St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-08-15
THE MYSTERIOUS PACT.
FULL TEXT OF THE AGRERNENT BE
TWEEN THE ANTS AND
Farmers UNION,


cP~Ss~A " Atmec>AISHOCtat.I
LAFAYKTTE, Aug. 9.-An the dele
gates to the FArInors' Alliance session
have departed for their homes
The following II an authentic CODY OF
the agreemen! which was entered into
between the Farmers Alliance and
Anti Lottery conference committees:
Lafayette, Aug. 4, 1891.
The undersigned members Of the con.
ference committee Of the Anti Lottery
Executive Committee OF the State OF
Louisiana and the State Farmers Union
OF the State of Louisiana, recognizing
the fact that they represent two fac
lions OF the Democratic party of this
State, and with view of securing IN
Anti Lottery plank In the platform OF
the coming State nominating conven.
ton Of the Democratic party to defeat
the Norris constitutional amendment,
and of electing an administration pleiy-
cd to suppress, by all lawful means, the
Louisiana State Lottery, the Mexican
Lottery and all other lotteries whatso-
ever; 10 prevent the charter of any lot.
terry company, aud to maintain, not
only In name but In spirit, the princi.
AZ
ana, do make this agreement:
l. The delegates to the Democratic
nominating convention shall be select.
ed according to Democratic usage by
all the white Anti LOtteryitcs and anti
lottery farmer uniOnists of each parish,
and In cases whore disagreements be.
tween these respective factions of the
Anti Lottery cause shall arise. commit
tees from the governing committees of
the union and nOn.uniOn antix shall be
appointed to adjust the differences SO
as to insure the election of anti dele
gates. The candidates for delegates in
each parish to the State nominating
shall be pledged to carry
into effect this agreement and all other
agreements made by the governing
Of our respective factions.
2. The nominating convention shall
adopt . strictly pure Democratic plat.
form, containing an anti lottery plank.
8. The temporary chairman Of the
shall he selected by the
Farmers Union delegates, and the per-
chairman by nOn.unlOn anti lot
terry delegates.
4. The caucus of the Farmers Union
delegates to the Democratic Nominating
Convention shall designate the candi.
iates for Governor. Treasurer and Su-
of Public Instruction. The
caucus or the nOn-uniOn anti lottery
delegates shall designate the candidates
Ior Lieutenant Governor, Attorney
Auditor of Public Accounts
md Secretary of State. The parties
designated shall receive the unanimous
uppOrt of both factions for their re-
pective positions.
8. We recommend that financial aid |
hall be furnished ~ the finance COM |
nittee shall determine, to the campaign |
of the Farmers Union.
6. We pledge ourselves to carry out |
his agreement.
Signed-W. &. Noteworthy. A. u. La |
argue, W. lR. Womack, J. f. Burch,
Y. c. Ward, Farmers Union of Louisi-
m.
J. ID. Hin, r. S. Perry. j. C. Vance,
ames c. Noise, Anti Lottery Executive
ommittec.
This compromise was adopted by a
ote of IS 10 p. The % who voted
gainst it were:
Acadia-J. c. Lyons, r. A. Greeman.
AvOyelles-J. II. Ryland.
Calcasieu-J. b. McAnally, J. r.
lexander.
Grant-B. +. Brian, G. W. Bruce.
Livlngston-O. G. BrannOn.
Natchit0ches-J. w. Jones, J. c. Da-
4.
Rapides-Z. T. Squyres, w. W. Nun.
'e.
veruon-R. B. Paine, NJ. d., John
rankin.
Winn-J. Fl. Crawford, H. L. Brian.
Webster-J. Il. Bayne, NJ. ID.
At large-T. A. Clayton, b. L. Tame
II, T. J. Guice.
1t IL claimed that the minority repre-. {
Mt Q large majority OF the Order in
e State.