The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-02-14
ALLIANCE MASS MEETING.
Red Hot Resolutions on State Ele.
vatOr, State Capitol and
County Affairs.

At a meeting held at Erskine, Feb
ruary 3rd, by Scandal alliance, of Polk
County, Mimi, and by mass meeting
of citizens, at the same time and
place, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted, and ordered
published:
Whereas. having through petitions
and resolutions, made known to Con-
gress our desire in regard to certain
changes in existing laws, which would
be advantageous to the producing
class; and whereas, these demands or
appeals have been ignored, while
Cleveland's or Wall Streets demands
are respected and obeyed, it is pre-
sumable that Pluto's latest Wall
Street scheme to have congress issue
5000. 100000 bonds, and have cores
pOnding amount of national bank
currency put into circulation by said
banks, whereby they are again
privileged to extract from labor an
other harvest will be granted; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That we most persistent
ly protest against such an outrage
being perpetrated upon us, and do
most emphatically warn the trium-
plant oligarchy of this nation that
we will not submit to any more exac-
tions. Heed the signal and avert
coming climax.
The bondage is already intolerable.
Whereas, Our state supreme court
has annulled the law to erect State
elevator at Duluth, be it
Resolved, That we take up this
challenge, and following their point
of view, we do hereby declare the
state capitol law to be unconstitu-
tional, and we demand that those
who brought about that law be or
dered to pay for the erecting of such
building out of their own means, if
they want it erected. That the state
supreme court would have to pro-
nounce unconstitutional all popular
legislation for the welfare of the
wealth-prOducing classes, and which
might be detrimental to corporations
and wheat rings, whose Obedient SER
want majority Of said court have
proven to be, is presumable. IT we
cannot :peaceably, by legislation, OBJ
tain the erection Of a state elevator,
then we realize the uselessness of con-
tinuing to produce the common farm
products, and are discussing the adj
visibility Of resOrting to partial pro-
duction of those hardy blueberries,
as we know of suitable warehouses;
for such products.
Whereas, Mr.. Holston, (ediror
Crookston Tribune) has come into
disfavor with county commissioner
Demers, and part of the business
men at CrOOkStOn, be it
Resolved, That as long as Mr.. HOl-
ston is not afraid to disclose the
truth, then we are with him, and will
do all we can for him and his paper.
We have for long time been aware
of the fact that Demers does not act
in accordance with the principles on
which he was elected
The following officers we're elected
for the ensuing year:
President-Lars e. Nelson.
Vice President-C. @. Ness.
TreaSurer-Martin Benson.
Secretary-J. E. Oppegaard.
Mr.. Haugans large hall was cram
med to it's utmost capacity with
weather-beaten farmers and the bus
ness men were well represented. 1t
was decided that the next NEE ting of
this alliance be held February "a next
at 10 O'Clock a. m.
LARS E. NELSON,
M. H. Hottie, Chr. of Meeting.
Secretary of Meeting.