Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1873 — J. C. C. A. [ARTICLE]

J. C. C. A.

The Jasper county Central Association of the Patrons of Husbandry. met pursuant to adjournment and was called to order by the Vice President at 1 o’clock P. M., April 26th. Bio. Griswold, of Union, vras appointed G. K. pro tem. — The minutes of the proceeding meeting were read and approved, then followed the roll call by Granges, showing masters and delegates present from the following organizations: Mt. Pleasant, Union, Marion, Jordan, Bawling Green, Prairie Lea, Hanging Grove, Star, Center, Farmers, Carpenter, Blue Grass, Miiroy, North Fan-view, Curtis Creek and Culp, the last named applying for membership and being admitted- the present meeting. • Report of special committee waS called for and presented iiiy Bro. C. M. Watson, chairman, Report accepted and committee dis-

charged. Based upon their report the following order was issued: Ordered that all Patrons trading at their place tak« bills of sale of j all purchases made and present the ! same to the next Association through, the delegates of tllo several Granges. A resolution was offered and : adopted ordering secretaries of all i Granges to take certain action relI ative to the tax voted in aid of the ! Continental Railway and report i result of -said action at flic next session in May. The' following regohitfena--re-ceived the hearty support of the entire. Associatioiff """~ r Resolved, That we Hail with pleasure and a vote of thanks, the recent decision of the United States Supreme court that ‘‘the railroads can bo controlled and regulated by the State.— Its use be defined, and its tolls aiid rates for transportation may be limI ited.” | Resolved, That the last excuse of t our representatives having been swept j away, we demand of ththft early and prompt action looking ta relief from the unjust high freights and passenger tariff of railroad monopolies. After considerable debate and expression of popular feeling the following resolutions were adopted by the delegates assembled with the.understanding that they were not mcrcly an ex*f>vcssion of feeling., but that we severally abide by them to the letter:

Resolved, That we endorse the action of (lie Remington Central Association as far as pertains to the action of our representatives, and further, that we hereby pledge ourselves, collectively and individisally, to tin* supporf of our representatives and congressmen, irrespective of party, whose jiast record indicates them as working for the interests of the agriculturist and producer and against all that wrongs or oppresses them, and further ■pledge ourselves never to support for any office in tire gift of the people those who have-acted otherwise. Resolved, That we commend the action of Speaker Blaine and Senators Morton and Pratt, apd Representative Coburn in tlieir opposition to the back pay or treasury grab and condemn the action of our own recreant representative, Jasper Packard; and finally, in order that we may hereafter act understandingly in the premises, be it further Resolved, That our secretary obtain an official list- of our Senators, Congressmen and Representatives who voted for or shamefully, dodged the vote on the back pay in congress and an increase of salary (already sufficiently remunerative) in our own •State and enroll them in what shall be termed the Blue Book and upon demand of any Grango or Fanncrs ’ club, furnish a certified list of the same, and hereafter enroll therein the names of all who prove recreant to the trust reposed in them. It was peremptorily demanded by the Association tliat the following clause be inserted to follow the first resolution: “And..further demand that hereafter candidales pledge themselves to a repeal of. the present high salary bill.” Ordered that a vote on the lead- ] ing mowing machin'es of the day be taken in the several Granges ' ° i and the report lorwarded to the Association. Complaint being laid before the "Association, that" certain nai tiei l were striving to benefit by the low , prices obtained by members of the order, the following preamble and resolutions were adopted: Whereas, Complaints having been made to members of this Association that certain members were purchasing implements for parties not Patrons, be it Resolved, That such members be' instructed to purchase only for members of this Association or Patrons in good standing in their Grange. Resolved, That hereafter it shall be against the rules of this society or Association to purchase for any one except he or she he a member of the order in good standing. , Article V,, membership, was the subject of a lively discussion and it was recommended that ulffisflal care be taken that none attain 1 to membership in the order who are not unquestionably clligible. • Article Vl.'was also thoroughly discussed and a motion based upon it after two votes were taken was ordered tabled until the next meeting. Report was made that a letter from the President of the National Agricultural Congress states that the Association will .only be entitled to oue delegate-and it was ordered that C. W. Clifton be retained as our representative. After the transaction of other necessary business the Association adjourned to meet the last Saturday of May, 1573, at the Court House in Rensselaer, Indiana. After adjournment an informal meeting was instructed by the deputies present in the final test and secret workings of the order. David Nowels, Y. P., C. W. Clifton, Pres, pro tern. Cor. Seffy.