The record-union., 1891-10-05
IN OPEN MEETING.

Some of the Speeches Made-Dama2ing
Charges Against Officials.
The open meeting held on Thursday
vening was largely attended, and proved
be somewhat sensational, owing to
rect and specific charges made by dele
gate w. NJ. Reed of Florin against GER
tain members of the County Board of
Supervisors.
The Gait Gazette prints a synopsis of
Mr.. Reeds speech, in which it says he
openly accused three members of the
board of having received SI5, 900 for their
votes on certain question recently be-
fore that body, and that he further stated
that Mr.. Nevis, of the Eagle Winery, was
his authority, and that the latter further
stated that he had himself aided in the
collection of the money.
A. B. BURNS SPEECH.
Mr.. Burns spoke at considerable
length. He believed in order to accom-
plish what the Alliance had started out TO
do, it was necessary to organize third
party, a Peoples party, one that would
drive both the old parties to the wall
While he believed there were hundreds
of thousands of Democrats and a similar
number of Republicans in favor of re-
form, that reformation devoutly to be
wished for could only be brought about
The Farmers Alliance wants to control
the Legislatures of the country. Itwants
to elect every Congressman in the Union
next year, and by and by to control the
United States Senate.
The speaker delved into the past his
tory of politics IN this State, and enum-
Grated many instances where the people
were sold out by both Republicans and
Democrats who were elected to high Off
cial positions. Now that the Alliance
was going TO run matters, no such cor
rupt practices in politics would happen.
He believed in electing men to office who
would change the laws for the benefit of
the farmer and the workingman. He
believed in making plain laws, easily un-
derstood and unchangeable in meaning
and intent. He wants the national
banking system knocked out, and
favored the 2 per cent. loan TO farmers by
the Government.
cited the fact that d. o. Mills' bank. in
Sacramento, paid taxes this year on only
$4,000 worth of property, and claims that
that institution and plant is worth fully
S5,000,00 He claimed that DIR. Harvey
of Gait pays more taxes than ID. o. Mills
bank simply because his property is in
real estate, and, like every other farmer,
he is assessed at a fair valution. No AL
lance man would support lawyer for
any office or place in the gift of the
people.
The speaker was opposed to Blaine or
Cleveland for the Presidency.
WILLIAM BoYNE WAS THERE.
The Gdzetteimakes glowing reference
to the speech of William Boyne of this
city. 1t says he began with events that
occurred five hundred years before the
birth of Christ, and gave chronology
cally correct recital of historical matters
of prominence down to the present day.
The local journalist innocently remarks
that I'VE have not space TO give even a
synopsis of the gentleman's remarks"
Mr.. Boyne was loyal enough to admit,
however, that the Government of the
United States is the best Government on
Gods earth to-day. The laws were all
right, but it was in getting officers to en-
force the laws the trouble lay. He
favored q new party. IL was the only
means by which the Alliance and In
dustrial Union could accomplish what
was, desired He had left the Republican