Third party talk stirs Mississippi and politics
A Mississippi newspaper excerpt attacks third party straights and Alliance Democrats as traitors to the party. It warns of war talk if Polk becomes president and mocks extravagant Washington funerals, urging reform and restraint in public spending. The piece cites Clarion Ledger and Progressive Farmer as sources and calls for party unity amid factional strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Clarion Ledger
Alliance
Progressive Farmer
South Carolina
North Carolina
Georgia
Democratic
Washington
Treasury
Just Think of Polk President as Third Party Ally
An editorial in the Memphis Appeal Avalanche parries fears about alliance politics. It mocks the idea of farmers as subordinates, warns of a coming reckoning, and imagines Leonidas L. Polk as president guiding Third Party schemes from Cincinnati. The piece urges calm and questions the platform’s sanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Leonidas L. Polk
United States
Cincinnati
Maine
Florida
Ball Head
San Francisco
Wilmington Messenger
Duplin
Sampson
L. L. Polk
First District Alliance rally cited as united on Ocala platform
Bro F. Blair reports strong Alliance unity in the First District and support for the Ocala platform. A Fort Worth anti Sub Treasury meeting drew only sixteen participants, prompting questions about influence and leadership. Critics accuse partisan papers of misrepresentation while editors and Alliance voices celebrate Ram sey and the Progres sive Farmer within the movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Alliance
Ocala
Fort Worth
Sub-Treasury Boys
Texas
Gov. Tillman
Gov. Northen
F. S. Blair
Hertford County
Morehead
J. T. Farris
High Point Enterprise
Mildred W. Stamey
J. C. Bellamy
Whitakers
N. C
The
Rattler
Pender
R. B. Hunter
New Berne Journal
South Carolina State Alliance
Tilman
Terrell
Sub-Treasury
Concord Standard
Wilson Mirror
Henry Blount
Lester D. Coltrane
Concord
Wilson
Mr. Coltrane
Mass meeting notes and alliance updates at Thomasville
Debates and happenings from the Alliance and Trinity College in 1891 include a Thomasville mass meeting on August 7 led by Col Al Fairbrother of the Durham Globe who apologized last week. Other items mention Trinity College begin date October 1 1891, Morehead City board rates and tobacco convention invites, and various local editorials and notes on alliance activity and press commentary.
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Alliance
Thomasville
Col
al. Fairbrother
Durham Globe
Trinity College
Durham
Graham
The
Evening Mirror
Messrs
H. H. Roberts
C. J. Betts
E. 8. Cheek
Demagogic twaddle over Jeffersonian Democracy debated
The Wilmington Messenger faces criticism of its stance on Jeffersonian Democracy and Alliance finance ideas. The piece cites Thomas Jefferson, John C. Calhoun, and 19th century bank notes as it questions who should govern and how the nation should manage its currency and credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Messenger
Alliance
Calhoun
Mr. Calhoun
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
John W. Epps
Treasury
Ocala
The
Allian
Son
Liste
Hickory
Great Corporation
Andrew Jackson
Willie
Republi
Republic
Zeke Bilkins to Have a Hearing in Open Forum
Letter from Zeke Bilkins announcing a public hearing in a Southern newspaper context. The Progressive Farmer offers to set up a central office line and permits Bilkins to interview anyone, promising lively columns and a platform to discuss the Sub Treasury issue with readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Farmer
Zeke Bileini
Zeke
South
Progressive Farmer's Office
Central” Office
Central
Sub Treasury
North Carolinian in Kansas weighs 1892 Alliance drift
Emporia Kansas July 16 1891 A North Carolinian writes from Kansas to Mr Borror native Chat ham county seeking Alliance movement progress in the South and notes contrasting views from Rocky Mount Argonaut about a Republican G A R effort to boost veterans pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia
Kan
Borror
Chatham County
Alliance
Kansas
T. Way
County Officers Elected in North Carolina Counties
List of county presidents secretaries lecturers and delegates to State Alliance from Tyrrell Northampton Franklin Nash Richmond Orange Cabarrus Edgecombe Pitt Washington Halifax Alexander Burke Burke Tredell Montgomery Camden Hertford Davidson and Satawba counties with names of officers and notes of resolutions in favor of sub-bess and other demands.
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Tyrrell
C. E. Tatum
RE. L. Hayman
Bec UN
W. R. Winster
Chas. Baines
Lect L. Lloyd
J. H. Thorpe
Richmond
M Bryde
J. A. Nil
Duncan McNeil
Jas. M. Graham
Orange
T. J. Oldham
A. P. Cates
Cabarrus
J. 1
H. J. Gilland
Anderson
Edgecombe
J. C. Kellamy
James B. Lloyd
J. M. Cutchen
Pitt
J. D. Cox
A. Moye
ne+ inghouse
Rtie
M. L
W. J. Cobb
Bond
Alliancs
H. V. Dunston
H.C. Moneretary
J. A. Marsh
Greene
A. Marsh
Washington
Field
J. W. Wynturer
D. Spruill
W. J. Cahoon
Halifax
Terson
P. W. Purrins
Thomas H. Taylor
State Alliance
FE. A. Thorne
Alexander
It. J
Allen W. W. Teague Burke
Ed. S. Tilley
Retary
Drury
Jeet T. B. Boushall
Hertford
Das
Geo. A. Brown
H. Picot
Davidson
W. A. Lindsay
Jeet
P. L. Ledford
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J.L. Ramsey
J.W. Denmark
Business Manuger
Raleigh
Fivaxe
Wve
the Messenger
Polk
Bull Head
California
Col. Polk
Bro. Kingsbury
Pwin-City
Cleveland
Col. L. L. Polk
Itil
Grand Old “Banner
Ramsey
Hickory Mercury
J. L. Ramsey
Farmer
Tarboro Southerner
Salisbury Watchman
Asume
Progressive Farmer Sport
Cain
Castrell News
Progress
Tak Farmer
Goldsboro Alliance Sextinel
Baylus Cade
Alamance Gleaner
Concord Tines
Bro
Tak Progressive Farmer
Tarboro Farmers
Bro. Tamsey
Standard
Mr. Ramsey
Buncombe
Jackson
Straighouts
George Bolters
Carroll County
Morehead City
Wake County
Alexander County
Bro. R. G. Scott
Citizens’ Industrial Alliance
Des Moines
Iowa
Southland
Reidsville Review
Lincoln
Messenger
News and Observer
Republican
Wreos
Zeke Bilkins
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