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farmers were but very imporfcotly organized.
Ho gAve hs experience In his own county, aud
showad that hy good, honest nor1t, they wors
successfnlly cleaning out Court~H ~Houhe rings and
nt},er

| succcssfuliy cleaning out Court~HouHo rings and
| other
GANGS or POLITICAL nopnEns. Il :; 4
Ho concluded by urging tho necessity ots: d
bettor dtsbaud. ~
Tho motion Of Huber, TINT political actst < bo
takon this yoar, Haa put and carried unA.tg B-
ly. amid tremendous enthusiasm. Soma !er
mombers, howoyor, entered, and, on ci he
vote was taken ngain, when Mr. Ellis, Of = p
and Mr. Meors, from Jersey, protested II y : y
wore tho only exceptions to tho vote In II ~
Of, limited to FIVE minutes. niStSs&i
tenalvs preamble, declaring want Of I. "a n all
political parties, aud proposed q roao+ Ion to
the effect that the Advisory Board OF tlo State
Farmors' Association
CALI. STATE CONVENTION ..
to take political action, In tho City Of Blooming
| ton, May n.
Mr. Rector moved to amond BY making Juno
| 10 tho date Of moettng..
fow days before tho politicians get together.
Mr. Rector said hn was not efrald Of tho poli-
tic1ans, etthor before or nftor their convention:
he waa willing to meot at any Tins that would
| place whore they might.
nnEAK THE noxps OF TIE moNopo11srs
from tho limbs Of tho Great State Of Illinois,
III. Hspstsis'k, HskssS' Of Mclean. moved an amend
Convention for Jnne TO-.
:, Several delegates from tho southern part OF
the Stato complained that Bloomington WAS too
far away: they wanted some nearer place.
| PEot. Minor, Of Morgan said that, II they ex-
poctcd to succeed 1T all thoy must give up all
minor questions relative to personal oonyeni-
ance i they must get their convention together,
and tholr platform ready immediately, liz
| should like to SOC tho work donc at onco. Pro-
craatnation would only spoil thcr chances Of
| victory.
THE ENEMY rntr por1rrnrAva
| ii tho farnlers met aftor them ,ynmlj aav th,t
the latter eto}o their platform. Eat than ha IN
! advance. aud comnel tha Mononolista to ata.i
their platform. Loud annlauno ~ '''8A
June az tbo date OF tIa Gonvention II wo,id
be the mat convoniont t;ne ~ "'u'a
Dr.. Hooton saii that thcv % .,o,1a ovo,a ,.,t;,,-
ont their platform at tho samo time ,s VIII h' The
% Sos June III th
Il ova,pauphod .tth anv trsa %ro, d ~ naro
Tlo rational limo would be- on tho Al a. tha % INK
day Of juno. @'> ~ 0'@ 49," 0'' ~ '''' ''''
Tim ,,ttar dnts - Wodunsdn, nhunan of9S, , N
.ftor ,n,oi, a,ane,, m'unasunS Yuuo ~ We,
mcottnr ~ thn stata nvant;,,s u{ a'op'e" ioe tue
Mr. G,11ana ~ Msa;snr Gm aaia H.. In I'D
Ssher M amendment to oiIor to the resolution:
n'2 et 14 "as: tuat tno Gon7enton ne
9si.; a. ~, uo =. ,aa,,e -;
noarsr 81 ths hoarta ~ ~ eo,1 ano os8 IL
| Nv jrt,& -f rm{f II. IT,.
/ tl,a .a.tia. t - III ea soH. tao Itouplo ~
rnnat 4h" dn,a'itr hsiS ~ ~. rr moao Willy ~
. nsoot ttat st,o oaa;ud LUZ WY. lHo aenamohs
"Go n-at .u'5 MAJ s',sd ~ ta.sS
Doonen % preamble % and m roro1t,.ions' 0's " ~t'
III Rnonc aaid thst t tha rr". qo,o ,o.,;,.,
Ill, t,,"t 1'.a' 4ne proanue Hao iueot1cat
roso,;nna eInrS ~ s.,.r nt.u tno W. l1s1
placo Of meeting beiuR cIanrod. Thia snnearos3 @
r. ;va aot;sfsnt$,n 9c1 r. Ma66J =, 1a HPpG"sou
AZ ar 1oota ~ H., "eao VI AAS'"uo' nos"
o'o'' 'DJoo.ou 49, :" ~ ~ '',,.
=, ,.,a do,n nA5,s IN ~ ar naost,.
to,nod IN S1r noann,. reen,"tiol," Gaa S eon-
~ nm ,rn,ii r..So III Ten,nnt;. ono uoaoso.o
sh1n ~ ra"roI - ~ 10.
ara da1o".+s ~ svar,, IN mn ~ Ia ti,HHt ~ M ioa0
| oo1nty whethor having the rcnninitc nonuta+;nn1
or not, be ontitIod to ono deloeato.
| rho Tl,n;r rn,.~1,oI ~ ~ .:at - .4,, .,
l. Ar1 cAu't Aoaa,"oe tHat lug oi4Blnnt oas!b
~ Mwonld Fiys one doegnto to aarding, and about
Mr. Elliott was in favor Of giving tho most
liberal representation possible; there WAS no uso
II heing stingy about It. 1suGhter.l Bureau
county wanted good crowd.
amendment to tho amendment that tho bahia of
/ representation be one delegate Tor 5,00o people,
ena an additional delegate Tor fraction over
hall; that ls. two delegates for every county OK
! ceeulng 7,50o people, and SO on IN proportion.
Mr. B. II. Smith strongly objected to tho
1a1tor amenament a: Ihe farming population Of
lived upon the prairies and tho farms. II they
adopted the amendment, thoy woro only
to be used against themselves.
Mr Scott, BY consent s ot tho House, then with
A1r. Casey, Of Jelrorsou, favored Mr. Smiths
| suggestion.
bfr. Loonis, Of Adams thought the question
WAS vital one, and Thought the farmers alone
should be represented iii tho Convention but ho
could see only one remedy, and that WAS the mo-
! ton which called for representation OF one
| from every 10000 people.