St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-17
DOINCS OF CHANGERS
Patrons Of Husbandry Put in
a Busy Day at North
field.
They Discuss Free Silver, but
Take No Stand on the
Question.
Serious Accident on the Lang
don Branch Of the Great
Northern.
Nobody Killed Outright, but
Three Men Are Cut and
Bruised.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
NORTHFIELD, Mimi. Dec. 16.-The
second days session OF the Minnesota
State Grange was called to order at II
O'Clock to hear the annual address of
the master of the order, James A. Bull,
of Edna Springs. There were a few
more delegates present than there were
yesterday, a number having arrived on
the evening and early morning trains.
The roll call by the secretary showed
that nearly hundred delegates were in
the room. Mr.. Bull occupied the better
part of an hour and half, but even
then he touched upon some topics more
briefly than he had wished to. He
summed up the work of the OrganiZa-
ton during the past year, and dwelt at
length upon some of the more interest
ing features. He pointed cut the work
that the organization was doing in its
cooperative stores, and particularly en-
phaSiZed the fact that the members of
the grange were getting much good
from them. He said that from reports
sent in it was learned that those who
patroniZed these stores were saving
fully 20 per cent on their purchases,
and that number of new stores would
be put in operation in 4 short time.
Another matter that came up for his
consideration, and to which he devoted
the maj Or part of his address, was the
school of agriculture and the expert
mental station at the state university.
He thought the members of the grange
and the old patrons of huSbandry could
feel deeply gratificd in observing the
good that these institutions were doing;
as it was largely due to the oranges
efforts that they had been started.
The Committee on Finance
or more properly the committee on
the financial conditions of the cOun-
try, was the first to report to
the state grange. The report was
was an exhaustive one, and took up
some of the more popular questions Of
the day, dealing with them from the
granger'S standpoint. The issue of
free silver was also discussed, but no
declaration either for or against it was
made. Sam Adams, chairman of the
executive committee, said later to
your correspondent that, to pre-
vent discOrd in the ranks, it
was thought best to make no decisions
on mOOted questions. Politicians fish
ing for votes will therefore have to be
guarded if they wish to capture the
grangers. The committee on resolutions
submitted its annual report. after which
came the committees on bylaws and
the good of the order. The reports of
these two committees were meager and
of interest only to members of the or
ganizatiOn. The committee on OrganI-
Zation had more to say. 1t Incorporated
in its report much that had been
touched upon by Master Bull in his adj
dress concerning the school of a2ricult-
ure and the experimental station, and
recommended that his advice be carried
out. An adjournment was to take place
at o'clock. the remainder of the
committee could not be heard. and will
therefore report tomorrow. a memorial
service then took place in remembrance
of members of the grange who had died
the past year. Two of the deceased
were residents of Mortified. j j. Alex
ander, who was member of the eXecu-
tive committee, and master of No. 1l0.
Sister Chamberlain was also a North
field resident, and fitting tributes were
paid to both. Tomorrow two members
of the executive committee will be
elected to take the places of Alexander
and William ChOWen. whose terms eX-
pre this year. The fifth and sixth de-
grees will also be conferred upon sew
eral of the members.