Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-10
NJ. RoDERIC.
+. NJ. AICCRACKEN.
". \. GIPSON."

April. \. D., lS9l.
NJ ROBERTO
+. NJ. MCCRACKEN.
". ~ GIrsoN"
Ordered that S O'Clock p. NJ. of our next
lodge DAY to-wit: August i \ d., 1891. be
set for the trial of the above cause.
This .uly2l, y. D., 1921.
d.. r BRAzILE,
President College Hill Alliance.
The following is my answer, viz:
Article 9, Section g. of constitution Of
Farmers Alliance: When any officer or
member shall be guilty of conduct unOe-
coming an Alliance man. or when personal
differences shall exist between members,
and. after reasonable efforts, cannot be am
icably adj sted, an officer may be impeached,
charges and, specifications in writing may
he preferred by any member AT 4 stated
meeting of the board of arbitration; and
when charges are preferred, 4 copy of the
charges. and the specifications shall be fur
niShed by the lecturer to the party charged.
The chairman of the board shall notify the
parties at variance, i'll writing, of the time
and place at which they will take, in writ
ing, all testimony of persons not members
of the Alliance, and report the same at the
next meeting of the board. and upon the re-
port. and such other testimony as may be
had in the Alliance. the board shall at once
proceed in the trial. and fntilct such punish
inent on either or both of the parties as
the board may determine.
And the following writing, viz: THE
State of Texas and the County OF Parker
To the honorable President and Members
of College Hill Alliance No. 217 of Parker
County, Tex: Complying to some specitica-
tions signed by one VI. ROderic, one f. n.
McCracken and one W. y. GIBSON, all of
whom claim 10 be members in good stand
inc OF the aforesaid Alliance, on the
following date, viz, April 81, \. d. 1891,
Nd ,--i-l Fa.f 10
and every member of the said Alliance |
beg lief to submit the following, viz:
l. | ask that the second specification
be dismissed upon the grounds that these
specifications are dated on April 81, a. D.,
1891, and that the said specification claims
that l am guilty of writing an article after
said date, which, of course, makes the said
specification bear a false date. or it claims
specification vs.. myself George T. Muir
raw that had not TRANSFERRED in date
> / further ask that the said Specifica-
TONS the first the last and all. be dismissed
upon the grounds that these specifications
are no official document of the Farmers
Alliance, because they bear no seal of the
Alliance This, that l ask. is in accord with
the ruling of the state Alliance president,
Evan Jones. or the state Alliance executive
committee at Dallas, Tex. on or about May
IS 1891, in the case of the state Alliance VS..
Rayner Alliance on the credentials of VIII
liam l.. Sargent.
3. ] beg an official ruling of College Hill AL
lance No. 2i1, in writing on the two last di-
visions or sections-that is. l and ,.
4. In case your wisdom does not see fit
to comply with the preceding requests then
l ask of said Alliance No. 2I1:
l. a copy of that misrepresentation
alluded to in said specification at Waco.
>. \ marked copy OF the Fort Worth GA
zETTE containing said article for which l
am specified"
3 | ask that a certified copy of the pro.
ceedings of the Waco meeting as referred to
in said specifications be brought con-
fronting myself George T. Murray con-
tanning said misrepresentation"
4. That as the Farmers Alliance of this
state is Il chartered institution under the
laws of the state of Texas, ask that Col
lege Hill Alliance No. Pa furnish or sum-
mon the following named persons as wit
nesses formy use or behalf in sd id trial, viz:
Evan Jones. by whom ! shall prove that [
did not misreprcSeut the said lodge No. 2I1;
S. Q. DAVIS, by whom / will prove my right
to discuss the sub-treasury as a member of
the Farmers Alliance; W. Z. Gass of Bon
ham and Miles Crowley of Galveston, BY
whom with s. O. DAVIS all being secre-
taries Of said Waco meeting. | viii prove or
establish the accuracy OF my statements re-
gdrdino said Waco meeting, as there Is no
certified record of said meetings | will
also prove pl - -. DAVIS JLdI ne. the SdlU
DAVIS, did vouch for my standing in and
being d member of said Alliance No. 2I71,
and the said DAVIS will also testify 10 the
statement that I made to the body in asking
to be seated in the stead of the absent dele
gate-e'ect" Signed GEO. T. MURRAY.
Aug. /, 1891.
The article referred to was printed on
July &, 1891. and headed:
The sUB-TREASCRY.n
PATEENALTsTIC. UsuRpING TIE POWER OF
THE PEoPLE-IT WOULD DEGRADE THE
FARMING CLASS-RECOGNIZE THEM
As BEING TOO GREEN" TO Run
THEIR OWN BUSINESS.
SPRINGTOwN. TEX,
June Is, 1891
Editor Gazette.
College Hill alliance. which IS at Spring
town. has about twenty members al told.
Parker county has about 325 male mem
bers, minors included.
presume that Evan Jones desires every
thing like this published. as he published
tie summons of Rayner alliance TO trial
through the press.
l will show in an article in the near fu-
ture that it will be highly essential 10 make
the lightning bug sub-treasury scheme
party test. am first Of all a Democrat.
GEORGE I. MURRAY.