Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-03-08
rApurRs ALLIANCE.
ssmf-Anpuni Meeting of the Execu-
tt,o tnntmittee.

/ semi-AnnuR1 Meeting OF t"o
tive Committee
Dallas. Tex. March 1.-THE semi-an-
nual meeting OF the Texas state Farm
ers Alliance executive committee au-
Journed finally at 8 p. m.
All the books OF the secretary anu
treasurer were posted UP and found 10
| be correct in every respect, and finances
were as good as could be expected.
The following proclamation was Is
sued.
ITO the members OF the Farmers ALL
ance and Industrial Union Of Texas
Dear Brothers and Sisters: we, the
president and executive committee AT
our regular semi-annual meeting in
Dallas. March g, send out to you, for
your Information and encouragement,
the following report of our work;
AT the last state meeting the presi-
dent and the executive committee were
instructed to memorabilia the National
Alliance on the protest Of the state All
ance against paying national temale
dues, and in compliance with TINS IN
struction we filed our protest with the
secretary Of the National Alliance, and
after persistent effort succeeded In OBJ
tanning such a recognition of state
rights as TO leave this matter with
each state. and Texas Is thus able to
fulfill her promise to the sisterhood-
that they shall pay no dues.
"The male dues continue as before,
s cents semi-annually, to be sent with
the April and october reports.
Realizing the necessity for funds to
carry on our work, We appeal to the
brotherhood to be prompt in making
their reports.
AS to the order In our state, we con-
slider the outlook encouraging. Every
where is harmony and many Of the
county reports exceed those Of several
quarters previous. and some are double
their preceding reports, and from many
counties the promise TO go systematic
cally to work to reorganlze their coun-
ties at once, and nearly everywhere
Seems to be a forward move all along
the line.
Brothers and sisters the pepetuity
OF our form Of government yes Of our
very homes. depends on our fealty to
our beloved order and our propaga-
ton OF It's fundamental principles.
Then let every brother and sister who
loves the little ones about their knees
lose no time 10 thoroughly reorganize
all of the material about them, and go
on building up to that goal Of prosper
ity SO easily attained by properly dl-
rected Efforts
The father OF this noble order yet
lives. with white hairs, trembling on
WV W. SC VI tlHlNlANr anu no true ALI
ahce man or woman but would love to
grasp the palm Of the venerable pa
triarch In whose brain the idea was
first conceived, and II the providence Of
God does not direct otherwise you may
have that opportunity on the third
Tuesday In next August, for We have
accepted the proposition OF Lnmpasas
county 70 hold the next State Alliance
there and give our veterans an oppor-
tIlulfN "a trAaI d..
for once rally around the birthplace of
the order. EVAN JONES, Pres"
wv. p. MARTIN,
Chairman Executive Comnitte.
&C A. AIcMEANS,
'"T S. DeARMEND."
Mr. Martin TO the Gazette correspond
ent this afternoon said
THE order Is In nrst-rate shape. con
slderlng the hard times. which / be-
lieve have told on all clnsscs and on an
lines Of business. There are thousands
and thousands Of our members who are
unable to pay their dues but we are
carrying them until they can pay up,
which we know they will do when
times get better Our finances are not
however, in so bad shape as this
might imply. On the contrary we are
all right as an order. When we ad-
iourn tonight we viii issue a procla-
nation announcing that the next an
nu1l convention Of the State Alliance
VIII be held at Lampasas the third
Tuesday In August 1896 The State
Alliance was organized at Lampasas
In 1877 by Mr., Allen, an old man, who
is still living there, and whose hand
we all wish to shake.
THE proclamation Will also announce
that we have practically won the fight
we have been making in the National
Alliance, to exempt female mar,hars