpose of vacating the charter of the North Carolina Kail road or for such other relief as the CO.MW1TTKK ON PLATFORM. First District T. E. ilcCaskey, of M artin. Second District M.L.Wood, of Ber tie. Third District -Cyrus Thompson, of Onslow. Fourth District A. C. Green, of Wake. . Fifth District J. A. Walker. Sixth District S. A. Edmunds. Seventh District A. C. Shuford, of Catawba. Eighth District Frank McDowell, of Burke. Ninth District J. M. Candler, of Jackson. President a man who is more Popu list to-day than any Populist in North Carolina. We have built up a great party in North Carolina upon court may see fit to grant in the prem- the principle that the people wanted ises, and did threaten to dismiss the rplifif rathftr than offices. We have action unless confined to the vacation tarlit WmninffwiththA Alliarififi. of tne charter of the North Carolina '"""-1 "r " ' I lf;irOMI ' v, vv.o - rr-j - "N ow, be it resolved by the Farmers' sum w wuuiu u.o roiii. il w cou.u state Alliance in convention assem- gei u mrouga iue xvepuoiicau or bled at llillsboro. N. C. Liemocratic parties, u not, to stay "1. That we denounce this action of in the middle of the road and de- the Attorney-General as unworthy of mand relief in a separate organiza- the great oflice he holds. tion in the name of justice. 2- lhat while we recognize the "There is a great difference in the grea ueuems conierrea upon tne com COMM1TTF.E ON PERMANENT ORGANIZA TION. First District Col. Harry DEMOCRATIC A PM IN 1ST RAT ION CON We condemn the Democratic admin istration in North Carolina for its failure to execute the anti-trust laws of the State now on our statute books, and can tne attention or tne people to the fact that oflicial action in this re gard is not in harmony with the ultra anti-trust sentiment heretofore and now being expressed by the leadera of the Democratic party. RAILROADS. We favor the establishment of such equitable and low freight rates and charges for products shipped from North Carolina as will enable shippers and producers to realize at least a fair remuneration after costs of such ship ments have been deducted. We call especial attention to the possibilities of the trucking industry in Eastern North Carolina, an indus try which, but for the extortionate tariffs of the common carrier, would increase an hundred fold, carrying with it the greatest prosperity to that highly favored section it has ever known. We earnestly recommend to our State Kailroad Commission that they use all the powers they have to bring about such reductions; and especially that they urge before the Inter-State Commerce Commission all complaints It was the greatest and best con vention of all. It was a gathering of representa tives direct from the people, know ing the people's wishes and bent on complying with those wishes as far as possible. Of course there were differences of opinion. In this world of human imperfection it is impossible to get together a large assemblage, the in dividuals ot which are all or one mind. These differences caused some friction in the convention be cause every man felt and knew that he had a right to express his opin ion and that in doing so he would not be listened to unless ho advoca ted something inconsistent with the purposes and declarations of the Peoples Party. In that event he was summarily sat down upon as he ought to have been. There were only two or three instances ot this kind. The delegates began pouring into the city on Tuesday. They came by every train from everywhere in the State, and when the hour for calling the convention to order arrived there were more genuinely elected and ac credited delegates present than have ot Pitt. Seco ul District Edgecombe. Third District- Craven. Fourth District Vance. Fifth District T Rockingham. Sixth District W. son. Seventh District G Cabarrus. Eighth District S. Gaston. Ninth District A. D Rutherford. Skinner, W. E. Fountain, of W. II. Smith, of J. M. Kelly, of B. Lindsey. of II. Odom, of An- . Ed. Kestler, of M. Asbury, of K. Wallace, of DISTRICT VICE-PRESIDENTS. First District John Brady, of Gates. Second District J. T. B. Hoover, of Wilson. Third District W. K. Pigford, of Sampson. Fourth District D. T. Massev. of Johnston. Fifth District Dr. Win Merritt. of Person. Sixth District W. li. Uenry. of Mecklenburg. Seventh District L. C. Caldwell, of Iredell. Eighth District J. W. Soears. of Forsyth. Ninth District Geo. E. Boa-S's. of it i LJCJ " The convention then, on motion of Senator Butler adjourned, so that the committees might be able to make reports. AFTERNOON