People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1893-02-03
The County Alliance.

idl OliiOoI HUI Delng present., bro.
Ward, Of Harmon Alliance was ap-
pointed steward. After prayer by
chaplain, the president appointed
Bros. A. De Turk, Hamilton, Veail,
Logan and Flora as committee on
credentials and Bros. Lamb, Howe,
Camp, Lively and Shofner on reso-
lutiOns. Previous minutes read and
approved.
The business agent reported and
recommended that sub-business
agents throughout the country work
up trade and get the benefit of any
saving through the county agent.
Report adopted.
Bro. d. T. Rose, chairman of com.
mittee on condition and work of the
order, submitted lengthy report in
writing. ltset forth that while there
was lack of interest in the meetings
and work of the order. each member
declared their faith in the Alliance
and its principles as strong as ever.
1t recommended measures to revive
the work of the Sub-AllianceS and put
the number of members in good
standing in the county at about 500.
The committee reported forty-ave
delegates properly accredited, repre-
Senting sixteen sub-AllanceS. Re
port adopted and recess taken.
At one o'clock met in due form.
President on motion appointed COM
mittee to secure hall for the meet
ings of the County Alliance and Bros.
Ramey, Ward and De Turk were
named as such committee.
Reports Of delegates j. X. Moore
and II. H. Howe of the State Alliance
accepted.
Report Of committee on finance ap-
proved.
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following:
We, your committee on resO-
ttons, beg leave to submit the follow
ing:
l. RESOLVED, That we reaffim
our allegiance to the Declaration of
Principles" enuciated at the st. Louis
convention, also the same at Ocala.
Florida.
! WHEREAS, Our understanding OF
the object or necessity of the order
was for the purpose of redressing
wrong and infusing honesty into
national, state and county govern
mentS, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That we earnestly re-
quest our state legislature to enact
into law what is known as the Aus
tralian ballot system. We also de-
mand in the interest Of the tOiling
masses that the salaries of our county
officers be so reduced that they will.
in some measure, conform to the ac-
tual profits Of the farmer or labOrer.
Further, we demand the repeal of the
law, if such law exists. giving the
county surveyor four dollars per day
for services never performed.
, We, the people of Kansas. repel
with scOrn the charge that we are re-
pudiatOrs and anarchists; we have
made Kansas what it is and all our
interests are in Kansas, but we are
opposed to the system thlt mix es
the rich richer and the poor poorer
and demand an equal chance in the
race of life, or in other
words, equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.
RESOLVED, That our mortgage
laws should be changed so that il
shall require no more than the prop
erty mortgaged to pay the debt.
RESOLVED, That all insurance
companies doing business in the state
should not Insure property for more
than its par value and if so doing
: that they be compelled to pay the full
!, amount as per contract.
RESOLVED, That the county sur.
veyOr, after being employed by county
commissioners 10 make survey OF
the dimensions of a bridge or bridges
in any of the counties of the state.
shall not be employed by or receive
bribes by any bridge company and if
proven guilty Of same, a penalty of
not less than $500, nor more than
5000 and imprisonment of not less
than thirty days nor more than six
months in the county jail, shall be
inflicted.
Also, the following from Star Alli-
ance:
Believing that education should be
at all time untrammelled. that inter
est is absorbing all the profits and
much of the substance of our people.
that official salaries are not in proper
ti0n to our means TO pay. that our
mortgage laws are in many respects
unjust, that adulteratiOn Of food is
injuriOusly prevalent. Therefore. We
as an Alliance, request our County
Alliance to endorse the following res
OlutiOns and forward the same to the
state secretary to be presented by the
executive board to the state legisla-
ture:
RESOLVED, That We favor state
uniformity of textbooks for our COM
mon schools and urge the present leg
islature to enact such law and pro-
vide for supplying the school articles
at cost.
RESOLVED. That the legal rates of
interest be reduced to six per cent.
and all rates higher than eight per
cent. shall be deemed uSurious and