The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-08-24
PROCEEDINGS In DETAIL.
The Ticket Completed and a Platform Of
Unusual Intesest Adopted.

RICHMOND, VA, August 15.-The
State Democratic convention met at
10 o'clock and proceeded to take a
second ballot for governor. Before
the roll call was completed, Captain
Phil Mckinney was nominated by
acclamation The convention nomi-
mated j. Hoge Tyler, of Pulaski, for
lieutenant governor by reclamation.
The convention next proceeded to
make nominations for attorney gen
eral, the names of r. Taylor Scott,
of Fanquier, George Perkins, of Char
lottesville, and r. A, Pollard, of King
and Queen, were presented, when a
recess was taken until O clock
Upon reassembling the convention
nominated for attorney general r.
T. Scott, of Fauquier. Basil b. Cor
don, of Rappahannock county, was
then elected chairman of the State
central committee, vice Senator John
+. Barbour, declined. A platform
was then adopted, after which the
convention adjourned sine die.
The platform opens with congrat-
ulations to the people of the State
that through the wise legislation
and administration of the Democrat
ic party, the public schools have
been preserved in efficient operation,
and their accommodation extended,
so that the resources necessary for
the conduct of the government in all
its departments have been secured,
and that the debt question has been
put in train Of final and acceptable
settlement.
"We would reprobate as mischiev-
Gus to all interests" runs the text,
"the reopening of all issue which has
been the source of so much embar-
rassment and vexation to the Com
monwealth; and with the contin-
uance of the party administration
which has dealt with it ably and
wisely, we confidently look to its
solution upon the lines Of adjust
ment which the Democratic repre-
sentatives have faithfully executed"
Turning to educational matters
the platform reads thus: ave will
care for and support the public
schools until every child shall be
able to secure the benefits of educa-
ton. To this end we favor liberal
appropriation by the Federal gov
eminent apportioned among the
States In the ratio of the illiteracy
of their population.
The party sympathy with agricul-
tural interests is next affirmed, and
valuable immigration is urged as a
means to full success in the State
The fourth plank champions the
cause of labor, and protests against
foreign pauper labor. Adherence to
the revenue and tariff principles to
the national convention is declared
and immediate abolition of the tax
upon tobacco and fruit brandies is
demanded The Democratic party
of Virginia fayors the complete re-
monetization and the free coinage of
silver
The eleventh plank reads thus:
"We believe that the men who were
disabled in the service of the State
during the late conflict between the
States, and the widows of those who
lost their lives in such service, are
deserving of aid and protection, and
we favor such liberal appropriation
within the revenue of the State as
will tend tn this end ),
The platform closes thus: "We
oppose the Republican party as the
party of high taxes, of corrupt and
extrayagant expenditure of the pub
lie revenues, of unjust and oppres-
sive treatment of the people of the
Southern States: the creator of
trusts, the promoter of monopolies.
We oppose the Republican party as
the stirrer up OF strife between the
races, as the false friend of the col
ored race and the enemy of the
white race"