Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-08-15
FARMERS TO CONFER.
MEETING HERE ON TUESDAY or THE
STATE ALLIANCE CONVENTION.
Major Page VIII Touch Upon tho Debt
nnd trge the Need of Rail-
road Commission.


Tho fourth annua, convention Of the
virginia Farmers Alliance will bo held in
the hqll Of the House Of Delegates next
week, commencing Tuesday at noon.
II IS thought that with the exception Of
tina opening day, three sessions Of the body
will be held each day. and it VIII probably
take until Friday night II ct through
the business 20 be considered.
The iirsi two conventions Of the body
were held at l.uray. Page county, and the
third al Lynchhurg.
MANY WILL ATTEND.
Ine delegates IN tho coming assembly
viii number about ono hundred repro
sonung over Twelve hundred Alliances.
but u l. calculated that the convention
WI BRING 10 the city something like
thousand strangers who are Interested III
IN" Alliance movement, as during the last
year the order has increased very rapidly
in the State.
The Virginia Alliance has representation
in the Supreme Council of the National
Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union.
bur has never incorporated the words
industrial Union upon il. name. The
National Alliance has been constituted Dv
merging together yarldGs organizations
having kindred objects III vlew. sucE a.
the wheel. &C.. and 20 1t the State Alliances
bear the same relation as the states origi-
naily bore L. the mon.
GTyIvG OFT SEwi.
The business sessions of the state Com
mltten Will be- secret. but SD much Of the
proceedings a. II Is desired shall reach the
public viii be gwen Out t. the newspapers
fNWtflrH l4Ist..f % fr a.. fnFt
tee. and 81 may he that one or more open
se' SONS viii bee neld at which addresses
VIII tc made by distinguished Alliance
speakers, several Oi whom have been IN
y!tcd - come.
The officers If the State Alliance are:
President. Mann Page. # Prince George;
Fice-fresilcnt, }. Brad. Beverly, OF fau-
quler; Secretary, }. }. Silvey, OF Kappa
hammock; Treasurer. G. I. Barber. Of
Rockingham State Lecturer, Robert
SnayelN. ot Wythryille. and state busi-
ne Agent, \. K. Nenable, j..
ilerc IS also q standing Committee on
Constitution and an Executive Committee.
ihc latter il composed OF five members,
though there u now one vacancy. occa-
Slunrd by the recent -uilicn death III " Na-h-
lnaton or Colonel Magruder. The sur
v'Ylng members are GEORGE ChrismOnd. Of
Rockingham: Julian J.. Rufiin, of Han
over robert Bc,crly. Jr. of Essex: AMI
Mr.. Compton. OF Southwest Virginia.
Officers who have served only one term,
one Of whom IT. tho president. MAJOR PAGE
ars eligible 10 re-clcciiou The Executive
Conmittee Is chosen Tor three years.
c0MNGrIEE oN LEGI-L.rIoN.
The Legislative Committee of the Ali
ance is composed 0f the President, who Is
chairman er-0lfclo. md one member from
each congr, sslonnl district except the
flith, which l. NOT organized.
lie functions OF this committee are edu-
catl0nai IN their character they instruct
the sI0-alliauces as 10 the ACTON IF the
State body, and Will" they have mo- power
10 .eglslate, can recommend 10 the con-
vertI0n such subjects for legislation a.
they may deem advisable. Several smp1r-
tant suggestions will be made at this
ses ,On.
1Ae convention will be- called TO order
by the president. MAJOR Page. and the first
bu mess VIII he that Of pUrglng the body
by taxing up the work after the manner
Of gil secret organizations.
THE PRESIDENTS REPORT.
The President will then read his annual
report ard the work of appointing COM
mi,;ees and culling ont hul mess viii COM
m,nce. \ good deaf Of the time ot III"
body VIII ie occupied with dispOsiue of
unfinished bushes.
Among the important recommendations
vii be changes IN the business orraul2a-
fIou IN order 70 bring that more N har-
mo- nth th0 lruv..ol8 u the charter.
rAyons DEBT SETTLEMENT.
The President will also touch on the
debt question.
I'm conversation with DI-PiTcH reporter
Yesterday Major Page, who spent portion
ol the dav la Richmond. said. IN speaking
If the recommendations that he VII make
iO tnc convention. that MS position re-
rariing the debt l. that Il the bondhold-
.gs and the Commonwealth could come
together without imposing additional bur-
dens on the people and without affecting
| Tie necessary revenues tor the state gov
crnMeui. the support of the asyums, and
for education, he thought the debt cusht
| 10 be settled.
His view vas that o settlement would
! enable the propo cd investor IN Virginia
90 sea what the taxes IN the State would
be in wears To come. / his was q more i'm
portant matter - the investor than what
/ the taxes now are.
WANT \ RAILROAD COMMISSION.
! He also sail he would not recommend
the adoption e n railroad blll hy the con
yemiion. tut would favor recommending
7 80 the | Legislature the constituting Of
railroad commission that would bear tn,
same relation - til. State that the Inter.
state Commerce Commission does T.
| the United States. and would set
! that the railroad laws Of Virginia were en-
| forced and full Justice done. A. an ex-
ample of railroad discrimination h. said
| gram or produce could be shipped from
! Chicago to Richmond for TWENTY-FIVE
! cents per hundred. whereas If a man below
| Richmond wanted to ship produce t.
I Pittsburg II cost tfty-scycn cents per hun
| dred and prepay the freight. The c0nyen-
| tion. he said. would be entirely non-pOlltl-
! cal. and he thinks sober thought and con-
scrvetism Will prevail.
THE PRESIDENTS MOVEMENTS.
Major Page arrived in the city yesterday
morning from Isle of Wight, where Oh
! Thursday he attended an interesting meet
! ing Of the county Alliance. In getting Or
/ the tram to come up TO Petersburg h,
! twisted hIs ankle very severely. He Wa
suffering "A great deal while here. but lrf
| the city III the afternoon t. attend an Al
| lance meeting to-day at Charlottesville
! lie will return to Richmond tonight Ol
| Monday morning. Major Page had no
! vet received "a list of the delegates. 8nf
! said he snew very little about no will b.
! h"re. tie hopes President Polk Will be
| able ~ come.
WORK FOR THE GRAND JURY.
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