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Elbert county, Colorado. Was a member of the School 

 Board of Commissioners for that county in 1888. In 1889 

 the county was divided and he was elected Chairman of 

 the Board of Commissioners for Kit Carson county. He 

 was a charter member of Pioneer Alliance, No. 2, and in 

 December, 1889, was elected President of the State Alli- 

 ance of Colorado. He took an active part in bringing 

 about a conference meeting between the Grange and 

 Alliance as to what political action it was best to pursue, 

 which resulted in a call for a delegate convention in which 

 all industrial organizations were invited to be represented. 

 This convention met in a two days' session in Denver, 

 August 20 and 21, 1890, and nominated an Independent 

 State ticket. Mr. Brammier was nominated by acclama- 

 tion for Lieutenant Governor. 



ROBERT F. ROGERS. 



Robert F. Rogers, President of the Florida State 

 Alliance, was born in Darlington county, South Carolina, 

 in 1846. His parents emigrated to Florida and settled 

 in Columbia county in 1857. He was born of poor par- 

 entage and raised on the farm, and, therefore, deprived of 

 the advantages of a classic education. He was too young 

 to serve in the war between the States, except towards the 

 close he served in the Florida Militia. He married quite 

 young and has been blessed with a large family of 

 children. Since reaching his majority he has always been 

 regarded as a leader among men. A wide circle of 

 friends and acquaintances has enabled him to grow in 

 popular favor, and his fidelity to the interests of agricul- 

 ture and the principles that tend to elevate and dignify 

 the vocation of fanning has long since raised him to the 

 point where he has but few peers in his adopted State. 

 The county where he has resided from childhood has 



