National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union Officials List
A dense roster lists officers and committees for the National Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union including H L Loucks as President and Marion Butler as President of the North Carolina alliance. Several executive, judiciary, and legislative committees are named with regional officers from North and South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and beyond. The note states papers allied to the Ocala platform will be kept on the list or dropped if they fail to advocate it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orth Carolina Reform Press Association
Micers
J. L. Ramsey
Lazton Butler
W. S. Es
Sive Farmer
State Organ
Raleigh
N.C
Aud Clinton
N. C
Hickory
Dattier
Whitakers
Agricultural Bee
Golds
le Carolina Dispatch
Hertford
Our Home
Beaver Dam
the Revolution
Charlotte
Vance
Raleigh News and Observer
Statesville
North Carolina
Marion Butler
Winston Republican
Congress
Richmond Dispatch
Editorial Suggestions on Farmers and Finance
The piece criticizes J Sterling Morton and Farmers in politics. It argues bankers gain from confidence while farmers should observe farms and share notes. It notes the 1873 Congress was diverse and urges farmers to reject nonfarmers in elections. It cites a Ohio farmer cutting wheat in favor of potatoes, warning potash. It calls for financial reform and ending crop speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Sterling Morton
Erry Rusk
Sterling Morton
Congress
Ohio
New Yorker
Partisan reform and the Crisp Reed clash in gloom of union
A 1891 critique by W. J. Peele portrays Speaker Crisp and Speaker Reed as partisan forces. It likens Congress to a grand circus with battles in committees and legislative log-rolling. The piece foresees party interests steering reform and warns of cyclical party dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Speaker Crisp
Speaker Reed
Supreme Court of the United States
Crisp
Congress
Grand Crisp Combination
GRAND _ CRISP COMBINATION COMPANY
Spartacius Crisp
Maine
Reed
Bill Lodge
Free Trade Mills
Lodge
Jno
Brown
Gettysburg
Senate
House
Ben Hart Edmunds
Sherman
Alliance
W. J. Peele
Senator Vance Silver Letter Roils North Carolina Politics
General notes from North Carolina papers show mixed reaction to Senator Zeb Vance’s open letter on silver and the Sherman act. Editors and readers clash over whether his stance upholds Democratic principles or aids Populist and Alliance movements, with widespread debate across many counties and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Airy News
Milton Gazette
Vance
Winston Sentinel
R. W. Elliott
Mecklenburg County Alliance
Democratic Party
Beaver Dam
Zeb Vance
North Carolina
Charleston Sun
Chatham Record
Free Press
National Democratic
Kinston Free Press
Davidson
Vanee
South
Lumberton Robesonian
Wilmington Messenger
Rocky Mount Argonaut
Are You a Gold Bug? Silver Demonetization Debate
The piece argues that demonetizing silver in 1873 and later government actions hurt prices, citing 1873 versus current values for silver cotton wheat and wool. It warns readers that supporting the gap party would mean continuing the same economic course and should make voters feel bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland- Wall Street Administration
Also Mentioned on This Page
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National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
H. L. Louck
South Dakota
Huron
Marion Butte
N. C. Er
Col. D. P.acan
Columbia
S. Co
Ben Terrell
Seguin
Texas
H. L. Loucks
L. Leonard
Mt. Leonard
Missouri
Mann Page
Brandon
Virginia
I. E Dean
Honeoye Falls
New York
H. C. Demming
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
A. Southworth
Denver
Colo
W. Beck
Alabama
D. Davie
Kentucky
Carolina Farmers State Alliance
NOR
Goldsporo
Feeehontt
B. Long
Ashe Jary
W. 3. Barnes
Rietah
Laceurae
Cxres Thompson
Richlands
Canplain
Jno. Ammons
Madigon Co
N. D
A. Tenry
Ellijay
H. E. King
Pewut
Holt
Chalk Level
W.H. Worth
Reigh
W A Aham
Machpelah
North
Kinston
N C
Johnston
Ruffin
ATS Alliance Judiciary Committee
Qias Carr
T. Ivey
NM. Culbroth
M. G. Gregory
Wm. c. Connell
Icdalliance Legislative Committee
N.C. Eglish
Trinity College
J. J. Young
Ionta
H. A. Forney
Newton
Bro. J. McP. Geddie
Cumberland County
Cedar Creek
Col
Harry Skinner
Job
America
Duplin County
Xenia
Borror
Duplin
W. P. Faison
Rev
Colin Shaw
State Alliance
Enator
Shelby
Ransom
Shelby Aurora
Newton Enterprise
Farmers’ Alliance
Laurinburg Exchange
Lincolnton Courier
Mecklenburg Times
Wadesboro Messenger
United States Senate
Hampton
Columbia Register
New England
Webster's Weekly
Hickory Press
Carolinian
Sens
Monroe Enquirer-Express
Messenger
Chicago
London
Cobden Club
Senator Vance
Charleston News and Courier
Cleveland
United States
Rockies
Wall Street
Baltimore Sun
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