Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-01

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initiated shall be counted full quarter:
Provided, All females are exempt from
fees and dues.
Sec. 3-The initiation fee must be
paid in advance, and all dues are due
and should be paid quarterly in
advance.
Sec. 4@Members in arrears for dues
for four months shall stand suspended;
but they shall Immediately become
members in good standing by the pay
ment of such dues, without action by
the Alliance.
ARTICLE w.
Section mo person shall be
admitted as a member unless he has
been a citizen of the State of Kansas
for six months past, and not then unless
he be a farmer, a farm iaborer.
mechanic, country school teacher,
country physician, or country minister
Of the gospel, be Of good moral char
acter, believe in the existence of a
Supreme Being, be of industrious hab-
its, and over the age Of sixteen years.
Further, when any member of the
Farmers Alliance shall engage in any
occupation which would render ineligi-
bic before initiation, said member shall
at once be dismissed from the Alliance
and furnished by the Secretary writ
ten statement OF the cause of his dis
missal: Provided; That the above shall
not apply to members of the Alliance
who may be selected to buy and sell as
merchants, under the supervision of
the Alliance.
Sec. 2-If any person qualified for
membership under Section l of this
Article shall send in his application,
and if it shall be shown to the commit
tee of investigation that he has other
interests that do not harmonic with
the objects of the Order, they may
either report adversely to his admission,
or make statement Of the factssof the
case, and the Alliance is at liberty to
receive or reject: Provided, That any
kind of brokerage, banking, law or
commission business shall debar those
engaged in the same from membership.
Sec. 3-No person shall be admitted
to membership in more than one Alli-
ance at the same time.
Sec. 4-There shall not be any polit-
ical or religious test for membership.
ARTICLE v.
Section Amy person wishing to
become q member of the Farmers ALI
acee shall offer an application in writ
ing, at stated meeting, to the nearest
Farmers Alliance, stating age, occupa-
tion and place of residence; the appli-
cation to be accompanied by the initla-
tion fee, and the applicant to be recon-
mended by two members in good stand
ing. An application shall lie over from
one stated meeting until the next for
ballot.
Sec. 2-When an application is
received, the President shall appoint a
committee of three to investigate the
character of the applicant, and report
at the next stated meeting. On report
of the committee, the ballot on his petit
tion shall be taken, and if clear he shall
be declared elected. If two black balls
shall appear, the President shall imme-
diately order the ballot again taken, in
order to ascertain if there be 10 mis-
take. If two black balls shall again
appear. the President shall announce
that the ballot will be again taken at
the next stated meeting, during which
time it shall be the duty of the persons
casting the black balls to impart to the
President. personally, their reasons for
so doing. AT the time of taking the
final ballot, the President shall state to
the Alliance the reasons why the black
balls appeared, carefully concealing the
names of the members who cast them
land always concealing the same). If
the ballot then taken shall not contain
more than two black balls, the candi-
date shall be declared elected; if
rejected, the Secretary shall notify him,
in writing, and refund the initiation
fee.
Sec. 3-When an applicant is rejected
or a member expelled, the Secretary
shall Immediately notify the Secretaries
of his Farmers State and County Alli-
ances, giving name and date. The
Secretary of the Farmers State Alli-
ance shall notify the Secretary of each
County Alliance quarterly, who shall
notify each Farmers Alliance in his
county.
Sec. 4-When an applicant is elected,
be shall be initiated within four stated
meetings, if not providentially him
dered.
Sec. 5-No petition can be with
drawn, after it has been received, with
out the consent of the Alliance.
Sec. 6-The petition of any person
rejected shall not again be received
until the expiration of six months.
Sec. Amy member clear of the
books may make application for dimit
or Withdrawal card, when the President