The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30


{ Ihe committee was out three houn
and through their chairman. W. i
biackman, reported as follow,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Democrat;
! party OF the fourth ConRreeeionaI d,sfr;c
!. ~ convention assembled declare onr az
alance to the Democratic party. hokh ~
, tionai and State and affirm our halle
tnat IN the success OF the Democrafi'
party and its principles lies our safef,
and prosperity.
= That we demand the abolition a
J nauonal banks 90 soon q pratioahla. an
tne substitution OF legal tender treasur,
notee 10 lieu OF national bank notes. ieuuef
~ suIncient volume 10 do the busineea q
tne country on q cash system, reQulatinc
the amount needed on 3 mar canifn hae;s
e the business interests of the counfrs
demand, and that all money issued nv IN
government shall be "a LEGAL tender n nav.
ment OF alidebts, both public and nr;vafe
ana Tor the repeal OF the 10 per cent. ~
imposed on State bauka ''' -
mat We demand that Congress shall
pass such laws as shall eflectuaiIy prevenf
tne dealing IN futures Of all aaricuitural
and mechanical productions, pursuinc 4
Stringent system Of procedure In triale e
snan secure prompt conviction, and i'm
posing such penalties as shall eecnre .
strict compliance with the law.
:. 4 That we demand the free and nm
limited coinage of silver and the pavment
OF national debt in gold or silver and ~
mand the repeal Of all laws contrary Ia or
In co6ict Herewith. - -
o. That We demand the passaoa NJ /. ,.w
prohibiting the alien ownership ~ land
ana that Congress take early acfion r. a.
viee some plan to obtain al lands non
neld by foreign syndicates, and that sil
iaDds now held by railroads or other cor-
poratlons In excess Of such a. IL scfnslIv
used and needed by them. be recIsimaS |
ny the government and held for actnsi |
settlers only. ''-eA
9. That we believe in the doctrine ~ /
equal rights to all and specisl favor r. |
none. We demand that taxation nst;cr,sj 7
ana state, shall not be used "a buiId m
one interest or class at the expense 81
z. That we believe that the n,onav ~
ne country should be kept e. mncS A.
'oesaoie IN the hands Of the peopIe ana
renee We demand that all reyennea' ~
lonal, State and county, shall Be imife.3
necessary expenses OF the oovarnment
and honestly adminisferad [,
That Congress should iasne : en6;- !
TENT amount OF fractional PAPER curren.
20 facilitate exchange throurh INA
aedlum OF the United States malt
. !nat the sub-treesury or warehouse
IAN v hereby endorsed. and leoialat;on
that hne, within the scope of fhe Rsd- :
~ coosueuoon, IL demanded at the
ands OF Congress, and the nominee ~
lls convention Il requested to me- hie !,
vt Efforts toward securing the ennct- / :,
ent Of such legislstion. =
l0 That the great Mississippi river ana !.
tributaries. being the exclusive prom .
y OF the nation, the agricultural e :. =
~ az the commercial interest Thereof =
Gns TO be recognized, and Justice ne -
W - an enlightened public policy ia | =: :.
anos generous aid Of the Federal oov. =
,ment to direct and control Thee v.- e
9, and to prevent their ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~
ON ana destruction of the most yalun-
portions Of State. -''
y. That the fidelity of our RAnreeor -.
I've. the Hon. N. G. blanchard. 10 Dan. j -
auc principles, and the zeal and in | n.
stry ne has always exhibited for Tia ~
s.ess OF MS constituents, meets With
nearly approval
w. F. BLAcxMAx. Chairman. TN
Mr.. Ogden, of Bossier. then se'
we'd that nominations be gone all
Q, which was seconded by Col. no
llingsworth. pa
Or. Hewitt, from DeSoto movad an
: the convention 90 into the acc
,ction of the Congressional ex- del
tive committee. Mr.. Hewitt's got
button was voted down, and the gOt
1inations gone into. Is
L. Wise, of Caddo, nominated law
blanchard, which was seconded to
Mr.. Ogden, of Bossier, and mn in {
ton, Of Rapides. nur
nominating Mr.. Blanchard The
Wise spoke of his record n acc
gress both as q Democrat and con
presentative-also of his ability the
zeal, his earnest efforts in be- conf
OF his constituents. The
7. w. p. Hall was placed in natl
lDation by Mr.. A. M. Hewitt Of for
otto; his nomination was ar latel
q by Mr.. Scarborough, of 4!
hitoches, and Geo. A. Kelly 1855
Iinn. The vote was taken bv est
hes. and resulted As follows: coin,
: blanchard Bosier Il, Caddo not i
apldes a, Red River 8, Match the Q
es z Vernon Ia. Total Is ia the
: Hall Bienviile 10, DeSoto "Eq,
ant 9, Sabine Z, Webster 8 favor
, 9, Natchitoches 81, Vernon bond
Total IS sc. iactly
nomination of Mr.. Blanchard Ia
hen made unanimous. more
f. G. Hunter then moved ginin
'pointment of . Congression- real ,
cutive committee. to be COM q mo-
OF one member from each we sh
In the district to be selocted and Y