Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-11-29
FARMERS IN CONGRESS.
ADJOURNMENT OF THEIR NATIONAL
CONVENTION AT MONTGOMERY.

Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year
Iowa Selected for the Next NIceting-Im-
provement of the Mississippi River Fa-
vored-Other Business of the Gathering.
The National Farmers Congress, at
Montgomery, Alabama, has adjourned.
The last day was devoted almost
entirely to the consideration of reso-
lutlons, the election OF officers, etc. The
new officers are: President, r. F. Kolb,
of Alabama; Vice President. A. w.
Smith, of Kansas; Secretary, B. F. Clay
ton, of Iowa; Treasurer, VIM. Lawrence.
Of Ohio. Vice Presidents were selected
from each State.
The congress decided to hold its next
meeting in Iowa, the place to be hereafter
designated.
A resolution that the chair appoint q.
committee of one from each State to sug-
gest means Of selecting national flow
er, the committee to report at the next
meeting, was adopted. The resolution to
remove the tax on tobacco came up on an
adverse report of the committee, and the
report of the committee was concurred in.
The resolution declaring that the gov
ernment does not need the money raised
by internal revenue taxation, and that
this congress favors the repeal Of the in.
ternal revenue laws, and that taxes raised
from whisky and tobacco be relegated to
the different States to relieve them Of local
taxation, was taken up, and the adverse
report was concurred in.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Pabor
of Colorado asking Congress to select
Chicago as the best point for the location
of the worlds fair in 1892. Mr.. Kelly of
aft ck,.::-
Chicago and inserting instead st. Louis,
which was lost. The question comi2g up
on locating the fair in Chicago, the vote
taken by States stood: 26l yeas, 63 nays
A resolution favoring government aid
to steamship lines, to build up trade be-
tween this country and Central and South
America, came up, and an adverse report
was adopted. The resolution favoring
unlimited coinage of silver met with an
adverse report and was indefinitely post
poned.
The following was introduced by Mr..
Dreper of Illinois, and unanimously
adcpted:
''Resolved, By the Farmers Congress,
the improvement Of the Mississippi river
and the building of ship canal across the
Stnte of Illinois, connecting the Mississippi
river with Lake Michigan, and it is recon-
mended that the United States Congress
makesa liberal appropriation therefor"
On motion of Mr.. Clayton. the Hon.
Jeremiah Rusk, Secretary of Agriculture,
and the Hon. j. R. Dodge, Statistician of
the Department Of Agriculture, were
unanimously elected honorary members.
The President appointed the following
committee to prepare rules for the gov
eminent of the congress: Messrs. Nc
Of nf IND;
Lawrence of Ohio; Corrupt of Georgia, and
Clayton Of Iowa. Adjourned sine die.
At Atlanta, Ga, the committee on
land resumed its report Immediately after
the knights Of Labor convention was
called to order, and continued until the
hour arrived when Col L. F. Livingston,
president Of the Farmers alliance, was to
be received. A committee was appointed
to escort the representative of the farmers
| to the hall, and when they returned they
had with them, besides Col. Livingston,
Judge Henderson, commissioner Of
agriculture; R. F. Gray, editor of
Harry Brown, editor of the Georgia
Farmer. Col. Livingston was received
with immense applause. He said that
| other work had prevented his studying the
objects Of the Knights of Labor, but he
| felt sure that when the convention met at
| st. Louis Dec. the confederation would
be formed, and he also felt sure that it
would be equally beneficial to both orders.
In Mr.. Powderly's reply he said the day
when the farmer and mechanic should
stand side by side and work for the same
object had always been a dream of his.
The entire meeting was most enthusiastic
| and every mention of the confederation of
the two orders was met with laundering
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