Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-18
LOUISIANA SOREBACKS Meet and Have Kick at Tier Old
 Friends.
RESoLU rIONS WERE ADOPTED
Declaring Their Feai'y to the Republican Party and Cal,-
 ing for Recruits.

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 17s-The sugar panters' convention today at Washington Artillery hall was large and very enthu- siastic assem blaze. The hall, one of the most commodious in the city, was crowded to the doors while the session lasted, and there were present not only the leading planters of Louisiana, but some of the most representative men of New Orleans. The bolters from the democracy had everything their own way and resistance to the pro- gramme was but feebly made. The con- vention went over to the national repuDli can party in body
 MT. L. N. Pugh called the meeting to orfejSqd Ex- Maya. Officer Kernochan was m,y lporary and Ex Mayor Behan per- manent chairman of the organization, all three of these gentlemen having been here- tofore prominent democrats.
 There was considerable speech mak ing, in which prominent figures on the floor took part, ard the walls of the halls were freely orDameuted with placards bearing notices of republican doctrine.
 A representative boey was entrusted with the resolutions, which were adopted by an overwhelming vote ofthe convention.
 The convention of sugar planters today adopted the following resolutions:
 Resolved, That we believe in the protec-
 
 American labor and American enterprise shall not be crushed out by the products of the poorly paid labor of Europe and the coolie pauper labor of the islands of the world.
 Resolved, That the people of Louisiana never asked for a bounty on sugar. It was granted by congress against our protest, but after it was enacted into A law, which declared it should last until 1905, we ac cepted it as a solemn pledge of the govern -l.s- n T not believe any congress controlled by any party would repudiate. lu accordance with that belief, and relying upon the honor of our government, we expended enormous sums Of money, mortgaged our property for immense loans in order to meet the expectations of the country and increase the production of sugar, which, in point of fact, we have doubled in three years under the Mckinley act. That in- debtedness Is still unpaid and the Wilson bill has made it impossible for us to meet our obligations. Bankruptcy stares us iu the face. We declare that no honest gov ernment can afford to break it's faith with its own people or ruin it's own citizens.
 Resolved, That we enter our solemn pro- lest against the continuance of the treaty with Hawaii, by which under the recently enacted tariff the producers of sugar Of those islands with cooiie labor will re- ceive bounty from the sugar consumers Of the United States of over $6, 900 1000 per annum.
 Resolved, That we earnestly recommend and urge the people of Louisiana to organ ize themselves into clubs, committees and conventions, with the view of electing mem bers from each district to the congress of the United States pledged to stand by the national republican party in the organ ization of the house of representatives and in the protection of American indus tries.
 Resolved. That we hereby declare the causes which lead to the inauguration of this movement are of a financial and indus trial nature, and that the character and standing of it's leaders are sufficient guar antee that they will ever advocate good government b the people of this state. We therefore demand a fair election and an honest count and return of the votes as cast, and we expect at the hands of the chief ex- ecutive of this state to see 10 1t that we have fair representation on all boards of registration and election.
 Resolved, That the president of this con venlion shall appoint state committee of thirty-one members, who shall have the full power of this convention and be known as the state committee of the national re- publican party.