THE ALLIANCE IN TEXAS. 2J 



W. T. Baggett, President ; G. W. Bond, Assistant Secretary ; L. G. Oxford, 

 Vice-President ; J. A. Culwell, Lecturer; J. C. Gilliland, Assistant Lecturer; 

 J. W. Sullivan, Treasurer. J. H. Dover was absent and fined 50 cents. Minutes 

 of previous meeting read and adopted. On motion such business as is neces- 

 sary to go in the constitution is to be made a law from date. Resolution 

 offered by Dr. O. G. Heterson passed and became a law from date, to elect 

 officers for one year, etc. ; resolution by Dr. O. G. Peterson, that officers be 

 elected Tuesday after the first Sunday in August of each year, or as soon after 

 as possible ; resolution offered by H. C. Richburg made a law from date ; reso- 

 lution offered by L. G. Oxford that each subordinate Farmers 1 Alliance be re- 

 quired to purchase one copy of ' Cushing's Manual of Parliamentary Usages,' 

 made a law from date. On motion, a committee was appointed to get up new 

 work on the secrets of the Alliance, consisting of A. Dunlap, L. G. Oxford, 

 O. G. Peterson, J. N. Montgomery, J. S. Welch, and W. T. Baggett; on 

 motion, agreed to fine a member of the committee on secret work two dol- 

 lars, should he fail to meet the committee at Peaste^s Springs, September 10, 

 1880; on motion, adjourned till 2 P.M. Grand State Alliance met at 2 P.M. 

 House called to order by President. Alliance Nos. i, 2, 4, 5, 15, and 16, 

 the above numbers absent, their delegates fined 50 cents each for non-attend- 

 ance. On motion, the corrections made in the constitution by the committee 

 appointed for that purpose, were received by Grand State Alliance com- 

 mittee, L. G. Oxford, G. W. Bond, O. G. Peterson, J. N. Montgomery, and 

 W. T. Baggett. A committee was appointed to scrutinize the constitution 

 and prepare it for the press : G. W. Bond, J. A. Culwell ; and on motion J. M. 

 Stacks and J. N. Montgomery were appointed to contract for the print- 

 ing of 1000 copies of the constitution. On motion, J. M. Stacks and J. N. 

 Montgomery were ordered to borrow the money to pay for the printing of the 

 constitution, in case they could not get it done on time, and we, as a Grand 

 State Alliance, stand good to them for the money they may borrow for that 

 purpose. On motion of O. G. Peterson, went into the election of officers, 

 which resulted in the election of J. N. Montgomery, President; W. T. Bag- 

 gett, Vice-President ; J. H. Dover, Secretary ; J. C. Gilliland, Assistant Secre- 

 tary ; L. G. Oxford, Lecturer ; Andy Dunlap, Assistant Lecturer ; John W. 

 Sullivan, Treasurer; J. S. Welch, Doorkeeper; W. G. Thompson, Assistant 

 Doorkeeper. The next meeting of Grand State Alliance to be at Peaster's 

 Springs, September 11, 1880. 



"No other business ; the Alliance was closed. 



(Signed) "W. T. BAGGETT, President, 



"J. H. DOVER, Secretary. G. W. BOND, Acting Secretary" 



The officers elected at the previous meeting in July were 

 chosen for the usual term of six months, but under the resolu- 

 tion passed at this meeting a new set of officers was elected at 

 this August meeting, to serve for the term of one year ; hence 

 the seeming conflict of electing officers in July and August. It 



