Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-08-21

what subsidized, Green HuddlestOn, Put Darden's
champion, sprang to INSECT and moved that
Lowry's nomination be maue unanimous. An
other tumultuous scene ensued ard the motion
was carried amid deafening cheers.
A committee of three, consisting Of
Hardy, Of Lauderdale; Mitchell. Of Pom
totoci and Huddle-stOn, Of Scott,
was appointed by the chair to notify
Governor Lowry of his nomination and request
him to address the convention.
II the sounds which attended the announce
ment Of Lowry's vote were a hurricane Of ap-
plause, those which greeted his appearance as
he made his appearance at the door q the Rep
resentative hall, rose higher and higher, louder
and louder, until they swelled into an utter
cyclone of boisterOus d. clamatiOn. Men hugg-
ed each other in frantic Joy, the ladies sent
down festOons and baskets Of flowers from the
balcony, the band played Hail 10 the Chief"
the cannon Numbered approval, and the
noise that came from the multitude
assembled in the corridors, and in the streets
ana grounds around about the bu lding roared
like the sea when it rushes against The rocks OF
Labrador. Ntver perhaps in his whole life was
"Dear Bob the peoples choice, as visibly and
so deeply affected. He came slowly up the isle
and his emotion seen OF all eyes was almost be-
yond his control. Escorted by the committe
he assembled the speakers rOstrum and in a
VI .te quiverlng with feeling, yet loud, clear and
distinctly heard in every nook and Granny OF the
vast hall, he said:
Mr.. President and Gentlemen Of the Conven-
ton:
Your approving iudgment-this generous
greeting oyerWhelms me with grateful emotions.
| cannot find words to express the gratitude
which | feel towards you and the people OF
Mississippi.
Man can. achieve no higher or better reward in
this life, than the confidence and esteem OF a
brave, intelligent and ~virtuOus people; the
human heart can experience but few impulses
more joyful than those which guSh from fouD-
talns opened by voluntary and independent ex
pressi0ns Of popular applause. l accept the
nomination Which you have conferred upon me
today, not only with personal pride and ~satisfac.
ton, but | trust also with a just appreciation u
its duties and responsibilities.
Fellow citizens OF Mississippi, my life has been
spent among you, in peace and in war, i'll wealth
and in poverty, IN sunshine and in storm, l have
been identified with Mississippi. Her people
have been my people, her Z d has been my God
and so it shall BIZ till | die. 1t has been, the
ambition of my pG0rlite to contribute something
to the freedom, and the progress, and the honor.
and glory OF Mississippi. | am very sensible OF
Of the fact that my capacity has not been equal
to my disposition to accomplish this end, Dut
thank God that 1t Is made manifest to-day that
my humble, honest efforts in this behalf. have
been appreciated by the people OF Mississippi:
Neither the yenO II OF SANDER. nor the rage OF
personal mallgnity, has been able to divert
their minds ana cOnsciences from the simple
ways Of truth, justice and. fair dealing.
Nobody has been able to conceal from them
the patent facts, that during my administrator
as Governor, that the laws have been faithfully
ind impartially enforced, that all expenditures
Of public money have been made according TO
law and have yielded the largest and best re,
turns and that the State has made uneXampled
progress in material and moral developments.
More millions of dollars have been invested IN
the State in the last three and a half years,
than was in any twenty years previous. TO or
since the war. 1t has been my constant aim ana
dearest wish and fOndest hope, to adminlSte.
the Office faithfully and economically according
to law, and In such a manner as to promote the
public welfare and to meet the wishes and ne
cessitieS OF our people, and such and no other
shall be my purpose in the future.
In the canvass Just closed there is much
ground for me to complain OF unfair and unjust
opposition made against me by some perlons,
[ but, thank God, there is no cause for me TO COM
plain against the people CT The Democratic par
: ty Of Mississippi.
If my enemies can afford to be unjust, l can
8 afford to forgive them; with the deliberate
Judgment OF the Democratic party OF Mississip-
=, y grave that knows no resurrection
the memsry OF the wrongs lone me In the late
canvass.
I recognize, fellow citizens, that the State gov.
ernmCnt must be administered for the common
good. and for the benefit Of all. but l believe, rs
- you believe, that all the interests, OF all the PEG,
y pie OF the State will be conserved and promoted
by the continued ascendency of the Democratic
q party. The Democratic party commends itseli
to the people of Mississippi Of all classes and all
conditions moi by faith alone but by works. one
n has but to contrast Democratic rule with thai
Of amy other party in Mississippi, since the war
to understand why there Is no opposition, or sc
little opposition to that party, at this day,
Df with malice toward none, " it'll charity for ALL
l renew in this presence to-day the pledges
Of my faith and devotion to that party. In the
IS future, as in the past, whoever opposes TIN
lie Democratic party, Is politically my opponen
~ and whoever Is a friend Of that party Is m.
brother. With the National Democratic part!
" once more in power, with sectional lines ant
20 passions and preiudices rapidly fading into OBJ
~ scurity and oblivion; with the the whole tlrmt
d. ment aglOw with the cheering light Of ~traterna
union, and brotherhood and peace on earth AM
good will toward men, and with continued ant
faithful Democratic government in Mississippi
the future Is full OF hope and promise to us AM
n. our posterity in common with the America
" people.
n Then conquer we must, for our course 1t is jus
And this be our motto in God is Ourtrust,
% And the star spangled banner i'll triumph sha
Ger the land of the free, and the home Of tn
H. brave"
AhO EopCNSl WOO lloLClCu w WIN dllCullO
r. throughout and its salient points greeted wit
Sc applause. At its conclusion an adlOurnmen
,r- was moved aud the convention took a recess III
nd til 8 O'Clock.
in On the re-assembling Of the convention at IL
.u- pm. a resolution was introduced and carrie
mt placing the office Of State treasurer ahead Of thS
he Of auditor in the order Of voting on nomination
Col. G.. P. Nilsson, Of Wilkinson placed in non
is nation for acknowledgement CD. Stands.
he Congressman John Allen nominated Col. Ing
of AlcOrn, in one Of his most fOrcible and cha
rk acteristlcally humorous speeches.
lst First ballot, Stands, 1905, Inge, 80 %.
On motion Of Col. John d. Bills, the nOmin
NJ ton of Hon. G.. D Stands was made unanimou
a The nominee appeared and made one Of h
no. matchless speeches. The old wheel horl
be from Alcorn, Col. VIM. Inge, assured the conve
cry ton that he went down before the lance of Go
M Stands with more complacency than if he hs
i've been endorsed by the pike of any other man.
'pi. D. T. Porter, j. S. Hoskins, F. l. Mendenhall,
ew NJ. Evans, George NJ. Goyan, W. A. E.oane and
\. Seward, were nominated for secretary of sta
ON in the order named.
red The speech of Col. 7, r. Stockdale. nomina
md Ing Major GOyan, was ornate, eloquent al
est bristling with startling climaxes Of oratory al
his brilliant figures Of rhetoric. At its close IL
nd cheers were continuous and prolonged from a
es parts of the house.
The first ballot resulted as follows.
irc Porter, AZ 1924.
HOskins, 247-15.