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HISTORY OF THE WHEEL AND ALLIANCE. 



the young men in the Order who will, doubtless, live to 

 realize the ultimate success of his efforts and fruition of his 

 hopes. 



W. L. BREECE. 



W. L,. Breece, Secretary of the New Mexico Terri- 

 torial Alliance, was born on a farm near Coshockton, in 



Coshockton county, 

 Ohio, on the 2Oth of 

 November, 1853. In 

 1865 he removed 

 with his father to 

 Effiingham county, 

 Illinois. Here in the 

 winter of 1875 he 

 taught his first school. 

 In 1876 he went 

 to Texas where he 

 divided his time be- 

 tween the farm and 

 school- room until 

 June, 1884, when he 

 W.L. Breece. removed to New 



Mexico, where he engaged in farming, occasionally teach- 

 ing a school. On the introduction of the Alliance in the 

 Territory he at once became an active member and worker. 

 He was appointed organizer, and" at the organization of 

 the Territorial Alliance was elected Secretary, a place 

 which he has held ever since. 



H. C. RANDOLPH. 



H. C. Randolph, President of the Alliance of Indian 

 Territory, was born in Gray son county, Texas, in 1845. 

 He was raised on a farm and has followed that occupatino 



