The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-09-19


him down just as lightly as possible
that he would make as his excuse
that his circumstances did not per.
NIT OF his attending to the business
properly.
But Mr.. L. did not propose to be
let down. The Campaign Committee
evidently relied upon several mem
bers who would accept a resignation
not voting for expulsion, and at the
last told him to brace up.
When it was ascertained that he
would not resign, Mr. Donnelly arose
and read the following Indictment,
with appended resolutions:
WHEREAS, John Lathrop, Secre-
tary OF the State Alliance, has neg
lected to perform the duties required
OF him by the constitution:
He has not kept a distinct and
separate account with each subordi-
nate alliance.
2.-He has not paid over at the
end OF each month the money in his
hands, belonging to the State ALI
ance, to the State Treasurer.
3.-He has failed to report to the
State Lecturer each week the new Al
liances organized.
4.-He has failed to prepare a COM
plete list of all alliances arranged ac-
cording to townships and counties.
5.-He has failed to make an item
lied report of receipts and disburse
ments at each meeting of the Execu
tive Committee.
6.-He has failed to settle up his
accounts to the satisfaction of the
finance committee.
7.-He has refused to meet the
Finance Committee when especially
requested so to do by the chairman:
and has not brought his books and
papers for their examination at the
time fixed by them.
She has attended the present
meeting of the Executive Committee
without any books and papers which
this committee can examine.
9.-He stands charged by a great
member of alliances with moneys
paid him for which he has failed to
render any account.
1O.-His whole conduct of the
financial business of his office has
been Irregular and careless in the ex-
treme: and to the great injury of the
Alliance in purse and reputation.
Therefore, RESOLVED, That the
said John Lathrop be and he is here
by removed from the office of Secre-
tary and the said office hereby de-
clared vacant
RESOLVED, That the Finance Com
mittee is hereby directed to ascertain
the balance due the Alliance from the
said John Lathrop; and if the same
is not at once paid, commence pro-
ceedings on his bond to secure the
payment of the same.
RESOLVED, That the President is
hereby instructed to deliver the bond
of said Finance Committee.
AS soon as the reading of this docu-
ment was over Lathrop offered his
resignation before a vote was taken.
The resignation was accepted by
the vote of all but Hall and Fur
long, and Mr.. Lathrop withdrew from
the Committee which he had failed to
honor. 1t is little singular that he
should have been given thirty days
more to monkey with his "books."
They should have been demanded in
stantly. But Messrs. Donnelly, Lis
ter and Poore felt that they had no
backing except under tremendous
pressure, and so the matter stood in
this way at the close of the scene.
The GREAT WEST will not publish
any more OF the delinquencies until
after the thirty days are over. There
are ten or twelve now in hand, and
more coming in.
AS soon as the Secretary withdrew.
the matter of the appointment of the
new additional committee, was taken
up, as also the location of the Secre-
5ary's Office in the GREAT WEST Office.
As related last week only Donnelly,
POore and Lister were in favor of a.
lnion of the factions on that basis.
Hall, Furlong, Bjorge. Hompe and
Stromberg voted against it. Halls
violent assertion that he would bless
he committee with his absence put a I
luietus on the Union-and as Hall
vas of more Importance than the In
dependent Party, the plan was crush
d out.
1t was thought that if the Secre- I
ary's Office were located here,
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