St. Landry democrat., 1893-10-21
REVOLUTIONS
OF the 81. Landry Parish Farmers AL
lance adopted at its quarterly meet
lag held i'm Opelousas, Cos. 5sb, 1898.
TURKEY CREEK

Resolved, that thanks be aud arc hereby ten
dered his Exc cheney Gov. N. J. Foster for the
kind consideration paid our petition Of the 9th
OF July asking to state cause for RENEWING
from the Police Jury two members of the
Farmers Alliance.
Resolved, that we, the Farmers Alliance Of
the parish OF st. Landry, assembled in Opelou-
sas this 9th day of October, 1898, do most heart
lily denounce the actions OF .: s. Senators White
ana Gallery in their opposition TO Hatch and
silver bills and against the interest and welfare
OF the people of this state,
Be II further resolved that we earnestly re-
quest aud recommend our Representatives in
Che state Senate and Legislature not to vote for
the return of said Senator'S
Be it further resolved, that we do most car
Mostly solicit the cooperation of our sister par
ishes in passing like resolutions
Whereas, we have in the state of Louisiana at
New Orleans an Incorporated institution
known as the Cotton Exchange which pro-
notes and fosters gambling in cotton futures
10 such an extent that millions Of bales of cot
ton that are never produced aud CO nsequently
never delivered are ticttiously bought and
sold annually; and
Whereas such gambling in cotton futures so
affects the cotton market as to make it I'M
steady and fiuctuatIug and not dependent at
ell upon the quantity actually produced; and
Whereas, such commercial gambling in the
main staple of our country is not only ruinous
to the material interest OF our agricultural
population but produces wide spread democrat
fgation in commercial circles and induces men
10 breaches of trust, embezzlement and other
crimes;
Therefore the interest of all cotton producers,
@s well as the material and moral welfare OF
the entire people of our Slate, demand that
gambling in cotton futures to such an extent
should cease, and while We realize that it is
impossible to abolish it entirely, yet such gam
bling asa great evil may to q great extent be
destroyed by requiring the New Orleans Cotton
Exchange under pam of forfeiture of it's char
ter to abolish the system OF dealing in cotton
futures carried on in its rooms aud under Its
patronage and management; therefore
BE it resolved, that this parish convention of
the Alliance of St. Landry do now use its great
influence directly upon the State Legislature
to formulate and pass into law some proper
measure to force said Exchange to abolish said
system of gambling under pain of forfeiture OF
Ito charter
Resolved that we most heartily endorse the
move against the Levee tax now imposed by
the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou BRuf
Levee Board. We do den0unce same as class
legislation, and contiscation to portion Of our
parish;
Be it further resolved that this body elect ten
delegates to represent this Parish Alliance at
an anti-Levee Board Convention to be held in
Cheneyvile Oct. IL, 1893.
Resolved that We extend cur sincere thanks
to tho citiZeus OF OpeOusas for the kind hoSpi-
tally with which the Parish Alliance has been
entertained.
On motion the Alliance adjourned to meet in
Plaisance on the first Thursday in January,
1894.
L. E. ORTEGO,
Secretary.