The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-08
FOURTH DAY.
FRIDAY, Nov. 20,

Il hIDA u NV ~, ACOA.
House called to orier by Vice:Presi
| dent Clover. Alliance opened in due
form.
Bro. Davie, of Kentucky, was ap-
pointed on the committee of mileage
ard per diem, in place of Brewer, of
Kentucky, who was absent.
After roll call the minutes We're read,
and Bro. Hind, of Florida, called at
tention to correction in the minutes,
which was made as follows: THAT 1t
is the sense of this body that it does not
endorse any business schemes offered
to it."
Minutes approved.
Moved by Bro. Beck, of Alabama,
that the committee appointed by the
chair be changed to the committee on
consolidation. Carried.
A communication from Bro. Beverly
proposing demand for a change in the
Constitution of the United States, was
read and referred to committee on de-
mands.
Election Of officers resumed, and N.
D. Davie, of Kentucky, was elected to
fill vacancy Of Judiciary committee for
a term of two years.
By epecial request the committee on
Presidents message made a report.
The President ruled that the rule of
suspending all but regularly appointed
delegates now prevails, and all present
not regularly seated delegates retire
and be only admitted at the door when
vOuched for by the chairmen of the
respective State delegations.
8. M. Scott appointed Assistant Ser
geant-at, Arms.
Motion adopted to suspend the rule
excluding visiting brethren.
A special committee of five on litera-
ture appointed as follows: II. V. Rork,
Oregon; T. T. Gardner, Kentucky; J.
NJ. Joseph, Iowa; J. W. Stokes, South
Carolina; ]. S. Dore, California.
The committee to confer with the
anti Sub-Treasuryites reported that
they would be ready to make a written
report of the negotiations had between
them in a short time, but wished to
state that the opponents had entirely
backed down and refused to debate the
objections made to our demands with
us at Tomlinson Hall.
A resolution by Bro, Adams, of Ala
bama, that any member of our Order
visiting this body who is not endorsed
by his State delegation shall be ex-
PEELED from this hall, was adopted.
A motion by Bro. Butler, of North
Carolina, that no delegate or visiting
member of the Order shall be admitted
except on the new and special word
adopted for this meeting, and that the
chairman of each State delegation is
hereby authorized to give said word to
all members whom he can endorse, was
adopted.
Report of the Executive Committee
read bv Bro. MaCulLe. Chairman. and
adopted:
To the National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union:
BRETHREN The Executive Board
begs leave to report as follows:
The Supreme Council adjourned at
Ocala leaving the Order in debt So
862.75 according to the secretary's
books, but that amount was increased
somewhat by expenses incurred at
Ocala after the report was made. This
during the early part of the yearhamp-
cred the work very much and pre-
vented al active start upon the cam
paign of education until late in Janu-
airy. There has been much delay on
the part of some Of the State secretaries
in making report and remittance of last
years dues. The delegates were seated
at Ocala on q promise that their State
secretaries would make the remittances
by the following February, but insome
cases the settlement was delayed until
October. This has made several meet
ing5 of the board necessary, and the
secretary was instructed to send to all
State Alliances a statement of the con
ditiOn of their account with the national
early in August, in order that they
should have full information as to
what they were in debt and when pay
ment was due during the regular an
nual session, and make provision for
payment. The present regulations gov
erning the reports and remittances of
State secretaries do not give sufficient
time for the reports of county secre-
taries to be received prior to the time
designated for State secretaries to re-
port and remit to the national. All
this confusion and trouble about the
dues may be obviated if YOU will re-
quire the 1st of November report and
remittance Of the State secretaries to
be based on their membership as shown
In the next previous July reports of the
county secretaries to them, and then to
provide a complete check upon all the
secretaries, national, State and county;
require the subordinate secretaries to
report their membership once a year to
the National Executive Board. This
n report a year from the subordinate
Alliances would be a check upon the
business that would be of great service
in settling with secretaries, both State
and national.