People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-08-05
SUMNER COUNTY ALLIANCE.
New Officers Elected. Relation OF
the Alliance to Partisan Politics
Again Defined.

The regular quarterly meeting OF
the Sumner County Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union was held in
Liberty hall last Friday. BY some
misunderstanding the minutes eS-
capped us. The proceedings were
mostly matters Of business. The
county business agent, G.. 4. Camp,
made his report which was very salts
factory. Mr.. Camp was reappOinted
county business agent. New officers
elected and installed for the enSueing
year were: President, G. \. Camp:
vice-president, Henry ShapcOtt; sec
retary, Oscar DeTurk: treasurer. II.
+. Harbaugh: steward. W. Z. Hale:
lecturer, W. S. Pile: assistant lecturer,
Andrew Yeakle: chaplain, Thomas
White; dOorkeeper, W. H. Ramey;
assistant dOOrkeeper, Mark Ward; ju-
dietary committee, A. c.. Lambe, J. p.
Wilmer, A. DeTurk, W. Z. Hale.
J. X. Moore and Carey Tilbury were
elected as delegates to the State
Alliance in October.
The following resolution offered by
A. G. FOrney was passed:
Whereas, A. C. Lambe has served
two terms as president of the Sum-
ner County Alliance and has proven
himself efficient, able, fair and pa
tient presiding officer, therefore, |
move that a vote Of thanks be ex-
tended to Brothers Lambe and Til
bury, county secretary. and all the
outgoing officers of the County Al
lance.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following, which was
adopted:
WHEREAS, 1t has become common
for the public press, speakers and
Others to refer to the Alliance as a Do
litical party and to use the phrase.
alliance party" ETC., therefore be it
again
ReSOlred, BY the Sumner County
Alliance that the Alliance Is in no
sense political organization. That
IpartiSan politics are not allowed dis
cuSSed in or meetings, and that the
work and mission of the Alliance. is
separate and distinct from any and all
political parties, and that any paper
or speaker referring to any political
party as the Alliance party" guilty
of diScOurteSy and either wilfully or
ignOrantly miSrepresentS the Alliance.
! That in SubstantiatiOn of the above
we again call the attention of the
public to our declaration of pHrposes
published herewith:
DECLARATION OF PURPOSES.
| WHEREAS. The general condition
of our country mperatively demands
unity Of action on the part of the la
boring classes. reformation in econ
Omy. and the dissemination of princi-
Piles best calculated to encourage and
foster agricultural and mechanical
pursuits, encouraging the tOiling
maSSeS-leading them in the road to
prosperity, and providing a just and
! fair remuneration for labor, a just eX-
change for our commodities and the
best means of securing to the labOring
classes the greatest amount of good:
We hold to the principle that all mo-
nOpOlieS are dangerous to the best in
tereStS of our country, tending to en-
slave a free people and Subvert and f.
nally overthrow the great principles
purchased by the fathers of American
! liberty: we therefore adopt the fol-
lowing as our declaration Of princi-
'pleS:
/. To labor for the education of
the agricultural classes in the science
of economical government. ina strictly
nOnpartiSan spirit; and to bring about
a more perfect union of said classes.
,. To demand equal rights to all
and special favOrS to none.
3. To endorse the motto: "In
things essential. unity: in all thing,
charity"
/. TO develop a better state men,
tally, morally, socially and flnan-
cially.
). To constantly strive to secure
entire harmony and goodwill among
all mankind, and brOtherly love
among ourselves.
I 6 To suppress personal. local. see
tional and national prejudiceS, all un-
healthful rivalry and selfish ambi-
tiOn.
:. The brightest jewels which it
garners are. the tears Of widows and
l0rphans: and its imperative COM
mands are. TO visit the homes where
lacerated hearts are bleeding. to as
Suage the sufferings of a brother
or sister, to bury the dead.
care for the widows and educate the
Orhpans: TO exercise charity toward
offenders: TO cOnStrue words and deeds
in their most favorable light. grant
ing honesty of purpose and good in
tentionS TO Others: and to protect the
principles of the Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union until death.
Its laws are reason and equity: its
cardinal doctrines inspires purity of
thought and life: its intention is.
Peace on earth. and goodwill to
man."
Rssoloed, That by the death of
Bro. L. L. Polk. national president OF
the national +. \. & |. L.. the
order has met with an almost irreDar-
able loss: and that the order in SUM-
ner county do sympathize with his be-