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The Farmers' Convention, which met at Salem, on Thursday last, was called to order by T; L. Davidson, temporary "chairman. J. H. Brown was chosen temporary Secretary. The following gentlemen were ap- pointed a Committee on Credentials : T. Carter, Benton county;- A.. B. Babcock, Polk ; John H. Smith, Linn ; Daniel Clark, Marion ; J. H. Upton, . Yamhill ; Thomas Edwards, Lane, and T. P. Powers, Clatsop. -. In order to give this committee time to report, the Convention adjourned un til 1 o'clock p. in. AFTEEXOOIT SESSION". Convention met at appointed hour, when the Committee on Credentials re ported the following named gentlemen 1 entitled to seats in the Convention : Lian county W. McCullock, S. Gr. . Haley. A. G. Marshall, W. P. Ander son, Jonas Davis, John Layton, G. : Crawford, J. H. Baber, James Finlay son, Jason Wheeler, A. W. Standard, J. H. Smith, Martin Luper and "G..W. 7 Vernon. - Lane county T. D. Edwards, "W. . A. Potter, George Rinehart, M. B. Gray, W. C. Edwards and M. Wilkins. Benton county Tolbert Carter, H. .Miller, E. Hartless and C. E.Moore. Marion county .T. L. Davidson, F. Condet, T. W. Davenport, J. H. Brown, 'Daniel Clark, John Miuto, B. C. Greer, John Downing, Joseph Smith, F. X, Matthews, M. Fisk. Delegates at large -H.-Udeli and J. W. Grim. . Columbia county G. W. Maxwell. ' Polk county John Allen, Ira Town seud, Jesse Stump, W.C Brown, James 'iTatom. : John H. Hawley, E. TMcNary, W. Cl'arcbill, James Smith, Vlsaac Smith, ET. W Clark, Thomas Blair, "A. D. Babcock and W. . Ruble, delegates -'at large.- ,"' ': V; Yamhill county Henry Newell, D. ?,C,: Stewarti O..B. Henry, W. Galloway, F. Martin, George B. Curry, J. H. Up ton, B. B. Crawford, J. C. Kelson, Rob ert) Laughlin, Willis Starr,- A. J. Pit 4 man, L, Potter. W. Galloway, B. Sprin ger, L. Bleeker, and George B. Curry, for Willamette League Club. . All of which is respectfully submitted. John H. Smith, Chairman. 1 J. H. Upton, Secretary. Report unanimously adopted. .r On -motion the 'following Committee on Permanent Orgaization was appoint ed : C. P, Burkhart. of Linn ; T. W. Davenport. Marion ; T. Edwards, Lane; Jesse Stewart, Polk ; W. .Galloway, Yamhill ; George Maxwell, Columbia 4 "ID, Hartless, Benton. The - Committee reported promptly as follows : W. Wilkins, President $ J. H. Brown, Secretary f M. V. Brown of Linn conn tyASsistant: Secretary; " ' The report was adopted, , and Mr. Wilkins conducted to the chair. ' A Committee on Constitution consist ing of one from each county was then appointed, ' - ; -r Gb motion ef C E. Moore, a -Conv-tnittee on Resolutions was appointed', as follows ; C E. Moore of Benton, J. HUpton of, Yamhill; J. H. ; Smith of Linn, John ' Minto of Marion, M. B. Gray of Lane and TVm.-Ruble of Polk. Jlr Moore moved that the object of Jie CopTtntion is to express the eeqi- -VOLT 2;, ments of the farmers of Oregon by reso lutions upon their various interests. . ' A large number of members express ed their views at length, and with much earnestness,' as to what they considered to be the primary Objects of the Con vention and the duties of the Farmers' Clubs;: ?i '- Superintendent Watkinds invited the Convention to visit the Penitentiary. Invitation accepted. ' . At this stage of the proceedings, the Chairman of the Committee on Resolu tions came into the ball and requested time for further deliberation, and sug gested r he following for discussion by the Convention, as a means of bringing ont more definitely the minds of the members on the chief objects to be kept in view of the Convention: "Shall the farmers of the State organize for the purpose of building wharves, ware houses, steamboats, aud engage in the business of transportation, or shall they seek amelioration of the present condi tion by taking . advantage of present circumstances to obtain a reduction of freights also, as to what methods we shall adopt to avoid the unnesaary ex-. pense entailed upon products in too fre quent handling by those between the producer and the consumer." The re quest was granted 'the suggestion was adopted, followed by a discussion that showed marked ability and good feel ing. At five o'clock the Convention adjourned till seven p. m. EVENING SESSION. " Convention called to order at 7;30. Committee on Resolutions mad the fol lowing report : ' Whereas", The practice of the far mers of Oregon, in storing their wheat in the warehouses of millers and grain dealers, has resulted in placing the pow er of setting the market prices of grain, to a great extent, within the control of the buyer;. and, - . Whereas, The present system of transportation of freight upon the Co lumbia and Willamette rivers is unneces sarily tedious and costly ; therefore ', Besdved, First We strongly advise that farmers" keep absolute control of their own products until sold, in order to keep themselves free from conditional engagements with middlemen. Second That it is manifestly the in terest of the farmers of the Willamette and Columbia river "alleys to combine and . build ' warehouses at convenient