St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-15
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED.
All Of the Old Men Asked to Stick IN
Their Posts

Another motion that the meeting pro-
coed to election of officers was mt and
carried. Dr. Johnson, of Willmar.
moved that the secretary be authorized
TO cast the vote of the meeting for the
whole set Of outgoing officers
President Vermilyea was called upon
Tor speech. He thanked the Alliance
briefly for the honor shown him and de-
clared his intention to stick to the post
although he would have preferred to
be released
rive minutes recess was taken to al
low the delegates from the seven con-
gressional districts to come together in
dl1ferent corners of the hall to select
vice president or member Of the execu-
tive committee for each district The
chairmen of the districts reported the
choice of the following vice presidents:
Thomas j. Mehan, Wahpeton, First dis
trict; w. G. Daley, Blue Earth, Second
district; U. V. Poor, Bird Island Third
district; Timothy Ryan, Parker Lake,
Fifth district Joseph Asker, Wadena,
Sixth district; M. G. Peterson, Valley,
Seventh district. No report was re-
ceived from the Sixth district
The following are the officers of the
Alliance for the ensuing year: J. T.
Vermilyea, Dover, president; A. Fl. Hen
erickson, Sank Center secretary: Hon.
r. M. Probstfield, Moorhead, treasurer;
L. c. Long, Magnolia, state lecturer.
H. A. Swain, of Rice county, offered
a couple of resolutions recommending
that all clerical county offices be con-
tracted to the lowest bidder, and that
state elections should be held on odd
numbered years. The resolutions were
laid upon the table for further action.
L. G. Long called for a report from
the committee on union between the
alliance and the Industrial union. The
committee was appointed at the last
annual convention, with p. j. Mehan as
chairman. Mr.. Mehan reported that he
had investigated the matter and come
to the conclusion that the unification of
the several farmer organizations was
only question of time, but that it
could not be accomplished at the pres
ent moment.
President Vermilyea called for several
resolutions that had been lying on the
table. The first one was offered by c.
Fl. Hopkins, and recommended that the
alliance declare itself in favor of gov
eminent control of finances, transporta-
ton and land. L. c. Long protested.
The resolution had first been handed in
to the committee on resolutions, which
body had thought it best to sit down
upon it. 1t belonged properly to the
Peoples party, not to non-partisan
organization like the alliance. Mr.. Hop
kins defended his resolution, boldly
stating that the alliance had been dying
gradually ever since it resolved itself
to be non-partisan body. A debate
followed, which was not wanting in
heat. 1t was clear and open repeti-
ton of the old fight between the two
sections that wished to keep the alliance
out of politics or to throw it right into
the political battles of the moment. The
representatives of the former of those
fNlrn 20 0fin
of it, President Vermilyea left his place
to declare that although favoring the
principles expressed in the resolution,
he would vote against it if he held a
seat in the main body of delegates.
Eventually, it was voted to lay the reso-
luton on the table. The same fate was
shared by several other resolutions
touching upon subjects of a different
nature.
The convention adopted a vote of
thanks to the business men of Mime
apolis, and especially to the COM
mercial club, for the kindness shown
to the Alliance in providing a hall for
its meeting. Another vote of similar
kind was rendered Messrs S. M. Fair
child and w. Lee Moore the members
Of the committee that made the ar
engagements for the meeting.
A delegation from the Knights of
Labor being present, the chairman was
invited to step on the platform H.
s. Seed, district worthy foreman of the
Minnesota assembly of the K. of L.,
read a salutatory address, adopted by
the organization he represented. and
| expressing hope that the two bodies
| would join issue in great final struggle
| against their common enemy, thus re-
| gaining their long lost liberty. Del
| egate Aldrich moved that the conven-
| ton extend the right hand of fellow
| ship to the Minnesota assembly of the
K. Of L., pledging harmonious Cooper
alton in the common work.
The annual report of Secretary A
II. Herdricisson was very brief, only
] giving the financial standing Of the