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HENDRICKS.
h Indiana Pays Tribute to Her Be-
* loved Statesman,
By (TuvaHlng a Bronze Monument to
lIIH Memory—A Vast Throng Pres
ent In Honor of the Distln
gulshed Dead.
Indianapolis, the capital of the Hoosier State
and the home of the President of the Republic,
did honor on the Ist to the memory of one ol
Indiana’s favorite sons—tho late Vice-President
Hendricks—whose notable career as a states
man was cut short just as his life's work had
been rewarded with the second highest office in
the gift of the Amerloan people.
There was no politics in the event. The bu
siness houses and private residences of the
warmest friends of President Harrison were
decorated just as profusely as were those of
their political opponents, and in the imposing
• treet demonstration Republicans marched
with Democrats and Prohibitionists.
The city was handsomely decorated in honor
of the unvaiitng. From every building along
the line of march streamed a profusion of Na
tional colors, and many of the blocks were
elaborately draped. The morning trains added
to the crowds, and among the first arrivals was
Governor Francis, of Missouri, accompanied by
Colonel A. G. Prather, of the National Demo
cratic Committee, and Hon. S. W. Cobb, of Mis
souri. The Gubernatorial party were accorded
the usual honors by the reception committee.
The Miamis, of Hamilton, O , reported at the
same time with the Connersville Hendricks
Club, and the former wei e received by Governor
Campbell in person.
The Thurman Club, of Columbus, 0., and the
Jefferson, of Dayton, with a train elaborately
decorated and headed by a band, also reported,
and so did the Cook County Democracy, of Chi
cago, headed by the famous Second Regiment
Band, and the Hendricks Club, of St. Louis.
These organizations were entertained by the
local Hendricks and Grey Clubs. Many of the
cities and towns throughout the State also sent
clubsand delegations, and there was a super
fluity of brass bands and less pretentious
musical organizations.
The parade was had at 3 p. m„ the column
forming under the direction of General Fred
Knefler. of Indianapolis. While arranging de
tails his horse threw him and then stepped upon
his breast, to his severe injury, but he persisted
in resuming the saddle and remaining in com
mand.
All the organizations took part in the parade,
and there was a line exhibition of the military
and Pythian fraternities, the procession cover
ing one mile in length. The local Hendricks
club acted as special escort to Mrs. Hendricks,
Senator Turpie, Sculptor Parks and Judge
Rand, president of the Monument Commission
ers, marching in a hollow square. Conspicuous
in the column was Governor Campbell and his
mounted staff, the latter wearing gorgeous
uniforms which caught the native Hoosier and
filled him with admiration.
Governor Hill occupied a carriage with Gov
ernor Hovey, Right Reverend Bishop Chatard
and General Morris, and other distinguished
quests were also assigned to carriages, driven
four abreast, with Governor Hill in the center.
Whenever the last-named gentleman was rec
ognized by the crowd along the line of march he
was received with cheers, Governor Campbell
being also given a cordial welcome.
Several acres of people clustered about the
grand stand to witness the unvailing ceremon
ies, and as the head of the procession debouch
sd on Capital Square the artillery fired nine
teen guns in honor of the nineteenth Vice-
President of the United States. Governor
Hovey briefly welcomed the people and intro
duced Judge Rand, president of the commission,
its the dhStrman. Rev. Dr. Jenckes, of St. Paul
Episcopal Church, delivered the invocation, af
!<♦ which General Sickles, on behalf of Tam
many, of New York, presented Mrs. Hendricks
with a handsome wreath of white and pink
roses, direct from New York, and which still re.
rained all their beauty and fragrance. Indolng
this he spoke of Hendricks, as the colleague of
Morton and other men who for years were
giants in the West. Judge Rand then delivered
the historical address, reciting the various steps
in the work of organization and accumulating
funds and agreeing upon a suitable monument
to the memory of the distingulsed dead. cul.
minating in the acceptance of the design sub.
mitted by R. R. Parks, of Flor
ence, Italy, through whose genius it
had been brought to final success.
