The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-11-27

Want Morton Removed.
The National Grange Of the patrons
II Hushandry. composed Of delegates =
rom thirty-five States and represent.
ng more than one million organized L
'armers In their annual meeting last
Wednesday, Nov. 22. at Syracuse, New
York. unanimously adopted series
Of resolutions. denouncing Secretary i
Of Agriculture Morton and asking for
his removal by President Cleveland.
John G. Higgins. OF Delaware City, re.
presented the grangers OF this State
and George W. Stone, OF this city.
upon the invitation OF the convention,
read his paper en- the railroad owner
ship by the Government. Ths resolu I
tlons are as follows:
"Iour Committee on Good Of the
Order, to whom were REFER ed the reSo-
buttons of Enterprise Pomona Grange. I
OF California, and Hope Grange, OF
New York, in reference TO the Ian
guage used by the Hon. j. Sterling
Morton. Secretary OF Agriculture. in
his speech at Chicago at a meeting of
gUaEe unbecomlDg agentleman, much
loes high Official, no less than a
member of the Presidents Cabinet,
condemned and ccnsured ali farmers
organizations, and specially mention
ing Eraugns, in the following language
to wit That the most insldlon5 and
destructive foo to the farmer Is the
profess onul Turner, the promoter Of
oranges and alliances. who, for po-
litical purposes, farms the farmers.
That he will not succeed better by
forming CHANGES and alliances which
generally seek o attend to soma other
business than farming offer the fol'
/ lowing resolutions:
Resolved. That go far a5 the
+, Grange Is concerned, there ia not ono
word of truth in what the Honorable
. Secretary has said about it; but, on
, the contrary. it Is strictly nonpGrt!
, san md tends by all Its teachings and
= principles to educate and elevate Tie
y fdImer to higher and nUhlor citizen
+. ship, and does in u thousand way,
, improve Inc farmer IN his profession
by teaching the most approved meth
DDS OF agriculture ard in the market
! Ing of the produce Of tho farm, ant
9 III wisely using the money received
:, therefor in heautifving and making
the home of the farmer better ana in
lie creasing tho Intelligence and happi
> less OF the farmer aud his family.
"lesolvcd, That in giving utteranct
to this calu;Any. the illsity OF whic!
= the Secretary must have known o.
could have isnown had no taken thu
If pains to inform him self. he has proven
himself unworthy vi tho high position
lie holds.
i "ROsulved. That the President o
i. tho nited States owes it to tho fan
mers VI America, tho largest aEllcll
turaL Nation In tho world and tic lnrn
o. est single interest IN the United States
al that they should have n Secretary q
n Agriculture in sympathy with thl
great interest. We believe 1t TO he tn
ID imperative duty OF tho President in
IF medlptgly TO take steps to secure
4 Secretary of Agriculture who shall
!, in accord with that interest,
70 Resolved, That tho Master aud SeC
Rotary Of tho National Grange Owe
" their official signatures. transmit I
=, the President OF the United States tn
action Of the Grange relative to til
l expressed contempt OF the Hon. ,
~ Sterling Morton, Secretary Of Agricu
III ture, for all farmers organization
80, anu the Patrons OF llGshaudry esp'
ctally.'
"a In referring to the above the Bree
a. . Gazette remarks;
. Secretary Morton Is 40 proud of u
q. scoring lie gave tho farming comm
10 nifty In his late Chicago speech that
"a. has started tho Government printir
presses grinding them out and th'
10 are now being distributed at publ
Il. expense through the mails. The q
ee lAtte trusts that all who receive th
=, Pub. Doc" will peruse this insole
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