The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-27
THE RESOLUTIONS,

The Democrats Of the Third Congress
ional district Of West Virginia In con
venlion assembled do declare their con
timed adherence to the principles O
the party as laid down In the platform
adopted In 1883 by the National Demo
cratic Convention at St. Louis, and b,
the Democratic State convention held a
Grafton, August 18Th instant, be 1t
Resotted, That We view with alarm thu
tendency Of our political opponents, tht
Republican party, in its efforts to do
grade by It's system OF legislation tho in
dividual manhood Of our people, take
from them tho system OF government
handed down to US Us q priceless inner.
itance, and rs such to be guarded by us
as sacred trust, In that this Ia a govern.
mens OF The peoRle and by the people,
and not Of the officers or agents OF the
people, and that We will continue to do
battle for the cause OF tho people that
they may retain In their hands and keen
subject to their control the management,
Of Governmental affairs. Declaring pub.
lie office to be public trust, we spurn
and denounce the principles cmana,ing
irom one Reed, the present Speaker OF
the House OF Representatives., as un.
worthy Of the consideration OF free
people looking to incorporating such
principles in any part Of their councils,
and as tending to incorporate the form
OF government in the hands OF one man,
and declare 1t to be an abuse and tyran.
ical uso OF public trus. and, unless
checked, to lead TO the complete over.
throw OF our liberties and system OF gov.
ernment.
GuBERSAToRtAL STEAL ENDORSED.
Resolgea, That We endorse the action
Of the last Legislature OF the State OF
West Virginia in giving effect to the
will Of the people by seating the Hon.
A. B. Fleming aa Governor OF the State;
that We denounce the iniluitous effort
on the part OF Republican leaders to rob
Of their seats in Congress Democrats
who were fairly elected to iili these
places by the will of the people.
Rcsolred, That We denounce the Nc.
kinely tariff bill now pending before
Congress as unwise and unjust, and
looking exclusively to the interest OF the
capitalists and monopolists and burden.
some to tho people; that We further
enter our emphatic protest against the
passage OF the Lodge force bill, by which
il is sought steal from the people OF the
South their birthright and liberty that
we endorse the course of our representa-.
live in Congress, the Hon. John D.
Anderson and the strong and gallant
tight he has made to maintain the seat
therein to which he WIS elected by the
the people OF this district; that we COM
mend the manly conduct OF the late
Governor OF the State, the Hon. Z.
Willis Wilson, in the Gubernatorial
contest between Nathan Golf and A. b
Fleming, and in issuing to our represent
seutatives in Congress the certificates OF
election to which they were justly en-
titled.
ANDERSON NOMINATED.
Henry S. Walker, in a speech OF some
twenty minutes, spoke OF Wilson's ser
vices and denounced the Republican
party in heated terms, and stated that
Mr.. Wilson desired TO withdraw from
the contest for the nomination, and he
placed before the convention the name
Of John D. Anderson.
A motion to make the nomination by
reclamation was carried with consider
able enthusiasm. This was followed by
short speeches from Mr.. Anderson nc.
cepting the nomination, and by Wilson,
St. Clair, w. E. Chiffon and W. X.
Thompson, in which they expressed
their heartieltsympathy with and devo.
ton to the Democracy, and tried very
hard by abusing the negro and the Re.
publican party to enthuse the faitbfnl.
They worked the convention up to
some degree Of elation over the results
Of the convention, which was lacking
this morning, when all was doubt and
the rumbiings OF distant strife were
heard. 1t seemed to be the opinion OF
the speakers that Anderson would have
10 get up and dust.