The dedicatory ode to Mr. Hen
dr cks by James Whitcomb Riley was read by
President Fisher, of Hanover College this fol
lowing the singing of “Columbia” by the choir
of 500 children and the unvailing of the statue
by Mrs. Hendricks, supplemented with a salute
by the artillery. Then came the oration by
Senator David Turpie, a scholarly production,
reviewing at length the many characteristics of
Mr. Hendricks and the work accomplished by
him. It svas an earnest, glowing tribute by an
orator whose inspiration was intensified by a
life-long friendship for the late Vice-President,
and an intimacy only broken by death. Mr.
Turpie claimed close attention and was warmly
applauded.
With the conclusion of Mr. Turpie's oration
there were repeated calls for Governor Hill,
who appeared upon the platform and addressed
the assembled multitude. He paid a glowing
tribute to Indiana’s great statesman.
Governor Campbell then delivered a short
address In eulogy of the man. born in Ohio,
reared in Indiai a but who belonged to the na
tion.
Many score of letters were received by the
Monument Commission from distinguished
men of the Nation regretting inability to
attend the unvailing ceremonies. President
Harrison pleaded press of Executive duties.
Vice-President Morton spoke very kindly of
his predecessor, whem he valued as a friend
and respected as a political opponent. Gen
eral Sherman was equally gracious in his ref
erence to Hendricks. Among others sending
letters were Ex-President Cleveland, Senator
Voorhees, who is confined at Washington by
illness, Attorney-General Miller, Chief Justice
Fuller, Dan Lamont, Senator Vance, Admiral
Porter and the entire Democratic delegation
from Indiana, who are detained by impending
legislation.
The monument is one of the finest works of
sculptured art ever set up in the United States.
The figure of Hendricks is of heroic size, and on
his right s ts the allegorical figure of justice
and on his left that of history. The statesman
is represented as standing firmly on his left
foot with his right advanced, while his right
liand rests in his vest and his left holds a
parchment roll. The main statue is four
teen feet six inches righ, while the
allegorical figures are each ten feet.
The granite of which the pedestal
is constructed came from Italy, and Is of a light
coral tint, while that in the monument has
a fine hammered finish. The base of the
pedestal is 29 feet long and 33 feet in
width, of three courses, and rising to a die in
the center. In each side of the monument is
a niche, two occupied by the figures of Jus
tice and History, while one is vacant and
the other is filled with decorations. The
body shows four fluted columns at the cor
ners. each surmounted by a globe bearing
bronze ornamentations. Above this rests the
dome stone, bearing the cap die, on which
stands the statue of Hendricks The only in
scription is the name “Hendricks," chiseled in
the front niche. Oak and laurel mingle in the
wreath which adorns the monument. The whole
represents an outlay of MO,OOO, and was raised
by contributions from friends of the deceased
Statesman. -
THE GREAT SHOW.
The National World's Columbian Exposi
tion Commissioners Hold Their First
Meeting at Chicago—Temporary Organ
ization Effected, with Judge Harris, ol
Virginia, In the Chair—List of the Mem
berg.
Chicago, .Tune 21.—The National
Commissioners of the World's Colum
bian Exposition assembled at the Grand
Pacific Hotel yesterday, and were called
to order at noon by Commissioner
Ewing, of Illinois. Judge John T. Har
ris, of Virginia, was elected temporary
chairman, and R. R. Price, of Kansas,
temporary secretary, with W. E. Curtis,
as his assistant
A banquet was tendered the commis
sioners at the Palmer House Thursday
night. Addresses were made by several
members, and it was officially an
nounced that the lake front au a site for
the fair was deemed impracticable and
had been abandoned by the directors of
the local organization.
Below is the full list of the commis
sioners, nearly all of whom are now
here:
AT LARGE.
ConirnisDionrrs. Alternates.
A. G. Bullock, Mass. Henry Ingalls, Me.
Thos.W. Palmer, Mich. James Oliver, Jr., Ind.
