St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-13

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Secretary A. l.. Stromberg, of the
Farmers Alliance, yesterday issued a
call for the annual meeting, which was
kindly prepared for him several weeks
ago by none other than the Sage of
Nininger himself. Like Donnelly in
his famous circular letter, he wants TO
know the names of all the ''dead' AL
liances, A careful reading of this call
Will reveal to all members of the ALI
ance several clever schemes Oh the part
of Donnelly, which, unless counteracted,
VIII cause the Alliance, and particularly
the secretary, no end of trouble. The
call follows:
State Farmers Alliance, Office of the Sec
rotary, Forest Lake, Mimi, Dec. l. 1890
Dear Sir: 1t becomes my duty, under the
constitution. TO send out TO each subordinate
alllance TWO cards, 10 be used, when filed
as credentials for the use of its delegate and
alternate. The annual meeting of the State
Alilanee IS to be held at 8 o'clock a. IN, on
Dec. so. 1890, at the hall of the house of
representatives at the capitol, st. Paul 1t
Will be the greatest meeting ever held in this
state or in the Northwest. as there are now
i,229 subordinate alliances on the books of
the society; and earne ,tly request your sub
ordinate alliance to send delegate, and. if
necessary, an alternate to that meeting: and
would impress upon you the necessity for
calling your sub,aliiance together at an early
date TO elect such delegate and alternate.
There are a number of the older Alliances
that have ceased TO exist, and il is believed
ana charged by some persons that, at differ
ent times. bogus Alliances have been created
LOT the purpose OF obtaining representation
on the floor OF our annual conventions for
political purposes. The great vote cast for
the Alliance ticket in this state on the 4th of
November last, may induce the corporations
and politicians to make extraordinary eff
forts to control our meeting on the :3Oth of
December by using these defunct or bogus
subordinate Alliances as the means to place
delegates in our convention. Under these
circumstances, acting under the authority of
the printing committee of the executive COM
mittee of the State Farmers Alliance. feel
that IT is very important that no tickets for
credentials should be recognized unless filed
out by living Alliances. | therefore respect
fully request that upon receipt OF this letter
you will fiji out and return to me at once the
inclosed blank.
AS you cannot be represented on the floor
OF the convention on the 3Uth day OF Deem
Der without such credential cards so filled
you will see the Importance of promptly re-
plying to this circular letter.
1t IS proposed that at the annual meeting
especial pains shall be taken to weed out the
sub-Alliances that may seek fraudulent rep
resentation on the floor of the convention
When this circular letter reaches any of the
officers of county Alliances L earnestly re-
quest that they will make out and send TO me
list of all the sub-Alliances in the county,
and special note Of any that they know to
be defunct.
would again impress upon you the very
great importance of having your sub ALI
ance Gf it is a living organization repre-
sented in the annual meeting. That meet
ing will Immediately precede the assembling
of the slate legislature, and il should formu-
late the demands of the farmers of the state
upon the legislature. No more important
meeting Will be held in Minnesota for years
to come.
Steps will be taken to obtain reduced rail-
road rates for the delegates and alternates,
and reduced hotel and boarding house rates.
Full information Will be given as to rates.
would call your attention to article I,
section l. and article ~, sections !, 2, s. of
our constitutions; and under our bylaws,
section 8, it is provided that each sub Ali
ance shall be entitled to deduct from its an
nual dues the expenses OF its delegates going
to and returning from the annual meeting.
| would ask that where your dues will
amount to more than that sum you would
send the money to me before the 24th of
December, so as to avoid the rush and con-
fusion which has usually accompanied the
payment of dues on the first day of the an
nual meeting. l would also request that as
soon as the sub-Alliance has elected its dele
gate and alternate the names of the parties
so elected be sent to me by postal card or
otherwise. | am fraternaily yours
A. L. STRoMBERG.
Secretary State AlliaDce