San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1888-07-26
Proceedings Of the Hays Comfy Farmers
Alliance

Tho second annual meeting OF tbs Hay
County Farmers Alliance was held at Win
berly on Tuesday, July 10th, 1883, Al 1873
the chair was taken by President J. Il. Bur
Lesson. In the absence Of the chaplain, Rev
John A. Garrison, prayer was offered b,
Prof. E, II. Phinnoy after which tho fol
lowing brethren were appointed a commit
tee on credentials; Ii. L. Barber, l., 1
Owen aud J. NJ. Hubbs, who in shor
time submitted report, that 2S out of tho
"a Alliances in the county had forwarded
their quarterly reports with the amount due
by them; 90 of them were represented by
their full number of delegates; ono only
Salem Alliance, had failed in reporting oil
in representation at the present meeting
Total number of delegates present 6i, ire
spective of officers; with about 800 or 40(
visiting members who came from every por
ton OF the county. So great was the presi
that IL was impossible to find room for oil
those in attendance, commodious as the
wimberly school house is, and throng gen
orally blocked all the entrances to the
building. After tho appointment by the
president of tho following gentlemen as O
committee on resolutions; L. II. Phinney
Q. L. Lightfoot. j. w. Phillips, ST., II. j.
Sledge, S. L. Johnson, w. NJ, Wyatt and
Il. T. Fortson, the minutes of the last reg
ular meeting were read aud approved. Mo
ton carried TO adjourn until two o'clocl
p. NJ.
After adjournment the president called
upon the secretary to read certain commun
ications received from.the Dallas Exchange
and bearing on tho concentration of the
coming cotton crop at dssirable contra
towns or cities possessing at least two lines
Of railroad with Geographic and express ia
cilitios, and having banking establishments
friendly and enterprising enough to make
advances on cotton-that is to say, such
banks Us will be able TO hold out on advan
ces when the cotton sums mp to large
amount 1t is further desirable that at these
central points there shall be quantities OF
cotton bulked, that if there is no compress
in operation the inducement will be sufli
GENTLY great to insure one being erected.
1t appears hat by Encouragement made be-
tween the Exchange management and the
principal railroads who will assist in thus
bulking the staple that the cotton of the
membership will be conveyed from their To-
cal depot to the central point practically
free of charge. Towns able to handle A.
lOO0, 5000 or more but advantageously sit
uated for concentration, can dispose of
their cotton if they 80 desire through the
Dallas Exchange as heretofore. On motion
the president appointed the following com.
mittee of seven to tako the above matter
under consideration and fully ascertain
what inducements will be held out by any
town or city advantageously located for the
purpose: S. L. johnson, John S. Brown,
VIM, Garnet, Cal Cruze, j. A. Duesterheft,
B. r. White and VIM. Eule.
An offer was madeto the Alliance by Mrs.
Augusta Lawson through Bro. John H. Han
cock to present the Hays county Farmers
Alliance with banner similar to one ON ex-
hibition that has been adopted by the Elm
Grove Alliance, and was accepted The
secretary was Instructed to convey the
thanks of the house to the lady for her
preferred generous gift. 1t is intended, oil
being WE'LL to make presentation at the bar
becue at Buda August LIST.
The committee on resolutions being in
waiting presented their report as follows 20
the meeting.
LIST. On the one presented by High Prai-
RE Farmers Alliance BOLT: Recommending
that the the state E. A, make it compulsory
that every able-bodied male member pay an
assessment of So each or such other amount
as the Alliance may deem necessary. (rhis
resolution is second on tho list at the April
meeting on which date it was moved to de-
fer action until the July meeting of this
this body.) The committee now considers
that it has been acted upon by the ExecV-
tive committee of the State Alliance.
End. This committee on resolutions hav-
inc been reminded of the resolution passed
by the County Alliance at Buda in January
last which bear: First, upon the national
banking system. Second, upon the tariff
and q general reduction of tho import du-
ties on all articles necessary to the welfare
and comfort-not luxuries-of the masses oil
the people. And the distribution of. the
enormous surplus, stored in the treasury
Iamong the people. Third, upon the injus
tice to the masses, in the law, if not per
hitting so blandly winking at the prevalen
practice of watering stock. Fourth, upor
the homestead laws of Texas remaining in
violate and unchanged upon the statutes o
} the state as they now stand. Fifth, upol
the Hays County F. A. pledging itself t.
oppose any man for Office either county
state or national who would not favor thest
measures aud pledge himself TO do all in hi
mower TO carry out the reforms rs set fortl
!. in the said resolutions.
Tho committee were further reminded
that our Senators, the Hons, Richard Cox
and John II. Reagan in their replies on til
subject had expressed themselves i'll plaii
and unmisakable language IN reference Il
euch separate clause to the full satisfaction
of every Alliance man in the county, bu
our Representative in congress, Hon. Il. w
!, Moore. had not committed himself 20 an.
definite line of policy, either in support o
opposition to those resolutions with the on
exception of the homestead law. The com
mlttee therefore offered the following:
r. Resolved, That the Hays county Fam
} ers' Alliance No. BOIL, reaifirm our allegl
apce TO the order. and reiterats the resolu
tons adopted by this body at Buda in Jan
uary last ana AMI request that resolution
) be read before the Alliance.
f. IT, PENNEY, Chairman.
A motion was unanimously carried az
proving and adopting the foregoing resolr
tons.
x Mr.. W. T. Chapman, Of Dripping Spring