The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-05-26
Riae'sa RESOLUTIONS AoopTEDl

Harmony and Good Feeling Prevailed
Throughout The Meeting Macs:
CorkIe the Favorite.
In pursuance Of the call Of the
County Democratic Executive
Committee, the Democratic con-
vention Of Logan county conven-
ed at the Court House ON the 23rd
day Of May, 1894.
At - o'clock NJ, the gavel fell
and Hon. J. B. Wilkinson, Chair
man of the County Executive
Committee, called the convention
to orders and the following dele
gates appointed by the district
conventions were7 ff0uIIa to@beAih
Attendance:
MAGNOLIA DISTRICT.
Joseph Hatfield, F. M. Kenna-
.da and ). M. Toler
LEE DISTRICT. 4
johnson Hatfield, Thos. B. Far
ley and Dr.. s b. Lawson.
HARDEE DISTRICT.
Albert Meade, H. Baisdon
A. l.. Ooten and George Shep-
pard.
TRIADELPHIA DISTRICT.
Paren Christian, Lee Ellis
EaG.sR.McDonald an. Bilten-@Me.
Donald.
CHAPMANSyILLE DISTRICT.
J. /. Dingess, David Work
man, 6. r. White, VIM. Farley
Ward Stone and Hugh Toney
LOGAN DISTRICT.
Otis Chambers, Eli Gore,
Jr., II. G. Ragland, w. A. de Jar
nette, j. F. Aldridge, John T
Vance, Henry Mitchell andJ. M
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4 John F. Aldredge was called te
the chair as Temporary Chairman
and George White was appointed
Temporary Secretary.
On motion Of II. G.7RRagland the
Chair was directed to appoint q
Committee on Resolutions, &
Committee on Basis of Represen.
tatiol and a Committee on perm
Fanenf Organization, whereupor
the Chair appointed such Com
mittees as follows:
REsoLuTIoNs.-H. G. Ragland
Hugh Toney, Geo. r. Mcdonald
DR.. S. B. Lawson, DR.. Harrison
Baisdon, J. M. Toler and Ward
Stone.
REPREsENTATIoN.-Lee Ellis, w
A. de Jarnette, VIM. Farley, Ales
Ooten, Johnson Hatfield and f
M. Kennada.
PERMANENT ORGANIzATIoN.-T
B. Farley, Henry Mitchell, Albert
Meade, Billion Mcdonald, OTIS
Chambers and Jos. Hatfield.
On motion of II. 9. Ragland
the convention took a recess until
::30P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Convention was called to order
promptly at 80 O'clock, and the
Committee on Basis of Represen,
tation presented their report
through VIM. Farley, showing
that in this convention Chap
Evansville was entitled to 6 votes
Logan IS votes, Triadelphia 4 votes
Hardee A votes, Lee 3 votes, ane
Magnolia 3 votes, which report
was unanimously adopted.
H,G. Ragland, upon the part Of
the Committee on Resolutions
presented the following:
The Democratic party of Logar
proud of the achievements Of
Democracy, and reafiirming theil
devotion to principles of equa
and exact justice to all, which fol
more than a hundred years have
made the Democratic party al
organization in which the right,
of every industry and every class
is secured and protected, in con
vention assembled declare:
1st. We favor honest and i'm,
partial elections, held under the
authority, control and supervis
ion of the duly appointed officers
of the State governments, free
alike from intimidation, the cor
rupting influences of money and
1.-The .dictation of the Federal Gov
ernmeAt, and as means of Sc,
curing a free ballot and a fail
count, we cordially endorse the
election law passed by the Legis-
lature of our State at its last SEES,
sion. Va
End. Believing that taxes should
alone be levied for public useand
not for the purpose of enriching
individuals or private corpora
tions, and that the general gov
eminent has no right to tax one
American industry for the sup
port. of another, we favor such .
revision of our tariff laws as will
insure a sufficient amount of rev.
anua for the uses of the govern