, 1874-04-14
THE FARMERS.
Meeting OF Clay County, ILL.,, Farmers
at Louisville.
State Convention Of Changers to Be
Held at Bloomington To-Day.
Tho Ulny County Farmers.

1890 49,
Tho Ulny Gounty Farmers.
sntciat Dfspalch to Tho Chicago Tribune.
LOUISVILLE, Clay Co., ILL.,, April 10.-Tho
Faruora' Association OF this county met In tho
Court House at this place today. Tic Prehi-
don't bong absent, Col. Nen was ohoscn to pre-
aldo. ....-..-
BrEEon nY II. II. nooroN.
After the reetlar business Of tho Association
bad been transacted, III. HI. Hooton, Of Clinton
County, was introduced Flo addressed tho
moettng for an hour and . half in a speech re-
ptoto with facts showing tho necessity, first, Of
the combination Of tho labor Of tho county to
reBist tho constantly increasing enoroacnmonts
Of concentrated capitnl upon ita ri8htB;
and second tho means by Which
those oncroachnonta Gun DO BucceaR-
fully rosisted. As tho question Of
whothor no wore prepared for independent politi-
cal action in tho coming election had boon under
length upon this branch Of tho subject, showing
that tho practical operation Of laws. enacted by
was to rob labor Of ite rights and to enrich tho
fow at tho expense OF tho many.
DOWN WITH TIE OLD PARTIES.
He said thRt so long as they continued to vote
to reproaont them in Congress-, mud in tho
stnto Lege1aturos, so long would this
robtery and wrong continuoi TINT Il they meant
reform, as all their speeches and resolutions de-
ciarod, they did tl1oy muat begin by reforming
our present infamous political syHtem. To DO
thia they must vote to protect themselves,
ignoring tho old PARTON and coming, out 6quare
for mon OF thoir own soootion, Regardless Of
what party they had previously belonged to,
recognizing only that they wore compotont,
honsst, and in sympathy with thobe who created
wealth By, labor. Instead, + 1cgislating for
nlnsaes and building up and foatoring monopo-
lies. their nominees must legislato for tho whole
pepolo and g:vo to every class an equal Glance
In the race for wealth.
the rAnMEns AGREE WITH HIM.
The Bpooch elioited bursts Of applauac and
was ono vol calculated to convince tho largo
form.
8. N. smTu ON TAXATION.
8. II. Smith was next introduced, and ho
spoke for nearly two hours, handling tho ques-
tho largo audience In close attention. He do
voted aomo tlmo to the subject Of taxation,
showing tho pooplo that tho only way to 1oloyo
themselves from tho unjust and unequal laws
sg h tho osse o s orn aonr ., e % he e 91sat5y % e yt te
mon to the next Legislature who would do them
Justice in accordance with the provisions OF the
Constitution. Tho speaker Was frequently in
torruptod With applause mud ut tho close OF his
romarks tho following resolutions woro unani-
mons]y adopted;
1'esotred Tint We respectfully request the Advisory
Board, at It's May meeting IN Bloomington, to rcco
mend the nomination OF fun county, district, and
csolutd That ho fauro to elecs tho ticket shall not
be our fault,
Clay County has heretofore been Republican,
but the farmers elected tho county oflcers laat
fall and tho feeling manifested by tho meeting
to~dny HhoWod that they wero no 1esa dotormined
THROW OFF THE suAcK1Es OF PARTY,
Hoi TiHf, IN hr$a
law and the protection Of their olass from fur
Thor robbery.
From Louisville, the speakers won't to Flora,
In t the evening, and addressed An appreciative
bus been a profitable one for Clay County, for
both meetings wore attended by the
REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE COUNTY,
who will carry homo with thom and infuso into
lon which they imhibed at tho meeting. Clay
County will do her full share in rolling up tho
hugo majority which tho Farmers' candidate in
the Sixteenth District will receive In the coming
campaign: II eyory district IN tho State viii
done,- we oan carry overy district III tho State
outside Of Chicago.
The stntc Convention OF Oranges
Ilccts To-Day Mt BloomtnEton-
About ono Hundred Delegates Ex.
ppCtel.
Special ntsuateh to The Chicago 194b,nt.
BLooM1NaroN, ILL.,, April ia delegate con-
vention Of tho drnnges Of Illinois meets in this
city at o'clock tomorrow, for tho purpose Of
taking action on como clauses Of tho now con-
stltutlon referring particularly to tho county or
ganization upon the sa1ne principle aa the pres-
ent State Grange. This convention differs
from TINT Of last full, in that, wheroaa then each
Grange In existence was represented by dolo-
gates, mailing somo 700 in all ROW only ono
delegate Ia expected from each county.
THE NuMDER OF DELEGATES.
AS thore ara fourteen counties In which there
are no Oranges, there will, in all, be present
tic State Grange and tic Executive Committee. g.
This arrangement soema far preferable to that
OF tho lsst State Convention, whoroiu It waB
found difticulEwe!l nigh impossible-to con-
celebrity, owing to tho sizo Of tho body. There
arc in ali, now, about1 400 Oranges In the Slate.
PLACE or MEETING.
The meeting will be hold in Dur}oy Hall. in
which the recent Convention Of Oranges was
hold, and also the first State Convention Of
taEmers Clubs . gear ago last winter. Tho
hall has boon rendered FREQ Of charge by its pro-
prietor, Judge David Davis, through hiamanaRer,
Pr, G, 8. Smith. Members have been arriving
present Tomorrow morning. Among those now Nv
here arc State Master Colder Secretary o. q.
Tanning; State Purchaaing-Agont 8. r. Frew;
Megers. 2. ". Dame. Of Carroll; Y. N. Ken
nedy, Of Leo D. III. foster, Of Whitesido, and
Joaeph Burdett, Of Peorin, OF the State Exeo,l-
tive Committee
DISPLAY or AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
Unite number OF manufacturerB agents hayo
arrived, and havo rented stores for tic dIeplay
OF their goods, which Hoem to attract muoh at
teatlon and oomment from tho delegates,
POLITICAL.