Show FARMERS FARMERS' 1 ANNUAL MEETING AT TOP A. A A Largo Luo Number of or Veil Well Known II i 1 in inThe V Attendance The be lower floor of live ive II Hall ll Topeka was filled morning by people to hear the opening speeches o 0 oj the National Farmers' Farmers Alliance and dus- dus trial Union U About forty d delegate were present resent r V Governor Lewelling delivered Jf 1 address of welcome on beh l the p f- sas and John F. F Willits for forSt Alliance Farmer Dean Deani i t NewYork New NewYork NewYork York and Mann Ma n Page of h Virginia responded R V A secret secret session wa aih held eld 1 lirine o afternoon af ar ar- ar followed by a at night at which time resident Loucks delivered his annual President Preside t. t Loucks' Loucks s addre s began with a reference to the pres rd nan cial depression and said t t at no period in iIi the nations nation's his ry have there been so many idle peo peor e as atthe at atthe atthe the pr presen present time lime Tariff I he l e said was not the cause of e 0 panic It was simply a want 0 0 oncy a oey-a a money famine t iT The l e speaker was Il Jiu iu in of legislation m sf silver siler He lie e declared against again t a p basis asis for money moncy and argued forment fox for foment ir ment ownership o of DHe He be believed that the should government rot attempt to gain sain the ownership of all ll roads road at once nce The governor governor- sail saif he was suspicious of the attempt t to foreclose foreclose foreclose fore fore- close the governments government's nort mortgage go ge on the Union Pacific He lie was wa radical al in his opposition to the is issuance uan of bonds and said a perpetual b bonded indebtedness indebted indebted- ness is the time object sought V The political demands demands' adopted Wednesday are the same a as last Jast year yar y ar Two resolutions in addition were adopted not a as demands demand but as subjects subjects sub sub- je ts to o be discussed d by the ho hoV V sub sub-alli an ances inces es One Une IS is in favor of such state legislation as will pl pla place the liquor or traffic under state stale agents properly sound bound to obey the laws so as to eliminate eliminate nate mate from the business i oi of profit rot V Y 1 V The new M d by I. I L. L Upson of York New was NewYork-was was turned g the e dx executive x c i committee o mit e to tot Aj l r t tse th- th V. V place Ther-place mealing t next ext year was left with the time executive committe The officers f elected ate afe as follows President Marion Marton Marjon Butler of North Carolina vice president J. J L L. Gilbert of California secretary and treasurer D. D P P. Duncan of South Carolina ex- ex ex committee I. I E K Dean of New NewYork NewYork York Mann Paig Paige of Virginia H. H C. C Demming of Pennsylvania and II L. L Loucks of South Dakota |