Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1890-06-07
WARREN COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
THE CONVENTION LAST sATUR-
DAY INSTRUCTED FOR BUCH-
ANAN AND SNODGRASS.
Geo. H. Hash for Representative.


In response to the call of Hon. S. T.
O'Neal, Chairman, the largest Demo-
cratic convention that ever assembled
in Warren county met in the Court
House, in the town of McMinnville,
May q, 1890.
Chairman O'Neal called the con-
vention to order and stated the OBJ
jects and purpose of the call.
B. c. Wilkinson was chosen per.
manent Chairman, Eugene B. Etter,
Secretary, and P. S. Wallace, Assist
ant Secretary.
A motion prevailed to the effect
that the Chair appoint committee OF
seven to draft and submit suitable
resolutions, expressive of the sense of
the convention, whereupon the fol-
lowing appointments were announc-
ed: w. T. Murray, Geo. H. Hash, S.
A. Green, A. R. Hammer, A. G.
Myers, ]. l.. Cummings, and Henry
RoWen.
A motion carried that the Chair APP
point a committee of seven to select
and report delegates to attend the
Gubernatorial, Congressional and
Senatorial Conventions, in obedience
to which the following were named
Thos. Wilkinson, VIM. Sanders, Jno.
Green, S. r. Safely, l. P. Bess, j. B.
Locke, Henry Finger.
The convention authorized the ap'
pointing of Committee to select an
Executive Committee to serve the
ensuing two years. The following
appointments were made: Jas
Wheeler, - Dodd, and others
(whose names the report failed tC
show.)
While the Committees were ou
the Hon. H. c. Snodgrass addressed
ably and entertainingly the Conven
tion upon the living political issues o
the day, after which the COMMITTEES
on Resolutions submitted the follow
ing resolutions, which were adopted
Resolved, /. We the Democracy
of the County of Warren, in cOnven
tion assembled, renew our allegiance
to the time-honored, and re-asser
our abiding faith in, the living prin
ciples of the Democratic party, tn
party of the people.
.. We endorse the administration
of the Hon. Robt. Taylor as wise ant
economical, and look with pride up
on the late administration Of EX
President Grover Cleveland as one c
the brightest pages in our history.
3. We look with pride upon tn
growing sentiment, over the stat
and nation, with regard to the bette
protection of the agricultural and Ia
boring clases, who compose the gref
body of the people, and therefore dc
clare that it is the sense of this cor
vention that the delegates, this da
appointed to attend the Gubernatc
rial Convention to be held in the cit
of Nashville, July l5, 1890, be an
are hereby instructed to cast the vot
of Warren county for some goC
5 farmer first, last, and all the tim
. and that we recognize in the persC
of the Hon. j. p. Buchanan fit rel
resentative Of the agricultural ar
laboring classes, and we favor h
= nomination as our choice for Cover
or, and we instruct for him so long
his name is before the Convention.
4. Be it further resolved, That v
condemn the present Republican a
= ministration as weak, corrupt al
, extravagant; lavishing and squa
dering the peoples money, in wi
and corrupt measures, for the purpC
of preventing reduction of taxatio
= so that their policy, long since adol
ed, of plundering the laborer a
farmer to enrich the favored few, m
not be changed and we arraign t
!. Republican party as the natural I
Z. rent of monopolies, rings, cliqu
}. frauds and combines, adhering
; principles foreign to free governmt
and shocking to civilization.
H. ). We condemn the unauthOri2
abuse Of Office and assumption
power on the part of Mr.. Reed,
present Speaker Of the NatiOl
House of Representatives, and
clare that his course is unbecomi
his position. A parallel can only
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