The representative., 1898-04-27
NAT. +: A. AND |. U. DEPT
At st. Paul Mr.. ]. @. Ranley win re-
ceive subscriptions for The Representa-
tive at his Office, 400 Baltimore Building.

cove subscriptions Tor The Representa-
tive at his Office 400 Baltimore Building.
We have issued the farmers Of Mime
sofa, free Of charge, 125,vv~ pamphlets
containing literature pertaining to ALL
ance and agricultural interests, since we
have been elected secretary Of the state
organization. We have conducted the
enormous correspondence OF this Office
for the full time Of our incumbency
without cent OF remuneration We
have borne the full expense of the Office
out OF our own pocket. AS the report OF
the auditing committee of the State
Alliance shows: I'VE, the undersigned
auditing committee respectfully report
to the convention the following: We
find the books of Secretary Hanley cor
rect as follows:
Expenditures, 1897 ............. $240 SO
Cash receipts, 1897. .......... 2797
Signed:
PAUL KENNEDY, Chairman,
MARTIN E. JOHNSON. Sec'y.
NICK VANDERGAN.
Jan. 6. 1893.
The balance sheets show the following
condition at this date
Cash receipts, Alliances. s.........$ 81 on
Cash receipts, delegates and ap-
n1fnonto m
Total receipts. .$114 90
Expenditures to date. .$486 %
We have also paid for our Alliance
Advocate and its distribution to the
farmers Of the Northwest over $4,000.
II some of our critics wiluin the AL
lance would contribute some substan-
tial work in organizing their own local
lodge Instead of slanderng and villify-
Ing such members as are doing the work
we would have an organization Of 10000
farmers In this state. They would then
not have to "stoop to such an abyss
OF rottenness that they have to ask for
political favors from the hands Of the
plutocratic, machine-made governor Of
Jim Hills state OF Minnesota" In this
case they would not have to ask but
TAKE THAT WHICH BELONGS TO
THEM.
From the way the daily press and
the politicians are talking about the Al
lance 1t looks as II we must be dying
again. It is only when we are dying and
giving few good kicks in our last
agony. and knocking the brains out Of
the politicians, and disturbing their we'll
laid schemes that they bestow any care
or attention to us whatever -ey will
find. as Vice President Eric Olson said.
I'VE are so used to being dead that
the political corporations are afraid Of
our corpse" But still the Alliance will
some day ''teach the nigger in the wood
pile a lesson that they never dreamed Of"
Our members have reason to feel flat
tered at the steady growth of the Alli-
ance and the gradual awakening Of in
terest Of the farmers in their own be
half. When we find political parties and
politicians SO agitated that they are will
ing and anxious to have the officers Of
the organization indicted by the grand
jury for what they called a fraud upon
the farmers Of the state" you can make
up your mind that the Alliance is very
much alive and the fear that this great
organization will disturb their little
schemes is the reason for their zeal and
activity in trying to destroy the organ
ization by setting us at war with each
other. Don't assist the enemy. Stick to
the organization and preserve it, and in
time it will save you.
]. c. HANLEY,