Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-04-30

The F. & l.. Union Refuses to
Dabble in POlitics-The
Meeting at Wesley
Chapel.

Dabble in POlitics-The
Meeting at Wesley
Chapel.
MEXICO, Mo-, April ~, 1891
The County F. & L. U. meeting
was held at Wesley Chapel, 10
miles northeast of Mexico, April
"a and %.
The meeting was called to order at
1920 by the president, L. J. Sims.
The usual committees were ap-
pointed and the minutes of regular
and special meetings were read,
corrected and approved, with closed
doors.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The report of committee on Gre.
dentials showed about sixty MEM
bers present entitled to seats.
The committee on roads made
report through brothers R. H.
Cauthorn and E. E. Jones. The
committee was retained and broth
ers s. o. Wright and R. M. Shan
non added.
The committee to try to secure
next State meeting made report,
showing from correspondence that
Lafayette county had, perhaps,
secured the meeting.
The committee was retained and
instructed to work for the State
meeting in 1892.
The Legislative committee made
report by brother I. ]. Sims. Their
work was satisfactory and the COM
mittee was discharged.
Several amendments to the con-
stitution of F. & L. U. Co-opera-
tive Insurance Association were
read the second time and passed.
The report of s. G. Richards,
county business agent, was quite
satisfactory and interesting, show
ing the great benefits of co-opera-
ton.
EVENING SESSION.
Several important questions were
discussed. The question of send
ing delegates to the Cincinnati
conference, to be held the 10Th of
May, was discussed until 1:30 p.
m. before a final vote was reached.
AS this matter has already been
made public through the daily
LEDGER and the daily Intslligencer,
/ will add a little by way OF detail.
The original resolution was to send
two delegates to the Cincinnati
conference. President Sims took
the position that we should be
represented there, not to help form
a new party, but to prevent, II
possible, the formation of such q
party, and in this view he was sup
ported by several other prominent
members. But a few who favored
the resolution freely admitted that
they were in favor of a new party.
The opposition, led by r. M.
Shannon, G. W. Convey, S. o. Ora
ham, s. o. Wright, E. E.. Jones, J.
N. Stephens and others, held that
it was evidently the object of those
who were pushing the claims OF
the Cincinnati conference to form
then and there a third party, and
that by sending delegates we would
be committed to support the &C
ton of the conference. An amend
ment was made to the original res
olution, making it obligatory upon
the delegates, if sent, to vote
against the formation of a third
party, and If the confer ence was in
favor of forming a third party, to
withdraw from the convention.
The amendment was accepted by
the mover of the original question.
The final vote was reached at 1:3O
D. M, and resulted in the defeat o.
the resolution by a large majority
The discussion was exciting and
showed that we have within oul
ranks some men who are well
posted on parliamentary tactics,
Among those who favored the res
olutlon were many OF our best mem
bers, such as l.. J. Sims, G.. R
Pool, II. Doolin, W. T. Lott, R
P. Tinsley, R. H. Cauthorn, J. B
Pool, M. J. O'Brien, B. F. Tur
ner, ]. II. Pool, G.. N. Wales ane
others.
SATURDAY MORNING.
Several matters of q privatt
character we're discussed and set
tied and committees made reports
Some important committees were
appointed and we think they viii
be heard from at no late day.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
WHEREAS, The ST. Louis Aroth
ecaries' Association, acting under
the orders or by the advice OF ths
National ASSOCIATION have formed
a trust" or association for tn,
purpose of controlling the price o
patent medicines, and have adopt
ed a scale Of prices unjust to thu
consumers, and have arranged b.
means of q paid agent to "blacl
list" and by every possible mean
boycott and injure the trade o
all who sell below or "cut" thei
exhorbitant rates; and
II WHEREAS. The Judro e Dolpl