The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1897-01-13
Aationil +. 4. 81. .. Dspartnsat.
Edited by J. G. HANLEY.
State Secretary.

State Secretary.
With this issue, through the kind
ness of Hon. Ignatius 0Onne1ly, the
department of the National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union of the
State OF MinneSOtH Is eSta bliShed.
AS The REPRESENTATIVES, is the Of
fetal organ for several years, of the
Farmers Alliance, the esta blishment
OF this department will be hailed with
delight and be thoroughly appreciated
by the farmers of this state as another
evidence OF the great generosity and
unseltish interest which that great
man has for suffering humanity, who
not content to give his life's best eff
forts in the cause Of the common peo-
pie, is also disposed to give of his sub.
stance in most lavish manner. We
find him in the afternoon OF his long
and useful life giving his means, &C
CURED through other avenues of in
dustry, to an enterprise which is ''all
work and no pay" to sustain a news
paper whose mission is the "voice of
the Waterman on the watchtower," to.
sound the alarm and awake the peo-
pie to consciousness and knowledge
or all entertainments on the liberties
of American manhood.
While we have been honored by be-
ing placed in charge OF this depart
ment we hope to tie pardoned for the
presumption which prompts us to I'M
dertake this great task. We therefore
ask our readers to grant us their for
bearance and will try and make up in
zeal and energy for the cause what we
lack in ability.
We will therefore try to make this
department Of the paper as interest
ing as possible, by publishing a full
and complete record Of the doings and
growth Of our great organization. 1t
is our desire to have this department
made special order Of business at
every Alliance meeting by reading
this department at each Alliance
meeting and ascertaining what is 60
ing on all over the state by your
brother in the cause. In order to &C
cOmplish this it becomes the moral
duty OF every Alliance or union to
subscribe for one subscription for The
Representative; and in this way keep the
Alliance posted in what is going on
around you. AS the corresponding of.
ficers OF the organization it will be
found necessary to use these columns
to great extent in conveying official
news and intelligence to the Alliances
of the state. And that we may have
news to so report we would like to
have Alliance officers and correspon-
dents send us complete report OF the
organization Of any new or reorganiz-
alton of the old Alliances in the state.
We would therefore urge when remit
ting the fees. to state organization
that one dollar extra will be added for
a years subscription for THE REPRE-
G AvpJy xxyh ioh ho
erty of the Alliance as many Alliance
members would otherwise be deprived
OF the news and intelligence which
this department will entertain and
which they are unable TO secure by a
subscription on account OF the hard
times, etc.
We had grand convention and the
intense ,earneStneSS displayed by the
delegates in attendance speaks well
for the future. AS the determination
which marked the speeches and action
Of the delegates indicates an early
and active awakening OF the Alliance
movement in every part Of the state.
AS it will be necessary to have five
counties organized and five Alliances
in each Of those five counties before
we can organize State Alliance or.
ganization. In order to see that the
new officers are not losing time we
may say that we have issued cvee-A.
dozen conn ISIS ions to prom inent
members of the. Alliance movement
all over the state and as We could only
issue commissions to the members
who were initiated you can see we
have lost no time. The following
well-known Alliance men received
their commissions to commences work
at once in their different localitiesl
II. A. Swain, NCrthfeld; w. w. Prem.
dergast, West Concord; A. G. Barrett,
Holdings Ford; E. S. Macdonald, St.
Paul: ]. r. Campbell, Clyde, e. B.
Cob, Duluth; f. e. Davidson, Apple
ton; j. l. Vermilya, Dover; Geo. Hall,
West Concord; A. H. Hendrickson,
Sank Centre; o. K. Brevig, Granite
Falls; e. J. Moore, Usage; T. S. Fair.
child, Minneapolis.
The national constitution permits
the sum of nine dollars to 60
to the deputy organizer or organizer,
who Institutes an Alliance. We would
like therefore to have the names of
deputy organizer in their locality, as
we expect tremendous boom in the
reorganization of the 1431 Alliances
which were at one time in flourishing
condition in this state. We would
urge the president of all the old ALI
ances to call meeting at once, OF all
their Alliances throughout the state,
and report to us at once, SO that we
can send an organizer there and mi
ate you into the new national organ
ization known as the Farmers Alli-
ance and Industrial Union of the
United States of America"
Considerable disappointment and
regret was expressed by the delegates
attending on account OF the unavOid-
able absence Of that old war-horse,
Hon. L. c. Long; whose noble efforts
on behalf of the common people were
recognized by the delegates to the ex.
tent that he was chosen President Of
the state organization. although hun
dreds of miles away. Mr.. Long was
hurt some time ago quite seriously
and was unable to be present on &C.
count of the seriousness Of the acct
dent which befell him.
PERTH NENT POINTS.