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IMPORTANT ALLIANCE DOCUMENTS WHICH SHOULD BE BEAD BY EVERY CITIZEN. Believing tnat the people will appreciate our effort to give them all the obtainable information from Alliance headquarters, we have thought it wejl to print this sheet in addition to our regular issue. OPINION OF A DELEGATE. H3. THINKS THE ALLIANCE IT A- UNIT TO-DAY. . > The DiMctUNlon Between TiUmnn and Terrell Bcitnlted in Good ? AI llnneemeu are Trne ? Democrats? H?lter? Asked to Sweep Before their own Doors Before Charging Others with Desertion. Considerable public interest being manifest hi the actings und doings of the recent meet? ing oi the Slate Alliance, which took place laut wwklhSi-arUthbnrg, we sought Colonel J. T. Boblnson, the delegate from- Abbeville county, anil tusked In formation und au ex? pression of opinion from-bim In reference thereto. The Colonel is a strong Alliance man, "thoroughly-Joyal to the order, but is connervutlvuund considerate with those who differ from him In reference to the Alliance demands;. Tue fuel is. It seems to the Press und Banner that thu differences between the Alliance ana the "outsiders" are more Imagi? nary than real,.and that the differences re? sult more from u lack of n thorough under? standing of the objects and aims of the order -than fiom any objection to the principles for which the Alliance contends. As we gather lroin Colonel Robertson,- National Lecturer Wlllets and others, the demands of the Alli? ance in reference to the sub-treasury is sim? ply to eflect a relief from the presont, scarcity of - the-currency. The Alliance suggests- a warehouse, but the order is perfectly willing accept any better or more feasible plan that may be offered.' While we believe a large per cant, of the Alllanceinen are opposed to the warehouse, yet we are perfectly certain that all Alllanceinen and everybody else will Join heartlly/ln any effort winch may bring good .10 the public; Nobody cures anything about the' proposi? tion to prevent the speculation in futures. There wufbe no disagreement on thai score, though the Press and Banner cannot see how that speculation can Injuriously effect the price of cotton. The very reason urged for such ? law would seem tobe the very reason why the farmers should oppose such a law. If five limes as tan eh cotton Is sold, as is made. It seems to us that the law of supply and demand would increase the price under such conditions. But as it is a matter which affects the farmers,only the outsiders will not object. . The National Banks may from the nature of things be abolished in the course.or a' lew years, but no chart-red .institution can be closed up before the expiration of the charter. Whether tlihi demand.Is good or bad matten little as far as the present Is coucerned. . . >' :j These three propositions, we hellev--, are t he main 'demands of the Alliance, and as the Alliance cares less for the details than lor the great principles, it is quite likely when tin Alliance Is better understood thai the people Inside and outside, the Alliance will get to? gether. , BwU we Btarted out to lutervlew Colonel Hobertson, Meeting , the Colonel we asked him if there was anything of pubillc Interest which he cootd give us for publication iu re? ference to tho SparLanbnre meeltng. "Yes, sir ;T am. The Alliance is not a con? spiracy,as some seem to think, und it will give too great pleasure to give you notes ot anything discussed by us, in which the public ?uro lotereated." '."You. heard the debate between Governor Till man and Mr; Terrell ??? - "I did ; and I wish that every man In the -State had-beard It. The Natloual Alliance which met In Ocala, Florldn, submitted lo the order a platform, including the nnunclu) policy,-J.tuwnlch are four demands, namely : The abolition of tho National Banks; The free and unlimited coinage of silver; The in? crease of the circulating medium ; And what is known as the sub-treasury, or some other plan by which we can have a flexible curren? cy torn ovo the immense crops of the country, which are marketed In a tew months, and ?which currency must be so controled by tbe Government as not to disturb or interfere with the laws of trade. The Alliance makes tbe reduction of tbe tariff a cardinal doctrine of the order, and it Is.hoped by large num? bers of tbe Alliance, that in regulating the currency, a plan may be developed which will reduce tbe prevnt.tarlff on the nccessa .'.rles of. life?the articles mostly used by the i poor people. In one sen?e, w*? Alllancemon are gratified at the way in ?h olt our platiortti has been accented by tbe public nl large. No special objection has been urged to any plank of our platform, except that of the sub-irea3ury Alllanceinen themselves are not a unit on Ihe details of that proposition. -The fact is, that the old bill which was introduced into Con? gress .wan-killed, and there Is now no sub treasury bill before tbe public. None hns yet been formulated, and we wire very little about the details. What we are contending for Is'the great underlying principle. The mode or manner of effecting the result isol ?very.-little concern to anybody. Any plan which will better effect tbe result than our own proposition will be adopted, if shown to us. as I said before, It seems that tbe public have accepted our demands, without protest, except that of the sub-treasury. Even in that I believe tbe great mass or ihe people endorse tbe principle. We will not quarrel about details. -You may rest assured of that. The country now seems practically solid with us, end the Alliance is a unit. " The discussion between Governor Tillmnn and Mr, Terrell was conducted In the most pleasant and agreeable manner, and ll}e re? sult has been to bring entire harmony to tne order. As you know.many Allinncemen. and many uon Alllanoemen, looked to tbe Spartanburg meeting and tbeTlliman-Terrell discussion to develop a division in tbe ranks of the order. Both speakers were respectful and deferential, and between them the kind? est feeling was apparent. The discussion has resulted most happily, and the members of the Alliance are to-day in more thorough sympathy with each other than at any pre? vious time in the history of the^rder. Every delegate received new Inspiration, and alt wem home more In love with the*order than ever before." c r : "What of the political outlook, Colonel? Do you thin I; there is any danger of tbe Alliance men withdrawing from ihe Democratic puny In South Caroltnu?"' "I am glud that you havo asked mo that question. . It gives me mi opportunity to say "to onr . friends who may be anxious lest we disrupt the Democratic party, that we are all Democrats iu South Carolina, and while we at e true to the Alliance, we are none tho less loyal to all the best interests of the State. We expect as indi viduals to go Into ihe Dem? ocrat lo, primaries and work for the Alliance demands and our Democratic brethren may give themselves nonnensinessaboutour leav? ing tbe party-or our lack of loyalty to alt tbe best Interests of tbe people of South Carolina. The members of. the Al liance ttre Just as pat? riotic and havens much interest In the wel? fare and prosperity of our common country as those who me now threatening to cast us out of the party. South Carolina Is the birth place of many of us. Some of us proved our fovo for old South Carolina in tbe times thai tried men's souls, and the rank and file of the Alliance to-day are Inspired with an patriotic motives as prompt any other class of her ci ll Izens. And, I would say tin;* our friends who are so solicitous about our future action, might look well lo their own record. No par? ticular coterie or class have proprietary rights to tiie Democratic party. As I understand the Democratic party It is a party composed of the whole people, to which all members owe their allegiance, and that tho contest be? tween Democrats Is decided in tbe Democrat? ic primaries, to which decision all members are equally bound. "Will you say anything of the future of the Alliance?" "I am hopeful of good results from our or? ganization. We have much to do. In order to solidify our order, we