The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1889-08-14
FOURTH DAY.

alton. No action was taken.
FOURTH DAY.
The Union convened promptly at
o'clock, a. m, the first business being
the reelection of Il. A. Clayton as
State Agent.
The following gentlemen were cho-
sen as delegates to the National ALI
ance and Farmers Cooperative Union,
which meets in St. Louis in October,
viz D. Morgan, of East Baton Rouge;
Z j. Guice, of DeSoto; DR.. j. d.
Hammond, of Morehouse.
A constitutional committee OF seven
was appointed to draft constitution
for the Union, to be submitted at the
next regular State meeting. The
committee is composed of Messrs. A.
B. Casper, S. Whited, Il. S. Adams,
J. nj. Stallings, d. Morgan, j. E.
Pelton, G.. L. P. Wren.
The Committee on Resolutions Of
fered the following which were adopted:
} We, your Committee on Resolutions re-
! commend that the Executive Committee
be and is hereby constituted the Commit
tee of grievances and Appeals. and that
all papers and documents during the IN
term appertaining the same be submit
ted to them, and that said Committee,
with the bonded officers meet at least two
DAYS prior to the annual session OF the
state Union, so that their official duties
can be arranged, and their report made
: immediately after the converting of the
State Union. >
We recommend that the Secretary OF
, the State Union be required to correspond
with tho various town and city officials
in the State rs to what inducements they.
arc willing to offer for the converting Of
the State Union in their respective local
tiles, and report result at next sitting OF
this body also 10 try and secure reduced
rates of transportation in time to give one
notice through the official organ.
, Whereas, Money is simply circulating
medium and nothing more, and whereas,
the people having the absolute right to
> say what that circulating medium shall
be, now, therefore, he it
: Resolved, That the State Farmers
. union of Louisiana hereby instruct their
/ delegates to our National body to nse
their every effort to secure o circulating
medium.
: Resolved That the thanks Of the Far.
Z. mers' State Union are eminently due and
are hereby rendered to Hon. j. M. Stall
. ings for the impartial, efficient and cour
y teOus manner in which lie has presided
over the deliberations of this body fol
four consecutive terms, and it is with
E sense of melancholy gratitude we nov
part with him as President, and will al
:. ways remember with pleasant emotions
I. the many fraternal deliberations Owe
IS which he has presided.
The report of the Educational Com
70 mittee was then read and adopted
70 to-wit:
4 To the Honorable President and Brethren
of the Farmers State Union:
e Your committee on education beg leav
D. to make this their report: The cause o
re- education within the State, although no
a of that efficient and progressive stat
which Your committee would be mos
u happy to report to this body, is, however
J, Of Il very encouraging and pronnsln
character.
The people rs whole are manifestin
!" a deeper concern upon educational que'
II tions than has been exhibited only fey
;" wears in the past, and the Legislature ha
=. evinced an increased interest i'll prov
10 ding for educational pursuits in the con
70 mon school system Of our State.
-. But your committee cannot close the
W eyes to great deficiency in the schot
~ laws and appropriations. To such an @,
'o tent are some of these laws detrimental
the public welfare of the masses that tn
no committee feels it duty to recomnlen
'e- to your body that redress which is ope
to every citizen of this commonwealth
of to-wit: the right of memorializing tx
id legislative department of the governmel
-, to invoke every legal and authentic N
>, thod within their power to raise the val,
"a. of assessment on the taxable property
Or the State. And we further urgently r
Of commend to your body the necessity
bringiu before the Legislature the abs
"' lutte necessity of retrenchment of Il
M funds of the State i'll supporting an Q
, cessive body of officials in the judiciar
tn We, your committee, therefore recor
\ mend that your body memorabilia Il
Il. =. Legislature to abolish the Office of Circu
ia Judge. And also to memorabilia the LIE
nd islature to redistrict the State at as ear
ian date as possible, and thereby make t
ror districts larger and the number OF u
W. trict Judges smaller.
ION And we further recommend that 20
r a body memoriaHze the Legislature to a
I'M. propriate the amount of the salaries
-, these abolished Offices to school purpos
ri Next in order was the installati
ne of the officers elected at yesterda
ace session.
NV A committee was appointed-Mes
,,ls Tanner and Guice-to extend an in
ta,ion to the representatives of
,s;. Alexandria and New Orleans press
Ir;a witness the installation ceremoni
as The ceremony was interesting, a
,hs was conducted by Messrs. j. NJ. Sta
ass ings aud H. V. Tooke. .
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