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Edgar Howard Farrar was born at Concordia, Louisiana, the son of Thomas Prince and Anna (Girault) Farrar.
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Edgar Howard Farrar was born at Concordia, Louisiana, the son of Thomas Prince and Anna (Girault) Farrar.
He spent his early life in the Mississippi Delta and attended school in Baton Rouge, proceeding thence to the University of Virginia, where he graduated with the degree of M. A. in 1871.
He then studied law at the University of Louisiana, was admitted to the bar in 1872, and commenced practise in New Orleans.
Giving special attention to municipal and corporation law, he quickly established himself as an authority on those subjects, and in 1878 became assistant city attorney, being appointed city attorney two years later. In 1882, he was appointed by Paul Tulane one of the trustees of the fund to establish a university in Louisiana and for years thereafter devoted much of his time to the furtherance of the project. Meanwhile, induced by his experiences as city attorney, he turned his attention to municipal reform. In 1890 during the Mafia agitation he was chairman of the Committee of Safety organized to bring the murderers of Chief-of-Police Hen- nessy to justice. He was also one of the leaders of the movement which opposed and defeated the proposition to prolong the charter of the Louisiana state lottery. In 1906 he was appointed president of the Louisiana Tax Commission, and retained that position for two years. In 1910 he was retained as counsel for Edward Hines in the Lorimer Investigation. At the request of Gov. Hall in 1912, he drafted a revision of the state laws affecting corporations, which aroused the vehement opposition of the corporate interests as too radical, and it failed of passage in the legislature. In the following year he prepared the Tax Reform Amendment to the state constitution which has been termed “the greatest practical scheme of taxation and assessment written in America, ” but his advanced views did not commend themselves to the people and the proposed amendment was decisively defeated. He was associate counsel with S. Untermeycr for the Pujo Congressional Investigating Committee in 191213- Farrar was essentially a corporation lawyer and held a general retainer from some of the largest organizations in the state. Perhaps the outstanding feature of his legal career was the preparation of the ordinances and contracts required in connection with the consolidation of the New Orleans street railways, which he carried to a successful conclusion, contrary to the universal opinion that it was impossible to reconcile the numerous conflicting interests involved. “Practically all of the important bond legislation in the state for a period of forty years was handled by him or through him” (American Bar Association Journal, January 1922, p. 12). He died at Biloxi, Mississippi.
In 1907 he again became a national figure through his celebrated letter to President Roosevelt, drawing attention to the “post roads clause” of the United States Constitution and maintaining that under this clause the federal government had plenary power to enact legislation for the purpose of controlling both interstate and intrastate railroads. His contention was the subject of bitter criticism throughout the country to which he replied in a pamphlet (The Post Road Power in the Federal Constitution, 1907) which, in legal circles, was considered a masterly production.
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Till within a short time of the campaign preceding the presidential election of 1896, though a strong Democrat, he had not participated to any extent in national politics, but on the nomination of W. J. Bryan he helped to organize the National Democracy or “Gold Democrats, ” was appointed temporary chairman of the Gold Democratic Convention held at Indianapolis, where he made a speech on the currency question which attracted national attention, and was active in procuring the nomination of John M. Palmer for the presidency. He also participated vigorously in the electoral campaign which followed.
He assisted in the organization and for many years was chairman of the Executive Committee of One Hundred established for the purpose of reforming the city government of New Orleans. He instigated arid was one of the most active participants in the movement which resulted in the adoption and installation of an up- to-date sewerage and water system, and revolutionized the health statistics of the city, also drafting the legislation under the provisions of which the new system was constructed and operated.
Despite his corporation connections, however, he had wide sympathies, and consistently supported all measures having for their object the betterment of the people and improvement of the law.
His wife was Lucinda Davis Stamps of New Orleans, whom he married in 1878.
