The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1892-08-18
ANNUAL SESSION
n. CTS. Alliance at Green's
borough.
A FINE LOOKING BODY OF
MEN-MUCH BUSINESS
TRANSACTED.
Officers Elected-Demand > lop-
ted. ~.

The annual sc ssion Of the State
Alliance at Greens boro closed on
last Thursday night. 1t was largely
attended, and one of tha most inter
esting meetings ever held in the
State. The progress of the reform
movement as reported by the oele-
gates and visitors from every quar-
ter of the State was most encourag-
ing. The tremendous efforts made
by the money power, through its
tools The machine politician and the
partizan press, to draw reform by
appeals to sectional feelings and pre-
judice has had but little effect. In
many places their method have add
ed recruits to the reform ranks. The
outlook is bright, the people have
never had finer opportunity to win
a victory for their principles-such
is the impression we get from the
brethren at the State Alliance.
At IL o'clock ON Tuesd ~ morning
the State Alliance was welcomed to
Greensboro by the mayor of the city
in very happy and appropriate
speech, to which President Butler
responded on behalf of the State
Alliance.
At O'Clock P. M. the Alliance
was called to order for work. The
President delivered his annual mes
sage, which was received with ap'
plause. (See copy in another col
umn.) He reviews the progress OF
the Order, the situation and define:
the duty of the hour. lie made
many recommendations, most o
which were acted on by the body
: The reports of the Secretary-Trea
sury, Business Agent, Lecturer, Elk
Committee and Trustee B. A. Funt
were all very satisfactory.
On Tuesday night Hon. q w. Ma
cnne, Chairman of the National Elk
ecutive Committee, delivered. b.
iavitation, a public address TO
, crowded hall. He discussed Land
, Transportation and Finance, tn
l three principles of the st. Louis DE
mands. It was a very able addres
and was we'll received.
; mediately after the address, IVA
i the hour set apart for the Polk Me
9 mortal exercises. An hour aEd
half was devoted to short eulogles
: sketches and "reminiscences Of tn
l. life and character of the late Hor
s. l.. l.. Polk. The exercises ere yer
appropriate. It was genuine ple'
/. sure for the delegates to perform tn
p sad duty.
; Wednesday morning the body g
" down to work in dead earnest. Fro1
d then till Thursday night when II
/, annual meeting adjourned, and
'r vast amount of business was tran
~ u acted. Probably no legislative bod
ever did more work in the san
b. length of time.
in The st. Louis Demands (adoptt
III at lhe Industrial conferencel we
o. unanimously endorsed. The follo'
:, ing State demands were also adol
at ed unanimously:
y. Whereas, the last General Assel
bly of N orth Carolina failed TO pa
a bill reducing the legal rate OF
n0 terest to six per cent, and where's
=. we endorse the position of those W
'o' used their efforts and votes to pa
such a measure, therefore
VI We demand of our General Asse1
ue w kbly at its next session to pass b
a os reducing the legal rate OF interest
six per cent.
We demand of our General Asse
',o blv at its next session the passage
~, a secret ballot law, with proVlsl
, ,ei in said law that wiI secure to vote
40 40 who cannot read an opportunity
10 vote. :,
~ Whereas there are large railro
.u properties and interests in this st;
W.ol W now escaping taxation in whole OF
,aI I part, and whereas, further, IL Is
10 10, the province of the General Asse
'h bly of North Carolina making
- property in the State bear its eq
~. ~ burden of taxation, now, thereto
be it