Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-09-09
A Is CHOSEN
President of the National Farmcrs'
Congress.

Congress.
ST. Paul, Specialize farmers ma
tional congress resumed Its session at
the state capitol yesterday. The most
important business transacted was the
election of officers.
Tuesday evening. ear the close of
the session, the report Of the commit
tee on location appointed to designate
the place Of the next meeting, was
adopted hurriedly. This report was in
favor Of Fort Worth, Tex. At the
morning session yesterday the adop-
ton of this report was reconsidered by
an overwhelming vote. The sentiment
seemed to be strong enough to carry
the congress to Omaha next year, but
the friends Of the Nebraska city were
not disposed to press the matter too
hard. and allowed the settlement of
the question to be made q special order
for to-day.
The final report of the committee on
resolutions will also be made to-day. A
number of matters were cleared up by
an incomplete report yesterday, but
h committee still has perhaps the
most important n,attec that Is before
it for final consideration to-day. This
is tile question of a practical reorgani-
cation of the congress by changing the
method of selecting the delegates
which compose 1t. Several addresses
were made and the election Of officers
taken up.
Ex-Gov. s. ID. Hoard OF Wisconsin
was elected president Of the congress.
receiving 115 votes against 60 for h.
+. Clayton, the present head Of the or
ganization, and s. IL votes for Secre-
tary Stahi. Each state represented on
the floor polled the full vote of its del
egation. John NJ. Stahl was elected
secretary by reclamation. n. G..
Spalding of New York was unanimous
ly elected treasurer to succeed Henry
Hayden of Iowa. Il. j. Appleyard of
Sanford, Fla, and q. A. Stockwell of
Providence. II. l. were unanimously
reelected first and third assistant sec
retaries, and Alex Dunlap of Manistee,
Mich. was elected second assistant
secretary to succeed ID. o. Lively of
Fort Worth, Tex. Mr.. Lively was
elected vice president for his state.
Vice presidents for each state were
also elected.
During the day addresses were deliv-
cred by j. J. Hill, T.. w. Randass. J.
r.. Northrop, A. .. Gregg, DIR. Sateldo,
representative from Venezuela. and
Senior Romero, the Mexican minister.
st. Paul, Specialize National
Farmers congress brought its bust
ness session to a close last evening.
The adjournment was taken to 8
O'Clock Monday morning, but this is
simply for the purpose of getting the
delegates together again for the visit
to the Minnesota State fair. Some
minor items of business may come up
for consideration ut that time, but the
congress is practically at an end, and
the delegates will begin to leave for
their homes to-day. About 300 dele
gate from abroad and a limited num-
Der of the Minnesota delegates will
take the trip through the Red River
valley to-day and tomorrow. On the
whole the congress may be said to
have been most successful, and those
who have attended many Of the
meetings are loud in their praise of
the entertainment afforded them by
st. Paul and CT the practical success of
the meeting. The programme really
afforded an embarrassment of riches.
There were more papers than co1ld be
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forded for their consideration.
Considerable disaffection was ex-
pressed on account of the persistency
with which some of the delegates at
tempted to introduce political ques-
tions into the deliberations Of the con-
gress, and a resolution was introduced
by 0. G.. Gregg of Minnesota, and
adopted under suspension of the rules,
barring for the future questions that
have been taken up by any political
party, or which rightfully belong III
the sphere of practical politics.
The progressive element won q de-
cided victory over the conservatives
in the practically unanimous adoption
of a proposition from the committee
on resolutions providing for a broaden
ing of the base unOn which the con-
gress Is constituted. Hereafter there
will be admitted delegates chosen by
the organizations in each state allied
to the agricultural societies, stock
breeders associations, dairy assOcia-
lions and the like, and in addition it is
to be requested of the governors of the
states that they appoint none but ac-
tual, operating farmers as delegates.
The sugar beet question was given
the right of way ut the morning SEES
sion and a thorough discussion of the
subject was INDUCED in.
The matter of the next place of
meeting was then taken up. Fort
Worth won put by a large majority.
The congress at this point in the pro-
ceedings completed the organization
for the next year by the election of h.
l.. Maxwell Of Louisiana as first vice
president and G. A. Wieting of Au-
burn, n. Y, as second vice pre-, ident.
The committee on finance reported
that the citizens of St. Paul had paid
in $500 and that all the accounts were
balanced. 1t recommended an assess
ment of 81 on each delegate.
The afternoon session was held at
the state agricultural school. Prof.
Hayes delivered an address outlining
the scope and character of the work
the school was doing, after which the
delegates were shown about the farm.
At the evening session n number OF
able and interesting DlDerS were read.