The Progress., 1893-08-19

alliance to silver. declare IL to hc thc
metal money cf the misses. IN" wage
earncrs and debtor c,a--: that We regard
the attempt =" drmoactil' il a. q mca--
ure Of the moury"d powers of Wall
street and London 'o make -p, culation
and gain from the hard earning of tho
honest toilcr-, and To- gain 10y unjust
LEGAL cnactmcnt- greater power over the
people bv means of their control over
the finances of our nation through th"
medium of the all-gold standard. aud
il. this belief. firmly rooted aft"ra ear
fu survey Of the field. We demand of
our Senators and Representatives in
Congress protection from his unjust
oppression 10y refusing 70 submit to- any
repeal of the Sherman bill. unless at
tended bv measure which will give u-
free and unlimited coinage of silver.
Resolved. that any submission what
ever ON the part of our congressman to
the enactment Of bill .demonetiLing
silver for even brief period CO.. any
time whatever will be- considered bv H.
betrayal and surrender of our inter
,,t- to our most holrtlc-- enemies, aHj
that we will resent it by all just ard
legal means in our power, and we here
10y pledge ourselves to oppose th" polit-
ical advancement or prcfermcn'- of the
member or member. 50 doing.
Resolved, that the present ratio of
I6 to / is a fair and just proportion OF
the two metals. and We request our
Congressmcn to retain at that ratio.
Resolved. that the resolutions adopt
ed by the reform press, which convened
at Robelinc on the 18th ult, be- indorsed
and made part of the proceedings Of
this meeting.
The follcWing resolution wa, offered
and adopted:
Whereas. certain Representatives of
the state Of Louisiana. in the Congress
of the United States. have east their
yotcs in favor of the re-cstablishmcnt
of free coinage of silver and in favor Of
the anti-options bill:
Besolved, that we, the officers and
members of the Louisiana State Farm
ers' Alliance, do hereby offer them our
hearty congratulations for the faithful
performance of their duty to their con-
stituents, and we hereby condemn in
the most stringent terms the action Of
the other Representative and our TIVE
Senators in opposing the passage Of the
two bills, which we believe were in the
interests of the producers oi the wealth
of this State
Besides the election OF officers the
names which appear in the directory.
the following Representatives to the
State Alliance were elected: From
Acadia, A. Happaugh. l.. j, Sloan:
Bossier. J. u. Gleason. r. VI. Wise;
Bienville, J. NJ. Tillcr, L. W. Beard;
Claiborne, c. y. Gaudy. \. II. Wilburn'
AdNuO. N. w . ''tbl-t' W O. ~ i'Niu' ~ IA
| Calcasieu. |. J. Mills, Il. l.. Davenport;
Caldwell. J. a. Humphreys, j. {. Har-
grove: DeSoto. f.. Il. Best, j. j. Bill
| Kingsley: East Baton Rouge, Josiah
| Kleinpeter: East Feliciana, T. ;. Ad'
ans. w. +. Noteworthy: Jackson, Jas
/ Edmonston: Lafayette. Louis Sicily
| Hugh Hutchinson: Livingston, .. &,
/ Branson. A. Humstock: Lincoln, j. +.
4 Matthews. J. w. burt: MOrehouse, w
/ G.. shelton: Natchitoches. III. II. Hath
orne. J. G. Henry: Ouachita, a. Benoit
:. Whited: Red River, J. w. Brown
AL. Wimberly: Rapides, u. 7. Squires
G.P. Bruce: St. Landry. a. l.. Stagg
Sabine. J. f.. Bullard, |. \. McColister
Union. l.. Mcdonald. w. ;. Pickens
Vermilliou, A. +. Maxfeld, w. ID
Gooche: Vernon. ID. VI. Nation. Lee Nj
Aipin: Webster, J. J. Stewart, j. ;
Killen: Washington, n. Silvest.
The Robeline resolutions which wer
adopted and indorsed by the Allianc
convention will be found in full in an
other portion of this paper.