The Progress., 1894-01-20
FARMERS UNION MEETING.
A Good Attendance at the Meeting Friday,
January u.

L al LitA9 NUNS dIt usually IuuI tl
emily attended, pleasing exception
was made at that held by the Caddo
Parish Union which met at Summer
Grove on the 18th inst.
Five sub-unions were represented
| by delegates and alternates, to say
nothing of many members neither
delegates nor alternates, while word
came that but for hard rains and high
creeks and bayou, III the upper wards
Of the parish, many Lore would have
been present.
For once the faithful secretary, Dr.
+. }. Heron, was absent. caused
s)laly 10y the great amount Of sick
ness III his vicinity which demanded
his first care. TIE farmers are hu-
nanitar.aao aad while demanding
true allegiance 10 the demands of the
Alliance, are ever readyto go on mis-
sions Of mercy and hence readily for
gave their cretaTy, who was allevi-
atinS suffering.
Al this meeting Of the Union sew
eral very important resolutions were
adopted as fellows:
No. /. Resolved that the Farmers
Union Of Caddo parish, in legal as
sembly convened. does hereby in
Struct the two Representatives, to the
Legislature from this parish, mem
bers of the Alliance, to accept no
other proposition or the suffrage
question than the immediate passage
by the General Assembly which will
convene in May next, of an honest
election law which will guarantee to
every intelligent voter the proper re-
turn of his vote as cast
That our Senator, Hon. Andrew
Currie, is hereby earnestly requested
to assist in the passage of such a law.
That the Farmers Unions Of every
parish IN the State are warmly urged
to take similar steps with the Sena-
tors and Representatives of their
district and parish, to secure their CO.
operation in this righteous cause.
That all newspapers in the State.
especially those friendly to our cause.
are earnestly requested to publish
these resolutions and to labor for the
law they advocate.
No. 2. Be it resolved bv Caddo
Farmers Union in regular session as
sembled, that our Representatives in
the Lower House, Hon. Bros. Phillips
and Wasson, be and are hereby re-
quested to align themselves strictly
with that element therein who will
stand firmly upon the Ocala demands,
and vote for no one for United States
Senator who does not indorse same.
No. g. Resolved that the Farmers
Union of Caddo parish does fully In
dorse the resolutions adopted at Ro-
beline on Friday, July 2S, 1893, and
hereby recommend the passage, by
the next Legislature, of such laws as
will meet the requirements suggested
by them.
The new year greeting of President
Pickett was read amid much enthusi-
asm, and when the applause at its
conclusion had subsided resolution
was introduced requesting The PRoG-
REss to publish it,
ADDRESS TO THE FARMERS OF THE PARISH
UNIONS OF LOUISIANA
1 greet you brothers, of the ALI
ance, with Happy New Year, and
hope that it will give birth to new
era of prosperity to the farmers of
Louisiana.
The Farmers Alliance of Louisiana
IS enjoying a steady advance move
mem all along the line.
The people are at last aroused to
sense of their danger, and are now,
preparing by organiza ion of the
Farmers Alliance to strike the blow
chat will set them free
The plutocrats are paralyzed with
awe at the threatning aspect of the
farmers movement, wondering what
it means.
The political bosses are witnessing
the organization of the people with
fear and trembling, not knowing what
moment political revolution for re-
form might burst forth and swallow
them in a vortex that will be pro-
duced by the oppressed farmers and