The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-24
SOME FACTS
ABOUT AS. OFE.
National Convention Regular
In Every Way
MIR. Everitt'S Systematic War
fare ContradictS His
Public Pledge. %.
To the Officers and Members of the
American Society of Equity:

To the Officers and Members of the
American Society OF Equity:
Many letters of inquiry are being
received at National Headquarters
from the members with reference TO
the late National Convention, and we
have thought it best to prepare a
brief summary of the acts for your
information.
In the first place the National Con-
vention was called TO meet at Indian
apolis, October %, 1907, was regular
ly called by the Board of Directors,
presided over by the President, Mr..
Everitt. The body was called to Or
der by Mr.. Everitt and the credential
committee was selected, each state
delegation selecting its own member of
said committee. This credential COM
mittee made up the roster Of the Con-
vention from credentials handed to
them by the various delegates. The
report of this committee was unani-
! er committees were then selected by
the States as had been the credentials
committee.
The convention then proceeded with
its work, part of the time with Mr..
Everitt in the chair, part of the time
with Vice President Whiting in the
chair, until Wednesday, when Mr.. Ev-
eritt in a speech before the conven-
ffnr hot h., Il
a candidate for reelection TO the
presidency. 1t was also announced TO
the convention that 1t had been
agreed that an entire SET of National
Officers should be selected. The Con-
vention then by vote adopted reso-
luton to proceed with the election
of National Officers, which resulted
in the election of the present Off
GERS, without opposition in each case
except for the presidency, and that in
stance the election of Mr.. Barnett was
almost unanimuos and the gentleman
who was voted for in opposition to him
Mr.. Wilson, of Oklahoma, at once
arose and moved to make his election |
unanimous, which was done. After
his speech of acceptance Mr. Everitt |
was called for and made a brief speech |
in which he promised to support the
new officers and aid them in every I
way possible.
1t developed during the convention
that at the orAnization of the Socie-
ty five years ago Mr.. Everitt had mad
a contract with himself, binding the
Society to recognize his paper, Up-to-
Date Farming, for a period of fifty
years, or during the entire corporate
life of the Society. A copy of this
contract was submitted to a firm of
lawyers in Indianapolis and in writ
ten opinion they decided it to be void
able, but advised the body to adopt
resolution declaring 1t null and void.
This resolution was adopted Friday
afternoon by an almost unanimous
vote.
That night, unknown to the men,
bers of the body, who were still at
work in the Convention Hall trying
to complete their labors, the EXPIRES
ident, Mr.. Everitt,and six or eight
other persons, some of whom are not
even members of the Society, met in
bedroom of the same hotel wherein
the convention was holding its meet
ings and went through the process of
electing a boiling set of National Of
ficers, Mr.. Everitt being selected as
Vice President. This so-called list of
National Officers has appeared in ev-
cry issue of Up-to-Date Farming since
the National Meeting, Immediately un-
der the regular list of elected officers.
A systematic warfare upon the new
officers and the Convention itself has {
been pursued by Mr.. Everitt in his
paper ever since the Convention adj
journed. He has sought to ALLEVIATE I
the membership by denouncing the a
Convention as Revolutionary" pack a
ed Convention" etc. No statement was \
ever made at more variance with the a
truth. The Convention took no revolu I
tionary course. 1t did not depart from :
the principles of Equity. and it is not
the intention of the new officers to '
depart from those principles. 1t is the e
intention of the new Officers to mainr 9
tain this Society, to push the good q
work already begun to the relief of a
the toiling millions of farmers from v
unjust Determinations and the pauper .
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