Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-19
TAXPAYERS PROTECTIVE UNION.
The Maine farmers Protec i've Union
Changes Its Name.


Special to the ksBnehec JoUKSAL
| sKowHEeAN. Dei. IS, 9l.--Tne second
Ar u,l msetIe 6 sf the Name farmers Pro
| active U .iol wss held In the pa,iors oi
| Hot. He.e!ton, Thursesy nshs after ih,
adj urnment Of the State Grange. Tbs
L aion was Organised ia Lewiston Ia Dec m
Der las; year.
| Meeting called to order bv President Hal
| G Bn'Ieish. Secretary Is. Walker Me
Keen WAS called 10 report RsIo ted ths'
.ubss qu-nt TO orsaalzAtion Sc Le~ist II
there nad been = m etifg OF executive
cJm mmittee at which comm ttes was raised
10 attend session Of Legislature. Repor
sho"ed money 10 treasury.
| Secretary thought that oryaniz alton hsd
not started ehly enough TO accomplish
much. Secre,srys fep5rt accept W
| a Vintcu, Gay, thought Il f,ssible thai
! me time this sinter there should De .
meeting of he Union for the p oper dis
| cussion of The p p ses for which II Is or
"a I'D PresIi.bt Burtish fel. thst the
| L Ion In connection ~iih the 8 ate Ora g.
Dad done big work at tie SEES on Of the
L. gi.l4ture IL hsd met the strongest lobby
that ever vas got together in Maine l. gs
o ure There ~as nsver Al ApoomAie Z
~it1out B ali Ran before ,sad ne tn 'ush
ih- Uuion ought to feel sati,fi d
With their Bull Run. Thought
9Th Mr.. Vinton that there shuu
be snother meeting this sinter. z
| A G Ibert fully indorssd the ides Of sn ad'
| j urnet meeting Suggested about the tss'
| Of April. The Union must start in early
for aggressive work in presef ii Z aims ard
| purposes Of the orga IL ,tiD1 to the people
| CO. slider the work OF Uni N alresdy dons
h ghiy C, mplimebtary to the ordr II h
T, U lou aeco mpli,hss any thing IL must De
reached By voluntary effort Sitnout com
| pensstion Otherwise It would bs ness 10 STOP
| right nov,
| Som- discussion was INDUCED in -
10 proper tim ard place II holding special
meering Von 4 thst whs n the meeti' sd
| roureed IL b. 20 mes, At Wa erviile, March
l2 b, 1899 at 10 30 A. NJ
| tn. foiio~ing til 1srs were then elscied
| Pfe.ident, Hsil G Buris'gh, Vsssslboro
sr,retsry, B Walker Mckesn, Hea Frye
ou,g; treasurer. W, P. A hertpn. H.lio-
| veil vics presidents, A-costook osunty, Z
f Psrshurst. Prs'qas Isle; A drescogsin
Il A 6uoert, Moth Gre-1s; Cumberland
Charles E Jordan, Cape Elizabeth; Ffsnk.
| lin, Chsries E WIS eler, 4 rmipatpr; knox.
