The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-01-30


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1t was also decided that the presi-
dent and Secretary should make an
appeal to the sub-alliances for contri-
buttons in order to enable the commit
to do more effective alliance work.
A subcommittee of three was APP
pointed by the President to investi
gate the books of the secretary. Lis.
ter, Poor, and MCGEE were APP
pointed such committee. Mr.. Lister
and Mr.. Poor having already looked
over said books and being satisfied
that there was nothing wrong left it
to McGee to finally look them over.
Whereas, the standing committees
of the House and Senate, on Banks,
Railroads and grain and warehouses,
especially concern the farmers of
Minnesota; and whereas there is
danger of their being packed in the in
terest of the railroads and other COR
porations, therefore, the Executive
Committee of the State Farmers AL
lance speaking in behalf of 80, 900 Or
ganiZed farmers of the state, and So
900 voters, respectfully but earnestly
request that the President of the Sen
ate and the Speaker of the House
shall appoint as Chairmen OF said
committees, and as a majority OF
the members of the same, persons who
are farmers, and if possible members
of the Alliance, and men satisfactory
to this Executive COMMITTEES; and that
no such appointments shall be made
until after free conference with this
committee; in conjunction with the
Alliance members of the Senate and
House.
President appointed the following
committee on printing: State Lecturer
Secretary, Lister, and McGee. the
president being member eX officiO.
The following bills were now audited
and allowed:
Cunningham 4 Co. printing $ 25
GREAT WEST Printing Co. So
:. . 2475
H.V. Poor services on Ex Board 10 90
DIP. Lister g g 90
Ignatius Donnelly g Z" q 6 90
r. II. MCGEE g - g 90 8 90
Eva Mcdonald g % 90 8 90
On motion the ,rfeting adjourned
until Jan 10TH O'CLOCK p. NJ.
A. l.. STRONGER G, Secretary S. f. A.
Minutes approved.
MERCHANTS HOTEL, ST. PAUL, Jan.
16, 2 o'clock P. NJ.
Minutes of last meeting were read by
Secretary and approved. Motion was
made for the President to appoint q
committe of three to secure infor ma
ton and learn the possibility OF incor-
poration of S. f. A. Motion carried.
r. H. MCGEE, H. V. Poor and c. f.
Bohall were made such a committee.
Secretary made some remarks in re-
gard to paying delegates expenses to
annual meeting and the following res
olution was adopted: Resolved: that
the delegates railroad fare only
should be deducted from the annual
dues of his alliance, and where the
dues did not cover said railroad fare
the local Alliance should stand the
same, and that init iation fees should
not be used for such purpose nor
should any Alliance be allowedto draw
on amounts coming due in the future.
Mr.. Meighen offered thefollowing res
Olution: Resolved: that so 900 cop
les of Constitution, Platform and Pro-
ceedings of the late State Annual
meeting shall be printed in the follow
ing languages, viz, English 10000,
Norwegian 5000, Swedish 5000,
German 5000, French $500, Bohem-
ian 2 800 and Polish 1000, also that
5000 copies OF the constitution of the
Alliance shall be printed in English
separately, of which 1000 will be in
stiff paper covers The publishers OF
the Great West" shall have the first
refusal of the work, and in case they
decline to print the abovenumber and
look solely to advertisements, to be
secured by them, for their pay, then
the printing committee is hereby in
structed to make such contract
with Thomas A. Clark of Minneapo-
lis, he to get his pay for the whole
work from advertisements; the Com
ments do not make too bulky vol
ume of the pam phlet, while leaving
Mr.. Clark a fair + enumeration for his
la Dor.
Resolution ayr eed to.
DR.. Fish declines to make any bid
on above printing, the printing is
therefore left to Thos. A. Clark
Moved and agreed to that H. V. Poor
be appointed to confer with a publish
er to print and hold for sale books to
be used by surveillance secretaries
and treasurers.
Moved that the president be instruct
ed to correspond with the parties who
called the national union meeting at
Cincinnati Feb. %, 1891, and enquire
whether later date for the cOnven-
ton would not be advisable.
TreaSurer'S Report.
TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. JAN.
10TH, 1891. DR.
Balance on hand at the annual
meet mo c1O. OK