St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1893-10-21
FARMERS ALLIANCE RESOLUTIONS.

Adopted at its quarterly meeting held at
opelousas, october 5, 1888.
Resolved, that thanks be and are hereby
1 rendered his Excellency, NJ j Foster, for the
kind consideration paid our petition of the
OF July, asking to state cause for remov
ing ing from r. the Police jury two members of
| Resolved, that we, the Farmers Alliance
OF the Parish of st: Landry, assembled In
Opelousas this 5th day of October, 1898, do
most heartily denounce the actions OF U. s.
Senator's White and Gaffery in their opposi-
t1on to Hatch and silver bills and against
the interest and welfare OF the people OF
Be 1t further resolved, that we earnestly
request and recommend our Representa-
t1Ves In the State Senate and Legislature
not to vote for the return of said Senators.
Be it further resolved, that we do most
earnestly solicit the cooperation of our
sister parishes In passing like resolutions.
whereas, we have in the State of Louisia
ma, at New Orleans, an Incorporated insti-
tuition known as the Cotton Exchange,
which promotes and fosters gambling In
cotton futures to such an extent that mil
lions of bales of cotton that are never pro.
duced, and consequently never delivered,
are hctitiously bought and sold annually,
and
Whereas, such gambling in cotton futures
SO aTects the cotton market as to make it
unsteady and fuctuating and not dependent
at all upon the quantity actually produc
Whereas, such commercial gambling in
the main staple of our country is not only
iuiilouS W Tie material interest or our a gr1-
cultural population, but produce wide
spread Generalization In commercial circles
ana induces men to breaches sof trust en-
bezzlements and other crimes
therefore, the interest Of all cotton pro-
ducers, as Well as the material and moral
welfare OF the entire people OF our State,
demands that gambling In cotton futures to
such an extent shall cease; and while we
recognize that it Is impossible to abolish ii
entirely, yet such gambling as great evil
may, to great extent, be destroyed by re-
curing the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
under pain OF forfeiture of charter to abolish
the system of dealing In cotton futures car
RED ON In It's rooms and under its patronage
and mana cement; therefore
Be 1t resolved, that this Parish Conyen-
ton or the Alliance Of st. Landry. do now
use Its great influence directly upon the
state Legislature to formulate and pass In
60 law some proper measure to force the
said exchange to abolish said system of
gambling under pain OF forfeiture of its
charter.
Resolved, that we most heartily endorse
the move against the Leyee Tax now Inn
posed by the Red River, Atchafalaya and
Bayou Boeuf Leyee Board, we do denouce
same as class legislation, and confiscation
to portion of our parish.
BE 1t further resolved, that this body elect
ten delegates to represent this Parish AL
lance at an Antt-Levee Convention to be
held in Cheneyvflle Oct. IL, 1893.
Resolved, that we extend our sincere
Kind hospitality with which the Parish AL
lance has been entertained.
On motion, the Alliance adjourned to
meet In Plaisance on the first Thursday in
January 1891. T.. e. ORTEGO,
Secretary