SESSION. Temporary Chairman Caldwell called tne convention to order at 3 o'clock. The committet on credentials made the following report through Mr. Hendnck, which was adopted We, the committee, report: promise of the Democratic party for free silver and free silver itself. We must demand some collateral securi ties. (Cheers.) We have demanded a very small collateral security. I am surprised that the Democrats of North Carolina didn't come and say, 'We'll take Tom Watson.' I want to say here that there are some things that are making to divide the silver vote. . "The politician who devises any scheme to split the electoral vote in North Carolina and turn it over to McKinley is an enemy to the cause. I want to say to the Populist and Democratic committees that if they let the State go for McKinley they should both be w-tped out. "Some one has asked me whether we were going to take down Tom Watson or Sewall. We are not go ing to take down either. Where ever it is necessary to run Bryan and Sewall, or a joint ticket, or Bry an and Watson it will be done. But the effect will be to elect Mr. Bryan President. If our cause means any thing it means that. "But when we come to North Car olina, and consider local conditions it is different. We must not deviate from the principle of free silver, six teen to one, from our promises of a free ballot and a fair count, and .1 care not what co-operation jis neces sary to attain these, I say let it come. If we must co-operate with the Democrats to secure silver, let us do that. If we must co-operate with the Republicans to secure lo cal self-government, let us co-oper-ate. "But whatever we do we must recognize that the white man must yet for a while rule in North Caro lina. The time has not come for the negro to rule and govern the white people of the State. He is not yet monwealth by railways, as servants of tne people, we dread the consolidation of our high commercial highways in tne nanas or any one corporation as subversive of the liberties and rights 01 tne people. "3. That to prevent this overwhelm ing calamity to Aortn Carolina we urge all citizens of our beloved State to unite regardless of parties in de manding the amendment of the lease of the North Carolina Railroad to the Southern Railway Company "4. That we favor a constitutional prohibition of the purchase, lease, or rental of competing or parallel lines of railways, and that the North Caro lina Railroad, the Southern Railway, tne seaboard Air Jine be denned as competing lines. "5. That we pledge ourselves as Alii ancemen and urge all citizens, regard less of party ties to refuse to vote for any candidate for Governor, Attorney General or member of the legislature who will not pledge himself to use his best endeavors to secure the enact ment of the sentiment of these reso lutions into law." At 11 o'clock a request from the town for a public speaker to address the large crowd attendingcourt during in termission, was received from the citi zens of the town. The President was invited but the business was such he could not go. Rev. J. T. 15. Hoover was sent in his place, and gave them a good speech. At the night session the present of fjcers were unanimously re-elected to serve for the ensuing year President Dr. Cyrus Thompson, ilicmanas. Vice-President-Jno. Graham, Ridge' way. Secretary-Treasurer W. S. Barnes, uiusooro. Lecturer J. T. B. Hoover, Elm City Steward Dr. V. N. Seawell. Villa- no w. discrimination that avoided rls here. The credit for the fo; jiiil.'vet.t of what is before jou l due U Joor Executive Cotutu Iter- aii-l rei.lei t officers. When y on Lave L-ar J l lie r detailed re;ortf of projcrc.. an.I p ar a you ar expected to pa- jour j ment upon their labor and to direct their future operation. The ifto-ioVtl-ities of this enfe, jr"e a it ma; 1.-.. tended and developed are ttoirr.a, bo'h I lie lipbiliidil: of the Ai.ii.e aud as a (actor in I tie iuduitrii vwloprneut of the !ate, not lot is..... very earnest and mature cuiiidt rat ion at jour bands. For if we u- in thi small be gi tin In,', a- ue ball If -e are o deteri.iiried.il.i- Venture will mark a new era iu the life of our or ganiatioii, and illustrate the poib.l ities of co-oprative industrial enterprise. e are now upon t he eve of a politi cal campaign which promi-e lu Lea very remarkable one in our country V history. The importance of the isue. the uncertainty of the event, the grat ification which every Allianceinan feels that the lines of battle are drawn at length upon his fundamental con tention of tiiiancial reform unite to surround the campaign