R. C. Kerens, Mo. R. VV. Furnas, Neb.
G. W. Alien. N. Y. L. Fitzgerald, N. Y.
P. A. B. Widener, Pa. J. W. Chalfant, Pa.
William Lindsay, Ky. P. J. Walsh. Ga.
Henry Exall, Tex. H. L. King. Tex.
Mark McDonald, Cal. Thomas Burke, Wash.
ALABAMA.
O. R. Hundley, William S. Hull,
F. G. Bromberg. G. L. Werth.
ARKANSAS.
J. D. Adams, J. T. W. Tillar,
Lafayette Gregg. Thomas H. Leslie.
CALIFORNIA.
M. H. De Young, George Hazleton,
William Forsyth. Russ D. Stephens.
COLORADO.
Fred J. V. Skiff, O. C. French,
Roswell E. Goodell. John A. Porter.
CONNECTICUT.
Leverett Brainard, Charles F. Brooker,
Thomas M. Waller. Charles R. Baldwin.
DELAWARE.
W. H. Porter, Joshua T. Marvel,
George V. Massey. William Saulsbury.
FLORIDA.
Richard Turnbull, Jesse T. Bernard,
Joseph Hist. Dudley W. Adams.
GEORGIA.
Charlton H. Way, John W. Clark,
LaFayette McLaws, James Longstreet.
ILLINOIS.
Charles H. Deere, Lafayette Funk,
Adlai T. Ewing. De Witt C. Smith.
INDIANA.
E. B. Martindale, Charles M. Travis,
Thomas E. Garvin. William E. McLean.
IOWA.
W. I. Buchanan, Joseph Efboeck, j
William F. King, John Hayes.
KANSAS.
Reese R. Price, Frank W. Lanyon,
Charles K. Haliday, Jr, J. F. Thompson.
KENTUCKY.
John Bennet, D. M. Commingore,
James A. McKenzie. John S. Morris.
LOUISIANA.
Davidson B. Penn,
Thomas J. Woodward.
MAINE.
Augustus R. Bixby, James A. Boardman,
William J. Davis. Clark S. Edwards.
MARYLAND.
James Hodges, George M. Upshur,
Lloyd Lowndes. Daniel E. Conklin.
MASSACHUSETTS.
Francis W. Breed, George P. Ladd,
Thomas E. Proctor. Albert C. Houghton.
MICHIGAN.
M. Henry Lane, Ernest B. Fisher.
Charles H. Richmond. George H. Barbour.
MINNESOTA.
M. B. Harrison, L. P. Hunt,
O. V. Tousey. Thomas C. Kurtz.
MISSISSIPPI.
Robert L. Saunders, Joseph H. Brinker,
Joseph M. Bynum. Fred W. Collins.
MISSOURI.
C. H. Jones, R. L. Macdonald,
T. B. Bullene. O. H. Picher.
MONTANA.
Lewis H. Hershfield, B. F. White,
A. H. Mitchell. Timothy E. Collins.
NEBRASKA.
Albert G. Scott, John Lauterbaeh,
Euclid Martin. William L. May.
NEVADA.
James W. Haines, Enoch Strother,
George Russell. Richard Rvland.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Charles D. McDuffie, Frank E. Kaley,
Walker Aiken. George Van Dyke.
NEW JERSEY.
Thomas Smith, Edwin A. Stevens,
William J. Sewell. Frederick S. Fish.
NEW YORK.
John Boyd Thacher, James Roosevelt.
Chauncey M. Depew. James H. Breslin.
NORTH CAROLINA.
A. B. Andrews, Ellas Carr,
Thomas B. Keogh. G. A. Bingham.
NORTH DAKOTA.
Hamline P. Rucker, Charles H. Stanley,
Martin Ryan. Peter Cameron.
OHIO.
William Ritchie, Lucius C. Cron,
Harvey P. Platt. Adolph Pluemer.
OREGON.
Henry Klippel, J. L. Morrow,
M. Wilkins. W. T. Wright.
PENNSYLVANIA.
