The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1890-12-05
State Farmers Alliance.



ADOPTED.
The State Farmers Alliance adjourn.
ed on the 9th after electing the follow
ing officers for the ensuing year.
President, Henry o. Suavely of Leb.
anon County; president Curtis 8.
Clark, of Crawford County; lecturer,
]. ). Potts, of Indiana County; score
tary, Henry G. Demming, Of Dauphin
County; treasurer, Valentine Hay, OF
Somerset County; business agent, K. III.
Werner, OF Smerset County Exc
outive board, Henry Brobst. Of Berks
County; e. u. Roche, of Potter
County; and William While, of Adams
County; Judiciary board, II. b. Schall,
of Armstrong County; w. p. Bricker,
of Lycoming County, aud Theodore
MoAllister, Of Adams Comfy. Dele
gates to the Na'ionsl Farmers ALI
auce, Henry @. Demming of Dauphiu
County, and A. w. Knupper, of Somer-
set County. Alternates, J. $. Potts,
OF Indiana County, and III. Young, OF
York County. Chaplain, s. b Kent,
Of Greene County; steward, J. X. Bru-
baker, of Lebanon County; doorkeeper,
Robinson Rood, of Potter County; as.
sistant doorkeeper, ID. M. Omwake, of
Franklin County, and ergeant-at-arms,
John Dieffenbach, of Berks County.
A resolution passed unanimously TO
have Summer encampment, and a
committee was appointed with full
powers on the subject. The committee
are IL. @. Demming, chairman, J. B.
Moore, and William While. The ban.
ner county in the State in the number
of local alliances, is Greene, with fifty
one, and an average membership IN
each alliance of over fifty.
The report of the Committee on
Resolutions interesting because of its
declaration of the princi les of the
alliance, is as follows
The undersigned committee, ap.
pointed by the Pennsylvania State
Farmers Alliance and Industria
Union TO draft resolutions expressive o.
the sense of the Alliance, haye unaui
mously agreed upon the following, ant
report the same for adoption:-
WHEREAS, There is great depres
sion in the agricultural interests O
the country, and great stringency ex
lists in money matters; and
WHEREAS The tax laws of this State
are unjust, inequitable, and oppressiv,
made in the interest of favored classes
and to the injury Of the messes of tn,
people; therefore, be it
(D Resoloed, That the revenue o.
tax laws of the State should be revised
by the next Legislature so that ever,
species of property, real, personal, ant
mixed, lands, bonds, stocks, monies
etc., be made to bear its due proper
tion OF the public burdens, in order t
relieve the owners of real estate frou
the unjust taxation to which they ar
now subjected.
(2) ResoLoed, That the volume O
the currency is wholly inadequate fo
the business interests of the country
and by reason thereof the value of al
kinds of property has been depreciate,
and financial distress has been brough
upon the country; and for relief In thi
direction we favor the free coinage o
silver, and d dprecate any discrimina
zion In favor uf one kind of money q
the .xrerse t auother.
(3) Resotoed That we are opposet
" all klnds OF trusts and combine
whereby the necessaries of hfe,-fuel
clothing, and all articles which ente
into daily use and consumption,-ar
abnormally enhanced in price, to tn
great injury of The masses
(4) Resolyed, That we are oppose,
to the policy of allowing foreigners t,
own and hold large bodies of land II
this country for speculative purposes
Tor 1t tends to create a monopoly if tn
soil similar to that existing in certain
European countries where the execu
tive landlord system prevails.
(5) Resolced That free and hones
election imperstively demand secre
ballot; and we most earnestly reques
the Legislature at once to call Stat
Convention for the purpose of making
the necessary provision for securing
secret ballet for the voters of thi
State at the earliest possible time.
(6) Resolved That Notwithstanding
nearly all classes of persons, excep
the farming and industrirl classes hav
had special legislation beneficial t,
themselves; yet as we regard class leg
isla.ion wholly wrong aud inequitablt
we shall not demand it for ourselves
but we shall demand from hencefortl
equal and exact justice to all.
(O Resolyed That we hold that tn
Constitution of the United States shsl
be amended, requiring the election o
United States Senators by direct vot
OF the people, in order that a highe
order of talent may be secured in tina
body, and men prevented from secur
ing the position by means of thei
wealth alone, and filling the Senat
with millonaires regardless of the prop
or qualification.
(S) ResolUed, That we are in heart
sympathy with all the industrial class
es of our land, and trust that by al
means they may cooperate to brin,
about the much needed reforms in leg
islation aud otherwise, and secure tn
right that justly belong to them.
Respectfully submitted,
VALENTINE HAY (Somerset),
K. ID. Roche Potter,