will strive tor a bet? ter education in National politics. Hereto? fore our people have paid little attention to National politics, and our Stale politics have been too much neglected. To bring about a better condition of affairs we will exert great? er efforts lo obtain,?and to impart the same to others,?information on all the Issues of the day. There is no harm, but much good in educating the people. The great >nti<s or our people should be educated in the principles of our government, and to get tbe best educa? tion we must not only hear one side of every subject, but, as our cause Is Just, we should al? so Juear the arguments ol those who oppose our demands, even as we expoct those who oppose our demands to listen to us. It Is well therefore for our people to listen to the oppo? sition and to see the demands Iu every shape. Ed uea tl on being one of the chief alms of tire Alliance, tbe order will encouruge the read? ing of newspapers and the hearing of speak? ers < f every shade of belief. The arguments of the opposition only strengthen us in tbe conviction of the correctness and Justice of our demands. For this reason we have noth? ing to fear, from a better education of our brclhi.m." "ttuve you read tho report of the debate be? tween Tlllman and Terrell, us published iu the News and Courier?" '?I have. It Is a flwt rate report?fair and Impartial." "Did you see any evidence of a split iu the Alliance atSpartauburg?" "At first It seemed clear to my mind, that a few or the prominent brethren, were unxlou? 10 see Tillman make a breach between him? self ?n<i the Alliance. HutGovernor Tillinan was In en llre sympat hy with the demands ol the order. His only objection was In the de? tails, and of course the finance would not be so intolerant toward a brother as to rail out with him on non essentials. 1 believe Gover? nor Tillman Is the best man In the party. Whatever success we have gained has been owing largely to his ability, his courage and his devot Ion to our best Interests. It would be ungrateful If the party which he orgnnlzed and ted to victory, should now repudiate him because of a slight difference in opinion as to the details of n great principle about which there is no difference of opinion. In the Al? ienee are many brethren who aspire to office, and of course all snch would be ?lad to see a new deal, even i f they did nothing to bring It about Hut If any have entertalued hopes of a new deal they will be mistaken. Governor Tillman is stronger today with the people than at any other time, and the All hi nee nev? er wus in greater harmony than it Is to day. THE ALLIANCE MEETING. THE CITY OF SPARTANB?RG FULL OF PEOPLE. Tillman Discussed, and CntcSies Ilnil Columbia,*? Newspaper Men Not Admitted ? Election or Officers Xotcs of Interest. E.H. Aull In The State. Spautanbukg, S. C, J Sly i'l.?Tho Interest In the .State Alliance keeps up. There has been a great deal of discussion among the members and their friends outside of the In? ner circle of the secret sessions on the address of the president and the speech of Col. Polk yesterday afternoon and the sub-treasury, es? pecially the proposed debate between Gover? nor Tillman and Col.Terrell. As to the an? nual message of President Stokes, there is dif? ference of oplnlon^even among Alliancemen themselves as to its merits. Some pronounce It an able and exhaustive paper, while others sav it Is too long and verbose, and discusses matters not appropriate to and outside the le? gitimate province of such a paper. The address of Col. Polk yesterday after? noon In Its entirety Is generally commended hy Alhaucemen and by many outside tho Al? liance. . This afternoon a rather spirited discussion took place on tiie streets between Citizen Josh Ashley, of Anderson?a strong Tillman antl suti-trnasury man?and Col. Ellison S. Relit; of Enoree Plantation,an equally enthusiastic ad \ ocai e ot the sub-treasury scheme. A con? siderable crowd wus attracted and hotb de balanis. I presume, thought they had the best of the argument* The debate pio-jpsed between Gov. Tillman and O'U Terrell Is attracting much Interest, tint the Alliance sustains the doctrine of the p esiuont and Insists that such a discussion net won Alliancemen must be before the Al lluiicsonly. opposition to til1.man. I find amoxi; Alliancemen here that there Is considerable opposition to Governor Tillman. The.more enthusiastic Alliancemen are only In favor of such men us stand erect, with both feet squarely on the demands of the Ocala platform. One AHIanceman said to me to-day that ho was just us enthusiast io to defeat Gov. Till man now us be was to elect him last year. Another prominent member who was present I endorsed those sentiments, and said his whole community did the same. When ques? tioned as to the cause the answer was the ac? ceptance by Gov. Tillman of a free pass and hl? opposition to the sub-treasury scheme. - The city of Spartanburg is not only full of Alliancemen but there are also a host of newspaper men here?some who belong to the Alliance, and advocate the demands of the Ocala platform, and some who do not. One of them who recently became initiated into the mysteries of the order In his native countv and who is also the- representative of an In? fluential'Alliance paper, was not given en? trance to the proceedings. It Is snld for two reasons he was excluded, In thefl at place, he could not give the password, and in the second, even If he had been upon the pass? word, it had been decided that he was inel Igl ble to membership and that the sub-Alliance admitting him should not have done so, proceedings of the day. The special order for tlvs morning, as an? nounced In The Stale, was taken up at the first session to-day. With onoor two excep? tions the present officers were re-elected. The following are the officers elected: President, J. William Stokes, of Orange bunr. Vice President, W.D.Evans, of Marlboro. Secretary. J. W. Held, of Sparlanburg. Treasnrcr. F. P. Taylor, of Chesterfield. Chaplain, Hev. James Douglass, of Falrfleld. Lecturer, W. Jasper Talherl; of Edgefleid. Steward, H. McRne. of Marlon. Doorkeeper, J. W. Kennedy, of Wllllams burg. Assistant Doorkeeper, A. It. Waller, or Horry. Sergeant-at-Arms, J. E. Jarnlgan, of Mar? ion.. executive committee. Executive committee: Lucas Mclntosh,or Darlington: T. P. Mitchell, or Falrfleld; S.T. D. Lancaster, of Spartnnburg. Of this committee only Mitchell was re elected, the others, holding over for one and two years. the j?diciakv committee. At this meeting the Constitution was so chanced that the Judiciary committee was elected instead of appointed as heretofore. The following Is tho committee: Joseph L. Kell t, of Newberry, elected for one year; 1). IC. Norrls. or Anderson, two years; W. N. El? der, or York, three years. Nothing of special Importance was trans? acted at the morning session. A number of resolutions were offered and referred to the committee on demands and resolutions and will come up for action on the report of this committee. Provision was made for a propaganda fund by which Alliance literature Is to be distrib? uted throughout tho Alliances In thlsStato. An itemized statement of the disbursement of this fund is also to bo published during tho year. convention OV cotton gu0weks. A committee was appointed to get up a con? vention of cotton growers in the South to be held in Atlanta at. as early day as possible. This convention Is to be composed of Al? liancemen and non-Alllancemet), both white and colored. The following is tho cpmmllte?: D.P.Duncan,ol Union,chairman; K.R. wai? ters. Orangeburg; J. It. Harrl?on. Greenville; W. Ni Elder. York; W. S. Bamberg, Barn well; G. P. Davis, Clarendon. This commit? tee will make report Jo this meeting and sub? mit an address to be issued etil ling this con? vention, and the committee will be contin? ued. The report of tho executive committee was submitted this morning. It shows the finan? cial condition of the order In this State to be good. The Alliance complains of tho finan? cial policy of the government, but the order Beems to know how to manage Us own fi? nances so as to have a surplus in the