Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-04
POLITICAL :
Illinois Farmers Convention, 9d Day
The Farmers Go Home, and the Pol.
iticians Take Hold.
Feeble Efforts to Stifie the Popular
Voice. &S

SPRINGFIELD, Ills, April 3.-Tht
Farmers Convention reassembled at the
Ooera House at $50 this morning, the
number N attendance being perhaps one
half as large as on yesterday. State Sena-
tor Castle being He'd upon, addressed the
convention, expressing his sympathy with
and concurrence in the movement for re-
lief from the unjust exaction of the rail-
roads, and urging upon the farmers united,
persistent action.
Letters sympathizing with the objects OF
the convention were read from NJ. G. Dun
lap, of Champaign, Ills; Thos. B. Bryan,
of Elmhurst, and from the Western Freight
Association of New York.
Farm Accounts.
A resolution was offered and adopted re-
commencing to the farmers of illinois the
keeping of farm expense account during
the present and succeeding season, in order
that the actual cost of production may be
estimated and made public for the pur-
pose of reaching fair and equitable re-
enumeration therefor to the farmers Of the
State.
Attempted reconsideration.
S. NJ Smith of Henry, said this corven-
tion was called solely to organize the strug-
gle Of the farmers with the railroads, and
all other questions or issues which had been
brought in were simply designed to distract
the attention Of the farmers from the real
issues and to divide them in the fight upon
them. He referred particularly to the Hi
nois River improvement project, which he
declared was in the interest of single
IL Iaola,-o1 hat Sha
luton favoring repeal Of the tariff on
iron, steel, etc, had no place in this con-
vention, and be moved reconsideration of
the vote by which it was adopted.
After an irregular and excited debate 3
vote was taken and decided by the chair
mal in the affirmative.
A motion was then made to reconsider
the vote by which the resolution censuring
members Of Congress for voting for, and
the President Of the United States for sign
ing, the bill increasing salaries, was adopted
yesterday.
This motion was also declared carried,
and the motion was then made aud carried
to postpone indefinitely the further consid-
Grafton of both resolutions.
81. Lawrence, of Warren county, rose
and entered protest in behalf Of the
Farmers Association, of which be was a
delegate, against the action Of the Conven-
tionsln reconsidering the resolutions. The
msjOrity of the delegates had gone home.
The resolutions had been adopted separate
ly and as whole by the Convention yes
terday, and he believed that the present
meeting had no right to undo the work of
the Convention. The speaker was con-
stan tly interrupted and scene of
Great Confusion and Disorder
prevailed. The presiding officer appeared
TO have very little control over the meeting,
and il WAS some minutes before any ap-
Proclamation to order was restored. Finally
a delegate succeeded in Offering the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted.
Resolved, That any legislation that is
not based on the 1lth article of our State
constitution entitled railroads, will not meet
the necessities of the producers in confining
monopolies to reasonable maximum rates
of freight and passenger tariff, and to pre-
vent unjust determinations and that such
maximum rates should be fixed by legisla-
tive enactment ss directed by our State
constitution.
At 1880 o'clock this morning after the
passage of the usual resolutions of thanks
to the officers, the convention adjourned
sine die.