points along the railroad and navigable streams, for the purpose of storing their products, and to sell such products di rectly to the shipper or consumer, so as to avoid the extortion "of middlemen. Third That in our opinion, the con struction of warehouses at Astoria will greatly facilitate the transportation of our produce to foreign markets; and that it is the . conviction of this body that a warehouse, or warehouses, at said point will meet such encourage ment at the hands of said farmers of this State as will insure their scucess as an investment. - Fourth That while we are not pre pared to recommend the building of sea going vessels by farmers, yet the '. con struction of such vessels within our bor der, for the purpose of transporting our products to foreign markets, deserves every encouragement from the people of Oregon.- Fifth That while we are in favor of encouraging all legitimate means of more cheaply and expeditiously send ing off exports and receiving imports, we wonld most emphatically recom mend the encouragement of all branch es of home manufactures as a means of creating a home. market by the multi plication of our consuming population. Sixth That as we recognize the mer chants of Oregon as. sufferers- in com mon with farmers where freights are subjected to unnecessary cost- and de lay ; we therefore invite their co-operation with us in securing relief from our present system. Seventh That having interest in common with all skillful mechanics in the encouragement of home manufactur es, we would recommend to the consid eration of master mechanics the policy of using apprentice labor. - Your committee beg leave to submit the foregoing report. The report was unanimously accept d,sand the resolutions discussed seri atum. The third resolution called forth the most earnest- and able debate ever witnessed in the Legislative Hall, Messrs Smith and Minto favoring, and Messrs, Hartless and Davenport opposing its adoption. It was passed by a vote of 27 to 24. Adjourned to 8 o'clock to-morrow. Second Day.' ; . ': Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment. :On motion of Mr. Moore, the follow ing was adopted : : , - Whereas, It is the understanding that the Astoria resolution Will be re considered, and again be put upon its passage, ' - - Resolved, That no member of this Convention shall speak but once,, and all speeches on other eubjects shall be limited to ten minutes. On motion of Mr. Minto, the follow ing resolution was warmly supported, and unanimously adopted ; - : . COtlVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON : SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1873. Wheesas, There have been eontin tied complaints , made -by masters of vessels and the merchants ok our State in regard to the manner in which the parties who have contracted with the State to place a tug boat on the bar of the Columbia river have lulhlled said contract, and in consequence of the failure of said parties to failbully per form their contract, the commercial and transportation interests of the State have been damaged to a great extent, Hesolved, That this Convention re spectfully ask the Governor to examine this matter, and see that the law bf the contract- is faithfully fulfilled by the contracting parties ; that this resolution be entrusted to a committee offthree, to be appointed by the President! r. ' . The President appointed - o4 , said committee, C P. Burkhart, Jno.'linto and Mr. Better, i. - .-!. Mr. Smith moved - " That the grati tude of the farmers of Oregon is due to the newspapers that have published communications, notices and other mat ter tending to the furtherance "of the farmers' movement." The spirit of the resolution was generally approved, but for the time it was laid on the table. -t The resolutions of the Committee on Resolutions were taken up. Numbers four and five were discussed with the usual ability, and passed unanimously. On the discussion of the sixth reso lution, Mr. Upton moved, as an amend ment, " and we do urge upon the atten tion of the State Legislature the im portance of the enactment of an ap prentice law." This amendment called forth an animated and intelligent discus sion. The amendment was lost, and the original resolution was unanimously adopted. ' . ' The motion to reconsider the motion on the third resolution was lost. The preamble to ' the resolutions was read and adopted. Mr. Smith moved ' That whenever practicable, it is the imperative duty of the farmers of the Willamette valley, to patronize, and in every honorable way to encourage, the Willamette Transpor- L Company." , Mr.