St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-07
The FARMERS RESOLVE.
Meeting of the Fifth District Farmers
Alliance.
DEMANDs OF THE GOVERNOR.
The Legislature Scored for Voting
Money to Newspaper
Reporters.

FERGUs FAILS. June 6.-The Fifth
Congressional District Farmers al
lance was organized in this city We'd
nesday. About forty delegates were IN
attendance from ten counties. Il. j.
Hall. of Morris, was chairman of the
meeting; L. II. Atwood, of st. Cloud,
secretary. Committees on credentials,
resolutions, constitution and permanent
organization were appointed. The reSo-
buttons adopted were as follows:
Resolved. We believe that there re-
mains vet great work for the Farmers
alliance to do; that while much has
been gained by our past efforts in the
reduction of railroad rates and IN
wrestling the grain Interests OF the
Northwest from the control of rings
combined to plumber the producer,
much still remains to be done; that it is
not the time for the alliance to diSband
when all other interests are organizing
trusts and combinations Oh SCALE
never known before,
Resolved, That the main issue in this
district is free and open market for
our produce: we denOunce every scheme
for bonding country elevators and de-
nying ears to shippers as the work OF
organized monopoly.
Resolved. That we demand of Gov.
Merriam to have the grain laws en-
forced in Minneapolis and st. Paul
according to the spirit and the letter of
the law, and not according to the dicta-
ton of interested millerS: the idea of
adopting one system of inspection for
Minneapolis and another for Duluth,
under the same law and the same man.
agement, is alike reDugnant to common
sense and common honesty.
Resolved. That we are opposed to all
appropriations from the state treasury
to the newspapers or their reporters,
believing the same to be bad policy and
a precedent that should not be toll
Grated.
Resolved. That the partial investiga-
ton made by the last house and senate
senatorial election, which was sup
pressed, and the subsequent charges of
corruption in the senate made by Sen
ator Pope, and which that body refused
to notice, would seem to indicate that
our lawmakers dared not publish the
one or investigate the other.
Resolved, That we hereby reiterate
the good old doctrine, obsolete as it is.
"that the office should seek the man."
believing that the rage for Office and
power in our times are undermining our
free institutions and bringing shame
and disgrace upon our republican gov
eminent, and we call upon the people,
who are responsible for these things, to
form of political corruption. whether at
caucus, convention or election.
Resolved. That we demand COM
plete separation of the agricultural col
lege from the state university. believ-
ing that an agricultural school located
and surrounded as ours is can never re-
dound to the interest of our agricultural
people however we'll managed and ex-
cellently equipped the some may be.
Resolved. That we instruct the eX-
ecutive committee to consider the adj
visibility of organizing OF supporting
mutual hail insurance company for the
Fifth district.
We heartily commend the last house
of representatives for the passage of
the Sevatson bill for the reduction of
interest, and denounce the senate for its
action in defeating the same. We be-
lieve it is vitality necessary to the ag-
ricultural interests of the state that the
legal rate of interest be reduced.
We hereby recommend that this dis
trict alliance executive committee shall
investigate the whole subject of insur-
ance and purchasing agency. and rec
ommend the adoption of such system of
insurance and business methods as will
in their judgment be for the best inter-
ests OF the farmers OF the Fifth district
at large. Signed,
CHARLES CANNING,
kNUD PETERSON,
o. q. LYMAN,
A. T. LUND.
d. G. SMYTIIE,
r. TT AT1vOoD
The foregoing resolutions were unan-
lmously adopted. and the following Of
fered by E. Ii. Atwood:
Resolved, That we, the members of
the Fifth congressional district alliance,
earnestly recommend that the members
of the Farmers alliance in each county
in this district organize one or more
township insurance companies, believ-
ing that the cost of insurance to the
members of such organization can be
reduced from 80 to IS per cent, the price
charged by old line companies.
Resolved, That, whereas the farmers
in the buying. selling, weighing and
inspection of wheat and other grain !;
therefore,
Resolved, That the members of the
Fifth District alliance, in convention
assembled, respectfully request his eX-
cellency, Gov. Merriam, and the rail
way and warehouse commission, to re-
tain the services of Thomas G. Hodgson
in his present position as chief deputy
grain inspector at st. Paul.
The temporary organization was made
permanent and the reports of the COM
mitteeS were adopted without debate,
except in the case of the resolution scor-
ing the legislature for its payment of
hon lpc tn rnnnrtlrc yChiph oa11n6 forth
a protest from Hon. j. 3. Hompe and a
caustic reply from L. c. Hodgson. The
alliance elected officers as follows: r.
j. Hall, of Stevens. president; Hon. J.
B. Hompe, of Otter Tail, Hon. Charles
Canning, of Norman, Kittle Halvorsen,
of StearnS, vice presidents; E. ii. At
wood, of Stearns,. secretary; II. E.
Boon, of Otter Tail. treasurer: T. C..
Hodgson, of Grant county, lecturer;
d. {. Smythe. of Clay county, secretal y.
The executive committee consists of the
above officers. The constitution set
forth the objects of the new organiza-
ton at length; it is is in line with the
objects of the state alliance-to anchor
ate the condition of farmers and sub
due the monopolies. L. G. Hodgson,
chief grain weigher of the state, made
all eloquent address in defense of
the farmers rights. A good
deal of time was spent listen.
ing to an explanation of the
mutual insurance sytem in vogue in
the Dakota alliances, which was Stated
by A. Wardall, but no action was taken
thereon. The next annual meeting was
fixed to be held at Fergus Falls. All
the alliance men present are strongly
in favor of the congressional alliance,
and believe it will play all important
part in the next congressional election.
Hon: Charles Canning, who made such