The Brookhaven leader., 1888-01-19


industrious habits, is white person
Further, when any member Of the Al
lance shall engage in any
occupation which would render him
ineligible before initiation, said menu
Der shall at once be dismissed
from the Alliance, aud furnish
ed, by Secretary, a written statement
of the cause of his dismissal. Provid-
ed, that the above shall not apply to
members of the Alliance who NAV be
selected to buy and sell as merchants
under the supervision of the Alliance.
SEC. 2. If any member qualified for
membership under section one of this
article, shall send in his application,
and if it shall be shown to the com
lmittee of investigation that he has
other interests that do not harmonic
with the objects Ofthe Order, they shall
either report adversely to his admis-
sion or make a statement of the facts
in the case, and the Alliance is at
liberty to receive or reject.
SEC. 8 No member shall be admit
ed to membership in more than one
Alliance at the same time.
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political or religious test for member
ship.
ARTICLE V.
SEC. ]. ANY person wishing to be-
come member of the Farmers Ali
ance shall offer an application in
writing at a stated meeting to the
nearest Farmers Alliance, stating age,
occupation and place of residence.
The application to be accompanied by
the initiation fee, and the applicant to
be Recommended by two members in
good standing. An application shall
lie over from one stated meeting until
the next for ballot.
! SEC. 2. When an application is re-
ceived the President shall appoint a
committee of three to investigate the
character of the applicant, and report
at the next stated meeting. On report
of the committee the ballot on his
petition shall be taken, and if clear he
shall he declared elected. If one
black ball shall appear, the President
again taken in order to ascertain if
there he Il mistake. If one black ball
shall again appear, the President
shall announce that the ballot will
be again taken at the next stated
meeting, during which time it shall be
the duty of the person casting the
black ball to impart to the President,
personally, his reason for so doing. At
the time of taking the final ballot the
President shall state to the Alliance
the reasons why the black ball APP
peared, carefully cOncealing the name
of the brother who east it, land al
ways concealing the same.) If the bal
lot then taken shall not contain more
than one black ball, the candidate
shall he declared elected. If rejected,
the Secretary shall notify him in writ
ing and refund the initiation fee.
SEC. 3. When an applicant is re,
jected or member expelled, the
Secretary shall immediately notify the
secretaries of his Farmers State and
County Alliances, giving name and
date. The Secretary of the Farmers
State Alliance shall notify the Secrc
tary of each County Alliance quar-
terly, who shall notify each Farmers
Alliance in his county.
SEC. 4. When an applicant is elect
ed he shall be initiated within four
stated meetings, if not providcntially
hindercd.
SEC. 5. No petition can be with
drawn after it has been received
without the consent of the Alliance.
SEC. 6. The petition of any person
rejected shall not again be received
until the expiration of six months.
! SEC. Z. ANY brother clear on books
may make application for dimit or
withdrawal card, when the President
shall order a ballot taken, and if
clear, the request shall be granted. If
not clear, it shall lie over till the next
stated meeting, and if no charges are
preferred against him, the Secretary
shall issue his dimit or card.
SEC. 8. ANY member holding ii
dimit or card and wishing to affiliate
with any Alliance, shall present Il
written petition accompanied by the
dimt or card, and upon twO-thirds
vote in favor of the applicant, lie
shall be declared elected. Provided,
a fee of fifty cents shall accompany
the dimit or card if it is over six
months old.
ARTICLE VI.
LAWSUITS, DIFFICULTIES AND TRIALS.
SEC. l. 1t is deemed contrary to the
spirit of the Order for brothers to go
to law with each other. Therefore, it is
earnestly recommended, when pecu-
mary differences arise between mem
beers, that they settle them amicably
among themselves; failing to do so,
that they leave the matter to arbitra-
ton by two or more members of the
Alliance. Each cOntending party
shall have right to select one
arbitrator, and the arbitrators shall
select the third.
SEC. 2. When any officer or mem
her shall be guilty of conduct unbe-
coming to an Alliance man, or when
personal differences shall exist he
tween members, and, after reasonable
effort, cannot be amicably adjusted,
an officer may be impeached charges
land specifications may be preferred
by any member at a stated meeting,
and when charges are preferred, a
copy of the charges and specifications
shall he furnished the party charged.
The President shall appoint COM
mittee of three, whose duty it shall be
to notify the parties at variance, in
writing, of the time and place, at
which they will take in writing all
testimony of persons not members of
the Alliance, and report same at the
next regular meeting, and upon report
and such other testimony as may he