The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-10-09
QuaIificatiGns Of DeIep.,..
BY E. EsHBAU@H,MAsrER OF TIL,

e D%> rs PLASTER OF THE
MISSOURI sTaGE GRANGE
In answer to seseral letter. :,
curing as to wlip5 are eligible :.
delegates to the State Granga .rS
who admissible to~the rights and
privileges as delegates, | will refer
to article two in the>~constitutibn &c
the Missouri State Grange; also ~
article one. section two, ifNtheI con
stitution of the National 6rsnga
where the question of seligibiGty i
definitely and clearlysdeined n
regard to the elections of a sdele
gate, the county Grange, or the del
egated representative, at the elec.
ton of a delegate sto the STATE
Grange, should know that the per
son chosen as delegate is eligible
and, if eligible, he osssiae il adj
Missile without adoubt TO the
rights and privileges as such del.
egate.
To be eligible delega,e, a
member must have membashin
and be in regular standingAin sSub.
ordinate Grange, which is in regular
working order, and not in arrears
to the State Grange for dues be.
yond the constitutional limit The
National Grange, at the annual
session, in 1873, definitely settled
the point, that an individual can
not hold membership in the Order.
unless membership is held in a
regularly working Subordinate
Grange. (
The question is settled by the law
of our Order very clearly, that to
be eligible and admissible as dele.
gate to the State Grange, the per.
son chosen must be a Master or
Past Master of Subordinate
Grange in regular working order,
and not in arrears to the State
Grange for dues, and the individual
so chosen, in regular standing and
not in arrears for dues to the Sub,
ordinate, Grange in which his mem.
bership is held. "a
The possession of the "annuai
word" has no bearing in the case,
as the law requires the word to he
obtained by every member direct
from the master of the Subordinate
Grange in which membership is
held. If obtained from an irregular
source, it is void, and can neither
be used or recognized.
Having just closed tour in the
lecture field, which extended over
a large portion of the State, with
the thermometer at range as high
as oS to Io3 degrees, with the dust
deep enough to make good sleigh.
ing, were it snow, and having lost
much rest by night travel, we fee,
upon our return home, much better
fitted to lay up for repairs, than for
duty. But the letters now before
us awaiting our attention, and that
must be disposed of within the next
four days, will keep us in exercise
until our next departure.
I am well pleased with our visit.
orial labor. The meetings were
well attended, well arranged, well
managed and generally very salts
factory. With but two exceptions,
we have had no meetings during
the last three weeks with less than
a thousand people, generally two
or three thousand. Grange interest
throughout the State is on the ad
vance, and doing good work, al
though we found some counties
where the Order is not as prosper
Gus as it should be and Others in
which it seemed sickly and appa-
rently at stand still. But
these counties are the exceptions.
Take the State as a whole, and 1t
has never before been as prosper
Gus as now. More real work is be-
ing done, better feeling prevails
and more good is being accom-
plished. There are various causes
, contributing to inactivity in differ
, ent counties. In some they have
, absolutely been taught to believe
that not much of anything can be
accomplished except by a certain
system of lecturing; individuals
must be secured from abroad to
come and lecture the Oranges IN
our county, time tor a lecture is
, agreed upon, the arrangements are
f made for a good time, the day
, comes, we get together, hear the
lecture, enjoy the funny stories and
the feast and go home with smiling
faces, trying to imagine that the
Grange is revived, rest contented
waiting patiently for another lecture
season that may bring another lee
!, turer to revive us again. There IS
t no Grange in the land can live Oh
food like this. They must have
f their weekly or monthly meals u
order to sustain life. While lectuI
: ing is all right and necessity, f"
can not accomplish all that IS oe'
, sirable. We must work among our
, selves, develope and bring into Use
more of our home talent, and u'
5 less dependent upon foreign ne,F
t In some counties the political &c
/ yer has been raging for sever"
7 months past, and attracted the a.
= tention of all classes. Even a
, irons, in some instances, have give"
more attention to aid few otllVs
seekers in their respective parue%
! than they have given to the OraHS'
, in a whole year. :,
There are various causes foI !"
l activity in counties where the Otu.'
] is not in a prosperous conn,l'yhr :,
S and these causes could readill 4