Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-12-08

ing OF one concern will not remove the
evils and injustice that come from
trusts, combines and monopolies. The
great aim Of the Alliance is to find and
apply remedy for the whole range Of
such evils, and its dignity is endangered
and its general influence dissipated by
making specific attack on a particular
concern. Time must be the judge as to
the wisdom of this departure.
Provision was made for legislative
council which the opposition press is
already speaking of as a paid lobby"
Until this session of the council the AL
lance legislative council was composed
of the various state Alliance presidents.
who elected from among themselves q
committee of three known as the national
legislative committee. The committee
on constitution and bylaws recommend
ed the abolition Of this legislative coun-
Gil and it was abolished. The supreme
council never knew why it was done, or
why they adopted the recommendation;
neither did they understand why the
same influence which advocated its
abolition presented on the next day all
amendment providing for an elective
legislative council of three and consti-
tutiug the former council of state presi-
dents an advisory board to act in con-
junction with the new council. The
plea for the abolition of the first council
was that of economy, and yet when the
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three elective members whose mileage
and per diem must be paid from the
fund of the national Alliance, thereby
making the expense of the last council
the same as that of the former.
The innate confidence and honesty of
the delegates at indianapolis prevented
them from delving into the motives
which have brought about the change.
The council as it now stands is COM
posed of President Polk, ex-officio chair,
man: G. w. Macune, member ex-officio;
w. F. Gwynne, of Tennessee; l.. P.
Featherstone, of Arkansas; Mann Page,
of Virginia, elective members, and the
state presidents who constitute the adj
visory board. AS a body the council is
unexceptionally good and may be i'm
plicitly trusted.
The great meeting of the Confederated
union which is to be held on the 22d Of
next February at some point to be
chosen, will be one of the most inspor-
tant gatherings ever held in this coun-
try.
The basis of representation has been
fixed as follows: twenty-five delegates
at large for each industrial organization,
and one additional delegate for each TO-
OO0 members. The twenty-five delegates
at large for the National Farmers Alli-
ance and Industrial union, as elected by
the supreme council, are:
Harry Tracey, Texas; L. P Feather
stone, Arkansas; William Farr Goodwin,
New Jersey; Colonel G. M. Butt, Wis.
consin; Alva Agee, Ohio: 7. S. Adams,
Louisiana; Marion Cannon, California;
L. F. Livingstone, Georgia; Frank Bur-
kett, Mississippi; j.. B. Beverley, Vir-
ginia; Matthew Rhea, Tennessee; l..
Leonard, Missouri; j. B. Weaver, Iowa;
M. V. Rork, Oregon; G. M. Maxson,
New York: st. Claire Thompson, Penn
sylvania; M. A. Householder, Kansas;
M. q. Elsey, Maryland; T. Il. Gardner,
Kentucky; Thomas w. Force, Indiana.
William Hess, Illinois; R. A. South
worth, Colorado; M. V. Lonecker, Mich
igan; S. NJ Adams, Alabama; A. P.
Beskins. Florida; Marion Butler, North
Carolina.
While these number more than twen-
ty-fve, the delegation will only cast
fwapty.fi five votes