The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-07-15
LOCAL RECORD.
THURSDAY, JULY Is, 1886.
Stearns County Alliance.


Henry S. Ley, at Spring Hill.
on Saturday last at one o'clock.
Among the persons present were
noted Geo. w. Sprague, president of
the State Alliance, Geo. w. Hal gh,
secretary of the State Alliance,
Hon. G. A. Gilman, Hon. j. IL.
Bruce, Hon. Alexander Moore, E. III.
Atwood of MaiAe Prairie; j. d. Carr,
III. C. Doty, Henry Keller, w. A.
Gates, Sank Centre; A. B. Westcott
Lee Elliott, j. p. Roach. j. E. Haines
and DR.. Mitchell of Paynesyille; w.
Z. Kimmell, John b. Brown Of Ray
mond; Hen. A. NJ Stiles, Robert
McCracken and j. S. Fredericks of
Ashley C. NJ. Boss, S. A. Irish, r.
A. White, Geo. Cleveland, +. w.
Hawley, F. Borgmann, of Sank Gen.
tire, d. Cleveland, Anthony Miller,
PeterMinnette,J ohm Adam Botz, Geo.
w. jenkins, Michael Klien of Getty;
and host of others, many of them
delegates, and others drawn to the
meeting by interest IN the cause.
The object of the meeting was the
completion of the organization CON-
menced at Meters Grove on June
18th. The meeting was called to Or
der by David Cleveland, temporary
chairman, who stated the object of
the meeting. The reading of the
minutes of the last meeting was dis
pensed with. The chairman an
nounced the receipt of charter fol
county alliance.
1t was moved and carried that the
chair appoint a committee of three
on credentials. The chair announced
as such committee MesSrs. S. 2.
Roach of Paynesville, S. A. Irish of
Sank Centre, and A. M. Stiles of
Ashley. After a recess of half an
hour, the committee submitted the
following list of delegates entitled to
seats in this meeting:
Getty-Peter Minnette, A. Miller,
and John A. Boatz.
Raymond-John B. Brown, w. E.
Kim nell and S. B. Kimmell.
Spring Hill-John Winters, F. w.
LEM, and Joseph eau.
Zion-Niclolas Johannes-3 votes.
Lake Henry-M. Comes, NJ. Heisler
and II. Barchenyer.
Paynesville No. ii. G. Haines, A.
Chisholm and a. L. Elliott.
Paynesville No. IS. p. Roach, John
Phipps and w. P. Bennette.
LIE Sauk-J. 3. Getch ell, G. w. Smit-
ten and A. L. Clement.
Maine Prairie-F. Hamilton. George
Smith and e. Ii. Atwood.
North Fork - Ole Herbrenson, K,
Halvorson and T. NJ. II. Kuldahl.
Sank Centres. a. Irish, f. w.
Hawley, Geo. G. Cleveland, f.
Borgmann and Chas. N. Boss.
Ashley-John Love, J. f .Fredericks.
Robt. McCracken and A NJ. Stiles,
The report was adopted after dis
cussing the question of admitting
five delegates from Sank Centre, and
four from Ashley. 1t was moved
a committee of five on resolutions
be appointed blythe chair and it was
so ordered.
The following committee was ap-
pointed: A. NJ. Stiles, John Winter,
S. A. Irish, G.. w. Smitten, Alex.
Chisholm.
It was moved that committee of
three on constitution be appointed
and the motion was adopted. The
following were named as such
committee T. w. Hawley, w. E.
Kimmell, J. b. Getchell, with state
secretary Haigh as member er
offcio.
Geo. W. Sprague, president of the
State Alliance, was called upon for
an address. He spoke substantially
as follows:
1t is customary for politicians, who
desire merely to catch the vote of the
farmer to speak about monopolies as
though they were things of recent
growth, to be overturned by such i
brilliant stroke of policy as they
would have you believe they. and
they only, are capable of making.
They tell you how the farmer is
ground down beneath the iron heel
of this growing monster, and make
all fair promises OF elevating you
from the dust. Do not take any
stock in this kind Of talk. You are
not ground down to any such abject
position. 1t is true that monopOlies
grow fat upon your earnings and the
fruits of your labor, taking more
than just share for the benefits
they confer upon you. But mOnopo-
lies always have flourished, and prob
ably always will. Specially charter
ed companies, with extraordinary
privileges granted by authority, had
their origin centuries ago. In the
nopoly of England flourished. Feud
dllSu was d ulpuopoly VI tHe WoiSI
type. 1t was indirectly broken up
by the crusades, and it in turn Was
followed by the great free city mo-
nopoly, and chartered trades unions
Of continten tai Europe, and in fact
some of the monopolies then created
still exist with their most offensive
feature of special rights and general
wrongs. In this country from its
earliest settlement special privileges
were granted capitalists whe invest
ed in:hI ghways and bridges, and sys-
tenn of tolls was established for turn
pixies and public roads. In fact the
first railroad in America was con.
structed under d turnpike charter.
As roads increased and these nonop-
olistic charters increased, the plan
of consolidation of common interests
of these corporations was introduced.
BY an act of the New York legisla.
ture nine chartered railroads were
consolidated into the great trunk
line which is now known as the New
York Central. Like amalgam alton
of roads and transportation projects