The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1890-01-07
No. At

reporting from SuD, county and State
secretaries, and endeavor to secure q
uniform system of quarterly reports
throughout the entire order.
Sec. 80. All resolutions that shall be
adopted by this National Council shall
be laws governing the membership Of
the order, and shall be codifed and
added to the existing laws OF the
order.
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Convention called 70 order at 1880
pm.
On motion the convention proceeded
to the election of officers, with the fol.
lowing result:
L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, was
elected president.
B. H. Clover, of Kansas, vice.
president,
J. H. Turner, of Georgia, secre,
tary.
H. w. Hickman, Of Missouri, treas
urer.
Ben, Terrell, of Texas, lecturer.
On motion a committee from the
Northwestern Alliance was received,
and considerable time given to a con-.
ference with this body.
Brother Polk was asked to take the
chair to receive the committee.
Adjourned to meet at 1880 p. m.
Convention called to order at 100
.. M, President L. L. Polk in the
chair
On motion the body proceeded with
the completion of the organization.
The election of three judges resulted
as follows:
R. G. Patty, of Mississippi, for q
term of three years.
Isaac McCracken, OF Arkansas, two
years.
Evan Jones, of Texas, one year.
The committee on demands made
the following report on confederation
with the Knights of Labor. Adopted
REPORT OF COMMITTEES ON DEMANDS.
ST.. Louis, Mo-, Dec 6, 1889.
Agreement made this day by and
between the undersigned committee :
representing the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union on the
one part, and the undersigned com
mittee representing the Knights of
Labor on the other part, Witnesseth:
The undersigned committee represent
ing the Knights of Labor, having
read the the demands of the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union which are embodied in this
agreement, hereby endorse the same
on behalf of the Knights of Labor,
and for the purpose of giving practi-
cal effect to the demands herein set
forth, the legislative committees of
both organizations will act in concert
before Congress for the purpose of
securing the enactment of laws in
harmony with the demands mutually
agreed
And it is further agreed, in order
to carry out these objects, we will
support for Office only such men as
can be depended upon to enact these
principles in statute law uninfuenced
by party causes.
The demands hereinbefore referred
to are as follows:
l. That we demand the abolition of
national banks and the substitution of
legal tender treasury notes in lieu of
national bank notes, issued in sufficient
volume to do the business of the coun-
try on cash system; regulating the
amount needed on a per capita basis
as lhe business interests of the country
expands; AMI that all money issued by
the Government shan be legal tender
in payment of all debts, both pubic
and private.
2. That we demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as shall effectually
prevent the dealing in futures of all
agricultural and mechanical produc.
tions; preserving a stringent system
of procedure in trials as shall secure
the prompt conviction, and imposing
such penalties as shall secure the most
perfect compliance with the law.
3: That we demand the free and
unlimited coinage of silver.
4. That we demand the passage of
lawsprohibiting the alien ownership of
land, and that Congress take early
steps to devise some plan to obtain all
lands now owned by aliens and foreign
syndicates; and that all lands now
held by railroad and other corporations
in excess of such as is actually used
and needed by them, be reclaimed by
the Government and held for actual
settlers only.
5. Believing in the doctrine of
"equal rights to all and special priVi-
leges to none," we demand that taxa
ton, National or State, shall not be
used to build NJ one interest or class
at the expense Of another.
We believe that the money of the
country should be kept as much as