treasury. state exchange. The trustee-stock holders have finished their work. Nothing Is given out Tor publication except the election of nine directors of the State Exchange. The business ot the ex? change has been managed to the satisfaction or the board. President Colt was left off the board this time, presumably on account of his position on the proposed establishment of an Alliance bank. The board elected at this meeting Is constituted as follows: From the State at large?J. A.SlIgh, of New? berry; Dr. P. Duncan, of Union. First District?G. W. Younglner, of Lexing? ton; Second District?W. H. Tim merman, or Edgeficld. Third District?J. M. Glenn, of Anderson. Fourth District?John It. Harrison, or Greenville. Filth District?It. L. Hlcklin, of Lancaster. Sixth District?J. W. Ferguson, of Florence; Seventh District?George J.Graham, of Wll jlumsburg; At a meeting of the board held to-day J. A. Sll?h was elected president, W. 11. Trainier man secretary and J. W. Pergusnu treasurer. The board will hold another meeting to elect a business agent for the State Exchange, and to consider the proposition for the removal of the exchange to Colombia, and to transact such other business as may come before them tiI.i.man vs. TEItKBI.I.. It was whispered around the groups today In the hotel lobby and discussed as a proba? bility that the debate nrranged to lake place between Terrell and Tillman would not intie rhillze, because or the failure of the former to arrive from Tennessee. All doubt, however, as to his uot being ou hand was put at rest JSSSk^SSSsSSSsSSs-r ! bBSsSS? this ovenlng, whfin.on Ihe arrival of the f o'clock train. Ol. Terrell stopped oiitol tin sleeper on the platform and Into the Mkp chants Hotel 'bus, with a "conquering hen smile" on his face. Tho convention will assemble lo-morrow promptly at U o'clock,and ll is understood that the greal.Torrell-Tllliiiun debateon tin. sub-treasury will be the first thing brought before the meeting. It being tho g'-neral des Irr ol the members to dispose of that discussion before they go Into routine work. In fact. It is understood that the resolution to be pro posed Indorsing the Ocala platform, which In? cludes the sub-treasury, Is held back milII al? ter the membeiy have heard this discussion hetween these two distinguished members 01 tbe order holding opposite views on this question. At the meeting this afternoon iI. was de? cided lo hold the next convention at Colum? bia. State Organizer .1. It. Jeffries made his re? port, which showed thai the order was iu a nourishing condit ion. The following were elected-delegates to the National Alliance: J. W. Stokes, E.T. stack house, W. J. Talbert; alternates: .1. ?. Keilt, D. P. Duncan. During Hie session. Hen Terrell onlereil Ihe hall and was received with great enlliuMnsui: The remainder of the time of the afternoon meeting was devoted to considerations ol amendments to the cou.'ltllutlon. THE STATE EXCHANGE. A meeting of tho directors of the stale Ex? change was held Ibis afternoon. M. Ij. Don? aldson, oi Greenvllie, was re-elected Stnte Kx change agent. The consideration of the ques? tion of removing the State Exchange lb Col? umbia was postponed to the October meeting. An nuditlng committee was appointed to ex? amine the treasurer's books rthil vouchers. The committee Is composed of three mem? bers, with president J. A. Sligh as chairman ex-oftlclo. Tho other members are: .1. K. Har rlson.or Greenville, D. P. Duncan, of Union, and J. M. Glenn, of Anderson. AT.I.TANCE PE11TI I.I7.ER. A committee was appointed at a meeting held In Columbia April 33 to propose a formu? la for the manufacture of f ?rtltizer for the use of the Alliance and authorized to reoort to I tbe Stnte Alliance at this session. That com? mittee will recommend the following formula for consideration by the Alliance: The fertil? izer to be known as the Alliance Brand ; fonr per cent, of ammonia, nine per cent, of acid and two per cent, of potash. Tim committee will also recommend lhal the Stale Exchange be-authorized to advertise tor the manufac? ture of fertilizer upon above formula. THAT TEX MILLION HOLLAR SCHEME. Oswald Wilson, of New York, formerly or Texas, and secretary of the National Associa? tion of Business Agents, composed of the bus? iness agents of the several Stales in which Ihere arc State exchanges, dropped In here Tuesday night, without any ouo outside of the Alliance seeming to know that he was here, or the object of his visit. It is under? stood that be was here In the inlerestof that ten million dollar scheme which is supposed to have been formulated nt a meeting ol prominent Alllnncemen held in New York a lew weeks ago. It Is understood that this meeting proposed to have co-operative stores established in each of the counties, with cen? tral headquarters in New York. Mr. Wilson met with the trustees and stockholders of the board of directors of the State Exchange, but. they absolutely refuse to give out anything for publication growing out of the conference with Mr. Wilson, or anything about this ten million dollar scheme for establishing co op? erative stores. Mr. Wilson left, this morning lor Atlanta, presumably to hold a conference with tbe Alliance of Georgia. A NEWSPAPER MAX "rsoUNCED." Something of a sensation was occasioned to-night, when a newspnpor mnn gol hold ot the password and went into the Alliance meeting, claiming to belong to the order. They had already decided that such an one was Ineligible; but this one was unknown to the doorkeeper, and, baying tho password, se? cured entrance, lie was soon recognized, and the question to his right to a seat within lite body was raided. He declined to retire, and forced the Alliance to a voto on his right to be inside. The vote was taken, and ho was unanimously excluded. As this matter has been somewhat talked about by Alllnncemen, nnd there arc other newspaper men here, 11 Is proper to state that reference is had to Mr. W. J. Shelton, representing* the Charleston World. A man rrom Georgia, and having the password, secured admission last night to the meettng of tbe State Exchange. He was un? known to any of the members, and, rather than embarrass them, retired. After ills expulsion, Mr.Shelton came on tbe street and publicly proclaimed tho pass? word by which be secured admltiance. The Alliance had taken the precaution to have one of its members follow Mr. Shelton out of .the hall, nnd he heard this puollc announce? ment of tbe password. Ho reported this facl to the executive committee, and they imme? diately changed the password for lo-morrow and passed the same around among the mem? bers. Tbe aclion of Mr. Shelton caused great indignation among tho mombersof the Alli nucc. THE DISCUSSION WIM. HE PJWVATE. It was reported here to-nlgbt that there was a disposition on the partof some ol the mom? bersof tbe Alliance to suppress the debate be? tween Terrell nnd Tltlmun,but the arrange? mentwill stand as heretofore announced, and the discussion will be the tlrsi order nt the meeting to-morrow morning, and will be pri? vate. Immediately after tho discussion another business meeting will bo held and continue in session until final adjournment, which wilt take place to-morrow afternoon. The committee on legislative board made their special report to-night, which was adopted, with a few amendments. Quite a discussion was had on the new constitution, which was finally accepted as a whole. The session lasted until 12o'clock to-night. The above is all that can be secured for publica? tion. What an Egg Will Do. For burns and scalds nothing is more soothing than the while of au egg, which muy be poured over the wound. It is softer as a varnish for a burn tlian*collodion, and being always at hand can be applied immidiateiy. It is also more cooling than sweet oil and cotton which was formerly sup? posed to be the su rest application to al? lay the smarting pain; It is the con? tact with the air which gives ihe ex? treme discomfort experience from the ordinary accident of this kind, and anything that excludes the air and pre? vents inflammation is ihe thing to be at once applied. The egg is considered one of the best of