John W. Woodside, John K. Hallock,
William McClellan. R. Bruce Ricketts.
RHODE ISLAND.
Lyman B. Goff, Jeffrey Hazard,
Gardiner C. Sims. Lorillard Spencer.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
A. P. Butler, H. P. Hammett,
J. C. Coit. E. L. Roche.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
William Mclntyre, L. S. Bullard,
M. H. Day. S. A. Ramsey.
TENNESSEE.
Thomas L. Williams, A. B. Hurt,
L. T. Baxter. Rush Strong.
TEXAS.
John T. Dickinson, Lock McDaniel,
A. M. Cochran. H. B. Andrews.
VERMONT.
H. H. Mclntyre, Aldace F. Walker,
B. B. Smalley. Hiram Atkins.
VIRGINIA.
John T. Harris. Alex. McDonald,
V. D. Groner. Chas. A. Heermans.
WASHINGTON.
Chas. B. Hopkins, C. P. Bagley,
Henry Drum. Wm. Bingham.
WEST VIRGINIA.
J. W. St. Clair, W. Vrooman,
James D. Butt. M. J. Finley.
WISCONSIN.
Philip Allen, Jr., G. E. Gordon,
John L. Mitchell. Myron Reed.
ARIZONA.
George F. Coats, W. L. Van Horn,
Wm. Zechendorf. Herbert H. Hogan.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
Alex. T. Britton, E. Kurtz Johnson,
Albert A. Wilson. Dorsey Claggett.
IDAHO.
George A. Manning, A. J. Crook, •
John E. Stearns. John M. Bunke.
OKLAHOMA.
J. D. Miles, Joseph W. McNeal,
Othneil Beeson John Wallace.
NEW MEXICO.
Richard M. White, Louis C. Tetatd,
Thos. C. Gutierres. Charles B. Eddy.
UTAH.
Patrick H. Lpnnan, Wm. M. Ferry,
Fred J. Kiese'k Charles Crane.
WYOMING.
Asahel C. Beckwith, John McCormick,
Henry G. Hay, A** &• Mereer.
FASHION LETTER.
Watering-Place anil Other Hummer Toil
ets—Elegant Importations.
[Special'New York Correspondence.!
A decided feature of watering-place
toilets is the white cloth tailor gown,
much braided with white silk, and
gold. Beautiful ZittA
silver gray cloth*
gowns have gray
silk and silver era- < |jy
broideries. These '/EWtiSfSV.
gowns are in it'
sheath style with ZTj \V IB
Greek draperies, 1 gfr”<. W
with full, puffed
sleeves, and slight- Vvy U'
ly draped bodice. i jnrjWX
Other toilets in .’M
cream white are
trimmed with per- KNo
pendicular rows | , BS' bxiS
of cream moire rib- Ml HL
bon, Highland ,‘fPV %
kilts showing on fflg'y. ■'s> mL
the skirt with the |K i ' 1
ribbon rows upon Jf/ 3yj/ 1 \lh,
every alternate IW
kilt. Pale ecru
cloth gowns are —.n -f- ~
combined with beetle brown velvet with
becoming effect. The fine wool ba
reges worn a generation ago are re
vived for summer dresses, both in plain
and figured patterns. New sheer wool
nun’s vailings have large single blos
soms worked amid the rows of drawn
work that border one selvage. Combi
nations continue to play an important
part on dressy gowns, furnishing, as
they do, the material for most of the
novelties which lend fresh variety to
dress.
Among the summer silks are many
light-weight Fife tartans which are
i combined with
neutral woolens,
cream, mush
room, putty
color and fawn.
The sleeves, low
er skirt and up
perportion of the
corsage are made
of the plaided
silk. The re
mainder of the
bodice and the
drapery are of
the fine wool.
