96 AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS. 



to whom belongs the meed of praise, and the credit of its accom- 

 plishment, is Brother C. W. Macune. Standing as he did, like 

 the tower of strength that he is, "four square to every wind that 

 blew," he was enabled to hand over to his successor this grand 

 organization, as the fruit of nearly three years of labor. 



During this year much had been done by way of organizing 

 and perfecting the system of spreading the doctrines of the 

 Alliance. The new organization was beginning to attract the 

 attention of the political as well as the commercial world. It 

 grew rapidly, and as the next annual meeting at St. Louis 

 approached, the interest in the order became intensified. The 

 next annual meeting was held at St. Louis, Missouri. The fol- 

 lowing is a synopsis of the proceedings : 



FIRST DAY. 



ST. Louis, MISSOURI, December 3, 1889. 



Delegates assembled at Entertainment Hall, Exposition Building, at 

 ten o'clock, A.M., and listened to speeches of welcome, made by Mayor 

 Noonan and Governor Francis of Missouri, and responses by J. H. 

 McDowell of Tennessee, and A. J. Streeter of Illinois. Convention 

 then adjourned to 1.30 P.M. The Farmers and Laborers' Union of 

 America met at 1.30 P.M., President Evan Jones presiding. Prayer by 

 Chaplain J. D. Satterwhite of Missouri. The following officers were 

 appointed : Chaplain, J. D. Satterwhite of Missouri ; Steward, R. W. 

 Tucker of Tennessee; Assistant Stewards, C. J. Higgins, Alabama; 

 W. J. Talbert, South Carolina, and D. Ried Parker, North Carolina ; 

 Doorkeeper, J. H. Turner, Georgia ; Assistant Doorkeeper, J. M. Ram- 

 sey, Kentucky ; Sergeant-at-Arms, G. A. Gowan, Tennessee. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. 



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 The following are the delegates, with their post-office addresses : 



Alabama: J. H. Harris, Oakbowery; C. J. Higgins, Logan; T. J. Carlisle, Brun- 

 dinge; R. F. Kolb, Montgomery; S. M. Adams, Randolph; H. D. Lane, Athens. 



Arkansas: L. H. Moore, Alston; John W. Lybrand, Grapevine; N. E. Chambers, 

 Van Buren; Daniel Morgan, Magnolia; John A. Ansley, Prescott; E. F. Stackhouse, 

 Little Rock, President State Alliance^j^J-J^J^angley^Bee Bee; W. S. Morgan, 

 Hardy; Isaac McCracken, Ozone, Vice-President Farmers ImcTLaborers' Union. 



Georgia: L. F. Livingston, Cora; Felix Corput, Atlanta; W. J. Northen, Sparta; 

 J. W. Hogan, Valdosta; J. H. Turner, Lagrange. 



Florida: Robert F. Rogers, Live Oak, President State Alliance; A. S. Mann, Jack- 

 sonville; Oswald Wilson, New York, State Business Agent; H. C. Randall, Purcell. 