10 Gardner, Reck hand; Hancock, N.
Norton, Penobscot; Lincoln, Thomas Boyd
Boothosy Hsroor; Oxford. ChNla. ksu-
| kin, Eas, Hiram Penooscot, joel X cSsfd
! son, Newport; S N rect, NJ l. NJ riiil, St
| Adams SIS gsdsb C. " y 4 gers, Top han
| Pi-cstsqnis fnHmss Dsg.ett, FoxcroH
1 " ~
inn,F NJ Thompson Rogue Bluffs; Yoik
John N Dstr,Hs. Ssco; Krnnsbsc. J
I II lry Moore, Win hop Executive com
m,ttsr A'oostoos. Etvard W ggin, Hsys
vile CsDr-, Alb. IT Hsice-, For, F-irbeid
| t-iscstsquis. J J Carr, Dover, II F. Dag
| sett, Muu; Psuobsc ] W. Green, Ban
g9r, C Fl pols. Holden; Fra kim, E'sn
| Dli. Ph lips J d Prescott. Farmiustop
Kocx, epheu J Gus ee, AppietoI, A
| folmsn, Rot kispd; Antroscoggr, G Ii
| COBB, Poland. y. J Briggs. S u h Turner
wsld, d Wsdlin, Norhpar', Howard
NurI h. ,BefAU; ksBnsb.c Ruaiius Al ca
winth Up, ". y Weeks. Vsss,lnnro; LIN
con, a II Hu fer, B'i tol, W. X @
Smith, WHIT f'id; Wa-hingto', B +
| Wiiisv, Cher q ID, D N Campbell, Cher
p field; umb srlsnd, W Fl Vinton. GRAY
George FL Greene. Boisters' Mills; Oxford
NJ N Smart, Fryebu'g Ctnre; II. d
irish, Bucktisld; Yors h g Pes.e, Cor
nisb, J +. Warren, Box'5u; SoDefse',
| O winsiov, St Aloaps, o MURRAY. Pire
| n-ld; Sasad.hac, r. 8 Ad ms. Bowdoiu-
b. m Mr. buser, ropsham; H.ncock, H
| Whrnore, v-rous, II J Hsrrimsn, Back
port D-lsQsies at isrg L. B Dennets
Por,lsrd: He'ry R.y olds, L,sermofe
Fas;R W Ellis. Embdsn; A. r S,v
sse, Aubarn; 8 rpben M-'rill, solon; g
| N II Jiisnd, Ham pden; g. NJ Twiteheh
AuguHs; III ear, Gardner. Sscre
tar, Nick. en- sail that the ne~spspers had
been cour Us TO him IN pupEsning calf
Aud an oaucemenis of meetings si,hou
| charge, snd on motion Of that gentleman 4
vote Of thanks was gwen the pIess OF tn;
SEs'e.
A CON mitsee cnnsis.iu9 If Presiisn. Bur
| leish, Sec'y Nj Keen and W II VinsoI
yss ppsin ed ta prepare s programme 81
order OF .xs sss for the meetihg IN Msfeh
| President Busieish b visa instructed d 70 cor fel
with NJ C.R r tffieisis regarding *
cu-sion raes Mr.. DenDstt Of P0r isnf
ssid that in his sscion people understood
| thas lie Uoion vas for naue but farmers
As tie Understood il the L lion vas organ
il d for he behs q OF the tsx2syer, 'h'
squslz ,tidp Of s.xs or tax retsrm. This
tDea va. OF interest to ali taIpsyers vhst
ever heir vocsuo1. He knee OF many citt
zsts in his own city Who uould sork for ths
cause, merchants. msuufsetufefs std me
ch IN es. who, il they understood that th'
| Uaiou was fer them wou j 10 the o,gsa
iz.tion. The fact that it vas called thi
Fsrmers' Protec i've Union led such mer
| COATS, manufacturers and n uecusrics Il
tnti hat The I'm wss for farmer alone
He would suggest sost the name be cha g 4
10 rsxp.ysr.' Protective L ion. Pre-
dsnt Burleign thoughs it might be veil Il
chanse the name but he dishssd very muai
10 drop the nsms Farmer I5 order Il a
1 all ux9ay.is M shs kuo~ that Al
4 Unisn was for all Who Psy
tx sfd - an iTdu 7emsnt fer sil such Il
join, On motion OF Raiillus Alden Of Win
th,op Il vas voted 10 change the name o.
the o. g.rizst,oa to the Tax pave Prctset
i've UnIon. Th,s i, rst IN COT fct ~isi
cots isuIisn and bylaw, paragraph o
vhich reads: Any person vi o Is intsreste'
In this movement my become . remos
by signing The constitution"
| Maine pcnsiOuS.