remedies for dsyentery. Beaten up slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed at a gulp, it tends, by ils emolient qualities, to lessen the inflam? mation of the stomach and intestines, ami, by forming a transient coating on these organs, to resume her health? ful sway over a diseased body. Two, or at most three eggs per day would be all that is required in ordinary oases; and since egg is not merely medicine but food as well, the lighter the diet otherwise and the quieter the patient is kept the more certain and rapid is the recovery. -. Don't Dog Ihe Cows. Every one who lias anything to do witii a cow should learn thoroughly this fact: That every annoyance and thing that excites or frets her takes a proportion from both the amount and richness of her yield, ami in just so much takes money from her owner's pocket. A man who will permit it to be done, much less himself dog the cows home from the pasture, or kick aud club them about the barn or yards is not a fit person to own or have charge of cows. It is not only cruel to the defenceless cow, but is ruinous to Iiis own finances, a reason that ought to compel proper treatment of his prop? erty if humanity will not.?Western Farmer. How the Tire Should! lie Kept. Never have the coal couie above the stove lining. The lire will not he so bright; fuel will waste, because the draught is not so good. When not using the lire keep damper close; when need? ed opened the <1 roughs. For cooking or baking no matter how hot the lire desired having the coal come nearly to the top of the lining, the tire otigh! to last four hours without new coal or poking. The top of the stove may lie red hot; tiie coal piled up to ihe lids, and yet the oven will not i bake. There is too much coal in and the draugh is stoppet! by it.? Good Housekeeping. -*4B?*. - True happiness never flows into a man, but always out of him. Hence heaven is sometimes found in collages and hell in palaces. Heaven i I sell" is mure internal than external. down' with democracy! IT IS NO BETTER THAN REPUBLICANISM ANYHOW. Tlie JliseliieV?nii I<l<*t* which Col f.. I*. Polle, President <?(' the Farmers" National Alliance, is Trying in Instil info tili' Fanners of (Ik* South?Au Extraordinary Speech at Spartsinlmig to he Listened (o with Applause by Month C'lirn* IhiiaiiN. Kl'AitTAXliUIKJ. July 22:?Tlic Stain Alli? ance heard today, upon niijntiniiieut, an address from Col Polk, president of the National Alliance. The address was public ami Ihu Opera House, was well llllcd. lie was Introduced In Haltering and courteous lan? guage hy President Stokes,of the Stale Alli? ance. During the delivery of the address GovernorTllliuiiiiditered:thc hall. He was received with enthusiastic applause! ami cheers when lie entered, which were repealed when he was escorted Iii the singe. Col Polk began by acknowledging the warmth of his welcome inlo a Slate closely ailied with Ills own in history, tradition and blood. Ho felt t hat he would be false toll Im stdi and to his people did he fail to speak plainly and openly oil he questions now agitating the country and affecting I he farm? ing Interest. Among the most marvellous nehcivnicnls of the ago he would give the preference to theorgalzation and progress of the Fanners' Alliance, covering as It.does the whole domain of the. Republic, with an enrol merit of 8,000,000 memhers. lie felt proud ot 1 its educational forces, which had been so ap? plied as to make thinking men and eloquent speakers of manyn farmer who could suc? cessfully meet-In debate Ihn I rained oratorsol olher classes. [Applause.] He contended thai the merchants and alI of the laboring classes were in the same boat as Hie farmer, and it was idle to say that benefits given lo I lie farmers, the produetlng classes, were not for the universal benelll. The mercantile classes contained some r-scals, but so did the Alli? ance, and it would be equally unfair to con? demn either class lor that reason, but he would give notice thill, If there were those merchants who had ground unfairly itic earnings of the farmer, ho was after them, and by the help of God he would get them. All thai the Alliance asks Is for an equal chance for all classes In the race for a liveli? hood. Col. Polle here reviewed the progress of I he railroads, the growth of towns, the amassing of Individual colossal fortunes. All this was right enough und Hie country should be proud of it, but why was It that, agriculture actually languished while prosperity marked ihe conduct-of every oilier business and in? dustry? Granting that this was from all the olllclal reports, he desires to know If farmers should licit stand up and swear by nil on earth and heaven that they should notecase until they had all their rights. Was ll not lime that the average farmers, after twenty years of hard labor, should tic richer than he was before? He defied any man tn contradict tlic fact that, while from 185!) to iSfjfj the farm? ing people owned "0 per cent of the wealth of the country, to day they owned less than 22 pur cent of it, and lour-fll'ths of that Is covered by mortgages. The most alarming condition is that of all the millions and millions levied upon the people SO per cent of it comes-out of the pockets of the farmers. In I SSO there were foriy-lhree and a half billions of proper? ty in this country, yet more than two-thirds of It is not assessed, for taxation ; seventeen iinda half billion is assessed, and ofthat fourteen billion belongs lo tho farmers, that is. In other words, that ilie farmers pay four tilths of the laxes. Was It not time that tlic farmers should do something and do it quickly ? u'ho will dare to stand up and say I his Is just. I stand here as the representa? tive of tlic proudest organization of this country, save alone Ilia Church of Jesus Christ, and declare to you that If I had my way,and I trust khe Alliance will have Its way, there should lie no rest until every dol? lar of values paid llsjust share of taxation like the values of the farmers. [Applause.] Me said that he was in favor of making mortgages non-collectable if not slumped as ??assessed" by the pruper ofllcer of the law. He then discussed the causes of depression. Be had heard a good deal of popyeock and twaddle about over production, One man says the farmer Is too lazy, and another says that he works loo hard and produces too much. What were the fanners to do with that kind of advice? The farmers know this condition of things. It Is neither their fault nor God's. They were llred hearing orators preaching about tho great principles o American liberty and dodging present living issues. When elected to otllcc their friends say lothem when -lhcir complaints are made, "To plough on." They had stood that for twenty-five years and now Intended to think anductfor themselves. They did not pro? pose to have their eyes opened only at the expense of having their brains dashed out. The farmers hnd been told that although cotion was at seven cents a pound they could buy proportionately more with a single dol? lar, but the mighty question with the far? mer is, where is the dollar? The farmer certainly could not provide himself with the luxury of life, even granting that he could buy more with the dollar than he did twenty years ago. The profits on his cotton did not belong to him. It was divided between the railroads and manufacturers, and the only loseis were the men who made II and the pale-laced, hard-worked factory girls who were promised say three dollars a week pud were paid in checks on factory stores. Al though a dollar Is said to buy more now, will it pay any more than a dollar did on a mortgage heretofore.? Will it pay more for education, ot lawyers' fees, and does ft not cost Just as ll ranch to raise a bale of cotion now as It did wncn cotion was double the price it is now? Col. Polk then went into the discussion of the national Lanks and charged the law? makers wttli a copartnership with Wall street aud Lumbard street to misuse not the money of ihe Government, but the money of the people. That was a sub-treasury with vengeance. The banks get the money atl per cent and deposit.