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forms. Just so soon as organization is effected they will 

 be as strong as they are now weak. It matters not whether 

 this be done by Farmers Unions or by the Patrons of Hus 

 bandry, and he would never quarrel with the means tha.t 

 accomplished these ends, and desired all to work with the 

 means and tools that suited best ; but there should be no 

 antagonism. They had strong powers to combat, and when 

 they met them in fight should be confident that they were 

 strong enough to cope with the enemy. He counseled them 

 to avoid divisions, and believed that there was a working 

 force in the land that would culminate in a strength suffi 

 cient to make their efforts a success. 



State Seal of Kansas. 



The verification of credentials having been concluded, the 

 Committee on Organization recommended the following 

 named gentlemen : 



Hon. John Davis for President; Jonathan Weaver and 

 Alfred Taylor for Vice-Presidents ; J. K. Hudson for Secre 

 tary; and J. T. Stevens, Assistant Secretary. The Presi 

 dent-elect briefly thanked the Convention, and business was 

 proceeded with. 



After adopting a resolution limiting speeches to ten min 

 utes, a committee was appointed to draft a constitution for a 

 permanent organization. In the course of the discussion 

 which preceded this action, Governor Robinson said that the 



