The Lamar register., 1906-11-21
IA R M E RS N EET
NATIONAL eReNGE IN SESSION
At DENVER
FROM TWENTY-FIVE STATES
Ex-Governor &C New -zrlp.ni-- in .he
Masters caair-FormzIIy WeIconec
by Governor anc Goyerno--EIec- Of
Colorado


s-atss. delegates 10 the annual con
vention Of the National Grange. Pa
rr1ns o. Hus5zndry. assembled al the
Chamber Of Commerce Wednesday
morning and were called 10 order b.
Worthy Master Nahum ! Bachelor,
former governor Of Ns= Hampshire
Sanding Committees we're appointed
and an Adjournment taken until 2.30
O'Clock
1t the afternoon session the mes
cage Of the worthy master. containing
many important recommendations
vas read. and the grange went INTO Sc
crEt session
An ops1 meeting was held at night.
when the farmers we're welcomed 10
the city and 70 Colorado by Gov Jesse
2 Mcdonald 4 J. Spsugsl. president
OF the Chamber Of Commerce. Gov
eTno-Eecr Bucht=i and others
In his address Master Bachelor
uade special reference to Legislation
N favor OF good roads He suggested
that bill De drawn for presentation
TO the next Congress. asking an aDDro-
p-izrion OF So. 600 800. TO be paid at
the rate OF 0.90G. 600 a year. and to
be expended in building roads through
OF the country and improving the
StLLllll o. Dil L EENEEz-
In Speaking Of the ship subsidy bin
es referred 70 Il as an iniquitous meas
IRE and said that the grange had
fleiped TO defeat it. and mus be pre-
pared TO re1eE the fight during the
Iler session Of Congress
He spoke II enthusiastic terms Of
The proposed parcels post. and rec
commended that the grange take action
a. this meeting TO give such a meas
.ure strong support He ascribed the
failure to enact the Law TO the opposi-
ten Of the express companies. which
he said were TnoroDoiis-ic. and TO that
Of a few rural merchants The opposi-
Lien Of the latter. he said. WIS due
more to ignorance than anything else
The parcels post. he said. would be 10
the smallest Of rural merchants an Cd
por1unity equal TO that OF his largest
catalogue competitor. as far as mail
orcer business is concerned The
rtrTal merchant he said. has the mo
noDoly which has caused the decay OF
cur villages 70 be feared. and not the
parcels post. which is a step toward
the abolishment Of monopoIies--
AS a result Of Master Bschslder's
recommendation. it is stated that the
grange viii at once take VI the sub
ject Of parcels post. and will appoint
a committee to carry on a Campaign in
favor of it
OF the railroads. Master Bachelor
had the same 70 say as Of the express
companies That in the shirt Of mo-
nOpoly they prevent competition by
preventing the building of new roads.
although the increase in tonnage is
such that they can no longer handle
the business with the lines and equip
rnent now in operation As a remedy
be suggested the construction of
shin canal connecting the M'sssslpp!
Eith the great lakes ard with the At
lantic
LEGISLATORS who treat the farmers
Of the country with contempt should
be punished accordingly. he said. He
cited as examples Of those whom the
grange has punished, James ". wads-
worth Of New York. chairman Of the
house committee on agriculture. and
Charles II. Burton of Ohio Both had
been denied 2 reelection. he asserted.
because the first had paid no attention
to communication from an organiza-
ZION with nearly 100000 members.
and the second had written a con
tcnDtuous answer
The farmers Of New York and Ohio
who are members of the grange de
feated these two men, he said. and
IL should be lesson to others
In his welcoming address at the
night meeting Governor Mcdonald
told the delegates that he hoped they
would visit other sections Of the state
which has 1000. 600 acres of land IN
der irrigation and much other land
under cultivation without irrigation.
He called their attention to the mines
Of Cripple Creek ana other camps.
which produced gold and silver valued
Ar to -
which produced 1000. 900 tons Of roal
las: year Agriculture in this state.
declared. was just as important, and
produced last year more than the
mines in money value
The response to Governor Mcdonald
was made by former Governor Bachel-
der OF New HAMPSHIRE. who is the
worthy master Of the National Crane.
He said that although in the forty
years since the organization Of the
grange. this was the first meeting held
in Colorado. vet there had long been
a special reason for holding a conven-
ton here. This. he said. was the fact
that the grange admits women to
membership with equal privileges. and
that the grange is fayoring universal
suffrage for men and women.
I'VE appreciate the greeting Won
have given u.s. he said. "and we will
Assure you that while we are here Won
viii need no extra policemen or bar.
tenders. but when we leave YOU migbt
do well to watch us in order that we
do not make of with some of vour
grand scenery and invigorating air"
Governor-Elect Buchtel made
happy speech and recited chanter
from Mr. Dooley relative to Rooss.
velt's visit to Colorado while VIC
president.
Former Governor Charles j Roll of
Vermont proved to be the wit of the
assembly. While defending the NOM.
tains of Vermont stoutly against tho
appellation of hills, he said that he
DIDN'T know whether he could soc
them or not when he returned
Suit fer Commission.