The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-08-22
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Warren county corEesp on1IeaL q
the Patron Of Husbandry e5nsains
statement il reference q Railroad
Supervision Convention which Nns held
under the auspices Of the Changers II
Vicksburg several years ago, p which
We would respectfully call the attention
Of the Herald Of that city. The state-
ment contains the names Of the princi-
pal actors il the meeting, Conspicuous
among whom was the distinguished cdr
tor Of the HeraId;l and also the resoln-
ton which was adopted by the
Convention calling on the Legisla-
ture to ''eaqet a lar regulating The passen-
ger and freight tariffs extending through
this STATE" The proceedings of this nota-
bic Convention seem to be the starting
point of the movement to carry out the
doctrine of the Democratic State Plat
form which was partially developed in
the Barry bill, and wholly 50 in the
Humphreys bill'' Of the last Legislature.
From this same source it would seem
that the recent Claiborne county re.olu-
tions, which have sorely vexed our con-
temporary, the Herald, received its in
spiration. We are not 80 fortunate as to
/ have a file Of the Herald, and as the
statement of the correspondent Is
meagre, we request the Herald to repro
duce in full this important chapter in
the history of the Supervision agitation
in our State:
Patron OF Husbandry.l
Several years ago Convention OF the
Subordinate Oranges of this and the adj
Joining counties, was called to assemble at
vicksburg, to take into consideration vari-
Gus matters affecting the interests OF the
farmers, the most important of which was
the question of transportation.
, At that time complaints were rife among
the merchants as well as planters, and it was
hoped that by calling the Convention at
th;splace, they might be induced to coop
, crate in any plan that might be adopted for
the redress of the grievances complained
Of The meeting was large one, composed
of some OF the best men of the Grange and
of the State, such as Col. Humphreys, OF
Claiborne Harper, of Jefferson; Dixon,
/ Wall and Hooker of Kinds; Yellowly, Of
: Madison; Barnes, Gibson, Nailor. Eoothe,
Newman and others of Warren. The Com
vention was in session several days, and re-
suited in accomplishment OF some relief
in the direction intended. A committee on
transportation was appointed. consisting of
Col. HUMPHREYS, of Claiborne; C.. L.
r Wright of Warren, and Col. W. L. Harper,
! of Jefferson. On the last day of the session
the committee made report, of which the
, following is an extract:
1--WE would recommend that, as the coun-
try is now in an impoverished condition,
and every plan for applying relief to the
people should be well considered, and when
deemed practicable, earnestly pursued, the
Executive Committee of the State Grange
be requested by this Convention to consider
the expeiiency of addressing a petition to
the Legislature, praying that body to enact
lar regulating the passenger and freight
} tariffs of the Uarious railroads extending
through The State"
+ The C. E. Wright, of that committee was,
and is yet, the editor OF the Vicksburg
Herald, and seems now to have constituted
himself the special champion of the rail-
roads in the matter of supervision. Since
that Convention the evil complained of has
grown tenfold in magnitude and oppressive
ness, and demands more imperatively than
ever before just such action as was recon-
mended in the report of the transportation
committee.