vt ith unusual activity and interest, while perhaps little, therefore, could bv done in the way of reviving and reorganising the Order until after the election, i.hi lit tle, i fear, could be done even then with our present disregard of the value of the lecture system. Deeming this a matter of the utmost impor tance, 1 urge that you shall not close this session until you have devised some plan to keep the lecturer con stantly in the held during the coming campaign. lhe direction of tne Agricultural. Experiment Sta'.ion has recently re quested through the Progressive Far mer that ea ti Sub-Alliance appoint an agricultural committee to commu nicate with him upon questions- of farm interest. This was done :ifter consultation with me. I lope lhe membership will aail itself f the in formation ko freely oilVred. If wsnnay not thereby increase the market price of our product, we may learn to lessen the cost of production. and a lessened cost is equivalent to an increase of price in so far as it may add to our profit. Conditions just now confronting us seem to be unusually favorable, for re newed growth of the AJlianc. Lntil four years ago this organization was in line favor with a majority of our agricultural people. This favor was not withdrawn to be replaced by mis- representution and persecution until the existence and teachings of the Al liance had begotten intense convic tions to Hit hearts of a large and unim peachable portion of its membership. The unbiased study of economic con ditions and problems gave rise to a body of sii, :.ere men who, tnfoujrh Lit ter experience, had lo-t all confidence in the honesty and helpfulness of ex isting party organizations. These men were four jears in advance of a vaster host that could be numbered to day. We had presented our demands to national conventions and legisla tures of these existing parties, we had urged upon them t tie justice of oi.r claims to substantial recognition and effective remedy, we had declared our willingness to strengthen the party that would caro for our interest6, and we had received nothing better than scant courtesy for tLe moment, with ridicule and contemptuous disregard II mate ana iochi convent I'ins neemeu to acquiesce in our demands, it was only to give us the place of a neglected platform, while our shrewder enemies were given too often the body and soul of the candidate. The lack of good faith on the part of party leaders in whom we had confided became dis gustingly evident to many, to whom there seemed left no course consistent with their convictions but to ally themselves with a new party of pro test, professing friendliness to their interests and incorporating their de mands into its party platform. Then began at the hands of dominant par tisans in North Carolina a campaign of cruel and bitter misrepresentation of the Alliance and of the motives that actuated the majority of Alliancemen of a later day. Former Alliancemen, of too much brain not to comprehend the injustice and ialsity ot tneir own ntteranc-'s and the rutble.s purpose of our eiie mies, declared from platform and through the press, that the organiza tion had "left the princ-.ples aud gone into politics." I pon the false plea of defection from original principles.they justified their own abandonment of the Alliance and drew away with them thousands of confidingnd sincere Al liancemen. From the beginning, the Alliance was not designed to be a mere agricultural club, or an annex tj any political party. t eeling tne necessity oi popular po lititical education, its originators set it forth on this special mission. In withdrawing our support, therefore from a party we deemed untrue to. our best interests, we went-into politics tanre la rivits. inm;. I r 1 1 four JrM r, hu ar r hargej i h irj into h..Ii1i ar n ft lfojr with tte ruiu who I. tf finarr-iat h.Io-j f ,r ration l.aa wrot t.i. vr-l now tnvr( tl- iorrr lift. Lo Were led aaj troRt ua. ill it not be roiifee4 that, it houl our protect ai d hot kirc f part) tie, oor r-oMitiua-1 r..rt amonf IL jiaio. ctiiinon j-.i, hoiu e hate laufht tudj. to I I'll a, raad Ir Cwui.lie. I opiMe frr. . , .ru4-r. I of eariy 'r.uinpb .( I e'pful ri-l!ra ,.f rrmoetit ftott,U (m- laf Iraa efit vuri. injf. rieinl. a'a 1 t-vrry .-iea i.l rJui jiii.m, p tair largely faLion e1 .i. :', t. outfit ai.d ape. on Pioneer- in the tielj of pular politi cal c ducat lull for truth'a ukr, We cita to the- fui-lrj a imrr inlell'rent, in- dep. tldeltr. u,d patriot ie i lllfet.aMp Irian il ever t-efore knew. 1 tie prm cii'iea liu ! Lav- ludieU. ttir prol ien. e aritale.t for a dM Idr, are ji:t low beinjj laaet, .,riiil to neart ! the commercial i laa to wto. iu e li.nl no , i rv I lie paiii4(. let In win. h We gate riae, I he prrS which we originated and rnamtair.rd. are jut t.