Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-02-15
THE STATE ALLIANCE
FARMERS FROM ALL PARTS OF vIR-
CHINA TO MEET HERE IN AUGUST
"a. REPRESENTATIVE from Each County
Matters to BE Discussed-ho" 'A
Institutes are Conducted

r,,ore ia probably no buster man in the
,;tv ~ Richmond than Major A. H. ren"-
sbia Jr.. state business agent OF the Farm
The Majors also well up in all affairs OF
The organization, so Dispatch reporter
dronned in TO see him yesterday to INQUIRE
what subjects of public interest are likely
20 be considered by the order IN us state
convention, which, rs previously puD-
Isbad IN this paper, Will meet IN Rich
mond on the 18th of August next.
This will be the most important gamer
ir, tbat this strong and growing brother
hood has had in Virginia, and the proceeu-
mos will be watched with special interest;
n has been stated in some OF the papers OF
the State that the convention VIII prooaDly
shane certain matters OF Legislation anu
prepare bills relating thereto, WhIcn VIII
he submitted to candidates for the Generai
kesemblv for their approval or disapproyal.
III this Is done il can readily be seen what
the effect will be in the fall campaign or
AZ least the position of the tillers OF the
coil ON these measures will be well defined.
GAINED THE TINE.
When the Dispatch man entered MAJOR
Venable's Office the latter pulled out ms
watch. which showed the time TO DC
twenty minutes TO 8, and said he was
obliged to 90 to dinner right on and could
not stop moment. -,
The newspaper man reached Tor ms
chronometer, which Is consulted daily oy
HOld Soln TO ascertain the proper moment
for that bright individual TO get up and re-
fire Except on cloudy:days), and smlllngiiy
assured his victim that it was exactly
twenty-six minutes TO 8, and that II ne
gave the scribe six minutes he would De
lust as well off as he was before.
ONE FROM ZACH COUNTY.
Finding that he could not escape, the
Major began by saying that there would
he one hundred delegates to the State
Alliance. which will be held in the hail OF
the House of Delegates, and which Will be
in session several days. =.
There are in the State" the Mayor
went on TO say, "1.2s5 subordinate, ALL
ances. Each of these elect one delegate
to the county alliances, which IN turn
elect one each TO the State Allance. me me
details for the State Alliance meetings VIII
he arranged by me as its business agent at
the proper time.
WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED.
"Oh.n laughed the speaker when. the
newspaper-man asked him what matters
would be considered by the State alliance,
THAT is q question you should not ask me-
and one that cannot answer: Our busl-
ness. like that Of individuals, IS our own
affair. and therefore secret. 1 VIII say,
however. that we stand on the Lynch0urg
and Ocala platforms, and consequently
several matters Of interest 70 the PUBIC
will be discussed. ,,-5
1--WE will probably demand new railroad
laws; reform in the educational system or
tbe State: a decrease ia the expenses OF the
Goyernment; and reduction of the sala.:
ries of county officers. nearly every one OF
whom receive supplementary pay In addl-
ton TO their fees of at least 10 or ~ per
cent, which is not right.
GET NO PAY.
"Tbe members of the State Alliance re-
ce,ye no paw for attending its meetings, so
of course they. transact all business aS
speedy as possible" -
While the reporter was waving his
dexter upward with wing-like motion 70
indicate from what source people VINO
worked for nothing could get their reward
several commission merchants came IN on
business, and the Major with a twinkle IN
his eye suggested TO the scribe IL woulu DC
well for him to take his own advice and
"get hence"
He henced.
Farmers Institutes.
Sta+e-Commissioner Agriculture Colo
mel Thomas Whitehead is always ready to
converse on those subjects which affect
fine material welfare of the farmer, so
when a Dispntch man asked him yesterday
what was transpiring in Alliance circles no
difficulty was experienced in obtaining all
the information at the command OF the
Colonel.
1.-THE Farmers Institute TO be held at
Charlottesville on the Gath and 25th OF TINS
month" he began, " Is atpresent engaging
the attention of agriculturalists. 1hese
institutes are under the management OF a
committee from the State Board OF Agrl-
culture. Mr.. II. L. Lyman, who Is the
chairman of the committee, IS arranging
ali The particulars. The University of Viz
ginia. the Virginia Agricultural and Me-
chanical College, and the Miller Manual
Labor School are all evincinR the greatest
interest in the coming event.
1.-THE railroads have all made, speclal
rates for the occasion. There will be SIX
regular speakers. one of whom will be tho
Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture, ar
ter each of which there will be general
discussion, in which all are at liberty to
-" Movements are on foot to soon have an
institute in each the First and Tenth con-
EressiOnal districts.
HOW THEY ARE HAD.
"In order for an institute TO be held in
a district a petition asking for it must be
prepared and signed by at least three hum
dred actual farmers. The State Board OF
Agriculture will then order the holding OF
| the institute, the sum of $3.50 being set
aside by this body for each one. This IS
| generally sufficient to pay the actual ex-
penses Of the various speakers, the farmers
of the vicinity always lending valuable as
| sistance.
Tho petition for the holding of an in
stitute is generally circulated by the ALI:
ance, which being composed entirely OF
farmers, is the most direct way OF reach
ing them"
no NEW YORK MAN.
In the course of events the Colonel fell
to discussing politics. - tell you what IT
! is he said, ian organized body or 10000
men is no mean factor in politics, and their
opinions should be respected.
:" AS q class the farmers favor no par
| ticular man for President. They are
| fighting for principle or rather policy-not
men. One thing is sure and that is that
| Cleveland as presidential candidates. not
| the choice of one third of the farmers OF
Virginia. l mingle with them great deal
! and think / know their sentiments, and
they do not want any man from the State
of New York"
Colonel Whitehead touched on the free
coinage bill, of which he is an ardent ad.
vocate, and then gave the reporter vivid
description of the cavalry fight at Ire
| villains Station.