BUSINESS OF THE MEETING. 



Resolved, That this Convention appoint a State Central Committee 

 of one, and a committee of one from each county, whose duties 

 shall be to act as a medium of communication between the various 

 farmers organizations. 



Resolved, That the Convention return a vote of thanks to the citi 

 zens of Kewanee and the Wethersfield Farmers Club, for the very 

 generous hospitality extended to the members of this Convention ; 

 and that especial thanks are due the aforesaid Club for inaugurating 

 and carrying to so successful an issue this Convention. 



These resolutions have sometimes been referred to as the 

 first formal protest by the farmers against the oppressions 

 under which they labored. This, however, is an error. The 

 first protest was made at Bloomington, in 1869, as noticed 

 in the last chapter. That was the entering wedge, this the 

 maul that struck it home. We shall soon see that it re 

 quired still harder pounding, and the use of still other 

 wedges, to widen the rent in the gnarled log of monopoly, 

 each individual splinter of which will hold its own until 

 severed with the keen edge of the axe. 



A motion was adopted that &quot; all Farmers Clubs, Protect 

 ive Associations, and Granges, now existing in this State, and 

 not represented in this Convention, or which may hereafter 

 be organized, be requested to report their name, officers, and 

 location to the State Central Committee.&quot; 



The Executive Committee above referred to consisted of 

 L. F. Koss, John Prickett, and William Beem. 



The State and County Committees were elected as follows : 

 For State Central Committee, Hon. W. C. Flagg, Moro, Illi 

 nois. For County Committee, H. H. Gibson, Madison 

 County ; W. F. P. Hennesy, Fulton County ; 0. H. Loomis, 

 Henry County; L. D. Whiting, Bureau County; Cyrus 

 Humphrey, Knox County; G. W. McElroy, Champaign 

 County; Joseph Wright, Whiteside County; Henry Sad- 



