The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-27
THE CREENBACkERS'
Proceedings of the state con-
yentiOu Held in TINS
city Yesterday.
Petitions to the senate All"
House OF Representatives
Platform Adopted.

~. wa, called to thu chair, and Il. t. /
Pitt. secretary.
\ motion was made and carried |
that the chairman appoint "A commit /
tee of four on permanent organlHh-
ton. The following named gentle |
men were appointed: Dr. Andrew |
\ Dung, Dr j. -. Rankin. +. Fen |
Ilrick and llnmp steel The commit |
tee reported that they endorse y. f, |
{ orning a. permanent chairman and
K. T.. Pitt permanent secretary. Iiy
motion the chairman appointed the fol-
lowing named gentlemen on platforms
Dr. Andrew Young, DIR. j. l.. Ran
kin. VIM Cleveland. :. &. Curcton
and +. +. Bogcrs. / he convention
until o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
ON motion of Or. Young the con
vcntiun agreed to put i'll the field an
electoral ticket. DR.. j. ID. Rankin, of
limestone. was elected clcctOr for the
state AT large and Assoc. II. Jenkins,
of Brown county. NJ. j. Nolan, of
Austin. and W. &, Wolfe, of Dallas. aN
altcrnatcs The following gentlemen
were elected electors for the respect
i've districts with their alternate. {;
Col. \. Harris. Tarrant co.. clcctOr for
9th district, John Akin. alternate :
VIM. Cleveland. of Limestone clrc'ur
9th district, DIR. W. {. DIXON, 81 assn
ington. altcrntc; Col Horace tahcr' e
of Parker CO.. tor ltll district, tor. :
=. Burns, of Brown 60" alternate :
| Col. +. i. Rogers. of smith co., 81.
district, Philip Wharton, alternate.
DIR. i. -. Rankin was elected per
moncnt chairman of the state EXrctl-
live Committee for two years with
thc following named gentlemen ~
committeeman
T. T.. Rogers. of 3rd district: i. NJ.
pcr,luc. (,rcvn CO.. 9th district: T. T..
Martin RI. Worth. 9th district: Dr. j.
Il. Ecsscn. nth district: II. +. o Neal,
Cas- Cor i. Brady, of Houston. II
district: NJ j. holland, HcNar, ION dis
trict: on motion the convention au-
thurizcd the Executive committee to
appoint an clcctor for those districts
not appointed bv the convention now
assembled. Dr. Rankin ofGro"sbcck
offered the following petitions which
were unanimously adopted.
TN bot,ni,nJ stnt., SENATE, and House of Rep
rcscntativeS.
Your petitioners earnestly rntreat
your honorable bodies to defeat any
proposed amendments To the on>tl-
tuition or the United states. calculated
in any way 60 impair the legal tender
decision of the supreme Court, or Il
limit the power of the people or then
Representatives in any manner what
ever. We insist upon popular gov
eminent We believe the people ar,
competent to control their financial
matters and all other interests.
We pray that the further issuance
of money to banks be stopped, ano
that instead Congress, shall supply the
needs of the country by the issuing o
gold, silver and legal tender paper
money.
10 the United state, senate and House o
Representatives.
We. YOUR petitioners. most earnest
IL rntrrat your honorable bodies I,
pass an act authorizing the treasure
of the United state. to set aside tw,
million dollars of any unappropriat
ed money in the nitcd states Treas
ury. and to loan the same to the citi
zcns of the state of Texas, who ar,
without homes. and to those who are
living ON unpaid for homes, for the
purpose of furnishing each citizen
homestead. at rate of interest that
shall not exceed three per cent. pen
annum. and thnl such homestead
shall be- held under mortgage n, So
curity for the payment OF principa
and intcrcst-thc interest and one
tenth of the principal to he PAID an
nually the secretary ol the treasury
To iiN the details oil the loan hcS"ua-
ton
We your petitioners, predicate M
petition upon the facts. flrN' 'Ila'
your honorable body nave pass" an
act /" loan money I" ha'l"iia' p"hN'
N one per cent, per anhnln' ON less
satisfactory security thah we oHer'
and, Sccond-tha 'real brl'aln'
crown government l. 1" tiliN ili'l'
lending money TO her homeless en-
LCus to purchase homes, ana ",