The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-01-22

OHICeIS 70 unite the who're Sran-STOWlHS
interest Of the state in this move; that.
Whereas, Private abstracting as gen.
orally conducted at present is attended
with serious menace to the title and inter-
est in real property and great abuses;
Resolved, That we demand that the
state assume charge of the real estate
aDstracting business at every county seat,
and through the county officer in charge
be made responsible for the corrections
or such abstracts; and,
Whereas, The rural schools of the state
are today suffering from lack of state
support at the expense Of the higher in
situations of learning:
Resolved, that we demand this policy
reversed and that the common schools
be accorded the state attention and sup
port they are justly entitled to.
christian Johnson, Chairman.
President Vermilya thereupon intro
duced Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas,
as the foremost lady of the land"
Mrs. Lease spoke in substance as FOL
lows:
MIR. President, dear friends and broth
ers: like Minnesota; like it's free, open
prairies, and I like it's people. Also. /
like to speak to the members of the
Farmers Alliance. I, woman, fettered
by a false theology. by false customs, by
hundred traditional ties-I claim for
myself the right of an acknowledged in
dividuality. the right to be myself. And
shall never wear coat that was cut for
another person. I am glad to see that
the farmers are working in the same di-
rectiOn.
This nation is peculiarly indebted to
the farmers. The men who gave us our
constitution and the priceless tenets Of
our political faith; the men who drew
sword at Lexington and other places
famous in the history of this country,
those men did not come from palaces, or
from counting rooms, or from places
where the eyes were daZZZled by the
display Of gold bags. They were farm
ers Ninety per cent of the armies that
fought for the freedom Of this country
in the years 1886 and 1871 were farmers;
so were 80 per cent Of the armies that
carried the stars and stripes to victory
and glory in the battles of the Mexican
war; so were 80 per cent of the armies
that gave their blood for liberty and
justice in the last terrific struggle be-
tween the differing elements OF this ma
ton. No wonder that the farmers are
again taking the lead in the battles that
are now being fought against injustice
and wrong.
The Farmers Alliance movement has
reached gigantic proportions, never
dreamt Of at the outset. First. 1t was
hemmed in by geographical limits; now
1T has spread over he world. All over the
world great battle is waging. 1t is the
people that wants to take peaceful pos
session of their own. The present time
is filled with prophecies, with pending
disasters, but also with bright promises.
1t Is time when the whole race is pro-
foundedly Disconnected Prepare tons
are going on that are to change the map
of Europe, as well as the form of Europe
an government. Armies are raised and
battleships built, but not because the
governments are afraid of each other.
No, because they are afraid of the people.
OF f0
navy. Six battleships have been ordered
to be built at once. The nation has not
yet learned the great lesson, that. how
ever its army and navy are increased,
unless the people are in possession of
their own homes, the ironclads and the
armies are in vain- The nation has not
yet learned the lesson that it cannot
commit a greater mistake than to ignore
the existence Of injustice. You may put
individuals In prison or to death, but
you cannot crush truth in the same way
The ideas of freedom and justice, which
once conquered the great Napoleon are
now kindling fires from one end Of the
earth to the other We may hope that
the last actual fight for human freedom
has been fought, but human greed is still
living. Consciously or unconsciously, we
are now taking part in the old struggle
between human greed and human eman-
cipation.
ThiS nation has been sick for years. It
tried Republican doctor for 20 years
But the patient grew worse. Then it
turned round and tried Democratic
doctor. Thus it placed itself in the same
position as the Irishman who swallowed
two doses of Paris green, to kill a potato
bug which he had previously swallowed.
We have swallowed a gold bug and called
in Republican and a Democratic doctor
to kill it. But never again shall this
nation try Democratic physician I
thank Cod that Grower C1ava1an6 ho G
placed himself and his party in the same
position as the believers in the idea of
REORGANIZATION: If they do. they are dam
ned, and If they don't they are also dam
ned
"Mr. Chairman, do I talk politics? Of
course not But, as woman, am
sometimes liable to speak about politics
without knowing it.
1.-The trouble with the Populist physic-
ians has so far been that they have con-
ferred too much with the Democratic
doctors"
Mrs. Lease stopped here making her
address an introduction to her evenings
address, at which she was to speak on
the subject: (Which Party Can Best
Solve the Problems Of the Hour?"
OFFICERS REELECTED.
Another motion that the meeting pro-
coed to election of officers was put and
carried. DR.. Johnson, Of Wilmar, moved
that the secretary be authorized to cast
the vote of the meeting for the whole
set of outgoing officers.
President Vermilya expressed wish to
withdraw, but met with slight encourage
ment. The motion was seconded, put by
DR.. Johnson, and unanimously carried.
The following are the officers of the AL
lance for the ensuing year: J. /. Vermil-
yea, Dover. president; A. H. Hendrick-
son. Sank Center, secretary: Hon. r. NJ
Probstfeld, Moorhead, treasurer; L. C.
Long MAGNOLIA stat q lecturer
President Vermilyea was called upon
for speech. He thanked briefly fer the
honor shown him and declared his inten-
ton to stick to the post although he
would have preferred to be released.
Five minutes recess was taken to al
low the delegates from the seven congress
SiOnal districts to come together in diff
ferent corners of the hall to select vice
president or member of the executive
committee for each district. The chair
men of the districts reported the choice
Of the following vice presidents: Thomas
]. Meighen, Forrestville, First district; w.
G. Daley, Blue Earth, Second district; H.
V. Poore, Bird Island, Third district
Timothy Ryan, Parker Lake, Fifth dis
trict; Joseph Askew. Wadena, Sixth dis
trict; M. G. Peterson, Valley, Seventh
district. No report was received from the
fourth district.
A TALK FOR THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE.
Ignatius Donnelly, called upon by the
meeting, stated that it was rather hard
upon a man to expect two speeches from
him in the same day. He therefore would
be brief, and speak Of practical ques-
ton. The practical question was The