The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-04-04
The Springfield Farmer.' Convention
CONCLUDING SESSION.

COhCLUDLhG shhSlON' .|
sPRNGFIELD, April 3.-The Farmers
Convention reassembled at the Oper
House at 0:90 this morning, the numbe
in attendance being perhaps one'half a
large as yesterday.
State Senator Castle being called upoI
addressed the Convention, expressing hi
sympathy with and concurrence in tht
movement for relief from tho unjust ex
actions OF the railroads, and urging upOr
the farmers united and prompt action.
Letters gympathizing with the obiecll
of the Convention were received from N
T. Dunlap, Of Champaign county, I'LL.
Thomas B. Bryon, VIM. Hunt, and from
the Western Freight Association of New
York.
A resolution was offered and adopted
recommending to the farmers Of Illinois
the keeping Of farm expense account
during the present and succeeding sea
sons, In order that the actual cost OF pro
ductlon may be estimated and made pub.
lie for the purpose Of reaching fair and
equitable remuneration therefor to the
farmers OF tho State.
:. NJ. Smith, Of Henry county, said this
Convention was called solely to organize
the struggle OF the farmers with the rail.
roads, and all other questions or issueE
which had been brought in were simply
designed 10 distract The attention OF the
farmers from the real issues and TO divide
them in the fight upon them. He referred
particularly to the Illinois river improve
ment, a project which he declared was in
tho interest Of q single county. BE de-
clared that the resolution favoring the re.
peal Of the tariff on iron, steel, &C., had
no place in this Convention, and he moved
to reconsider the vote by which 1t was
adopted. =.
After an irregular and excited debate,
q vote was taken and decided by the
Chairman in the affirmative.
A motion was then made TO reconsider
the vote by which the resolution censur-
ing members OF Congress for voting for
and the President of the United States for
signing the bill increasing salaries was
yesterday adopted. This motion was de.
clared carried, US was also the oneto post
pone indefinitely the further conndera-
tion OF both resolutions.
II. Lawrence, of Warren county, rose
and entered protest in behalf OF the
Farmers Association, OF which he was a
delegate, against the action Of the Con-
vention in repeating the resolutions.
The majority OF the delegates had gone
home, and the resolutions had been ADOPT
ed separately and as q whole by the Con.
vention yesterday, and hei believed that
the present meeting had no right to
undo tho work Of the Convention, The
speaker was constantly interrupted, and
scene OF great confusion and disorder
prevailed. The presiding officer appear
cd TO have very little control over the
meeting, and 1t was some minutes before
any approach to order was restored. Fl.
nally a delegate succeeded in offering
the following resolution, which was
adopted:
ReSOlred, That any Legislation that is
not based on the 1lth article of our State
Constitution entitled railroads. will not
meet the necessities Of products in confln.
ing monopoliCs to reasonable maximum
rates Of freight and passenger tariff, and
to prevent unjust Determinations, and
that such maximum rates should be fixed
by Legislative enactment us directed
by our State Constitution. AT 1880
o'clock A. NJ, after the passing Of the
usual resolutions ofthAnks to the officers,
the Convention adjourned sine die. T