Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-11-26
penalty OF FORGETTING their charters, beg

penalty OF FORGETTING their charters, beg
leave to report:
]. We find that said Vim. II. MURRAY. a
member Of this lodge, did subscribe stock
70 the Farmers World, helped to organize
ana IS aiding the publication of same, and
.hat ne was one OF the prime originators of
!ne Fort Worth convention, and took part
IN same. That is, he is guilty of ali the
charges except signing the Austin
manifesto; but after a careful and i'm
partial investigation of the s.Declaratiou of
Intentions" the ritual, constitution and
bylaws of the order. we find that said
charges are no violation of the order. its
rules or precedent thereof, because said
paper does not claim to be an Alliance
paper, having reserved the right to ad-
Vocate political measures which is not
within the province of the Farmers AL
lance, and We find after a careful examina-
ton OF every number of the Farmers
organization Is a defense of it as expressed
In its Declaration of Intentions" as
organized and chartered by the state, and is
therefore no offense. He has committed no
onense by his support and connection with
the Fort Worth anti-sub-treasury conyen-
ton, because it convened with open
doors, and was therefore not an Alliance
meeting.
2 That no member of the. order can be
expelled under the constitution except for
disclosing the password, the secret work
and proceedings of the order, and for viola
ting the principles expressed in the ttDec-
larations Of Intentions
B. That the state Alliance is non-parti-
san and non-political organization and
compact between sub-lodges, they being
represented through county organizations,
while sub-lodges are compacts of individ-
uals; that the state Alliance has authority
to try its officers and members only, and
that the sub-lodges are the only part of the
organization constitutionally authorized to
try individuals. See sec. 4, art. g. and sec.
2, art II, constitution, also President Evan
Jones' ruling No I, as follows:
''All officers and members OF the county
Farmers Alliance are amenable to the
county Farmers Alliance for their official
conduct, and when charges are preferred
against them they shall be tried by the
board Of the county Alliance. If acquitted
and the charges are so grave as to demand
expulsion, the case would then of necessity
come under the Jurisdiction of the Farmers
Alliance as the only authority for ,expelling
a member.
IAN members Of the Farmers Alliance are
subject to the constitution and bylaws that
govern the order, and must stand response
BILE to the Farmers Alliance to which they
belong for violation Of the bylaws that
govern the same, whether officials in the
county Farmers Alliance or otherwise"
Therefore, the first and all the charges as
coming from the state Alliance are unau-
thorized and irregular. and is an attempt,
we believe, on the part OF the state organi-
cation to suppress the freedom of action of
the individual membership.
4. We find, also, that The said Murray is
a member of our lodge in good standing,
and we therefore resent the insult of the
state Alliance in the declaration that he is
mo longer a member in good standing"
which is totally unauthorized and without
the authority of law. We recommend and
insist upon an acquittal and an Endorsement
of his acts by this Alliance.
JNo. c. EAsTERLISG, Chairman
Committee on Good of the Order.
The report was adopted by the Alliance
without dissenting voice.
B. f. GILGER,
TsEAL1 President.
W. +. HeoD, Sec. Co. L. A. No. 55S.