94 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



" Whereas, The vote of the various State Alliances on said proposition is 

 officially recorded as follows : Affirmative ; Tennessee, South Carolina, Ala- 

 bama, Louisiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Missouri, Virginia, North Carolina, 

 Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Indian Territory: Negative; none reported. 

 New Mexico has not reported at all, and the State Alliance of Texas ratifies 

 conditionally. This record shows that the requisite three-fourths of the State 

 Alliances have ratified said constitution ; and 



" Whereas, The National Agricultural Wheel did, at its annual meeting, 

 which was held in connection with the National Farmers' Alliance and Co- 

 operative Union of America, and the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, 

 in the city of Meridian, State of Mississippi, formulate a new constitution for 

 the government of the order, and the same has been submitted to the State 

 Wheels for their ratification ; and 



" Whereas, The following State Wheels have ratified the same : Tennessee, 

 Arkansas, Missouri, Indian Territory, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, 

 Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Texas. This record shows that over three-fourths 

 of the State Wheels have adopted the aforesaid constitution ; and 



" Whereas, The National Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative Union of 

 America, the National Agricultural Wheel, and the Farmers' Mutual Benefit 

 Association did pass the following resolutions, to wit : 



* 'When as many as three-fourths of said State and Territorial Alliances 

 shall have ratified said proposed constitution, the president of the National 

 Farmers' Alliance and Co-operative Union of America shall make proclama- 

 tion to that effect, and when concurrent action shall have been had by the 

 National Agricultural Wheel, the president this day elected by the joint 

 session shall make proclamation providing for the organic union of the State, 

 County, and Sub- Alliances and Wheels, respectively, in accordance with such 

 regulations as he may prescribe ' ; and 



" Whereas, The said organizations, acting in joint session, did provide for 

 a new set of officers in case said constitution should be ratified, and did elect 

 as officers for that purpose, Evan Jones, President ; Isaac McCracken, Vice- 

 President; A. E. Gardner, Secretary; and Linn Tanner, Treasurer: Now, 

 therefore, 



" We, the undersigned, C. W. Macune, President of the National Farmers' 

 Alliance and Co-operative Union of America, and Isaac McCracken, President 

 of the National Agricultural Wheel, and Evan Jones, President of the Farmers 

 and Laborers' Union of America, do by the authority in us vested, severally 

 and officially, issue this our proclamation to the order at large, to wit : 



"First. The membership of the Farmers' Alliance are hereby notified 

 that the new constitution has been ratified by the requisite number of States, 

 and the same is hereby declared to supersede the constitution now in force, 

 and to be in full force and effect from and after the thirtieth day of September, 

 1889. 



"Second. The membership of the Agricultural Wheel are hereby notified 

 that the new constitution has been ratified by the requisite number of States, 

 and the same is hereby declared to supersede the constitution now in force, 



