The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-13
The State Farmers Alliance
After inc. R. Smiths
Scalp.
A RESOLUTION PASSED
AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AT
HILLSBORO THIS WEEK.
OTHER ALLIANCE PROCEEDINGS
The Majority Of The Old Officers Reelected. .
The Progressive Farmer has the So
Smith Resolution.

Among the resolutions passed at the
meeting of the State Farmers Alliance,
held at Hilsboro, was one that is calcu-
lated to raise little breeze i'll the office
of the Agricultural Department, and also
in the office of the Progressive Farmer.
1t is a resolution calling on the Board
of Agriculture to get rid of John X.
Smith. / could not get hold of a copy Of
the resolution, as only one copy was
brought to Raleigh yesterday, and that
was taken to the office of the Progress
sive Farmer, whose editor, Joyful
Laughter Ramsey is Smiths first mate
in the Agricultural Department.
l called at the Progressive Farmer of
flee and asked Editor Ramsey if he could
give me a copy of the resolutions passed
Mt Hillsboro. He had not seen any. SO
he stated. and there was none in his
office. Later on a gentleman who was
at the Hillsboro meeting told me that Il
copy of the resolutions was taken to the
Progressive Farmer office. | saw See
rotary Ramsey again after supper
and told him of the information | had
and asked again if | could get copy OF
the resolutions / could not get them.
he said. because he could not get into
the office. Joyful Laughter may be
excused for wanting the resolutions kept
from the public gaze as long as possible.
for besides being the running mate of
Smith in the Agricultural Department.
there is perhaps a touch of anti-Ramsey.
as well as anti-Smith in them. at least
~ hx, hnfrx he .,Js
ance in the resolution protests against
the appointment or retention of any
body at the head of the Agricultural De
partment. other than Il real genuine
farmer and man in touch with the
farmers. and in sympathy with them,
and calls on the Board of Directors
ut the earliest opportunity to appoint 1,
man filling these requirements. This
schrapnel hit John Il. square in the neck
and tore up the ground all around Ram
say. for about all the farming that joy
full Laughter has done during the past
dozen or more years has been to farm
the farmers out of living ms a news
paper editor, and farm himself into a fat
Office. and besides, how does joyful
Laughter know but that. il the boar,
obeys the letter of the alliance resolu-
ton. it may not also respond to the spirit
of it, and put men in the positions held
by both himself and Smith. who are in
sympathy with the farmers? So let
joyful Laughter be excused for desiring
to keep the resolution away from the
light as long as possible.
But the gist of it is given above, and
it passed by unanimous vote. and Il
copy was ordered to be sent to the
Board of Agriculture
Another Resolution passed by the al
lance. commended Governor Russell for
his efforts to get lower railroad rates,
and still another thanked Senator Ma
son for getting through Congress the
pure food bill.
The shoe factory matter was left with
the Executive committee. and nearly al!
the old officers were reelected.
John Graham was reelected President
and ID. c. Bryan. of Jonesboro, vice
president. to succeed w. B. Upchurch:
L b. Parker business agent, was re
elected: w. Fl. Davis. of WILLIAMSBURG
succeeds w. b. Brickhouse as assistant
lecturer. and ID. w. Watson succeeds
A. d. X. Wallace as sergeant-at-arms
A. J. Moye. Of Pitt, was. elected assist
ant sergeant-at-arms.
The only change made in the other
officers was the election OF G. G. Nc
LELAND. of Goodwin. ii member of tn,
executive committee in place of A. L
Hileman, of Concord.