-V/. per cent bonds which are no security, but only an evidence ot In? debtedness. He had heard a great deal about (lilt money and Jefferson ian Democracy, but he would like any one to dispute tho* fact thai bank notes were flat money. Gold and silver were not their basis, but the bassis was simply the power of the Government to tax the jv-ople to redeem them. The Govern? ment would lend the hanks money at 1 per cent, but every other class must pay 7 or S percent for it. ]Thls, of course, is all the veriest rot. Does Col. Polk hclievo that the bankspick up per cent bonds In the street ? They have to buy their bonds with gold, or silver al Us gold value, and thai silver or gold Is the basis of tlic bank notes and not the Govern men t's credit. It. is absurd tn talk about the Govern? ment limiting the money to Hie banks. The banks cannot Issue a dollar of current*} until they have deposited the requisite bonds for which they have paid their coin.?12 1 The X. and C.I It could be laken lor granted, Col. Polk went on to sav, that Hie people were going to have money; lie believed I hat If the 'Govern? ment stamps as u dollar n piece ol 'leal her or or wood, ant! calls il a dollar, It should be a dollar it the Government is a Government at all. At this point. Col. Polk read the Oca la plat? form and also the extracts from Cnlhotin nod Jefferson bearing on the financial question, which extracts have already been piibli.-hcd. I He was con lent to stand on Hie same |-hil-| form with Jefferson and Calhoiin, and he | would advise the brethren who had slray.ed away to come back Into Hie fold. They had drilled away from the mooring of Hie fa I hers.1 All Ills lite lie had been a Democrat:'In; I ad j walked up to t he b illot liox and chucked in his vole lor the m?sl availanlc loan. hat. he had voted for men for whom he would never voteagain. The Alliancei lntended to creel a new standard of avail ,hili!y. He tiiooghl Hull a good mixture of J<-|]<>r>oti Deinoci?i<-y and l.tiieohilan llcptihllcnnlsin would he a good thing, seleciing the he>l i Icmeiils of each. The fain.er- und found out thai the tariff was no! the cause of disaster. IP! was the Democratic bill only dill'iied about J per cent. If ihe financial system were not changed the fanners would not be a bit bet ter oil under either tnrlll bill. The Farmers' Alliance could not lie sidetracked by talk about negro rule or the bloody (.bin. They would at lend to those things in due time. Tho burning question was to supply with money s..OH),u0!i farmers who were struggling and perishing lor more money. (Applause.) A great many people wore afraid of the Far? mers' .Movement going Into tiolltlties. Ho would pray (!o I ilia! I hey would go in and stay there. Tho institution In which he belonged was nion-partlsan, but In every essential sense it was a political 'nslitutioh. No one had a 'butter.right logo into politics than the farmer, who clothes ami feeds the world, (Applause.) The great I rouble was that peo? ple didn't' know the difference between politics, the science ol government, and mere parly Ism Col. Polk Iben addressed himself Inthesub Ireason- bill, lie referred n, the present de? mands of the Ocala platform as something quite dilleivtit Horn Ihe hill as originally framed. Hi:.would summarize the demands of the Ocain plat form in these questions: First, are yon in In vor of inc abolition ol Ihe national banking system? Second, are y.c.i in invor of issuing money direct to the people al a low rate of Interest? Third, are ybh in favor of prohibiting gam bling In futures in agrici;l!uraliiiid mechani? cal pi od act:. '.' Now i say lo you, lie continued, that bill proposes nothing on the face of Ihe earth but to cover those three planks in that, platform. When I represented ihe bill be lore the com? mittee to Congress 1 said we do not claim Ihm Hilsts Hie best or only measure Hint can bring relief, bat as the best we have been able to ill-vise. If you can present a better we will most gladly accept it. Col. Polls llieii went on to describe how the bill had been pigenll-lliileil or Ignored by the IToii?o nnd the kennte. Tim Congressman sneered :il il because it. was not u polished production with all the i's dotted and all t's crossed, but. they at tlial same session spent a billion dollars of the peoples liioncy of which the fanners paid loiir-litths. Yd "they did have something to say about It. Mr. Mains, of Alabama, first attacked it anil said it. was iincouslliiitioimlv and the nest week some Imdy elsusnld so. and with such regularity [lull It;-looked like a concert, of aellon. They said it was unconstitutional because ihe Gov? ernment has no power to lend money. Well, ihe Supreme Court has decided Hint it lias, and 1 would prefer to he with the Supreme Court than with Mr.Gates,ol Alabama. [Ap? plause ] Col. folk said that, this ijuestion of the right oi the Government to lend money was -eltled by Ihe decision iu the Philadelphia Exposition case,and in the rase of the New Orleans Exposition, lie did not. doubt thai the South Carolina Congressmen voted foi the loan In this latter case. In I be Louisiana vase Hie Senate amended the hill lo give the money so as In read : "A bill lo make ti loan," etc. Oh, but they say it is pnrtcrnallsm. In the morning the Alli? ance had listened in ihe eloquent address of President Stokes, iu which roJereneo was made to the Clemson College; lie would ask those who talked about parterualism lotuccl him at Clemson College on thelMh lust., and sny that the grunting nl fl?.mjf) by Ihe Keile mi Government was not parleriiallsni. All these I: I mis of arguments depended for l-lielr lorn: as lo whose ox was gored. | Applause.] Then lliey say Hint It is class legislation! Well, 1 defy any man lo put his hand on any six consecutive ads of lawyers or Slate laws and not lind them to be class legislations: Tho distribution of the malls in cities ami towns was class legislation, because the far mer ami those outside of townsman! to rldp five miles for their malls at their own ex? pense. Jt. is all right to lend money to banks at 1 per conl. on evidences of Indebtedness, hut it is all wrong to lend money to farmers mi land, the strongest security iu tin: world. By hold lug this legislator* have practically out lawed the farmer and his property. [Ap? plause.1 ll. is all right for Ihn (Jovornment In cases of panics when the banks cry out. "Help me, Cassias, or I sink," to send them ten million dollars or so, hut when eight million farmer* cry mil. for relief there is no answer hut to "plough on." (Applause) Ills all right, to [supply bonded ware houses for whiskey, bul It Is unconstitutional tuask lor the sub-treas? ury bill. (Applause.) Col. Polk said that what was needed in the discussion of tbe sub treasury bill was a discussion ol its prin? ciples on the three broad questions he had asked, and not on the means of relict* which might he greatly modified and changed. He would be satisfied If thosu principles were maintained in the argument. He would be content with the allegiance of tlie Alliance men who would stand on those principles oil the bill; und he would be glad Jf tho oppos? ing newspapers would fighiou those lines, be? cause other considerations were irrelevant.. He contended that the whole secret ol the fight against, lending money to ihe farmers nl a low rate of interest was that it would kill ihe business of those who lent money nl a high rate of interest. He would prophesy that those who wore now lighting the farm? ers would fall in Ihe ruin which would be Lite result rf codtlnued opposition. Tell tho op position Hint your allegiance to principle Is higher than allegiance to party. A great many of the opnosltion have more party than principle. I know Iiicrc are a good many in the South who said Cleveland made a ru Istake. when ho wrote his loiter on sliver. They said they couldn't stand it. Now they say they don't know whether they will vote tor him or not. Well, I'll not wall on Cleve? land to 1 el I me how to vote, bul. I Intend to Stand by the majority of the while men ol theSoutheru Stales and cast my vole ngalsl Cleveland If lie does not recede from his posi? tion on