The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-12-15

be a county fair committee, for tbl
purpose OF arranging and managinrH ~
county fair for the benefit of mGm52o.l
of the Alliance. 'IS
This is a matter of first importano,
and your best men and women ebo,I1I5
be put on this committee. Encolrsnoo
your lady members to take a graatoos9
int rest in the work of the Alliance II
giving them something to do for tI!o
benefit of the Alliance. The little brio'
a-brac which they will furnish, if soId
at auction, will add many thOuSanJ
dollars to the Alliance treasures AND
help TO carry on the educational rort
Let every II feel that your conn.,,
and State officers are simply Your spTS.
wants and can do nothing without yomr
support, and make up your mind to do
your part as best you can, and vour
officers will do theirs, and the resnit
will inevitably be the relief Of the in
dustrial classes, q better country .
higher and grander education. and .
more prosperous and happy people
The following resolution by Brother
Macune was adopted:
That the brethren of the entire order
be requested to set aside and observe
the first meeting in January each wear
in every Sub-Alliance i'll the III tied
States as National Alliance dav. and
that upOn that day they read and dis,
cuss the national demands, and the
Sub Alliance lecturer and others de-.
liver addresses in behalf Of the nation.
al propaganda fund for the Distribution
that the Sub-AllianCe Secretary take
49, 1~11Ol+I-1 -, I1l@lf &c u .
propaganda funda and forward the same
to the National Secretary at Washing.
ton, D. @.
A resolution by Brother Rock. Of
Oregon, was adopted:
Belle wing the success of our cause
will be proportional to the intelligence
of the people upon economic questions.
be it therefore
RuSOLUed, That this council heartily
concur in recommending that each
Sub-Al1iance be requested at once to
take steps by donation or by literary
other entertainments to secure a
fund to procure a good circulating
library of approved reform literature,
including Schrader's Comparative Sta
tistical Chart. Here each member can
become a power in redeemiDg us from
our thraldOm.
Partial report of committee on mile
age and per diem received and adopted:
We, your committee on mileage and
per diem, beg leave to submit the fol-
report. We have audited the
accounts of one hundred delegates and
officers in accordance with the resolu-
tiOns passed by your body, making a
total expense of s.
The f0llowu& resolution by Brother
Hugh D. GRID Tennessee, was read
ID, That y: use the action of the
Executive Approved by Pre8i-
dent L L. Polk and Secretary J. H.
lecture tCttrr5 bu II e T1S;taa52LjishinA we we approve aopToVe
and commend the work done by J. F.
Tillman, the manager Of said bureau,
in the distributions of lectUress and other
literature, which has been done 10y an
immense and labOriOus correspondence
in strict accordance with the require.
ment, viz: That the expenditures for,
SAID lecture bureau shall in no case be
in excess of the ava1ablefund for that
purpose"
The following resolution by Brother
of Tennessee, was adopted:
That the reform press bureau, estab-
lished at Washington by the Legislative
committee and managed by H. W..
Aver, under the supervision Of Presi.
dent Polk, is commended for the good
work that it has done: but in the future
believe that such work should be
done under the supervision and man
agement of the National Economist.
Further, that the thanks of this body
be extended to II. w. Aver for his
work in this behalf.
On motion of Brother Livingston,
hat the treasurer be authorized to send
Cobb. who had gone to Wis
eonsin to organize Alliances, sufficient
money from the common fund to pay
lis way back to Georgia, was amended
Oy Brother Page, of Virginia, that the
appropriation do not exceed $40, and
as amended.
The following were elected to the leg
committee: Mann Page, of Nm-
w. f. Gwynne, of Tennessee; L.
F~eatherstOn, OF Arkansas
The report of the judiciary commit
zee on the situation in Louisiana was
received:
To the Supreme Council Of the Nation,
oil Farmers Alliance and Industrial
UpiOn:
Your judiciary committee having
lad under consideration the appeal
aiken from the vote of the Louisiana
State Union at it's annual meeting "A
August last, whereby said State Union
attempted by the passage of a resolu;,
ion offered by a committee ap%pOinted
~ the president Of said Union, I. :.
ADAMS, to ally itself with and declare
Itself a faction Of the Democratic party,
)eg leave to report that in the judg'
nent of your committee the Louisiana
State Union exceeded her powers ana
authority in the adoption of said re-
port, in2smuch as no Alliance a N
my way pledge or dictate by a vote
hereOn how its individual membership
hall vote: neither can it declare itsen