Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-10-29

throw creation if it did not go to suit him
he is j. p. of precinct No. l, and noted
one, too.
He says 1 have through ignorance or NAL
ice. by virtue of my position, thrust him
from the order without a trial. The COM
mittee on good of the order in his Alliance
is the court he should first come before
and if he is not satisfied with their decision
he has perfect right to appeal to the
county board, and if he is still dissatisfied
he can appeal to the state board. What
more could he ask He has three courts to
hear him, he knew that all trials come be-
fore their respective committees - sub,
county and state.
He don't want his case to come before
any committee. He wants Just what he
got, so ne could create a great sensation
and arouse the sympathy of the outside
world in his behalf, knowing that his Alli-
ance career is about to end
He says something about an obligation.
l deny the whole of what he says about an
obligation. Anyone who takes the Alliance
obligation and afterwards discloSes it, is q
man l have no confidence in, l don't care
who he is. He says a high-handed fight
against the anti-sub-treaSury membership
of the order is being waged and urged on
chiefly by set of mugwumpS VINO never
should have been admitted, they being in
eligible to II embershIp. l say the anti-sub-
treasury members have had a fair and
square chance to carry the county against
a few of them, not willing to
submit to the will of the majority, have
gone out and tried to organize an anti-sub-
treasury Alliance. At Fort Worth they
elected their executive committee, which
means organization They would not admit
sub-treasury man, so was told by man
who was there. They thrust one sub
at their meeting at Bonham. Some of them
We're from defunct Alliances. At st. Louis
some of them were expelled members.
No member of the Alliance has ever been
denied admission in t'annin county Alliance
on account OF his being opposed to the sub
treasury. At our last meeting of the
county Alliance there were several who OPP
posed the sub-treasury plan. There were
some VINO were at Fort Worth and at Bon
ham in the sub-treasury meetings. All
members in good standing in their Sub-Alli-
ances. and who are not included in reSolu-
ton and part of resolution 20, passed by
the last state Alliance, will be admitted i'll
the county Alliance as far as | am con-
cerned.
Brethren, mention all these things to
show the good people of Fannin the facts as
they are, and to show you that Bro. Bragg 5
whole statement is made to create 4 false
impression in the minds of the outside
world
Brethren, have done my whole duty as
an officer to the best # my understanding,
and whenever you think | fail to do my
duty, or that some one else can fill my place
better than | can, he is the man l want l
know we have several hundred members
who can fill the office | hold and perhaps
better than | can. | am your servant, not
your master. Am willing 10 resign at any
time when majority of the members think
it is TO the interest of the order.
See bylaws. eighth clause: ''Any officer
who shall fail to fulfil the duties of his
Office or abseuts himself from his Alliance
for three stated meetings in succession
without valid excuse, shall be suspended
from office"
| will now call your attention to the con-
stitulion. page L. article Il. section /: Any
member who may hereafter disclose any of
the workings of the order, or who may i'm
part the pass word of the order knowingly
to any one not entitled to the same. shall,
on conviction thereof, be Immediately eX-
PEELED from the body. and shall not be ellgl-
bic to membership thereafter.
Proceedings of state Alliance, 1880, page
%:
To Hon. John D. Fields. President Farmers
State Alliance of Texas:
Your committee on Judiciary, to whom
was referred the case of appeal from Travis
county, have had the case under considera-
ton and ask leave TO report as follows:
In this case Neal J. NcArthur, 4 mem
Der of Goodall Alliance in Travis county,
was charged with ,divulging the workings
a secret session of the Alliance and further
of accusing John D. Field and other men,
bers of the Alliance of embezZlemeut and
malfeasance in Office. 1t appears that in the
lon +I,,,,,,
victed upon the first charge only. Appeal
was then taken to the Travis county ALI
ance. which body sustained the charges in
full, declaring Macarthur guilty; your COM
mittee, after full investigation of all evil
dence in this case and without attempting
to give 4 synopsis of the same, unanimously
ask that the action of the Travis county AL
lance in this case be and the same is hereby
affirmed
Brother Bragg at the July meeting of the
county Alliance obtained some of the work
ingS of the county Alliance, which were the
workings done in secret session, and the
next week the same was published in the
newspapers of the county and in the Farm
ers' World.
Brethren and good people of Fannin
county, | mention these facts to show you
that the county Alliance has been very easy
on Brother Bragg If he had been dealt
with he would now be in company with
Macarthur.
When Brother Bragg obtained a copy of
some of the workings done in secret session
he obtained with the understanding that it
should not go to press. 1t went to press as
before stated. At the last meeting of the
county Alliance, which was III secret
session, he went from the Alliance hall and
cried aloud and spared not some of the
workings of the order, which was in viola
ton of article II, section l, of the constitu-
ton.
Brethren and fellow-citizens. all ask of
you is to do by me as you would have me do
by you. will close by saying, "a few
more grape, Capt. Bragg"
f K TAYLOR