Show industrial LIGION OF THE U SI 1 I 1 1 such is the name of a political organization ft ALLIANCE AND PEOPLES PARTY I 1 are the main movers fully a million and a half members promised in a year of work I 1 MEM MEMPHIS PIlls nov 19 an organization styled the industrial legion of the tile I 1 united states has been formed here today by prominent leaders of the peoples party who are also prominent in the farmers alliance tho the object of which is to carry carzy out politically the measures embodied in the declaration of principles of the on omaha i alia platform of the peoples party to ge aether t ll 11 arvit with h free speech a free ba ballot barty I 1 lot and arid a fair count the tile industrial legion is composed of three classes the first to consist of male members over 21 years 0 of age voter sto to be tag senior clas the second will be the junior class ceasir which consi consists its of male members under 21 and over it 11 years NIA of age who shall be educated and trained to become members of tho tire peoples people s party and the third class will be known as the womans comans aid corps which is intend intended edas as an all auxiliary to the denver legion the legion is fis modeled much after the grand army and partakes of the secret organization character while the meetings may inay be secret or open at the option of the tire members the founders orabe of the legion are prominent leaders of the seven great industrial organizations composing the tile peoples party together with the foremost peoples party members among tho tile charter members erg are hon ilon A K E illi 1111 chairman of the executive committee of the peoples party geo V F washburn chairman of the eastern division vl ion of the peoples people 9 party boston mas I congressman C otis kansas J W willetts formerly national or organizer agn and lecturer of the farmers a alliance la cc president IV L loucks mucks of the south dakota farmers alliance I 1 1 I taylor tennessee secretary of the farmers far mersa a 1 1 ance J 31 marion butler vice president of the farmers alliance north carolina W F martin st I 1 louis secretary of tile reform prow press association cia tion S McClellan topeka kan president of the Ite reform forin press association and editor of the topeka advocate lion frank burkit burl it 2 mississippi i lion 1 L 11 featherstone ark A alonzo F anzo barkell War kell superintendent of the tile aid degree of the farmers alliance I 1 E dean north rth caro lina state organizer of die the banners fan ners alliance paul pau vandervoort nebraska com mander in hief of the U G A it 11 the 0 organization r of the industrial legion lei I 1 of t the united states was perfected by I 1 the lie election of the fol following lo 10 I 1 ng olli cers paul vandervoort Vander foort comman er in cliplef lion ilon frack burkitt mississippi M issis sippi vice coin mand er in chief J 11 II turner adjutant general at J F washburn washburn massachusetts q quartermaster uart erin aster general congressman T E watson national recruiting officer meer J F willetts kansas 0 catli national A recruiting officer 1 of the ilie west western e rn division IV 8 morean iia national dional sentinel exeen executive tive council ran hon lo 10 11 II E I 1 Taj TaA leneck eneck illinois linds Il lion marion connor congressman elect california lion marion butler lion ilon J 11 II 1 dails avis of texas J ir B L dean new york J 11 II kansas these to together g ether with the four highest officers will constitute the council of officers of the homans womans Non ians aid corpa corps two were elected by this body as provisional officers to 70 that department they being mrs fro anna antia L DIKES diggs of washington D C M mrs rs marion todd of michigan mr fr Taube neek said in an all interview a after the tire organization of or tho tire league that I 1 the work ot organizing will be promptly begun and inside of thirty daya days they would bo be established in fit every state in the union and arid by y next year this time ame it would have a million a and nd a half m members embers |