Fancy outing
cloths and ten
nis flannels are
very popular
country dresses,
their gingham
like stripes and
plaids giving
them great variety in color, and
making them strong rivals of the blue
and white serge flannels so long popu
lar. The blouse or belted French waist
and full English skirt with Gordon sash
of the same, or the op-)n blazer with
shirt-waist and loose tennis belt of silk,
are the simple designs for these most
comfortable and inexpensive dresses.
White cloth blazers with deep collar
and widely spreading lapels of black
velvet, with cricket caps to match, are
popular for coaching, driving and vari
ous other uses at the summer resorts.
Exquisitely fine French camel’s hair
fabrics are used for small dinners and
five o'clock teas in the violet, vieux
rose, amaranth and pale neutral dyes
of the season. Many of these costumes
are in princesse fashion, clinging and
full of grace, with semi-Greek draperies
and demi- vtt'
trained. Others
in Empire form fijyT
have full sleeves . wJa.
with Vand yk e JVC viK
trimmings on RMI
the bodice and £ 1
skirt. Ohio ng r
buckles, girdles, (1 i w NA.
Chatelaines and \ Jr\leA
antique clasps in .J- JI '
gold, silver, cut
steel and pearl, llrVyJ ■ £
are worn with ’
stylish effect.
Among the ele- /Jl A
gant importa- 11'
tions are black /rL-\ S& * :
Chantilly lace /£ WV&
dresses with Di
rectoire collars, / j/ii A
and sleeves of /£* ,? J y W
black and gold " ~n-—■
lace. Black and gold ribbons are at the
waist, run through immense buckles of
gilt and onyx. Waists and supper jack
ets of Fedora lace are worn over draped
skirts of crepe de chine. Other pretty
skirts of surah, foulard, vailing, chailie
and crepaline have fitted blouse waists
of Spanish or Chantilly lace, or net,
with a full shower of ribbons at the belt
matching the stripe or figure in the
skirt fabric. All sleeves are full, and
many of the mutton-leg variety button
up the inside of the arm to the depth of
ten inches. Accordion-plaited skirts
still meet with great favor, and this
plaiting is used on silk, muslin, sheer
wool, gauze, foulard and ladies’ cloth.
Some of the new cotton toilets are
made as elaborately as a summer silk.
They are in many cases so rich and deli
cate in effect, that they appear on “dress
parade” in the evening on the beach or
pier. Russet, tan and Russia leather
Newport ties are worn with every sort
of plain or elegant toilet.
The wearing of vests, waistcoats,
blouses, cut-aways and blazers amounts
to a rage; they are epidemic in every
quarter of the civilized globe. In hats,
the sailor shape and the flapping leg
horn, trimmed with ostrich plumes or
flower garlands, are having it all their
own way. Tailor-made traveling cos
tumes of checked cheviot are very natty,
very simple, and very Ijinglish in effect.
ALLIANCE and GRANGE.
LEGISLATORS OF RIGHT.
The Farmers Properly the Lawmakers of
the Land.
Ono of our city dailies, in comment
ing upon the nomination of a farmer
at a recent political convention, ex
pressed doubts as to the wisdom of elect
ing men of this class to the Legisla
ture, for the reason that their business
was of such a nature that they could
not be expected to understand the sci
ence of governr-ent and the principles
of legislation. In the estimation of this
editor, the lawyer is best fitted for law
making. That is the general belief, or
has been, but the farmers are now com
ing to the front, and propose to show
what they can do in this new role. For
ourselves, we are willing to risk them
awhile,and shall be greatly disappoint
ed if there is not an improvement in
many particulars. For one thing, we shall
expect to see a large reduction made in
our public-expense account. The fees
and salaries of county officers will be cut
down one-half or more; the school enu
meration law will be so changed as to
give the country schools a month longer
term at least, without increasing the
tax, and many other reforms will be
enacted. It is quite likely, however,
that some legal talent may be found
necessary in dressing up the laws in the
peculiar phraseology, so delightful to
the learned ear, but there is little fear
that there will not be enough of this
element at hand for the purpose. The
farmers, indeed, are properly the
law-makers of the land. For, first,
they are the majority in numbers,
and ours is a people’s govern
ment. Second, they own the real
estate, the largest proportion of the
wealth of the country, and their in
terest in it is therefore greater than
that of any other, and of all other
classes. Third, they are not lawyers,
do not make their living by the law.
and therefore are unbiased in regard to
what the laws shall be. It would seem
an unwise policy to put the making of
the laws into the hands of those who
live by interpreting, or inforceing
them.