- Minto-moved to amend the reso lution by striking out the words " Will amette Transportation Company " and insert the words ' all competing lines." The amendment was lost. Mr. Smith spoke at some length in favor of the motion. Mr. Minto moved the follow ing as a substitute to the motion : "That this Convention congtatulate the people of Oregon upon the opening of -the Upper Willamette river to free compe tion in the transportation business of the Willamette and Lower Columbia by the construction of locks at the falls of the Willamette." The substitute was lost by a majority of four. The origi nal resolution was adopted by a consid erable majority. Mr. Minto then mov ed that his intended substitute be adopt ed as an independent resolution, . which was unanimously adopted. - It was resolved "That Mr. Carry be asked to explain the nature of the League to which he belongs as far as he may think proper." This was ap proved, and Mr. Curry explained at some length the organization and prog ress of the Willamette League, consist ing of sixty members, which gave gen eral satisfaction to the Convention. It was resolved '".That the thanks of the Convention be hereby tendered to the Willamette Transportation Com pany for its very liberal accommodation to the members." - A similar motion was passed to the Oregon Steamship Company. It was also moved and passed with approbation, " That the thauks of this Convention are due to the Secretary of State -for the "use of the Legislative Hall and other- courtesies extended to the members of the Convention." A motion for the Convention to ad journ sine die at one o'clock was laid on the table.' .-. On motion, ' Mr. Powers of Clatsop was invited to address the Convention and give such information as he posess es as to what encouragement the peo ple of Astoria will give the farmers of Oregon to erect warehouses there. The spirit of Mr. Powers', address was to the effect that the people of Astoria will afford the farmers every facility in their power, by grants and otherwise.Cto co operate with the farmers to carry out the objects of the Convention. -1 On the motion of Mr. Minto, it was unanimously resolved to request Gov ernor Groyer lo give the Convention such information as he possesses about the- tug-boat at Astoria. The Governor gave a full and interesting account of the origin and working of the law re specting the tug-boat, the purport of which is, that the Executive of the State has little or no control over the tug-boat. The Governor's address was listened to with great attention. It was . Resolved, .That it is the interest , of the farmers of Oregon to give material aid to the Willamette lartner, in the shape of subscribing for the paper and paying the subscription promptly: The Secretary of State, at the unan imous request of the Convention, ad dressed the. Convention in his usual happy and successful manner. . ' . A committee of three were appointed to on and request Governor Grorer to address the Convention The' Gov ernor responded to the request and was received with marked" approbation by the members. His exgellent address Was principally confined to the import ance of cheap transportation ; that the grants of Congress ef large subsidies for railroads, river and harbor improve ments had this object chiefly ia view,, and that this object has been in a great measure defeated by monopolists. . Ore gon, in soil, climate,-;; water-power and river communications, has everything in its favor to make it the finest agricul tural and manufacturing State of the Union.; The abuses of the Columbia bar re quire immediate attention and remedy. The removal of all obstructions in our rivers should be attended to as 'scon as possible. "- Home manufactures and ship building should be encouraged by all possible means. -The resolutions and general proceedings of this Convention do the members great credit. . . ; Mr. Helm was called upon to address the Convention, which he did at some lenght in. a manner complimentary to. the proceedings and spirit of the Con vention. - Mr. Minto submitted the following preambles and resolution s Whereas, It appears that, under the present law providing tor the keep ing of a tug boat on the bar of Colum bia, there is no . means - of enforcing a fulfillment of the contract" between the owners of said tug-boat and the State ; and - ' Whereas, This Convention has rea son to believe that ships keeking to en ter our chief seaport are subject to in jurious delay by- the inefficient man agement of the tug-boat subsidized by the State ; therefore, . ; Mesolved,, That we invite the attention of our fellow-citizens to the necessity of providing by law for the maintaining of a mere competent tug-boat on the bar of the Columbia This resolution met with great favor and passed unanimously.; ' : At 12, noon, the Convention adjourn ed to meet at 1 o clock. . : . " - AFTERNOON SESSION. At 1 o'clock the President called the meeting to order. At the suggestion of the Chair a pa per by Mr. W. H. Odell was read by the Secretary, that contained valuable suggestions, some of which had been already acted on ' by the Convention. At the request of the Convention, S. A. Clarke, Esq., ' editor of the Willamette l'armer, who has just returned from the East addressed the Convention, in which he dwelt on the principles that guided him in conducting his paper, and a very interesting and graphic descrip tion of his trip across the continent The Committee on Constitution sub mitted the following report': Your committee would beg leave to report