The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-04-30

give me spacein youi most valuable
paper to address u few lines as a
suggestion to the farmers, and
Farmers Alliance. The farmers of
Graham district are fully organized,
and think tlsat the-tiuic has arrived
for all the Glrnasrs 10. t,iissc9unty to
be alive and at .Tork for the Interest
OF themselves and their county
without thorough organiza-
ton they, can effect. nothing. Ora
ham is alive, to the work, and on
the 18th day Of April, 1899, we held
meeting OF the committees of the
several clubs. of our district at
Broad Run school house, to take in
to consideration the proprietyt of
calling county meeting, to be held
at the Court House, for the purpose of
organizing a county alliance And
by motion it was adopted as fol-
lows: That this committee appoint
three members, to correspond with
the other alliances now organized
in the county. and the following
gentlemen were appointed; Will
liam Brown, Hamilton Weaver and
Levi Roush, Jr.. And after consid-
ering the Importance of the imedi-
ate holding of the above county
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lent, and not later than the 1st day
of June, 1890 There is much of
Importance to be transacted ut such
a meeting, and that wherever the
alliance has been thoroughly organ
lied, mucli good has been accom-
plished in elevating the farmer to
the station in which the farmer
should stand, The. foundation from
which al, else, must build. We be
lieve that we Cam he benefited mem
tally, morally, socially, and fnan-
cialiyp by rthis effort int our part, as
we will be brodght in a nearer re-
lation with each; other, and will be
Fl
In better shape to direct the Leg
islation of'better and fairer laws tor
the whole people'of this country, and
we are fully aware, that nothing
but class Legislation can be expected
from with men whom we have no in
terest, and whose interest is with the
money power of this county. We
are in favor of giving to all profess
sions their proper amount of Repre-
sentatives, but we demand our share
of the public spoils. We see by the
statistics of 1880, that Al per cent.
of the people,in this country are
farmers, and 20 per cent. farm la
borers, making 60 per cent of all
the people, and then counting the
laborers in all other pursuits, max
ing 81 per cent, yet we see that all
this 81 per cent. have in our legisla-
tive bodies only three representa-
tives, while 6 per cent. of the peo-
Pile, have over 400 representatives.
Now it is clear to every right think
ing man, that this matter should be
reversed. But this is not all, they
throw insults in our face, by saying
that we are not fit to hold any office
of trust in this country, and if that
be true, we have come TO bad
in affairs of this country,
but | deny this condition of affairs,
and in reverse, say that among the
great men of this country, a very
large portion of them came from the
rural pursuits, Washington, Jeffer-
son, Putnam, jackson, Lincoln and
Grant, and with them the millions
of soldiers who left the pillow in de-
fence of their country, who to-day
are the evidence of the greatness of
their characters. Now, to the farm
err, l would say that all lay at your
bidding; will you lay still and permit
your property to be taxed out of
your possession, or will you rally in
your right, and throw off the yoke
of bondage, and assert your free
dom? Yours Respectfully,
LEVI R0T-SI Tn