Furthermore, the business of the
farmer is such that he has no time nor
inclination for law-making and litiga
tion; hence he will make as few laws as
will satisfy the demands of his con
stituents, and will quit when he is
done and go home about his business,
and he will try and make the few laws
he does enact so clear in their word
ing, so plain and common sense in
in their meaning that it will not re
quire from four to six lawyers, a learned
judge and a jury to tell what they mean.
The laws the farmers will make will be
so framed as to prevent litigation in
stead of fostering ur.d increasing it-.
One thing more. The farmers, realizing
the fact that they are making laws for
the people and not for themselves, will
let the people know what they are'.
They will publish them and send them
at the public expense to the people, for
whom they are made and who are pre
sumably most interested in knowing
what they are. This common sense
duty has, for a reason best known to- the
lawyer law-makers, never been com
plied with by any of our past legisla
tors. Let the farmers legislate.—lndi
ana Farmer.
THE EDUCATED FARMER.
Needu of the Agriculturist in the Present
State ot Affairs.
The baccalaureate sermon before the
graduating class at the Massachusetts
Agricultural College at Amherst was
delivered by Prof. C. S. Walker. His
text was Luke xxii., 32: “Strengten
thy Brethren.” The topic was: “The
duty of the Educated Farmer.” Prof.
Walker, among other things, said:
“Heretofore, in all parts of the world
the farmer has been no match for
his adversary. He has never held
his own against the soldier or the
priest, against the politician or the
statesman. In ancient times he was the
slave; in the Middle Ages the serf: Im
the nineteentht century he is the slave,
the serf, the peasant or the proprietor,,
according to the location.
“American farmers, as a class, are
face to face with a crisis. They have
subdued a continent and furnished the
raw material for our factories, bread!
for our people and manhood for our
civilization. They have sustained the
Nation’s credit with their hardi-earmed
dollars, rescued endangered; liberty
with their conscientious ballots and de
fended time and again the Stars and
Stripes with their loyal blood. Vig
orous in body, strong ini character;
striking in individuality, lovers
home, massive in common sense, fer
tile in resources, 'devout believers ir»
Providence, the farmers of America will
never allow themselves to De over
whelmed by the fate that sunk the
tillers of the soil in India, in Egypt, in
Europe.
“From all parts of this land farmers
are coming together. Organization and
co-operation are woaderful ideas that
have awakened in them as never before.
They are grasping hands with a grip
that means something, means uniting
uoon ends to be gained. They demand
for themselves and .their children an
education equal to the best. "1 hey in
sist upon a fair share of the profits cf
American industry, claiming that no
state can long exist in which the tillers
of the soil bear most of the burdens and
share little of the blessings of advanc
ing civilization.
“But they are in danger of making
i mistakes in the struggle that shall turn
back the progress of the movement?
They demand leaders. To supply this
demand is the imperative duty of thff
educated farmer. Whatsoever of bodi
ly vigor, mental power and moral hero
ism tho educated farmer jmay have ac
quired from ancestors, college or uni
versity, he will need that he may conse
crate it to the great work of strengthen
ing his brethren, the of Amer
ica, so that they shall ever remain an
immovable foundation of this, the only
republic whose empire has not been rap
idly undermined.”
FARM ERS UNDER FIRE.
