The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-09


act 10 abolish the Irvine plant at Saltwater and
leave the producers once more at the mercy of
Resolved That We demand of the legislature
that II defeat any such action and pass such laws
state factory. We ask the local Alliances of the
state to bring their influence to bear on their
senators and members. and urge upon them to
stand by the farmers in this matter; and
ask every farmer to carefully watch and note
the course of their senators and representatives
on this issue and bury every in political
grave who votes for the ring and against the
grain raisers.
Resolved, That deplore the action of the
supreme court of this state in setting aside the
statute passed by the last legislature, providing
Tor the erection OF state elevator at Duluth,
on the ground of unconstitutonality. We can
not see why the surplus of a fund.- taken from
| the pockets of the farmers to pay for inspect
ing their wheat, could not. at the demand Of the
state to erect warehouse for the handling and
| shipment of the wheat inspected. The bill
was unconstitutional to the extent that it pro-
tected the producers from the robberies of their
enemies and no farther.
Resolved. That we are uneauivocay opposed
| 20 the adoption of what is known as the town
ship system for the common schools of Mime
sofa, as the present system is fair in regard to
tne distribution of money raised by taxes, is sat
isactofy to the people of the state, and gives an
opportunity to any district which wishes to raise
the standard of their schools by recognizing the
| individual merit of teacher to do so.
Resolved. That we demand that the nvestga-
| ton OF the pine land frauds. which has reveal
ed such terrible amount of corruption should
| be continued and all guilty parties prosecuted;
and we further demand that private parties
| be permitted to have access to the pine
pretence of danger of fire. or any other excuse.
| but that the state land commissioner in charge
of that valuable property, held in trust for pos
| teifty. shall in case of waste or danger from
| fire have such pine by worlImen employed
by the state and sold for the benefit of the state
| in the Chief lumber markets. by public vendue
| to the highest bidder. We believe that if the
timber thieves permitted access to our pine
on any pretense, they will never stop until the
| last dollar of the heritage of children is
| stolen.
Resolved, That the Russian thistle has become
of great danger to the farming inter-
| o
| upon the present legislature to take action look
| ing to its arrest and destruction.
Resolved, That inasmuch the present sal
| aries of officials We're established at time of
| universal prosperity when wheat was worth
| $3.50 per bushel, and in view of the present
povertystricken condition of the taxpayers we de-
| mand of the present legislature a reduction of
all official salaries. and local. correspond
with the prices paid to private parties for SINH
| lature the strictest economy in every department
| of government.
| Resolved That the present Australian ballot
| law should be amended that candidates for Of
| flee should not be required to pay for printing
the ballots any more than they are required to
| pay for the ballot boxes. And are in favor
| of the county tickets being printed BY the lowest
| bidder.
| of United States bonds, especially in time OF
| perfect peace, to perpetuate the Discrimination
| against of the great constitutional metals
| sver-and enforce the mseries of the people
| Resolved. That the government of the United
| people with currency it is to supply them
| with postage stamps laws for their protec-
|
| the government to delegate this duty to indvidu-
ais for their enrichment at the expense of the
| people, 1t would be to delegate to individuals
the law making power.
GRAIN INSPECTION.
| A committee consisting of DR.. Johnson,
| D. w. Hxon, j. Q. Cronkhite, Frank War
| ner and H. P. Bjorge was appointed to
draft a resolution relative to the legisla ton
| now governing traffic in grain in the state
| of Minnesota. The committee prepared
and submitted the following resolution,
| which was adopted:
| 1--WE denounce the present system of grain
| inspection in this state as ubiquitous and an
abridgment Of the rights and liberties OF the
as Gov. Nelson's bill and passed by the last
| legislature senate file No. 81. and we de-
| mand the handling and shipping of grain at
country stations and terminal points absolutely
free from restrictions of any nature, and that
| it be bought and sold and shipped as free as
| butter and eggs and other farm produce
| ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The next business to come before the
| body was the election Of officers for the
| ensuing year. An informal ballot for pres
| ident resulted in the election of j. l. Yer
mlya by vote of 60 against "A cast for
l.. c. Long. For secretary A. II. Hen
erickson, of Sank Center, Mimi. was chos-
| en- by reclamation to succeed himself. Sen
| ator r. NJ Probstfield, the retiring treas
| urer was reelected to the same position.
The choice of a lecturer for the coming
| year was somewhat troublesome. L. C.
| Long, of Magnolia, who has acted in that
| capacity for the past year. was oHered
| the place again, but he declined. Several
| other names were men toned, but no one
| could be found who seemed to want the
! position, and Mr.. Long was prevailed upon
| to act another year.
A committee, consisting of Eric Olson. H.
| A. Swain and Thomas J. Meighan, the lat
| ter being chairman, was appointed to con-
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of federatlng with
national farmers organization. E. E.
Sommen and DR.. Johnson were added as
special members for the meeting today.
| An adjournment was then taken till 8
| o'clock.
| THE SESSION OF THE EVENING.
| On calling the meeting to order for the
| evening session the chairman announced
| as the first business the election Of an
| executive committee, which is composed of
| one member from each congressional dis
| trict, the president secretary, treasurer,
| and state lecturer. The ballot was cast by
| districts, each district being entitled to as
| many votes as it had representatives pres
| ent Seven districts were represented, and
| consequently many members, known as
| vice-presid ents. were elected. They are:
| First district, Thomas j. Meighan Second
| district, Peter McGrath; Third district,
| Michael Holden; Fourth district, s. w.
| Powell; Fifth district, Jonas H. Howell,
Sixth district, A. NJ. Stile; Seventh dis
| trct, DR.. c. Johnson.
| The following resolutions We're intro
| duced and adopted:
THAT we demand the passage of law that
| will make all mortgages taxable in the county
| in which they recorded regardless of where
| they are held and the amount of the mortgage
| be deducted from the assessed value of the prop
| erty covered by the mortgage.
I'm view of the threatened action of the pres
| cent legislature change the mortgage foreclo-
| sure law of the state to give the mort
| gayee or mortgage holder immediate possession
| after foreclosure sale. and
| 'ln view of the fact that such change
| would deprive the mortgagor Of every opportuni-
| ty to save his home by the possible aid of an
| other crop. therefore
| "ResoIved That we. the State Farmers ALI
| ance of Minnesota, most earnestly protest against
| any such change in mortgage foreclosure
| laws, and our representatives to keep
| their hands of greed off the poor mans home. -
! The report of the secretary showed that
| at present there are in the state lab al
liances. The total receipts for the year
were SAIL the disbursements 1888. So.
| Mr.. Meighan introduced a resolution fav-
| oring a federation with some one of the
| different national farmers organiza tons.
| A spirited discussion followed. Some of
| the members opposed it on the ground that
| these were secret organizations and that
| MANY of the state alliance men did not be-
| lieve them to be right in principle. and
would leave the ranks of the state order
| if it should effect federation with a ma
| tional organization. The resolution in it's
| original form was finally adopted.
| All business having been disposed of S.
NJ. Owen, who was present as a spectator,
| was called to the platform, and spoke at
| considerable length on the high Importance