-w pending a rctaemenl ut our ital t onteiitiona in a preaa thai finds new audience. Uurciiy jwpula lions, who thought themeUe the belter informed, are now in the trra of condition we have atriveii to avert, eagerly poring over juetion It at hive torjewr engrossed the thought of lhe humble toiler at hia country fireside, and the toll sequence to them, as it wa to u.i that parly ailllia tions, life-long or ancestral. "wherein has bevn rung to theiu many a damn ing political lullaby, are breaair g away with a new eiiie of danger, a better concption of human relation, a clearer view of the essentia! unity of every industry. Wlieii some future historian shall recount whclhtr iu a more prosper ous or calamitous lime, the force that strive for a peaceable and equitable adjustment, in behall of our c-oimuon humanity, of all the evil condition of this agitated time, if lie is unpreju diced enough to he juM, he will write down this organisation as a fore most factor. The sectionalism and bitter hatred, upon which a an tvil heritage from the war, parties throve and plundered, have been swept away utider l lie liiimai.e of this organiza tion to every section of Iho t.'moii. A new sons of brotherhood arose every where iu the magnetic pathway of I.. 1.. Polk, whose memory is sacred at the divinest preacher of this decade. Uut for the labors of this organiza tion, the tarill would still he mounded as the battle cry of equally plundt red nut contending men, and lhe cruel and blasphemous assertion of overproduc tion would still satisfy a multitude not apparently fool, in their l.eli.lc- contemplation of individual and Na tional bankruptcy But the reputed a.iuses no longer satisfy Min-e our school matter la abroad in the land. We jre making progress. No.ampaivrn can now be loiight on Mctionnl lines, No party will lind a population o ignorant as lo believe the tan 11 lb main issue in politics. lhe money question iu which are involved all the essential factors efi eel iiig human prog ress or decay, comes in this Presi dential year as the ridire pole of all political controversy. Km a little while ago two great parties denied our contention and spurned our ur gent appeal for monetary reform. To day only one great party, which counts for tt.e most part as the unearned wealth and luxurious idleness of the nation ignores our leacbine aud la bor's appeal, while three great parties are striving to co-oierale for the suc- o nalifi fid fnr that irrAat. vnrt if Durham. h nhnnld nndortuVA ;t i.i I Sergeant at-Arms Z T Vm. " I Rutherfordton even uuuauger iiis own uoeriies. ' COMMITTEE ON PLATFORM. The report of the committee on platform was called for and read. Chaplain Rev. P. II. Massey, Dur- Door-keener Geo. T.Lane. Greens- onl? BO far.a9. oar, ?ri?"a r1"""'!1 Koro contemplated ana jusiiue Assistant Door-keeper Jas. E. Lyon, oo.M , . irn.ri.j tru a ItiKtiaii f ttft al 4 t. rvJ t. ft-1 rd IfeetiiatJj V) . raiUr ai.4 UktrHfU; lr tr p rtu. It was a -eiij J. t-t r. b aluqtM-nt tfMtTi wliervd I j Mr. t'ryaa at bl.afo: -linf A,mm cr r.ia at 4 sea. sH.rfarava.aa4 y oar cilia willirow up acain. Ut Jery m.r fara at4 tb- era anil ( laun ril in 1 1 e I nmi." i'4 il i a aa4 fan. m a !. lietiilj trua. Hat with an Ifaixner . isl.ed. la-noranl. decraJed aaJ tiuni. !' rural tialat u.r.. iu a a tt i n.- grraai 1rt4en t. tirrwil raa. ditlvtia and foll.-ira W plw.. laser Is n lie M.msJ fur the rltt a ! .ralK.n. acd o isJr)Jrsl aale of - trnjt letimrri. ila ruuhl,.'. priJe. aruttod U.. h tu gat lr i a.H. poit.le Ql4 trurc!e t. a rwall'f lredo.u. Ill ta.strtt lu tlal oipff iu.ir.. w ) el trai i ne nrit.er n. 1 1 . rr rta at itir lr taiue in ll M.rr., ..f auui May We tt Il-i. Hat the laUi.n.v the humane, lie hrisiiau. .f Uai . ever p..litiral i art), or Leij UI callir g. wnriiier in loan er roubirj. will be fiti lo reeocme lhe alu of uar work and the i.red .f jlr Iwriiftai.eD.'e. and. ntftii all onpoaiiion. bi4 ua ;od-(-ee4 u I be lurtber e (Tort a la d. ucat and tl.