the silver question. (Applause.) "Isn't that stialgbt goods, Brother Held?" (This to the secretary of the meeting.) The speaker then look up the Third Parly. Arc you going lo have a Third Party ? Well, now, that question scares some peo? ple almost to death, and I hope the reporter will put down my words Just us I answer It. I say If there in a Third Parly established in these Southern suites It will bo due to the domineering, proscriptivc and Intolerant spirit of the Democratic bosses. Can you point to a single Alliance man who lias ever tried to establish i Third Party. What Alli? ance man has ever bolted a nomination. (Applause.) And yet there are some people who can't sleep at. night tossing on their pil? lows, seeing the ghost and hobgoblin of the Third Party. (Great laughter and applause.) But to tell the truth about, ll, in this State the people who did start a Third Parly were the Jeffersonlun Strnlgh touts. (Renewed laughter and derisive cheering.) Col. Polk closed his address by expressing the hope that tho farmers North and South, who were once divided, should bo a unit for mutual bcnollt. His closing words were: "in a great trial an English Judge reminded a lawyer that he had spoken at great length. Your honor, he replied, I am aware of It, but I beg that you will remember that I am pleading for the life of a human being. So If I have wearied your patience through my zeal, I beg to plead In extenuation of the act the conviction lying deep in my heart of liearts (hat I am pleading for the life of tills Republic and for the liberty of my people." (Cheers and applause.) The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Extract from a recent speech of Gov? ernor Robert E. Patterson: The historian records that when INiter, the great Russian reformer, at? tended a meeting of Quakers he could not but exclaim : "How happy must be a community constituted on their principles." '"Beautiful," said the philosophic Frederick of Prussia, when a hundred years later he read the account of the Government; "it is perfect if it can endure." This was Penn's government?Ihe beginning in Pennsylvania. Jt excited the admira? tion if it did not arouse the sympa? thies of the master minds of Europe. Jt was founded upon the soverignty of the people, the capacity of men for self-government?a pure democracy. All history and experience had denied it. From the banks of Delaware, near? ly a hundred years before Washington fought and Jefferson wrote, Penn pro? claimed the rights of the people, the quality of men and the aim of govern men to be freedom and happiness. The influence of the teachings of the quiet Quaker was lelt in the homes along the Potomac and in the moun? tains of Virginia. He enlightened the civilized world by Iiis institutions; Uiit for the hereditary ollice of Pro? prietary, Pennsylvania had early been a representative democracy. By the application of the principles of popular government to the conduct of public allairs, wealth and population increased; and the happiness and pros? perity of the peopb were secured. It is even more necessary now than ever 10 hold fast to them in the administra? tion uf public trusts. Is it not possi? ble that many of the problems of the day thul'perplex governments may find in "them a solution V Penn had no trouble with the In? dian question. Outnumbered and sur? rounded by ravages who had never known the touch of civilization, lie succeeded in bringing all within the terms of his Govern;;.put. He came without arms. He declared his pur? pose to abstain from violence ; he had no message but peace, and riot a drop of Quaker blood was ever shed by an Indian. The Government lias recent? ly honored at distinguished Friend j Philip (J. Garrett, of this community, by appointment as Indian Commis? sioner. We bespeak for him a safe de? liverance. Let it not be written that he was the first to break this record. While we contemplate the greatness and glory of our Commonwealth, may we ever bear in mind that we are in? debted to him who at the beginning made u wise selection of his territory and "had a tender care of the Govern? ment that it be well laid at first." Let the citizens of Pennsylvania pledge themselves to continue to build up this great State in her polity and in? stitutions until they shall becomo a greater blessing to all Ihe people with? in her jurisdiction and an example worthy of imitation by other cpiii 11 in ii i I ios. Occupying' a conspicous position among her sistur States, may Pennsylvania ever continue pre-emin? ent in her fidelity to the Union and to the sovereignly of the people. To refuse to see God's hand coming to us through secondary agents, malign though they be, is not to see him at all. If God cannot make the I wrath and malice of men and devils lo praise him, and be our help [heavenward, (huh his power is truly limited and his limine unsettled. IHE GREAT DEBATE. TERRELL AND TILLMAN HAVE IT HOI AND HEAVY. file Knies of the Alliance Jis (On st r it oil l?y President. Stokes Glv? the Sub-Treasury Advocate the Advantage ol' Opening mid Closing the Argument?Nevertheless Hit Governor Holds his Own Agninsi the Much Roasted Orator. M. F.T. In News and Courier. Si* A Uta N uc no, .1 n Iy 21.?To-day the debate hel ween Governor Tlllnian and Colonel Ter? rell was llie great point of Interest, and repor lorial Inquiry Tor the debate was strictly iu secret. The Alliance people had put forth ex? tra lorec to preserve I hat secrecy. Reporter.? gathered oti the balconies, In windows of the hotels, and In the shadows of the waits of the Opera Mouse. It was all In vain. All that could he gathered was a word here and there from the speakers. Jt was, of course, espe? cially desired lo hear what Governor Tillman had lo say. Alliance men got Into the hall, but there were Non-Alliance men. in a crowd throe feet thick and deep, who did not get in? to the hall. Jf there were any reporters in the hall they were very few In number and were not known iu that ofllclal capacity. Canvassers, who were Alliance men lor the revenue of this meeting only, were projected Into space. They knew nothing, could get nothing,and have nothing that is either news or true. GOVERNOR Tl M.MAN APPEARS. About DA. M. Governor Tillman was driven down to the hotel from the residence of Adju? tant General Parley. At that time the Mer? chants Hotel lobby was crowded with busi? ness men and adventurers and politicians. Among the latter were (Jen. Slaokhonse, Capt. Shell, Senator Fvans.Capt. Waddell.Col. J. S. Hrowning. Senator Donaldson; the Rev. J. A. Sllgh and a host of others. Governor Till? man Htepped Inlo the lobby, and was met there by fJoK Terrell and President Stokes. There was a hearty greeting, and in a few tiiiiiul.es all the Initialed were on the way In the rain to the Opera House. In front of the academy there was A GRRAT JAM of people, who, Iu iurn, were halted at the gates, and asked to give the password, Just as it was at Kdgefleld some weeks ago. The ca? pacity of the beautiful Opera House Is about six hundred, but if there was one there were one thousand people In the bulldlug when the 11 reworks" began. Governor Tillman, President Stokes and Col. Terrell went on the stage through the crowd in the left side passage and were cheer? ed every step of tlic way and were cheered again when they stepped on the stage. THE OltUER OF DEBATE was as given this morning In the News and Courier. Col.Terroll.lt being "a civil case,'" had the opening and reply. An arrangemen! was promptly made by giving Col. Terrell half an half to open, then Governor Tillman inn hour and a half, Col. Terrell to close In an hour. ? Governor Tillman was also accorded the privilege of Interrupting his opponent and getting categorical answers to his Interrogato? ries. J coi.. terrell was warmly received, and coming forwnrd he said that ho deemed IIa moral obligation to h?here, but one that, aside from that consid? eration, gavo him Infinite pleasure. Ho had learned to know and appreciate the South Carolina Alliance men and those who were not only allied with him organically but In thought and principle. [Applause.l He had come not only to teach as