Morris tribune., 1890-07-02
THE ALLIANCE.
An Interesting Meeting Held
Last Saturday.
The Irvine Question Dis
cussed.
Samples Of Irvine, with
Prices, to be Left at the
Express Office.
The Question of Making Coun-
ty Nominations Argued.
A Delegate Convention, July
10th, will Decide the
Question.


of the Stevens County Alliance, at
the court house last Saturday after
noon, held for the purpose OF discus
sing the Irvine question and deciding
about the purchase of the same for
the use in the coming harvest.
A respectable number of the mem
bers of the alliance were present and
a goodly| interest was manifested in
the proceedings.
President Hall made some explain
atory remarks in regard to the
manufacture of the different kinds OF
Irvine, price, etc.
After remarks by Darlington Phelps
and others in regard to the purchase
of binding Irvine, it was decided that
the president should leave at once
samples of the different kinds of
Irvine at the express Office, with price
attached to each kind.
The question as to making Alliance
nominations for the different county
officers this fall came up, and Milo
Camp proposed resolution inviting
the villages of Morris and Hancock
to send delegates to convention to
make nominations. He was in favor
ot taking some of the candidates from
other classes than farmers.
President Hall reminded those pre-
sent that an Alliance convention
would not be an Alliance convention,
if all classes, whether members of the
alliance or not, took part in the con-
vention.
Mr.. Camps resolutions, verbally
made, was voted down.
Frank Smith earnestly opposed the
making of county nominations.
President Hall expressed himself
as preferring peoples convention to
make nominations for county officers,
| instead of an Alliance convention.
Church was in favor of straight
| Alliance nomination, from the
ground up"
Roberts was in favor of independ-
ent nominatsons-peoples or alliance.
L. J. Schlattman spoke against
| making Alliance nominations for
county officers; said he could not see
wherein the Alliance would be bene-
fitted. even if Alliance men were
elected to certain county offices. He
believed that a peoples convention,
inviting all classes of laborers to take
part in the same, would be prefer
rable.
Milo Camp said he agreed with Nh.
Schlattman.
Mr.. Leavitt was earnestly in favor
of independent nominations.
John Sanders, although he did not
say so in so many words, it was quite
evident that he was opposed to the
Alliance making nominations.
Darlington Phelps, who never talks
for the sake of talking, and who, as
the saying goes, never says anything
unless he has something to say, and
then talks business and right to the
point, reminded the meeting Of the
old fellow who owned saw mill. and
| had posted over the entrance of the
mill the words, s'Don't monkey with
the buzz saw" He was opposed to
making Alliance nominations for the
county, but was strongly in favor OF
an independent peoples ticket. In
order, however, to bring the whole
matter of making nominations before
the Alliance for decision, he offered
resolution, that a delegate Alliance
convention for Stevens county be held
at the court house Saturday, July 10,
at 1:3O p. M, and if said convention
deems it advisable to make comfy
nominations, the delegates then as
sembled shall proceed to put in nomi-
nation a county ticket.
This resolution was adopted with
only one dissenting voice.
VIM. Logue was elected delegate to
the State Alliance convention, and
| Darlington Phelps was elected as
alternate.
! The next meeting of the County
Alliance will be held on Monday uly
18th, at 2 p. M, to act on the matter
of purchasing binding Irvine.
Before closing President Hall made
some remarks in relation to Alliance
work; said everything looked encour-
aging, and that if it was decided to
put State Alliance ticket in the field
this fall, and good reliable men were
selected-as no doubt there would be
he felt confident that there would
be large vote of the laboring: Glasses
in all of the large cities in the state
for the Alliance ticket. The future,
he said, looked bright for 1.-THE Great
Alliance Army of the great state of
Minnesota.
On motion the meeting adjourned. /!