The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1889-08-20
NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS
ALLIANCE.

lett Luray on the morning OF Lne
10th en- route for Raleigh, arriving in
the Capitol City at 1870 p. m. on the
18th. Here we met the wheel horses
Polk, Ivey, Graham, Carr and a host
of others, tried and true. On Mon.
day at l p. m. we left for Fayetteville.
All along the route our members kept
increasing, and when we reached
Fayetteville many of US were COM
PEELED to walk to the hotels. Out of
respect for age and gray hairs ~ "Old
Fogy" was not in the walking brigade.
At IL a. m. on Tuesday the Alliance
was called to order by President Alex
ander and opened in due form. Bros.
W. j. Green, Fl. E. King and L. N.
Durham were appointed committee on
credentials.
We shall not report the proceedings
of the convention in its entirety; the
county delegates will give full reports
to their Alliances, and the minutes,
which viii. be sent to all the Alliances,
will give the proceedings in detail.
We. are so filed with fogyism that we
do not think our proceedings would
be interesting to our monopolistic
friends.
President Alexander read his an
nual address and it is an able, thought
full paper. Our needs, wants, and
many remedies are suggested and no
one can read it and not feel that Bro.
Alexander deserves the confidence re-
posed in him by the brotherhood.
Secretary Polk read his annual re-
port, followed by the report of our
worthy Treasurer, ]. D. Allen, fol-
lowed by the State Executive Com
mittee, and Bro. Darden, our Business
Agent.
I wish to refer particularly to the
address and report of our State Lee
turer, brother J. Reid Parker. 1t was
well received and was a model of it's
kind; it was Sui genergs.
Bro. Macune, of the National
Economist, was announced, and on his
entrance he was greeted as only North
Csrolinians can greet they love
and revere. g
The short talk he gave us was but
a foretaste of what was to follow on
the morrow, and our convention
through III President made him com.
prehend that our love for HIM was
like that of child to parent.
If our last Legislature could have
been present after the address and
heard the patriotic speeches, if they
could have e the enthusiasm with
which the resolutions in reference to a
railroad commission were adopted,
could they know as we do that these
delegates, representing $4,000 of oul
best citizens, and know that the 1,80C
Sub-Alliances had instructed them tc
give no uncertain sound, l feel sure
that they would feel that judgmen,
was at hand; that the people hac
weighed them and that they were
found wanting.
Every brother was at his past Oh
Wednesday morning. At $50 Presi
dent Macune was to lecture, and thu
brethren were on hand. What al
address he gave usl It was so init
mately connected; the argumen
welded link by link, until as in
glass, not darkly but clearly, we saw
ourselves as we are, the e~nslavet
victims of plutocracy. Hearts wer
lifted up in gratitude to the great al
Oliver, that u Moses was in on
midst. How strange it is that fror
the earliest historic time down to tn
18th century, God has raised up
chosen one to aid as a leader an,
v the letters that bind the weak
and to lead from the Erebean darl
ness into light.
When you read the names of tn
ofhcers elected for the ensuing tw
years, it will give you strength for n
State Alliance has an ADLER or mo
snclent set of officers than has our
Iresldent Elias Carr. if Won hav