The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-04-18
pARMERs' STATE CONVENTION.

Delegates from the different Farm
ers' Clubs throughout the State. me-
In Convention, III the hall Of the loust
of Representatives at Salem, Mt tel
o'clock on Thursday morning Of last
week.
TIL. Davidson. Of Marion county
called the assembly to order, WHEN J.
Henry Brown was elected Secretary
pro TEN.
On motion. the Chair announced a
q Committee on Credentials: Tolheri
Carter, Of Benton; A. ID. BaRSck, oi
Polk John II. Smith. of Linn ; ID.
Clark. of Marion; !. II. Upton, Of
Yamhill; Thomas Edwards. Of Lane.
and George Maxwell. ot Columbia.
Convention then adjourned until |
o'clock p, NJ.
On assembling in the afternoon. the
Committee Oh Credentials reported the
following Delegates
LrNN-Wm McCmllck. y ID Haley,
GF Simpson. A G Marshall. w P An
dcrson. Jonas Davis, John Layton. G
Crawford. J II Baher. James Finlay-
SON. Jason Wheeler. A W Stannarl. J
II Smith. Martin Luper. G W Vernon.
LANE-T ID Edwards. w A Potter,
George Rinelmtt. by NJ B Gay, proxy,
w E Edwards NJ wilkins.
BENToN-ToIbert Carter, N Miller.
+ Hairless. & T. Moore.
MARION-T l. Davidson. F. Cohdit.
r w Davenport, J II Brown. Daniel
Clark, John MintO. r 9 Geer. John
Downing. Joseph Smith, f X Matthew,
NJ Fisk. II Udell, J w Grim, X J.
Hibbarl,
CoLuMBIA-G w Maxwell.
PoLK-John Allen. Ira Townsend,
Jesse Stump. w G Brown, JaS Fatom,
! Fl Hawley, E McNary, W Churchill,
Jas Smith. Isaac Salith, + w Clark.
Thomas Blair. A y Babcock, William
Ruhe. delegate ut large.
YAMIILt--H II Hewitt. d G Stew
art, A B Henry. WIN Galloway, +
Martin. Geo B Currey, II Upton. d
B Crawford. G G Nelson, II Langhin,
Willis Starr. A J Pirman, l. Potter,
BY w Galloway. proxy. B Springer )
BIucher, by J II Upton. proxy, G b
Curry, from willanct League Club.
The report was adopted. The dele
gates from the different counties were
Instructed to fill their quota of mem-
bership with slWh persons as they
might see fit to nominate.
On motion, the Chair appointed the
following committee OH Permanent
Organization c. p. BurklRlrt, Of
Linn; 4. W. Davenport, OF Marion
'rhos. Edwards. of Lane; Jesse Stump.
OF Polk w. Galloway, Of Yamhill ;
G. Maxwell. of Columbia, and +.
Hairless, of Benton.
The committee nominated Mr.. Will
kins. Chairman J. Ii. Smith, Secre-
tary; NJ. V. Brown. Assistant Secre-
tary. Report adopted.
After much discussion. the following
gentlemen were appointed to draft u
constitution and bylaws: Hairless.
Stump, Curry, Potter. Crawford aud
Davenport.
Reporters were invited tn take seats
within the bar. Aiter reading the
call for the convention. which WAS
asked for. Mr.. Z. +. Moore, of Linn,
submitted the following:
Res0lrel, That the object of this
convention Is to express the sentiment
Of the tanners of Oregon, by resOIu-
tions. upon their various interests.
Remarks more or less extended were
made OH this resolution by Messrs.
Mimic. wilkins. Moore. Watt, Smith
and Low, and then the resolution WIS
adopted
A committee Of six. consisting of
Moore, Upton, Smith. Gay, Ruble and
Maxwell. were appointed OH resolu-
tions, and ordered TO report at Z Pm.
An invitation to the convention to
visit the Penitentiary, from tile Super
intendent, was accepted.
The committee on Constitution and
Bylaws submitted the following:
Your committee, to whom was re-
ferred the subject Of q Constitution,
beg leave to report that We have all
jonrned until Tomorrow morning, and
suggest that the convention discuss this
afternoon tle following: Shall the
farmers Of this State organize for the
purpose of building wharves, ware
houses or steamboats,, and engage IN
the business Transportation or shall
they seek amelioHtlon of their present
condition by taking advantage of the
present circumstances 10 obtain a reduc4
tiOn Of freights, and also as to what
methods we shall adopt to avoid the
unnecessary expenses entailed tIpOn
productions In the too frequent hind
ling BY those between the producer
and consumer. ST. CRAwfoRb,
Chairman.
Remarks were made on this report
by Messrs. Clark. Galloway, Hewitt,
Mcclure, Curry Davenport aud Others.
The convention then adjourned until
7P.M.
At the evening session, after remarks