Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-04-18
County Alliance.

Alliance resolutions of Phillips Co.
r. A., adopted at Phillipsburg April
18th, 1890
The following resolution was on
motion taken from the table and pass
ed with the accompanying amend
ment:
RESOLVED. That we demand of the legislature
d law compelling the legislature and the county
commissioners TO let the state and county print
ing 70 the lowest responsible bidder Amend
ment-And that the editor receiving the county
printing shall be compelled to furnish s copy OF
the four qUartsri meetings of the Board Of coqn-
ty commissioners, 10 each tax payer IN Phillips
county free
Then came the resolutions present
ed at this meeting:
WHEREAS, The time and money necessary to a
good attendance by the farmers of all the pFimar-
les ana conventions 70 nominate state district
county and township officers is good reason why
we should work in the alliance, and
WHEREAS, The politicians and Office seekers in
their struggle and through their tricks, succeed
in defeating the best wishes Ofthe farmers there
fore be il
RESOLVED, That we adopt The alliance system
of nominating officers
THE ALLIANCE SYSTEM.
That the sub-aIHauces of each township choose
one Of their members who would make avail
able candidate for an officer. at least one week be
fore the regular county alliance which meets in
July. At the regular meeting in July Of the
county alliance, the delegates shall select from
the names sent in from the sub-ailanCeE, the ones
best suited for the different county Offices to be
filed, and they shall be the ones to be voted for
at the election in November, without expense to
the candidates and no elecdOneeHng, and the
county alliance furnish the tickets.
RESOLVED, That we sever our relations with
all political parties and that we viii not recognize
any man placed IN nomination by any political
party, although theE Identified with the union.
RESOLVED, That We recommend all county al
Iances 70 adopt similar resolutions.
And we further recommend that we place in
nomination u candidate for congress IN this dis
triCt.
RESOLVED, That on the adoption of these reso-
lutons that the county secretary be authorized to
send copy of the same to other county alliances
] ia this congressional district.
/ RESOLVED, That we demand OF orr county com
missiOners that they use all honorable means fol
J the recovery of all moneys OyerdFaWn by reason
| of the fraud in the assessors rolls.
Near the close of the meeting John
/ Hahnenkratt stepped into the meet
ing and stated that they had acted II
accordance with one Of our resolu
tions. Upon this statement a motion
was made and carried without dis
senting voice, to extend to the cOun
ty commissioners our sincere thank:
for their prompt action in the mat
ter" Below is copy Of the contract
made between the commissioners anC
the gentleman whom they have EN-
Eployed to do the work.
To the Hon. Board of County Comr's of Phillip
County, Kansas:
GEETLEMEN;-l beg to submit for considerable
the following proposition, namely:
J. viii contract to check up and examine tn
books and accounts of all the county clerks an
treasurers, who served your county, from tn
date of its organization, up to the april 1890 IT
port OF your present treasurer, and compile ne'
system Of books, showing the amount receive
! and disbursed by each treasurer the amount c
errors and omissions made-by each, properly item
iEed, and account with each fund with Whic
said treasurers had TO deal; and furnish to you
Board, balance sheet, showing the hnancl'
condition of your county. including all count
bonds and warrants, issued, paid and outstanding
4 to pay all expenses incidental to the work c
| clerk hire, books, etc, and to receive no paymeI
until the work is fully completed and accepted b
your Board for the sum of eleven hundred ($l1O(
! dollars. Respectfully submitted,
W. ii. MOORE.
Expert accountant
The above bid is this 18th day of April 1890, a
| cepted. BOard Of Commissioners of PhiliI
| county, by NJ FISHER Chairman.
B. HTNsDELL. ]. T. ARNOLD,
Secretary. PresIden'