- L tuilmr farmet? urel) it ia not au unreaoi,able liop at Una I nurture, an 4 the Allianc. stui; enter upon tLe labor of anuttier )rar. kci-oai or '(ikiuiii.uiio ut. lhe year Jut liug ha Isrvn a UloM imiH.rlaut one l.ilLe Al'ian. e bile our report do not sl ow au in crease iu membership, jet U.r print i- pieaoiina order l.a rotitirioed Ut irrow tbroobout our Mate and Nation. lhe want of nio'ie) M.e failure lo se cure remunerative pricee r the rrn raiseu in many pari of ibe iate have had their effect in Hot keeomr the nieiiiherhip in good ktatrding.S ear after year see (lie laru.er'a product a depreciate in value. How inn h lon ger Una will coiti line ihi one ran lell. 1 lie meet in g si Cart one jear (in made it possible I bat lhe Alliato should take a new Ica.e of lite that a Arraod step for our Sietlernieiit con I.l te mad, lhe Alliance euitit-r - ry w here were anxious that omet hmir should le done to gUe the? in.tnlrr a more direct tieneilt. urpajer and member talked alio failor), and many placed fund in the hands of jour Secretary -Treasurer for the pur pone of building or starting a fan .try of that kind. Not niouitli. however. has beetl received for the purjNew aa per plan organized by I lie lal Stat meeting. V have reieued for that purpose about f 3 urn The removal of your oftlc from I Im city lo the country i a grand atride for agricultural freedom, ana theinde fendence of the Allianceorganirati.it. lbe establishment of tbeae head- quartrrs with the launery and aho factory by jour eircutife comnulte will, we lelieve, have tuorelodo with breaking down prejudice again! lbe order, and rebuildu.g itll.au aiijlhiug tbatcoiilil have been done. Every Alliance will Ise Interest. ! in this tirotierty ai.d work; and will. thont doubt, help suatam I hem and pusli tlieiu lorword. It ia with you brethren to say wheth er the Alliance shall go forward in thu grand atretcb for freedom or not. It is with you to way whether or not the Alliance shall gu forward and jour place become the mightiest co-opera- tive manufacturing establishment In the South. Iet there be no bickering, no strife, hut let cacti officer aud dele gate do hia ulmol to see how t ran say and do to make thi begmniag one grand final uccm.. Kight here we wish to aay that a Isouse divided against it self cannot atand. I t there be nu division in th Alliance work. Since our removal tier we have re- reived nothing Ir than the good will of the citizeua in and out of the Alli ance. It ia due especially to Major John W. Graham, a brother of imr worthy trustee, and to Mr. I'. M. Park, both of llillsboro, that wre are owners of the property here. They aiited jwur secretary in hi fearcti for a good loca tion, and jour executive committee when they came upon the ground a lo make (he purchase. We do not believe we could have aelected a place where yourorganization and ilsomvers would have hern more kindly treated than here. We regret that more progre ha not been made in getting our insur ance before the people. We have only one active mem tier, Itra. J. M. Koberta, of ('leveland ounty. b ha dun much work fur the National Aid. Several agents have beo appointed. but they have not met with aucceaa. I think it well for our brother to in vestigate thoroughly the plan before returning borne, so that each county can get the Information iruui Its del- 1 think I lie plan or permitting mem bers who ar behind mure than one quarter to return by paying one quar ter a due ahouid be no longer permit ted. I believe it ia a detriment to the strength of the order. In conclusion let me urge upon the members present to o push our or ganization and the. enterprise started that we may b able to establish at least one new enterprise very year A. D.K.Wallace, vey, Hills- Fund W. stage (about fifty) and yet there was a row about a want of seats. Then the delegates from the Eighth dis trict were moved into the south gal lery aud the delegates from the Seventh district into the north gal lery (about one hundred and fifty) and still there was a call for more seats on the floor. Extra chairs were placed, the window sills utilized and finally the big crowd seemed to be provided for in a way that was en durable, if not altogether desirable. And then the convention went to work. t It beg leave to was tne rePort which appears above wini 1110 Biuepuuu mat tne ioilow- Prof. to the cast us vote in this convention, and co-1"? ana adopted: R. A. Co'-b is authorized bv thet"Kes?lTed Xh&t we recommend a vuusuiuouuai proamnion OI tne purchase, lease or rental of paral lel or competing railway lines." ther amendments were also offered one by Mr. Macon, of Franklin, providing that salaries of State officers be red uced 25 per cent.. a mar . . State Business Agent-T. boro. Trustee Business Agency a. uranam, Macnpelab. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. A. F. Hileman, Concord; K. C. Eng lish, Trinity; James M. Mewborne, j in st on ; Jonn urabam, Jiidgeway; v. is. iieming, Kidgeway. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. John Brady, Gatesville; Dr. J. F, Uarrell, Whiteville; T. J. Candler. Acton. Address of Dr, attended any other political conven tion held in this State this year. 1st, that Thee. White is an- ln? amendment offered by Th rmmW far xP.Aedinr thA thorized bv the countv of Chowan to. h01111 wranam was referred seating capacity or Metropolitan hall in which there are five hundred chairs Arrangements were made county ot Watauga to. cast its vote' for seatinc? some delegates on the m this convention -au, mat proxies given by dele gates who are not in attentance b not allowed, when regularly author lzed delegates from the same conn tins &ro nresent. i I . i i ti , . ,, -1 jcmiuu uuuer ciruuiusiairci-s esseu i jltiii onn I v 1,1 r. rL.nwisi.rtn rr v aAA i. . . .... permanent ORGANIZATION rkport. I- AdV-i 1' , . iy amerenc irom tiiose mac nave sur- "The committee on M.BMt L UJ- ns on former occasions . . tr x ureuiui iur i.aA.ai.1011 1.1100111 on . nnri 1 llir tacsmn r. 1 nna vsse arm ganization beg leave to report as to their recovery. Both amendments looked forward to a permanent loca- toliows: r or permanent cnairman I were referred to the committee on t,on for headquarters and the estab Hon. Harry Skinner. f platform. The committee reuortd lishment of a tannery and a shoe fac- For secretaries, Mai. W. Ayer, of that these amendments were already nl iuo vnutasiau. ouo. . imiusev, 01 covered dv tne matrorm an niroiHo Cyrus Thompson. To tft delegates of the X. C. F. M. Alli ance: We are met it this, our tenth annual session under circumstances essential- Tbe property we then examined and ' J?VJ lt Z1 U niot ac.c.epted- Te report of the could offer, into other hands and your should not the Progressive secretaries reform papers in the State as assis- cWmitteee was adopted. CAL.L.KD TO OKDER. tants State Chairman Butler called the Col. Skinner was escorted to the Peoples Party State convention to chair by Capt. J. B. Lloyd and Mr. erder at 12:15 o'clock on Thursday, Peace, the committee appointed by Aueust loth. Me laced a grand as- tne cnairman sembly of American patriots and! Col. Skinner said that before do- their patriotism and earnestness ing anything he thought the bless we?e by no means melted by the tor- ings of the Almighty ahouid be ask- GETTIXG BREIZT. While the committee was out dis cussing the amendments, the con vention began to call for speeches. There were calls for Bntler. These were supplemented by a call from (Continued on third page.) executive Committee was forced to seek a suitable location elsewhere. Indersucn circumstances we en countered the terrible thock of the campaign of IS02. a campaign which for intense conviction, desperate de termination, and educative efiective- ness is without a parallel. When the smoke of that battle bad cleared away, the partisans who desired the destruc tion of the Order because, instead of a harmless plaything, it had become a powerful menance to continue unfaith fulness, declared witii a strange mix ture ot feigned regrefc and evident sat isfaction, that the Alliance, having; gone into politics, bad killed itselt Nevertheless tne order survived that terrible onslaught. lour lecturers took the field the following year with a determination to rebuild. They inspired new hope and freh couratre in uearts mat leit the contin ued need oi tne Alliance, winch ttiey loved better than they loved any po litical party. A ceaseless campaign of political ed ncation in the face of whatever difficul ties, was wagea jinaaumea in every section of tne state. It is characteristic of the Alliance to wage ceaseless campaigns of political education and to apply it teaching according to individual judgement at box. l herein lies its power its terrror to its oppose, the sovereign citizen be well taught in the science of economic government t Ur were it better that cess of our most urgent and vital de mand, and wherever the Alliance has had its way most largely, there the fl nancia.1 question is most dillicult to evade. There the masses in all politi cal parties are most likely to he Intel ligently abreast of the wisest and uiiirl humane economic thought. May we contend, therefore, that the Alii ance is not only a usetul, but an in dispensible organization aa well!1 If its membership remainaamall after the shock of two friendly campaigns and a period of pernicious financial stria gency, still the Order lives, and there is every reason why it should grow. Our mission io perpetual. There are other great questions