that we are unable to unite upon any plan of permanent organization and would recommend that the present or ganization of . the Convention be con tinued after adjournment to a definite time, and that there be appointed the following committees : One upon, con stitution, who shall report at the next meeting of the Convention ; one upon commerce, foreign markets, freights and wharfage ; one upon internal transpor tations and freights, and one upon do mestic manufactures,-which committees are requested to gather useful and ac curate information with regard to costs and conditions connected with the sub jects entrusted to them for their inves tigation, and that they report by the Secretary, through the Willamette Far mer y as soon as practicable." The gen eral opinion of the Convention was that this was the best course to pursue. The report was accordingly adopted and the following committees appointed : . Committee on Constitution T. W. Davenport. Jesse Stump, O. B. Curry and Wm. Ruble. Committee on Commerce T. P. Powers, Joseph M. Watt, John Minto, E. Hartless, Judge Baber and Mr. Hewett." Committee on Internal Transporta tion J. H. Smith, Daniel Clark, P. Low, W. C. Brown and H. Hewett. Committee on Domestie Manufactur es G. F. Crawford, John Kelley, George B. Curry, James Finlayson, C. E. Moore and Mr. Townsend. On motion of Mr. T. W. Davenport it was resolved "That when this Con vention adjourns, it adjourns to meet on the second Tuesday of June in the Legislative Hall at one o'clock p. m." Mr. Watt read, by request,- a paper upon vessels and - shipping facilities, which was. listened to with attention. Mr. Curry moved "That this Con ven tion recommend that the farmers in each precinct in the State of Oregon form into clubs, and send the names of its officers to the Secretary of this Con vention immediately after organization, and that each precinct organization not represented in this Convention, shall be entitled to send delegates to the next meeting of thia Convention." Passed unanimonsly. '. r On the motion of Mr. Smith ot Linn county it was resolved "That a com mittee of three be appointed by. the President to prepare an address to the farmers of Oregon, urging upon them NO. 52. the necessity of organizing dubs and joining in the farmers' movement." The President appointed on this committee J. H. Smith of Linn comity, T, W. Davenport of Marion : county ) and Thomas Edwards of Lane county , A vote of thanks was passed with" marked approbation, "That the thanks of this Convention be returned to the officers of the Convention for the able manner ia which they discharged their several duties.", The President re sponded in a few appropriate remarks. This closed the proceedings of the Con vention, which is to meet again at the same place on the lOtbcof June next Plain Propositions. .' ' From the N. T. Suri.'. - ' T Suppose that in the month of Sep tember last the Republican managers had announced tfiat it they should suc ceed in the approaching Presidential election,? one of the measures which they would, first enact would be to raise the salary of President . Grant to $50,000 a year. V Suppose it had also been believed by the people that the Republican majority in Congress, after having been paid the stipulated salary for their services, would vote themselves 5.000 each out ot the Treasury. . - Or suppose that these two proposi tions had been incorporated in the Re publican platform adopted by the Phil adelphia Convention, by which . Grant was nominated for re-election. How many States would Grant have carried ? How many Republican Con gressmen would have been re-elected 1 Is it not evident that Grant could not have got a single State, and that every Republican candidate for Congress, running on such a platform, would have been defeated ? All this being true, is it not- the in sanity of public robbery which has led Grant to lobby for the passage of , a bill through a Congress raising bis own salary to $50,000 a year, and which has led Republican Congressman to pass that bill ? If they dared not announce th ib enormous act of robbery as a part of their plan before the election, how do they expect the people to regard it after the election? - u A Scrap of History. A curious scrap of history has recently come to light in relation to the late President Lincoln. On tho authority of Father Dixon, the founder of the city in Lee county, in Illinois, which bears his name, it is stated that during the Black Hawk war, while Gen. Taylor, after wards President of the United States, was in command of the fort at Dixon's Ferry, near where Dixon now stands, Jefferson Davis, then a lieutenant in the regular army, administered the oath of office to Abraham Lincoln, who had arrived at the fort ' with a company of volunteers raised in Southern Illinois, of which he was captain. General Robert Anderson, the defender of Fort Sumter, then a lieutenant serving in the same regiment with Jefferson Davis, was present at the same time. GREAT EXCITEMENT . AT The Bazaar of Fashion ! 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