The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-04-08
STRONG APPEAL
TO EQUITY MEN
To Rally to and Stand by
the Organization.
DISCUSSION OF IMPORTANCE
Some Recent Events Explain
ed for the Benefit of
Doubling Ones.

To the members of the A. S. Of E.:
Especially those who are still halt
ing between two opinions as to wheth-
er to still remain loyal to the A. S.
of E. or to cast their lots with the F.
S. of e., ex-President Everitt's new
tangled organization. First, l wish
to say that it is not what was done
at the 1907 convention that has
brought about the confusion that we
find in the minds Of some of our
people, but it is what the eX-Presi-
dent has been writing about said con-
vention. Further, wish to say that
had he remained true to his prom
Uses and declarations as made to said
convention, no such confusion would
have existed to-day. Call on the Sec
rotary of your Local Union and bor-
row his copy of the official proceed
ings of the late National Convention
and read carefully to see what those
promises were.
But to us the breaking of said prom
Uses is no great surprise, because
it's not the first time we have known
him to do a thing like that. What
is there, anyway, about a change In
the officials of the Society SO ex-
traordlnary as to cause any special
trouble, especially II they are true
and competent men? And We wish
to say that in this case we have every
reason to believe that the officials
elected for the year 1908 are honest,
upright and capable, and most all Of
them have been tried in the coun-
ellis of that Society and have demon
strated that the above opinion Is
correct.
We will state further that one of
the great reasons why change In
National President was demanded was
the Czaric disposition of Mr.. Everitt,
and his attempts at absolute domi-
nation. On this point you might ask
vention. If there Is no man in our
country capable of presiding over the
destlnes of the Society except Mr.
Everitt, then verify the days OF the
Society are numbered. If you will
look into the constitution and by
laws for 1908 you will notice that the
President of each organized State be-
comes a member of the National
Board of Directors. If we cannot
risk the men of our own selection in
each State to look after the inter-
ests of the Society, then pray tell me
how could we get men whom we could
risk? Compare these men and the
manner of their selection, with Mr..
Everitts proposed guards of Equity.
Notice their qualifications and who
selects them. He says they shall be
earnest friends of Up-To-Datd Farm
ing, mot of the Society, that they
shall send five dollars for a life
subscription TO UplTo-Date Farming
Self-constituted guards, you see. We
think that in the person Of Mr. c. NJ.
Barnett, our National President, and
Mr.. J. Campbell Cantrell, our State
President and member of the National
Board from Kentucky, we ought to
feel that the interests of the Society
are in safe and highly competent
hands.
Now just a word about the Nation
al Convention. Mr.. Everitt says in
his paper that the late convention
was irregular and revolutionary, and
also that it was a packed convention.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. First, the time and place for
holdinl the convention were fixed
by the Board of Directors of which
Mr.. Everitt was the chairman. Sec
ond, the convention convened at the
right time and place, as fixed by the
Board. The National President call
ed the convention to order and pre-
sided over same, except when he saw
fit to call Vice President Whiting to
the chair for a short while, until the
new officers were elected. The dele
gates were seated by a committee on
credentials consisting Of one delegate
from each State delegation, and twenty
States were represented. This was
evidently the most legally constitut-
ed convention the Society has ever
held, because at the first convention
the delegates were required to pre-
sent credentials from the body that
elected them.
"Oh, but" says Mr.. Everitt, "Indi-
ana aud some of the other nearby
States sent too many delegates. ."
That's nothing uncommon, because of
the much less expense, doubtless, than
the delegates from a distance would
have to pay. And surely if he was
the Immaculate, as some suppose him
to be, he would not object TO a goodly
number of his home people coming TO