best he could, but to bo taught, for mutual enlightenment was the spirit of the age. [Applause.] He was glad to meet so skillful and able an opponent, but Hie audience should remember that the meeting was iura single purposo to discuss before the Order (he would emphasize this ex? pression) the suh-ticasury bill In its essential features and Us principles, and he knew that the discussion on the other side would take no wider latitude. Going Into the argument he said that the sub-treasury was one of the demands of the Alliance and as such it should lie respected. He felt and knew that neither the Alliance nor any other popular organiza? tion could exist. If it did not ask something that would benefit the whole people. He held that the men of the St. Louis Convention were equal in brain and influence to any del? egates that ever attended a convention. That convention was composed of men who in the end represented the sub-Alliances and there? fore ihe people. WANDERING FROM TJIE SUBJECT. He then handled the demand on land, press? ing Ihe point of.objectlon toallen ownership. Aliens, he said,4iow hold about 01.000,000 acres In the country and 9O,OUO,00O by roih'oud mort? gage lands and taking in farm mortgages held about S2U1.000.0(iO of property In the United Slates. Giving further figures he claimed that aliens owned over nne-lml f of the land iu the United States that has an owner. He did not think that argument was necessary consider? ing these facts. Ho then discussed GOVERNMENT CONTROL Of TRANSPORTATION the third demand of the Alliance. He held that tho constitutional right or theGovern ernmont could not be controverted, and the Alliance was only ask', ig the Government to carry out t he law. H neld that the expenses ol the railroads 'a lobbying-, etc., must be paid out of the people's pockets. He then al? luded to the demand for financial reform, or, as expressed by the Ocala platform, the aboli? tion of national banks and the establishment of sub-treasuries. The position of Col. Terrell Is here given In his own language as follows: "We demand tho abolition of national banks. By this the Alliance means banks of Issue. We believe the Government alone has the right to make money and in the national banking system the Government has dele? gated that power to the banks, without re? striction as to the amount they should keep Iu circulation. With the latitude great abuses have grown up In connection with them, and the circulation has been expanded to suit the money power to the great hurt of the farmers and laborers of the country. Tho property of any country is at the mercy of those who can control Its money, and believing this lo bo so the Alliance rightly demands the abolition of the national banks as banks of Issue. COMING TO THE POIST. "Second. We demand that the Government shall establish sub-treasuries or depositories in tho several States which shall loan money direct to the people at a low rate of interest, not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum, on Im? perishable farm products and also upon real estate, with proper limitations upon the quan? tity of land and amount of money. Iu this demand the Alliance Intended to provide for Increasing the circulating medium by advan ing money on land (which they uemand shall be Increased lo S-'jU per capita.) In the ad vuncc on farm products the Intention was to give to the circulation that flexibility abso? lutely necessary to the welfare and protection of the farmers. "Now let us first look at the necessity of an Increase of the circulation. I believe that I shall be able to prove to the satisfaction of any fair minded man that a very great crime has been committed against the people by contraction of our circulation. If you will examine statistics for the last twenty-five years von will tlnd that they will prove three things: First. That tlic per capita volume of currency has been constantly and materially lessened; second, that bankruptcies and fail? ures have rapidly multiplied in consequence; third, that the national debt during this pe? riod has increased Instead of being dimin? ished." He then dealt with-the subject of the con? traction of the currency and the resultant failures and losses. Speaking of the plan of reller Col. Terrell said that the sub-lrcnsury was Introduced to give the people control of the circulation and the power to prevent dis? crimination against the producer. Ho dis? cussed at length the need tor more money and defended cotton as good a basis as gold bul? lion. WE SHOULD SAY SO ! This was the essential part of the argument and the speaker maintained It with great force. Col. Terrell In his address necessarily went over a great deal of the ground covered in the address of Col. Polk, and which was given io-day in the News and Courier. GOVERNOR TILLMAN was received with great enthusiasm when he arose to speak. He was evidently in tho house of Alliance men and friends. Opening Ids speech he said : "I thank you for tlic cordiality with which I was received by yon yesterday, and for Hie renewal of I hat feeling today. At the outset I would call attention to the charges that have been made Inside and outside that 1 tinvc been fighting the Alliance. I need not tell you that such charges arc not true. [Ap pin use. j '?I urn aware that the Alliance has been crit? icised and that I have been applauded and palled on the back on the assumption that liiere was a personal fight between the Alli? ance and myself, bnl I tell you my friends that that endorsement has been of no avail. (Applause.) It was too transparent. (Ap? plause.) If they have beer, urging me for? ward on tlic supposition that, there was a war between me and my friends In the Alliance, they have been mistaken." GOING KOR POLK AN 11 STOKES. Governor Tillman said that at the outset lie was obliged to complain of the injustice of President Polk coming here and taking a vote j In the Alliance on the subject matter of the I debate of to-day. lie desired also to know I why President Polk had the right toelinii I mile five planks of the Ocala platform and ' that such a furor was raised because he ill tier "ed with his brethren on one single plank. (Applause.) 1 claim, said Governor Tlllnian, j that the action of President Polk and of Pres? ident Stokes wus nothing more or less than a usurpation of .authority not grunted by tho constitution of the Alliance. TESTING THE OCAT.A PLATFORM. Governor Tillman Ilten took up thcOcala platform and discussed It from the opening to the closing section. He laid great stress on the value nnd importance of ihe free coinage of sliver and explained the robbery commit? ted by its demoralization. He then argued In favor of an income tax and the absolute tie cesslty of having Senators elected directly by the people so as to get rid of the power exer? cised bv millionaires who bought and sold the people like cattle or hogs. He claimed that the sub-treasury bill had come to the people downward from the St. Louis meeting In a perfunctory war,nnd that It had gone back toOcalaand had been en? dorsed in the same way, with the reeultsnnd effects not understood by the people, the source of authority. (Applause.) "But I will not deny," he said, "that the agitation has done great good In this brand country of ours, for it has called attention or the world to the fact that the producing clusses are sorely op? pressed, and arc demanding, crying for relief. (Applause.) Governor Tillman then touched upon the currency question. I am, he said, in favor of a flexible currency, of a greater volume of currency; hull maintain that a llcxible cur? rency as enunciated by Col. Terrell means an attempt to tlx prices by legislation, to fix the price of commodities by statute. That, my friends, is a fallacy, because the price must be regulated by the inflexible law of supply and demand. FOLLY OK THE COTTON STORAGE IDEA. Governor Tillman said in case cotton got dammed up iu tho warehouses the consumers would know that it would have to come out In lime and that just as soon as the quantity was known, which could not be concealed, the price would gravitate to Its normal level. This Illustration he introduced to show that an artificial means could not evade or run counter to an established law In the commer? cial world. It was asserted, he said, that by spreading the supply over twelve months the fall In price would be prevented and that the evils of inconstant, prices would be obviated. They had however, forgotten that by tbe terms of tbe bill by which the whole could bo only held for twelve months, one-twelfth of the crops must he sold each month, and that liiere was absolutely nothing to prevent tbe speculator from having the same chance as he holds under existing laws. He would have tbe same chance with the sub-treasury as he now has with the people. The Governor held to the position that lliesub-lreasurv bill was class legislation, or, as he put it to-day. "it is a special privilege rather than a right." 