The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-01-31
KANDIYOHI co. ALLIANCE.
1t Protests Against the F. A. & l. U.
and the New Capitol Scheme,
and Wants the School
Fund Loaned.

diyOhi county alliance was held in
WillmaI on the 5th inst. Although
the attendance was not as large as
could have been expected, there was
present an earnest body of the hardy
tillers of the soil. The following
resolutions we're adopted after a
lively discussion:
Resolved, That we are in favor of
maintaining the Irvine plant at
Saltwater, Mimi, as that is the best
thing that has been invented in this
State as a home industry and makes
Irvine cheap, and by so doing, we
keep the money inside the state.
Purchasing the Irvine manufactured
at home instead of buying from the
east at twice the price, simply means
that the whole state is benefited by
it. We also recommend that this
Irvine be sold to the farmers on time,
for three or four months, or until
after the threshing; and also that
agents be appointed by each local al
lance to handle the Irvine in each
town.
Resolved, That we are in favor of
enacting law, authorizing the
board of county commissioners to
loan out the school moneys, collected
in their respective counties, on real
estate security, for not less than five
years, in no larger sums than $500, to
any one person or corporation, at a
rate Of five per cent interest; said
money to be loaned in the towns
| from which it is collected.
Resolved, That we demand that
the state alliance executive commit
tee be authorized to employ an at
torney and start law suit against
Fl. +. No. 694, enacted by the last
legislature, for building new Capt.
tol at St. Paul, Mimi, for $4,000, 900,
as the aforesaid law is unconstitu-
tional and can easily be revoked.
The constitution says, that ''if the
permanent seat of government, shall
be established at any other place
than upon the State Capitol lands,
the people shall vote upon the ques-
| tiOn before it can become law. Be-
| fore this is done, St. Paul can never
be the permanent seat of govern
ment of the state of Minnesota.
We demand that the local alliances
each raise 81 to meet the expense of
| this prosecution to the amount of
81 400, by the whole state alliance.
eSolved, That we heartily en-
dorse the action now pending before
the railroad commissioners endeavOr-
ing to reduce freight rates.
Resolved, That we are opposed to
any kind of secrecy in the state alli-
ance organization and I'VE are also
against any and all religious pre-
ambleS.
We are also against ENGRAVING any
secret society upon the alliance; we
want the alliance platform grand
enough and broad enough for every
farmer in the state to stand upon: we
want to do the work in broad day
light, and not in the darkness.
Resolved, That we deem it of far
more Importance for our government
to devise ways and means for the
betterment of the peoples condition
here at home, than to NEEDLE with a
foreign cOuntry's monarchy and
throne.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: Nels Guam,
president; O. N. Grue, vice-president;
r. G. Rasmussen, treasurer.
Nels Guam was elected delegate to
the state convention, and J. S. Wick
lund, alternate.
r. c.. RASMUSSEN,
Sec'y Kandiyohi Co. Alliance.