Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21
THE ALLIANCE.
Second Days Proceedings OF the
State Gathering at Dallas.
The Executive Committee Submits Its
Report Officers Elected for the
Ensuing Year.
Ballot FOR Members Of the Executive Commit
tee-An Anti-sub- Treasury BIZ Caucus.
Proceedings Secret.
Special TO the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. Aug. 20.-1f one were
permitted to be present and report the
secret proceedings of the state Farmers
Alliance, now in session in this city, be
would doubtless be able to give to the
reading public much that it would regard
as of more than passing interest. The
Alliance, however, prefers to transact its
business in secret, and to make known
only SO much of its proceedings as it is
deemed best to have published This is
mainly of formal and routine charac-
ter, and is consequently of less interest
than the earnest and
ANIMATED QUESTIONS
that are considered of vital interest by
every Alliance man in the state. The
proceedings of to-day, so far as they
haye been given to the public, are as
follows:
Immediately after assem- bling this
forenoon the executive committee sub
mltted its report. Concerning its char
acter and contents the members of the
committee decline to talk.
The chairman, B. j. Kendrick,
draw out information concerning what
was in the report, but said 1t
WAS WELL RECEIVED.
The committee was unanim ouslY
thanked for the manner in which they
had discharged their duties. He admit
ted however, that they were not able to
report quite as much money as was ex-
pected, but hoped their successors would
ha n l,1a IN n m this raOnrH
After the reception and adoption of the
executive committees report the cleo
ton of officers took place and resulted as
follows:
President-Evan Jones.
Vice-President-T ]. Anderson.
Secretary and Treasurer-S. q. Dawes.
Lecturer. NJ. Perdue.
Executive committee-R. A. High, s.
G. Cranberry and J T. Crawford.
The secretary and treasurer had no
opponents, and were re- elected by accla-
nation.
The old executive committee. consist
ing of b J. Kendrick, chairman; D. F.
Rogers, secretary, and d. NJ. Cunning
ham, having served the constitutional
limit, were not candidates for re-elec-
ton
The names OF the following persons
were presented to the convention for
places on this committee, the ballot re-
sulting
R. A. High, 70.
Milton Park, IL.
s. c. Cranberry, &C.
J. P. Crawford, "a.
W. G. Moore, 90.
G. l.. Clark, 40.
John w Homer O.
The total vote cast was 345. The three
candidates receiving the highest votes
were declared elected. Those were High,
Cranberry and Crawford. The commit
tee was elected for one year.
ANTI SUB-TREAsURY CAUCUS.
During the noon hour an anti-sub-
treasury bill caucus, presided over by
d. NJ. Cunningham, was held. There
were perhaps fifty or sixty persons pres
ent. The sub-treasury bill was made the
topic for discussion, but the proceedings
were secret. The sub-treasury matter,
however, divides the convention. The
ticket elected to-day indicates that the
advocates OF the measure are on top
1t is no index, however, to the action of
the convention, which may conclude to
let the matter alone.
meeting of the stockholders of the
Southern Mercury was also held and the
business affairs of that paper submitted
to it.