Patience, Pretfence and a Hexolute Front
will Surely Wfca.
iTlie “Farmers’ Movement" has grown
to such menacing proDorticxis .that poli
ticians and party papers have begun
two lines of attack to destrsy its influ
ence—(l) criticism, (2) appeals to party
prejudice. Resolutions adopted by local
assemblies and by special bodies, out of
regular order, are discussed' as if they
were the deliberate utterances of the
entire body, and members are advised
to stand by their party and! let such
stuff alone. They might as well hold a
party responsible foe the opinions of
one of its members who speaks for him
self only. They do' not consider that
in a body numbering millions of mem
bers a great many things out of the'usual
order will be done, and that time will
be required to bring order out of chaos.
Let the critics examine the National
Alliance platform adopted at St. Louis
last December, and they National Grange
platform adopted at Topeka in 1883, or
in California in 1889, and the State plat
form of the F. M. B. A., and discuss
them. Instead of scolding about a great
many things for which those bodies as a
whole are not responsible, let them
consider a few things for which they
are responsible. Tell us, pray, what
you think of our official utterances con
cerning finance, transportation and
land. •
Let farmers be patient,, prudent and
resolute. It is not to be expected that
we will all agree upon minor matters.
In essentials unity. Upon this-rock we
shall be invincible, because we are
right. There is no need now to worry
about details, they will adjust them
selves in time. What is needed most is
an intelligent grasp of the things which
are fundamental —the people’b control
(through their government) of money,
transportation and land. These in
clude all phases and departments of
the money question, all features
of the carring business, taxa
tion, homesteads, redemption, aippraise
ment and collection laws. These are
the great questions. They are vital.
Let us study them as citizens, not as
partisans, and wherever they lead let us
follow.
Being under fire, let us keep our lines
tn order. Many of us' know what that
means. Let us stand together: We have
united in order the better toisecure cer
tain needed reforms, and we are quite
able to withstand all attacks. We can
succeed only by united action. Division
is-failure. —Kansas Farmer.
ALLIANCE NOTES.
—The Farmers’ Alliance of Northern
Indiana, in convention at Fort Wayne,
elected J. C. Lawrence,, of Whitley
County, president.
—The Farmers’ Alliance' of Leaven
worth County, Kas., has resolved not to
support for any thing whatever any one
connected in any way with any Na
tional bank.
—The Farmers’ Alliance of South
Dakota, in convention at Huron, formed
an Alliance party, adopted a platform,
and called a convention. July 5 to nomi
nate State officers.
—A State convention' of the Farmers*
Alliance and Knights ot Labor was held
at Macon City, la., recently, for the
purpose of arranging a combination to
secure supplies from dealers at cheap
rates.
—An exchange pertinently remarks:
‘“To say that Allianoe-men should not
engage in politics to«a certain extent,
is equivalent to saying that a farmer
should not lay up a gap in his fence to
keep the stock out oft his crops. ”
—lt is said that the-Alliance has saved
the farmers of this oounjtry $5,000,000 in
twine, $2,500,000 in bagging, and it is
claimed that through the operations at'
the Alliance Exchange- discounts have
been secured that will! make the amount,
saved by farmers. IHOiOOO.OOO annually.
—Mr. Muir, presidlent of the North
Dakota State AHiaimce, delivered; am
able and very interesting address to-bho
farmers at a meeting at Oriska, Dak...
after which a subordinate Alliance: was
organized with; eighteen charter- mem
bers. W. E. W.ilUiams, president* Sv
Walker, vice-president; Peter Ottinger,
secretary; August Wegner, treasurer.
—The farmers’ and labor orgajaiaa
tions in Southwestern Indiana; are con
nected in a movement to rumoamtidates
for the Legislature and Congress in or
der to influence- legislation hi their in
terest. There is considerable uneasi
ness araong tike leaders oi the two great
parties. It is said that there will be a
great political sensatiaa when nomina
tions are made.
Ben Ftatler in a speech at Boston
lately said of‘the V'armers’ Alliance:
“There has been made public an or
ganization of great proportions and very
formidable strength, and if it can be
held together in. this action it will be ir
resistible. It claims to be non politi
cal, honestly so, I don’t know; but how
is it possible, for tho action of a of
men who tjnink to influence the legis
lation of Congress and the government
of the Wuntry to be