The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-04-04
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Important Business is Transacted.
Full account of the meeting of the
Executive Committee held this week,
in next weeks issue.
Mr.. Robert Eckford was elected
Supt. of Insurance. After q discus
sion of the matter of Mr.. Furlong be-
ing Superintendent to examine and
audit his own books, Mr.. Darlington
Phelps was nominated, but Mr.. Eek
ford received a majority OF the votes.
Mr.. Eckford is first-class man for
the place, and will do his duty fully.
Mr.. Phelps was also a fine nominal
tiOn.
Pres't H. L. Loucks, of Minneapo-
lis, was elected Bus. Manager or Pur-
chasing Agent. He was present
and it was a pleasure to again meet
the stalwart
Resolutions were adopted looking
to the organization OF a special con-
vention OF laboring men to consider
the political situation. But the
most important action was the pas
sage of resolution denouncing the
supreme court. The "handwrite" is
unquestionably that of Ignatius
Donnelly, and they were passed with
enthusiasm:
Whereas, 1t is reported by the
daily press that the United States su-
preme court has recently decided, in
a case appealed from this state, that
the railroad commission land infer
entially, the state legislature) has
no right or power to prescribe rates
OF transportation on the railroads
OF the state, or to do more than es-
tablish prima-facie reasonable rates,
each detail to be fought over in
succession of courts, with intermin-
able litigation, thereby practically
nullifying or reversing the great de-
cisiOns of the same court made some
years since in the granger cases;
therefore
Resolved, By the executive COM
mittee OF the State Farmers alliance
speaking in behalf of 10000 farmers
OF Minnesota, that we regard the
said recent decision as one of the
greatest Incidents in the history of
our country, and as signifying the
subsection of the people and the
state to the unlimited control of the
railroad corporations of this coun.
try.
Resolved, That we appeal from
this second bred Scott decision to
the people OF the nation, and we ask
them to consider whether any other
raca would submit to have their lib
critics thus wheedled away from them
on technicalities by squad of law
yers, sitting as supreme authority
high above congress, president and
people. We call attention to the
fact that the citizens of England,
from whom we have largely derived
our form of government, would not
permit, for one instant, bench of
judges to nullify an act of parlia-
ment-there the people are properly
OmnipOtent-and that no civilized
government on earth has ever con-
ferred such powers upon any court
as are by our constitution granted
to the United States supreme court.
In our anxiety to protect the rights
OF property we have created ma
chinery that threatens to destroy
the rights of man.
Resolved, That copies of these
resolutions be sent by our secretary
to the alliances of the several states
of the Union, with the request that
they unite with us in an effort to so
amend the constitution of the United
States as to abolish this new slavery
of the states and nation, established
by and for the benefit of corporate
wealth; and to make it SO plain that
the people are masters in this event
that no court, however shallow or
corrupt, shall ever again attempt to
subject them to the domination of
artful corporations they have them
selves created.
Resolved, That we recommend the
holding of convention by the al
liances of the United States, at an
early date, to consider the very
grave and momentous questions
arising out Of this extraordinary de-
cision.
Resolved, That we hereby express
the gratitude of the farmers of Min
nesota to Judges Bradley, Lamar,
Gray, and the other judges of the SUI
preme court who dissented from the
said decision and stood by the peo-
pie upon the question.
Then the following resolutions were
passed condemning the Pioneer-Press