1 ad? mit, be said, that the Government has loaned money, but the right lor such notion is based on lite general welfare clause of the Constitu? tion,.-and not upon prescriptive or statuary right, it will not be denied that any scheme may tnko for Its assumption of right the elas? tic general welfare clause ot the Constitution, which from its very name settles no specific right or principle. GOOD DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE. I hold again, said Governor Tillman on the next branch of discussion, that the sub-trea? sury bill is fairly open to the charge of pater? nalism. It proposes to concentrate the busi? ness of tbe people in tho hands of a centraliz? ed power In Washington. This is in absolute contradiction of the principle laid down by Jefferson that the Government governs best that governs least. [Applause.] In other words, that there should be equal rights to all and special privileges to none. He would appeal, he said, to the good sense and patriot? ism of the people in the majority to aid in the obtaining of Just and reasonable laws, in? stead of the partisan lavorltlsm shown by the Government in the maintenance of national banks and nursing private manufacturing industries, [Applause.] 1'OLK AS A SOCIALIST. He characterized Col Folk's views on lite money question, referring to tho. Government lending money with the avowed intent of in? juring other classes of business, as Socialism. It would amount in the end to a division of the properly ol tho people and produce a con? dition iu which the provident and the im? provident, would shareullke. Governor Tillman repeated hero that the Alliance all agreed as to a grievous wrong ex? isting, and lhatfthe dlsputo was only as to tbe remedy. He pointed nut as causes of tbe burden on the people of tbe South tbe in? equalities of the burdens laid on their should? ers ns compared with the people of tbe North and elsewhere. He showed that tbe million? aire and the poor farmer were the simultan? eous and necessary product of such laws. He thought that tbero was Justus much hope at present for getting tho sub-treasury bill through as there was for the South being paid tor negroes or getting the Federal pen? sions reduced. On tbe contrary, he saw'a dis? position to pension every bummer, whether or not be bad ever beard the whiz of a bullet. In fact, he believed the time was coming when the pensions would be increased to 5200,000,000. SOMETHILG ABOVE TUE THIIVD PARTY. Governor Tillman then paid his respects to the Third Party. He read tabulated state? ments showing tbe electorlal strength of the Democratic and Republican parties of all the States. He took those States in which the formers were in the majority nnd said that if all of them declared for a Third Party they could not elect ihe President. The idea is, he said, for the Western and Southern farmer to control the country, but that would be impos? sible If they carried nil the States in which the farmers have a majority. It should be re? membered that, while there were 8,000,000 en? gaged in agriculture, there were 1,000,000 en guged in other occupations. They should re- ? member that the Republican farmers in the North were particularly bitter, hostile and Barlisan as regards tbe South, and that the ?emocrats were for the most part from tbe cities. They should remember that the Dem? ocratic majority of (50,000 In the city of Now York had been, and could be, discounted by the Republicau tanners of New York State. They should remember that Kansas had giv? en 80.000 majority for Harrison, nnd yet we are asked by them to turn our hncks on tho Democrats of Connecticut, New Jersey, New York nnd Indiana, and this too for tho mere risk of electing a Democratic President by tho Western vote. THE DANCER OF DIVISION. Governor Tillman showed the sub-treasury bill could not be forced on the National Dem? ocratic Convention and that the issues now could only have the result of dividing the National Democratic party, as It did In 18C0 and give tbe Republicans a continued Iense or power. I aBk you, be said, do you not real? ize that there are anxious politicians all over the United States, nnd right here, too, In South Carolina, who are lervently praying that we divide here to-day? Do you not know that the Haskell party watches our proceedings and is hoping for and expecting a division, aud so are the Kublicans and all oilier opponents of the State Democracy ? He would remind tho Alliance that Senator Pefler, the exponent or the Kansas Alliance, had said that ol course, he would support the Alliance, but he would vote with the Repub? licans on oilier Interests, and that Powderly, the chief of the other wing ot the industrial army, the Knights of Labor, coupled his sup? port of the Alliance demands with the condi? tion that political equality should be accord? ed the negro. I maintain, lie concluded in vigorous style and earnest manner, that di? vision in South Carolina means the negro. THE OOVERNOR'S IDEAS ON THE CURRENCY. Governor Tillman gave as his remedy for a flexible currency the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on Slate banks and the establishment of banks to issue money based on land nnd crops just ns our credit is now bnsed on loans and mortgnges. He was In favor of the far? mers establishing their own banks and print? ing their own money instead of paying such high rates of interest. He held that we might have a sub-treasury under State control, but a sub treasury under national control meant tho perpetuation In power of the party by which it was established. A TIMELY WARNING. He would warn his brethren that a division in the Democracy at this Junction meant a continuance or the Republicans in power and i lie possible enactment of the force bill. He would further sny that a division between the Farmer's Movement nnd the Alliance meant a return to power of the Ring, which they, with sucli a hard tight, overthrew last fall. [Applause aud cheers.] Governor Till? man dosed by making an appeal for unity, harmony and charity, and the State. OTHER MATTERS. Atter the addresses the Alliance passed re? solutions of thanks to the speakers. A reso? lution was passed endorsing the Ocala de? mands. At the morning session President Stokes again tendered Iiis resignation, which was again refused. By resolution he will be au? thorized to employ a secretary. The following resolution was also passed: Resolved, That the thanks of the State Al? liance are duo to our Slate lecturer, Uro. W. .Ii Talbc-rt, for the manly llghthc has made In 1 defence of every interest of our Order. I Mr. J cileries was elected State lecturer, Col. ITnlbert having declined re-election. The Alliance adjourned this afternoon and by to-night nearly all the delegates have left the city. The Convent ion was quiet, liarmo I niousand with things in order. M. F. T. To Prevent the Packing of Salt. I The tendency of salt to pack togeth? er in cruets and containers may he en jtirely overcome by thoroughly drying i the salt and intimately mingling with I it a small percentage of dry eornstarch or arrowroot. From eight to ten per cent, is amply sullicieiit for the most humid atmosphere (as on the sea coast) while a much less percentage of the starch is sullicieiit for ordinary use. We cannot trust Clod too much or ourselves loo little.