Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-16

ton, Georgia. j. 8. Dore, California; r f.
rogers. Florida; f. F. Rowe. Iowa j. R
Lowe, South Dakota; R Mcdowell, Ten
nessee; j. Blakely. Kansas.
Auditing Commttee-Mrs. Lou SNYDER In
diana; Thomas Hines, Florida1 G. W. Will.
ANS, North Carolns.
The committee on demands remained
in session all night
In the evening an enthusiastic meet
Ing was held in Tomlinson hall. c. A.
Robinson, state president Of the f. NJ.
b A, made a short address with many
happy hits and eloquent passages Mrs.
Mary E. Lease, of Kansas, and Mrs.
Anna l. Diggs, of Washington, spoke
Tor two hours, to the entire satisfac-
ton OF the audience. The meeting was
closed by few humorous remarks by
Mrs Eva McDonald-V -Valesh, of Mime
sofa
On Friday Messrs Macune, Tillman
and Wardell, composing the executive
committee, made report of their in.
vestigation of Secretary Turner's books.
In which they found them absolutely
correct The report laid stress upon
the fact that there existed a great de-
mand for reform literature. which de-
mand has largely arisen in the last
year, and the recommendation is made
that the council consider the subject
The order is in a aourishing condition
according to the report
w. d. Davie, of Kentucky, was elected
to fill the vacancy in the judiciary COM
mittee, and Alonzo Wardall succeeds
himself as a member of the executive
committee.
In the afternoon a committee of Y.
M. G. A. men was before the council
and speeches were made and responded
to- Col Humphreys, president of the
colored alliance, spoke concerning his
organization. Among other things he
said that there was no politics in it,
but that If the peoples party was or
ganized and espoused the alliance
cause, then he had no doubt the mem
bers would all vote that ticket. All
his members stand squarely on the
Ocala platform. =
During the afternoon the committee
on constitution reported, and most of
the time was taken up in discussing
the various features of the report
Most of the changes reported were only
minor ones, but one, however, was of
particular Importance. 1t related to
abolishing the national legislative COM
mittee as now constituted. Instead of
being composed of all the state presi-
dents sitting with the national presi-
dent, that committee will now consist
of but three members.
In the evening a large audience
gathered at Tomlinson hall to listen to
Gen. j. B. Weaver's address on the
financial question of the day State
President Force presided, and, after
prayer by Rev. John M. Longdon, in
troduced Miss Sarah l. Smith, who
read a most excellent essay on ''Work
for Home Missionaries" Debt, the
curse of and remedy for, was the prin-
ciple theme of the essay
Gen Weaver's speech was in the ma
ture of reply to Secretary Fosters
pernicious circular in relation to the
amount of money in circulation.
The New Waverly Glee club furnished
the music of the evening.
The closing day Saturday. witnessed
the transaction of more important bus
iness than the entire preceding ses-
sions. One of the important actions of
the day was the changing of the statu-
tory law of the order by which the dis
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the national union company Is settled
The state AGENTS. association was de-
clared a separate organization from
the supreme council. and it no longer
| constitutes a standing committee of
that body. This is regarded as a vir.
tual defeat for the national union
company, which came here with
strong lobby prepared to obtain an in
| dorsement from the council, and to
further its ends in establishing a
gigantic monopoly to control all the
farmer trade. The company drew a
large number of state agents within
its fold-indeed, only three refused to
indorse it The council evidently did
not accord with the views of the
agents, for by the statutory amend
ment they are set adrift, and are re-
sponsible only to their respective state
alliances The action of the council is
to be appreciated, for it cannot afford
to lose its pure and blameless character
by any intimations of corruption.
The first boycott ever started by the
alliance was instituted by the council
against the Rochester Clothing Ex-
change, of New York. This concern
is immense, being consolidation of
twenty-three firms. When the COM
bine was formed last March over 49,
600 garmentmakers were thrown out of
employment. A boycott was instituted
by the Z. of L., and James Hughes, of
that organization, was arrested for
conspiracy against the laws of New
York. By packed jury Mr.. Hughes
was convicted, but the case was ap-
pealed and he is now under S13, 600
bail The company succeeded in
breaking up the cooperative clothing
establishment started by the lockout
employees by compelling the clothing
factories to refuse to sell to it Since
the lockout the business of the COM
bine has fallen off from S19, 600, 600
to S13, 600, 600. The resolution institut-
ing the boycott was adopted unani-
mously as follows:
Whereas, The Clothing Exchange of Roch-
ester, n Y has locked out their employees,
depriving them of their ri hit to live. and
Whereas, The said combine has arrested
the officers of the knights of Labor on
trumped up charges and before a packed
jury convicted the master workman, one
James Hughes, for doing his duty to his
fellow men; therefore be it
Resolved That we denounce the actions
"a ING hochesteF clotnlng comDine Tor de-
priVing their former employees of doing a
lawful business; and be il further
Resolved, That we call upon all fair mind.
cd people to let the goods of these unfair
ana n-American manufacturers severely
alone.
After the passage of the above reso-
luton it was decided to publish list
OF retail stores handling the goods of
the combine in every alliance paper, an
effort that will tend largely to bring
the company to terms.
The committee appointed to confer
with the anti-sub-treasuryites made a
report which showed very plainly that
the opposition to the sub-treasury
plank was not very popular in the
body. The report is long, and is of no