The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
STATE FARMERS ALLIANCE.
The President Resigns. - Its Flu.
ture


l have sent in, to the Executive
Committee, of the State Farmers AL
lance, my resignation Of the Office of
President, to take effect at once.
| do this for several reas sons.
l desire the Alliance to be prepared
to select, at it's next meeting, on tire
second Tuesday of January, a new
president, unembarrassed by any con-
sideration of my name. In the mean
time that able gentleman. Mr.. J. /.
Nermilya, of Olmsted county, the first
vice president, will be president, and
look after the details of the coming
| annual meeting.
l should not have permitted my
name, year ago, to go before the con-
vention, but for the attacks Of that
miserable man, e. w. Fish. He
meant to disgrace and degrade me,-if
he could. 1t seems like a horrible
dream to think that only year ago
the state was resounding with his
vOciferOuS and continuous howls and
screams: and to think how utterly he
has dropped into fathomless and total
| oblivion.
One would have thought the very rth
Had swallowed her portentous Birth.
Moreover, l feel that | have too
much to do, and that the work should
go into more youthful and energetic
hands. | have done my part. l de-
sire for the rest Of my life to devote
myself to literary work. and to writ
ing for the colum MS of the REPREsEN-
TATIvE. God seems to have decreed
/ that ! should never possess any high
position, from which l could carry out
my ideas for the good of the human
family. Even the privilege of work
ing for reform in the narrow field of
the Legislature of the state is denied
me. With brain busy with schemes
for the welfare of men, and a heart
full of benevolent impulses, am left
as utterly powerless as if l had been
transferred bodily to the remotest
wilds of Alaska. Corporate power has
built wall of fire around me through
which l cannot pass.
But at least through the columns of
the REPRESENTATIVE / can reach out
and inf uence the minds of men in
this state: as, through my books. |
have been able to rouse millions, all
over the world, from their. torpor.
And so when | pass the dark gates l
shall not, l trust, go with hands al
together empty.
But / implore the farmers of the
state not to let the State Farmers
Alliance perish.
If it does the State Twine factory
at Saltwater will perish with it. Pow
er is the only thing that politicians
resi- spect: and the unorganzed farmers
are altogether powerless. So. friends,
urge you to call your local alliances
together at once, and collect the small
dues. and elect delegates to the con-
! vention at Minneapolis. on the sc cond
Tuesday of January next. If you are
| too poor or too remote to send dele
gate appoint some one else as your
| proxy, who will be able to be present.
| Mr.. Eckford has promised to make all
necessary arrangements for hall and
for reduced railroad and hotel rates.
At the same time that the Alliance
meets there will be great gathering
of the Peoples Party men from all
parts of the state; thousands will at
tend from Minneapolis and St. Paul.
There will be music and oratory and
an enjoyable occasion generally. And
the great Populist League will be Or
ganizcd for the whole state.
Don't hesitate to spend few dol
| lars in this work. If things go on as
they arc going at present no mans
possessions will be safe. You will
sink together in sea Of poverty or a
flood Of civil war. What you pay now
is as premium money to insure you
peace and prosperity in the future.
So. rouse up the local alliances, and
let us show that the spirit of freemen
| is not dead in the land, !. -.
The salient points OF the report are
! the practical Substantiation OF al! the