The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-04-12
MEETING OF THE FARMERS AND
LABORBRS' UNION.

LABORBRS' UNION.
iIGGINsvILLE, Mo, April.5, 1890.
The regular quarterly convention OF
the Lafayette county Farmers and
LaborCrs' Union met and was called to
order by the president, Col. III. g..
Cnilcs, promptly at 10 O'Clock, a. IN.
The union was opened in due form,
Judge Prather officiating as chaplain.
after which the president delivered the
address published below.
On call of the roll of unions, 20 dele
gates from 2S of the 81 unions in the
county, presented their credentials.
by unanimous vote the president
was requested to furnish q copy of his
address for publication in the county
papers and the journal of agriculture.
After some discussion of the aims OF
the organization the resolutions of the
convention of March 1st were Te-adOpt-
ell unanimously.
Letters from Senator CoGkrell and
Representative Tarsney were read.
Delegates TO the district convention,
TO be held at Independence, Nav 18th,
were then chosen. The president and
secretary wero elected delegates at large
and the others as follows:-JOhn IL.
Walkcnhorst. Sidney Woods, +. s.
Zantmeyer, j. l.. Huber, John Harvey
Holman and q. W. Avery.
BYLAWS were adopted and 500
copies were ordered printed for the
use of subordinate unions.
After instructions by M. w. Harnish
district organizer in the order, tho
convention adjourned to meet in Hig-
ginsville on tho first Saturday in July,
at 10, a. III.
IL was an enthusiastic convention
and the delegates expressed their deter
mination TO present united and firm
front in the great battle for the indus
trial classes, till relief is obtained fol
their depressed financial condition.
j. Brown JONES, Sec.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
Gentlemen and brethren of Me La.
Jnyette county "Fasmers' and Labor.
crs' Union":-
Before entering upon the regular
business of this session. / feel it to be
my privilege, If not my duty also, 10
address YOU in few remarks OF an ad.
visOry character as your chosen pre-
siding officer. feel honored by being
placed in this position, and take pleas
ure in thanking yeu for your confidence
in placing me in It.
The object and purposes of this Or
ganization are so universally recogniz-
ed as being true and inst, that il
becomes the imperative duty of the
| representatives of the subordinate
unions to carefully examine their SUI
rounding conditions, and devise some
safe, just and harmonious manner ol
mode of carrying out these objects to {
successful termination.
1t seems 10 be the almost unanimous
conviction OF nearly every calling o.
interest of the people of this country
| that the ills from which the farmer
and laborers are suffering and which
have become SO onerous and burden
some, that they command the attention
and consideration of politicians o
every name and position, OF the politi
cal economist, from the youthful
student, yet without any apparent am
bition for political preferments, to th
active, experienced Legislator, who feel
an interest in the welfare of those VIII
have given him place and power. A
these things being true, whilst you
cause, commanding as it does, tn
sympathies of almost the entire worlc
OF thoughtful, just people, you shoul
go forward in your work, governed b
moderation and discretion; ask onl
for such things as are undoubtedl
yours by right. Steadily and unitedl
persist in them, then, your cause wi
continue to command the respect an
cooperation of all just and intelligei
people.
In all your work give due considers
ton to the rights of others, and d
nothing hurtful to such rights unlei
they clearly antagonize your own il
terest. You will frequently find it
be best to surrender and give up sma
, things that may produce disagreement
rather than by persisting in them yt
endanger others of vastly more in
pOrtance.
Very many of the evils by which vC
are surrounded, and of which you
!, Justly complain, are so bridged abo
: with difficulties of practical solutIo
3 3 as to require the most riged scrutiny
i our wisest aud most thoughtful state
men, and should also command yol
utmost patience; careful, every ds
examination. You can see an almo
!. universal clamoring amongst your ow
!, class and calling, for better coDditio
= : of things. Such an awakening, indee
Z =, as has never been known before. A
u acknowledgment of which is to be sec
coming from every point OF the con
!. pass, from almost everv busine
} centre of this commercial world, fro
pulpits, from the state legislature, fro
: the halls of congress, from the offic
) of cabinet ministers, from senators al
representatives, from newspapers al
periodicals, indeed, from almost Il
entire press interest, political, literal
and religious, all have more or less
n say OF this great uprising of the indu
n trial world.
II Can such universal demand tor ju
q and equal laws go unanswered?
o| Can the conservative element const
n tuting the bulk of the liberty lovil
! people of the greatest republican 60
" ernment the world has ever known,f 4,
r. to unite with you in carrying forwa
# to a successful issue such demands
j, these? We say, or feel we know, tt
d this demand for Just and equal Law
!. must come by persistent effort, a
unity of action. Your earnestness, ,yo
honest, calm, self reliance must car
% conviction to all right thinking peop
s2 Do not permit your efforts to relax,
IA your unity to be disintegrated.
b9 Your surroundings are complicat
so and their solution difficult; your
OG genuity, tact and unity of effort may
81 will be taxed to the uttermost tsnsl
30 to relieve yourselves of the many G
5d barassments that are now weighing y
S9 down. Amid al, let your watchwOrd
% "onward, and triumphant success v
81 be your reward.
Is Your chief enemy in these demal
so is combined, consolidated, and has
90 most unlimited control of that VIII
81 is to a great extent Omnipotent in I
4s age in which we live. Its insiduol
40 ness pervades every avenue and wi
~ of life, will meet You with bla
n smile and suave manner wherever J
62 may be; its hand is ever open to re,
90 the unwary and unsuspecting; its po
81 ical influence Is In every dram 81
"a and gambling device known to man ;
a. corruption fund is unlimited; 1t reac
to you In the garb of honesty and vir
6i in form OF patriotism and public be
4o faction; only this more securely to q
o7 lead, defeat and destroy your III
SO earnest efforts to build up and prot
rs your own interest and the welfare
~ this mass of Your fellow workers.
SS ,,S This enemy has no feeling, or sci
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