66 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



I give below the proceedings in detail. 



" The National Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative Union of America met in 

 regular session, in Shreveport, Louisiana, October 12, 1887, at ten o'clock A.M. 



"The following officers were present: C. W. Macune, President; J. A. 

 Tetts, First Vice-President ; G. B. Pickett, Second Vice-President ; J. M. 

 Perdue, third Vice-President; E. B. Warren, Secretary; R. F. Butler, Treas- 

 urer ; Ben Terrell, Lecturer ; B. F. Rogers, Assistant Lecturer ; Nat Draughan, 

 Sergeant-at-Arms. 



" The President filled vacancies by appointing the following brethren tem- 

 porarily: W. S. Rushing of Mississippi, Chaplain; J. A. Green of Texas, 

 Doorkeeper; O. M. Wright of Louisiana, Assistant Doorkeeper. 



" The Alliance was opened in due form. 



"The President announced the following Committee on Credentials: Ma- 

 Gee of Mississippi, Polk of North Carolina, and Jones of Texas, 



** By consent, T. B. Ruff of Tennessee, a member of the Agricultural 

 Wheel, was duly initiated into the Farmers' Alliance. 



"The following committee on order of business was announced: G. B. 

 Pickett of Texas, Linn Tanner of Louisiana, Oswald Wilson of Florida. 



" The Committee on Credentials reported as follows : 



"We, your committee, find the following brethren entitled to seats in this 

 body: 



"Mississippi: J. G. Hamilton, R. S. MaGee, T. E. Groom, Hazelhurst ; 

 W. B. Mosley, Chester; T. L. Darden, Fayette ; W. S. Rushing, Carthage; 

 T. W. Sullivan, Carrolton; E. L. Martin, Jackson; R. T. Love, Chester; 

 C. T. Smithson, Newport; W. R. Lacy. Carthage. 



"Arkansas: W. H. Moore, Belfont ; John A. Ansley, Prescott; George 

 Martin, Sulphur Rock ; Joseph Tisdale, Texarkana. 



" Florida: Oswald Wilson, Marianna. 



"North Carolina: L. L. Polk, Raleigh. 



"Alabama: J. M. Robinson, S. M. Adams, I. N. Gresham, and J. M. 

 Langston; Six Mile Alliance, H. P. Bone. 



"Louisiana: J. C. Jones, Ruston ; W. M. Vickars, Shreveport; A. T. 

 Hatcher and L. C. McAlpin, Lula ; R. L. Tannehill, Winfield ; E. McDonald, 

 Rayville; Linn Tanner, Cheneyville ; P. F. B. Pratt, Bastrop ; J. M. Stall- 

 ings, Ruston. 



"Missouri: A. B. Johnson, W. D. Ham, Poplar Bluff; J. W. DeSpain, 

 J. Graves. 



"Tennessee: J. A. McDowell, Union City; A. E. Gardner, Dresden. 



" Texas : J. S. Massey, F. Hoffheinz, A. M. Turnbull, J. A. Green, W. P. 

 Hancock, J. M. Renick, R. A. Binford, J. J. Fairchild, T. M. Smith, R. P. 

 Briscoll, N. H. C. Elliot, C. E. Cade, D. C. Whitman, L. L. Sloss, D. J. 

 Eddleman, C. A. Leverton, Evan Jones, I. Stoddard, R. J. Wallace, R. M. 

 Kay, S. O. Daws, Matt S. Wallace, R. J. Sledge, John O'Byrne, H. C. 

 Maund. 



" The Alliance adjourned until 1.30 P.M. 



