Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1891-07-16
ALLIANCE NOTES.
NEWS OF THE ORDER AND ITs
MEMBERS.
What is Being Done in tho variou,
Sections for the Advancement
ofthe Great Organization
THE STATE ALLIANCES.

all the States will elect delegates to the
state meetings which are held in Au-
gust, September and October. 1t is
very important these July sessions of the
county Alliances be we'll attended, and
that the questions likely to come before
the State body be thoroughly discussed,
to the end that delegates may be well
posted as to the sentiment which prevails.
Each delegate to the State Alliance or
Union should know the number of male
members of the order in his county, and
should know the amount of fees and dues
reported and paid by the county secre-
tary to the State secretary, aud the
amount of per capita dues to the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance and Industrial
Union that the county secretary has col
iiected, and see that the county secretary
has not only sent to the State
secretary what he has collected,
but the proper amount of fees
and the cents per capita dues for every
male member in the county, whether he
has paid or not. 1t is necessary for dele
gates to the State bodies to be able to
show this in order to be sure of being
seated IN the State meeting. The only
way for subordinate bodies to avoid be-
Ing liable to the county Alliance or Union
for dues upon members who do not pay
is to suspend such members for non pay
ment of daes and then report them as
suspended. The only way for county
bodies to avoid being liable for dues
from subordinates that do not pay in full
is TO refuse them any representation in
the county body until all dues are paid
in full. And the only way for the State
body to avoid being liable for dues from
counties which have not paid in full is to
suspend such counties by refusing them
representation until they have paid in
fun all dues, arrearages, and per capita
dues for the national
The cents per capita dues is the only
fund belonging to the national body. 1t
Is only paid once each year, and is due
to be paid by the state secretary to the
national secretary on the first day of No
vember in each year in advance for the
year just commencing. Delegates to
state alliances should therefore see that
the state secretaries have reported to the
national secretary the male membership
of the state on the first day of October,
1890, and paid 5 cents per capita dues to
the national secretary on same. 1t will
not do for the state secretary to say. he
has used the money for other purposes if
it has been collected from the member
ship, because all collected belongs in
special fund, and should never be put in
the general fund; it belongs to the ma
tional as soon as paid to the subordinate
secretary, and all secretaries handle it as
national money. State secretaries should
also be instructed by the coming state
alliances and unions to promptly make
report of their male membership on the
first day of October next, and to make
than Nov. l next. This is very ncces-
sary in order to enable the national
secretary to close his books for the year,
and have them examined by the execu-
tive BOARD and full report made out by
the meeting Of the Supreme Council, on
the third Tuesday in November. Some
delegates have heretofore held the money
back to bring in person to the national
secretary when the Supreme Council
meets. This disarranges the business
and forces the report to be made up with
such States recorded as delinquents, and
the report goes into the minutes and dis
graces the State Alliance for all the next
year. 1t is therefore a great injustice to
the State Alliance for the report of the
State secretary to be delayed or for the
money to be held back after November 1.
The demands of the Order, and of all
other organizations willing to cosopersts
should be freely discussed insAash s 1920 -.
and State AllIaaGE sh Bs prevailing senti-
solptaRd6pted, and delegates who iully
endorse such resolutions selected and au-
thorized 10 elect delegates from the state
to the National body with authority to
select delegates to attend the great labor
conference 10 February, 1892, and repre-
sent the Order IN agreeing with all organ
izatlons OF producers willing to cooperate,
II set of demands and deciding upon
the most efficient means of enforcing such
demands. The following is an extract
from the report of the chairman of the
executive board as adopted by the last
Supreme Council
"Ile cautioned the order as to the
great responsibility resting upon this
body at this time as to what action it
takes in regard to the political situation.
The order could never participate in any
partisan political effort, and in the South
it was opposed to giving its sanction to
any independent or third party move on
the part of the members, while in the
West and Northwest the delegates claim
that the order will retrograde if such
sanction is not given. In this emergency
he thought he had compromise to offer
that would meet the case exactly, and
that was for this body to hereby say that
it gives its sanction and call for meet
ing to be held about February, 1892, to
be composed of delegates from all organ
izations Of producers upon fair basis Of
for the purpose Of gen
eral aud thorough conference upon the
demands OF each, and to the end that all
may agree upon joint set of demands
just prior to the next national campaign,
and agree upon the proper methods Tor
enforcing such demands. II the people
by delegates coming direct from them
agree that third party move is neces-
eary, itneed not be feared. That the next
session OF the supreme council elect dele
gates from this order to represent 1t in
said national Conference Of productive
organizations for political purposes.