The Progress., 1893-02-11
THE PROGRESS
Tt4aT IMMIGRATION CONVENTION

TIA IMMIGRATION CONVENTION
The impression seems to prevail
Lhst Governor Foster will order, or
Hxs ordered, an immigration conven-
o. be held at Baton Rouge some
where about the 1st of March.
Whether the governor has or has
pot ordered this convention is a mat
ter of little consequence unless it is
made so by the people This can he
supplied in three ways: first that the
sIecutiye can do nothing unless he
- assisted by the people; second,
That he cares little about the latter
zCd will take only a nominal inter
as in the matte; and thirdly, if the
II after must be pushed through the
state department, with the commits
.sioner as the engineer, Judging by his
SpclUsIOn in the past, the people
EFould be much better of by staying
~ home, for then the expense Of the
frip at least would be saved.
We sincerely hope thai we are
mistaken IN the matter, but we take
itOe stock in Governor Foster, in
.are-t in the state. only just ST. Ear as
no can be Of service 10 the bosses aud
politicians. II 10y pushing the i'm
migration movement lac can benefit
tao J.ngstcr- and wirepullers, we be
iieve he will exert himself TO make 1t
. success; but as a question Of inter
est 30 the people, we do not believe
be viii put himself out in the least.
or course we readily accept the prop
1siti0n that he viii make biz fuss
and greater pretentions, but for APP
plying the necessary elixir to put
the whee,s in motion, we believe he
wln be found wanting.
For these reasons we think the
chances for success will be far bet
Acr if North Louisiana will manage her
own affairs. She can do this by a
voluntary convention, meeting at a
place and time mutually agreed upon,
2ad adopt their own ways and means
of inaugurating an immigration
snovemsnt " are a great believer
Ia people lookiT out for their own
interests if the desire them well
taken care Of In line with this
Thought, we have never forgotten the
iesson learned in McGuffey's old sec
ond reader about the mother par
Sridgs and the owner OF the wheat |
held. The mother bird felt no un-
aRs1Aa about her young being dis
turbed so long as the farmer de-
pended on his kinsmen and neigh
bors to assist him in reaping the
wheat. But when he made up his
mind to do it himself, she immedi-
So Iy moved her brood, because she
-ApriW tndI uetttDildtlOu luoduO p'tN
juess. Therefore, let North Louisi-
ana depend on herself. For ,ad-
Msitting that the executive is In ear
l1.st about this immigration move
-nent, ,fhe interests of. North and South |
Louisiana are not identical, and We
hope that none of our people in this
1ostion of the State are not so trus-
tang as TO believe that the governor
would for n moment consider our
claims, if they collided with those Of
she lower portion of our State. We
have seen enough to satisfy any
,8Oubting Thomas it seems to us, and
EEE PRoGREss is in favor of North |
Louisiana holding her own immi-
grafton convention and let the gov
erDor and his sleepy sub-altern, the
immigration commissioner, run their
boat to suit themselves and the citi-
xens ofSouth louisiana If the commits |
asioner doesen't go to sleep, while tue
foruler runs her on a snag and'wrecks !
hea, IL. on a sand bar where she will |
,s4lck for all time to come.