The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-13
umer to create lnillionaires at their ex-

sumner to create millionaires at their ex-
pense.
That the exchange system adopted by the
millers whereby they practically take one
lourth instead of one-eighth as allowed by
law, Is unjust tax upon the farmers, and we
urge such legislation as will prevent the
wrong.
That we look with alarm upon the inva-
sion OF our country by English capitalists
who are seizing upon great local industries,
giving alien control to these interests which
are purely domestic and American, and in-
creaslng the strength of home monopolies
by the power OF foreign money.
Ihat we deprecate the use of money by
candidates for office, as it debauches the
puhilc conscience and leads to the decay of
the body polite.
That we urgently ask of congress The i'm
mediate passage OF Senator Davis bill for
the enlargement and improvement of the
Sault Ste Marie canal
That we ask the next legislature to estab-
llSh the Australian system of voting for the
whole state.
That all public offices which directly af-
feet the interests of the people should be
| made elective, and for this reason we hold
that United States senators and railroad
commissioners should be made elective by
| popular vote
That we demand that the "war tariff"
which has too long survived the object of
us creation, shall be radically revised, Civ
| ing very material reductions on the neces-
| saries oflite, and placing raw material upon
| the tree list to the end that we may COM
| pete with the world for a market; and that
| such luXurles as whisky and tobacco shall
| in no manner be relieved from internal
| taxation, till the high protection tariff has
| been wholly Invested of its extortions.
| That we are not satisfied with the actions
of the board of control of the states prison
in not introducing the manu- acture of
ttHiFo holi l,,AA
was and still is practical, and that the farm
ers of this state have not been fairly treated
in the summary disposition which has been
made of the matter.
| That we favor cooperative union of all
| the agricultural and labOring classes of the
| nation to protect themselves from the rob-
| berries of non-producers.
| That the alliance deems it unwise and in
| judiciOus to establish an organ, but regards
with favor and will encourage with its sup
| port all papers which will spouse its cause
and defend its principles.
| That we demand that the legislature at its
| next session shall submit to vote of the
people all amendment to the constitution
| OF the state forever prohibiting the saloon
and liquor traffic
| In the abandonment of the railroad be-
| tween Breckenridge and GAINESVILLE, which
is part of the chartered line known as the
| Manitoba or Great Northern system Griev-
Gus wrong and damage has not only been
| done to property holders along said line,
but to Wiikin county, and as matter
of public policy, if allowed to stand
as precedent to the state
OF Minnesota, and whereas in the petition
| Of Edwin S. Tenlpleton against the St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Manitoba railroad major
| ity of railroad and warehouse commission
ers of the state decided Feb. 6, 1890, that the
said railroad company had perfect right to
vacate said piece of railroad, the state
alliance considers the vacation of said road
as violation of the law and an outrage on
the people of that section and of the whole
| state, and that we call upon the attorney
general of the state to institute proceedings
at once to test the right of said railroad to
! take such action.
That this alliance urge upon the senators
and representatives in congress that they
use their best efforts to secure the passage
| of law for the relief of the settlers in the
Red river upon the certain odd-numbered
| sections of land in Marshall, Kittson and
| Polk counties, now claimed by the ST. Paul
q Manitoba or Great Negthern Railway
company, but which really has no legal
title to the same, by pernlitting the settlers
to enter the same as public lands ,Ngiving the
railroad company other lands in lieu OF the
| same. if necessary. -"