The Grange advance., 1874-05-06

Repor It of the Proceedings Of the last
Nee ting OF the Executive Committee
Of the State Grange.
Why they were not Published before What
the State Master has to say about "lobyiyts,"
Seg-appointed committee,'' etc., etc.
Some time since the proceedings of
the meeting of the Executive Commit
tee at Winona were placed in our hands
by person not member Of the Order
We we Re afterwards Informed that the
proceedings were designed only to be
made known to members of the Order,
and hence we refrained from publish.
ing them at chat time. Since then, we
have seen portions Of said report in DIFF
ferent papers in the State, and believing
that our readers are as much entitled
to the news as anybody else, and seeing
nothing Of secret nature in the
portions published, We re-publish the
same. There is another thing that
leads to this publication. The reply to
the committee mentioned was published
and scattered broadcast both inside and
outside of the Order, and it is simply
justice to the parties concerned that the
statements contained in the portions Of
the proceedings published should have
a like circulation.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE STATE
At meeting Of the Executive Com
mittec Of the State Grange, held at Wi
mona on April 1st, the following resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, This Executive Commit
tee did, on the Both day Of January, A.
D. 1874, at St. Paul, at properly con-
stituted meeting of its members, ap-
point Bros. G. D. Sherwood, o. f.
Brand and r. A. Simmons, a sub-com-
mittee to investigate the affairs Of the
Farmers Fire Insurance Association of
Minneapolis; and,
WHEREAS, Said subcommittee did,
on the 24th day of February, A. D.
1874, submit report in detail of the
results of their said investigation, to
another meeting of our Executive Com.
mittee, which report was then adopted
and ordered published, and which said
report was accordingly published as
adopted; and,
WHEREAS, Since the publication Of
said report, so-called reply bearing the
signatures Of John Q. Farmer, Presi.
dent; Geo. S. Parsons, Vice President
J. 0. Milne, Treasurer and W. A.
Nimmocks, Secretary, has been made
printed, and circulated among the
Oranges of the State, containing false
statements concerning the action Of oul
said Executive Committee, and libellou.
insinuations against some of it's mem
UoIS dAu3
WHEREAS, The circulation of sucl
statements, in connection with extract
from the FA,Dsers' Union and the Min
neapolis Tribune of still more eros
and libellous nature, in the manner afore
said is, in the opinion Of this Executiv
Committee, unwarranted and wholly un
justifable, and productive of discor,
among the members of our order; there
fore,
Be 1t Resolued, That we do hereb
disapprove of and condemn the cours
pursued by those who caused such state
ments to be so published and circulated
and tor the purpose of vindicating tn
said subcommittee as well as the afore
said action of our Executive Committee
we do hereby direct the Secretary Of tn
State Grange to forthwith cause to b
printed in circular form one thousan'
copies OF the report Of the said commit
tee appointed to investigate the affairs 9
the said Insurance Association, togethe
with 9 duly authenticated copy Of thes
resolutions, and the explanatory state
ment of our w. NJ, Geo. I. Parsons
appended thereto, and forward two .eor
les Of the same as soon as printed Sth
Secretary of each and every subordinat
4 Grange in the State. ssIS. sss53