upon which the people need to be educated, and others to arise in the proce-is of time. No Populist should neglect the Alii ance because the People a Party es poused the cause. lbs should rather for that reason remain steadfast to the Alliance and see to it that this tie party prove not faithless as the old lue. element mat rannqj. in wart a good cause in open combat ia prone to attack itselt to it in apparent friend liness iu accompnsn by tins means what it could not openly. It was such an evil genius that would have ren der?d the Alliance useless by steering it clear ot political study and practice. It was Mich an evil genius that stranded the old Democratic ship upon the shores of '.-herrnainsm. Is it not possible for the People's Party to suf fer sometime a similar fate? The thousands of Alliancemen who. affiliating with the Democratic party, left the Alliance -because it went into politics" four years ago, can have no excuse for remaining out of it now The Democratic party in 'control of every department of the government,! hereafter. counting securely upon their unques-l The following are receipt and dis- t inning allegiance to party, gave l hem I bursements for the year ending A u- nothingot ineir principle, alter all itslgusl 10, J success, us history the past lour years shows how untrue a political party, un fettered by indeten Jent public senti ment, may prove, and how cruelly con temptuous of blind allegience. We want to see these men return to the or der and help n to rebuild it to its luf- mer magnitude. We need them and we feel that they need us. They left us because we went into "politics in audin IbM their National plat- lorm ba put them into tin same poll tics that -we went into. W hy ahouid they not find us very genial compan ions. And so to every ehitible man in North Carolina, whether Popalist, Oemocral or Kepulican, who believes in the wisdom and necessity of the non-partisan political education of the votes, that herein lies the safety of our common country. I extend a cordial in- vitaj-ion to connect himself with u An intelligent md patriotic citizen ship is the only .'tope of the Republic, and that which 'fe think we learn in a campaign when hotly contending for the mastery of a faction is not as likely to be the saving truth as that which we calmly discover when in quest of truth for its own sake.r or the citizen there is no education so valuable as that which is political and fur our agricultural population there has been nu other such educator as t he Alliance. And to those who follow useful oo Amt. on hand Aug. It. !0 Ami. received, fee dues and oth erwise............. rt 70 1.122 12.121 3i UlrRCKSKNCVTS. Ex penaes Stale meeting. io I'M m Printing, stationery.... 2WTo Office, expenses, etc... 20 kx. oru. meetings i , Paid Nat. ttoc bal dues of !-. 230 JW Taid Nat. Sec on dues forl&". liiOl Paid for Kituala i no Paid W. 8. Barnes, sal ary 1 OJW on Paid J. M. Mewborne, oaiance salary as I'rea- ident UW Paid Cyrus Thompson on salary OS ft) Paid postage. law 012 ftl After a very careful examination of j be be left ignorant and pliable clay in Jcupations that render tbem ineligible uvui.. piow,, auu uuc vuiigiucrsuua u I me iiSDua ui uesirucuve pouerir l to ioeuiuereoii iu on Aiuincf in ni uiauj lavorauie propositions, iney ae-1 it we went into politics, therefore,! appeal lor ainaiy recognition and a cidea upon the purchase of this prop-1 has not our action been fully justified friendly band. Whatever their call eriy ana located our headquarters I by the coarse of events? What we de-1 ing the Alliance is not an enemy to here. I cfared Clevelandism to mean in I them. If we seek nrimarilr the nrna. They then set forward as rapidly as is sadly realized in 1806. The crash- perity of our own calling, we seek as a circumstances would permit, with re-1 ing stone which we then rejected ia 1 necessary sequence the prosperity of Balance on band... STTE LKCTTKkVs KCroKT. 7 lh' (tffleer Mfmteri f the Svrtk Garofiayt Allwmre: Bkithkbx: In obedience to cus tom and to the requirements of the Order I hereby beg leave to make this my annual report as Iecturer for the State. It is a source of naacb regret to me to have to report that bat little has been done on ibis line In the ab sence of any appropriation. 1 bavo been unable to carry and send the rreat truth of the Alliance to any new Quarters or to visit evwn those places a which we have oar grsatsst strength. I find, however, ia the places that I Costtiasjt m Sad pa-J
The Caucasian (Clinton, N.C.)
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