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9. Expenses accruing on account of the joint committee on confed- 

 eration shall be defrayed by their respective organizations, as they may 

 be incurred by each. 



10. The joint committee on confederation shall have power to adopt 

 such by-laws for the government of the joint committee as they deem 

 best. 



L. F. Livingston offered a resolution indorsing the St. Louis platform, 

 and said : " I believe the people can stand on this platform forever. 

 This platform is a declaration of our Supreme Council, and our enemies 

 are stumping the States, declaring that it has not the following of the 

 Alliance people, and I desire the platform read and a vote taken by 

 States, so there will be no mistake as to how we stand." 



Mr. Stelle, of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association, said : " I wish 

 to state that' the Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association can stand squarely 

 on the St. Louis platform." 



Following are the resolutions : 



1. Resolved, That this National Convention of the Farmers' Alliance 

 and Industrial Union do hereby most earnestly and emphatically indorse 

 the St. Louis platform adopted last December, and with equal sincerity 

 and persistency demand that all subordinate bodies connected with this 

 organization shall not only align themselves therewith, but co-operate 

 with this national organization and sustain the same. 



The vote on this was as follows : 



Alabama voted yes ; Arkansas Alliance, yes ; Arkansas Farmers and La- 

 borers' Union, yes ; Colorado, yes ; North Carolina, yes ; South Carolina, 

 yes ; North Dakota, yes ; South Dakota, yes ; Florida, yes ; Georgia, yes ; 

 Illinois, yes ; Indiana, yes ; Kansas, yes ; Kentucky, yes ; Louisiana, yes ; 

 Missouri, yes ; Mississippi, yes ; Maryland, yes, with privilege of amend- 

 ing if colleague dissents ; Michigan, yes ; Pennsylvania, yes ; Texas, yes ; 

 Tennessee, no, because the Committee on Demands are now considering 

 this question ; Virginia, yes ; West Virginia, yes ; California, yes. 



2. That any national officer, or organ either State or national, that 

 shall not conform fully with the foregoing resolution shall be suspended 

 by the national president ; and furthermore, we advise our people not 

 to vote for any candidate for a place in our national Congress who does 

 not pledge himself or themselves to the St. Louis platform. 



3. That we demand that there shall be a rigid and just national 

 and State governmental control of the means of communication and 

 transportation. And if this does not cure existing abuses, we demand 

 that the government own and control said lines of communication 

 and transportation. 





