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!theapplicants for membership the right TO or.
ganize separate club Us the Troy club, ana
entltle their delegates 10 recognition here;
The offended members shonld nave apPealeia,
To this County Convention, which could
have righted all of the wrongs. ann u seems
TO US as the true way to SOLVE the difhcuity Us
for this convention to refuse admission 10
both delegations and direct the Democrats 10
meet under call and organize as required by
the Constitution. The majority will then
elect the officers and future delegates. ana no
one will have n right to complain ana the
Democratic principle that the majority must
rule will have been asserted
! IN BEHALF OF THE MAJORITY REPORT.
John Lyon-As the minority has already
made q statement | would like 10 MAKE u
statement on behalf of the majority or the
committee. The Neel club claimed 10 nave
organized under their old club roll, but as :,
matter of fact, they had no club roll, or u
they did have one they refused 10 snow IL
when asked to do 50. They Ginlm 10 !, nase aor
ty.seven voted for the celection or nncers.
| They refused To allow any one 10 enron sneir
| names who were not members oi the Troy
club in 1884, or who did not reside In tnat
township The town of Troy is near the
| junction of four tow wnships, and for that rea.
| son IL Is more convenient Tor many llslnS IN
other townships. 10 have thelr ,h memoersnnp f th
!
| Troy club in thus excluding non-resloentS
from enrolment. fifty OF those VINO went 10
make up this list OF ninety:seVen names re-
fused to participate in the election OF othcers
and delegates Fifty Of the ninety-seven VINO
didn't participate in the election OF officers
and delegates, together with those who were
refused enrolment met together ana orsa,i; I
lied what they claim TO he the Troy CLUB, ana
elected delegates to this convention.
IN THE INTEREST OF PEACE AND UNITY.
+. w. R. Nance-In the interest or peace
and unity, move that one representative
from each Of the contesting delegations De al
lowed to make statement.
This motion being carried, the Chairman
said we will now hear from delegate from
| the Horton club.
wIDEMAN'S SPEECH.
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of this Demo
CRITIC Conventicn: This ia the first time In ten
years that have appeared before an audience
of this kind 20 make speech OF q political 'ia-
ture and III all probability | would not have
been here to-day if in the recent meeting at
Troy iuqtice had not been made mockery or,
liberty thraed, and Democracy ovel ridden. II
il not theory but q condition thai
confronts Us now. do not come before you
begging the question but simply to lay before
YOU our grievances. l Come III my humo.e Ca
| pacity representing the yeOmaury of my conn
try, a people WHO know their rights, and know
ing. will dare m ,intalli. people VINO nave
never tinched when duty called them. who
lhave with honor, carried their country's flag. a.
loft floating in the breeze, from the CORY nights
OF Gettysburg, down to the last scenes ut Ap
pomattUx They feel that they have bteu MI
Justly dealt With. They have been denied The
privilege of participating in the councils aud de
iibera,i,us Of their party. You may deny free
intelligent white peopln most any other privl-
lege in this life, they may giin aud endure It,
l. IN Ip
known their wishes by their ballots You make il
a wei day tor peace and unity. Where is the
consistency il publishing to the world that you
want peace and uui!y and when the very first
opportunity presents itSelf yon make 1t one OF
war and disruption Instead OF buryiug the
tomahawk it's ground to keen edge. We were
thus dealt with because they were afraid II IN
admitted us we might capture the club aud 4
different delegation sent TO the one in al! probs
: binty promised. The idea OF six men capturing
the great club Of Troy, q cub that had .uch I
record for Uuastirg, u club that doos hot repre-
sent III" progress and manhood OF The party
but club that reureRcuts that tentiment OF
Servile Submission to corporations, "Master
thy will is to command, ours to obey"
Their action in refusing white Democrats
[whuse.loyaity tosrEe party has never beeu called
10 question, the atmosphere in which they dwell
il 10 pure. you can't "suin treason in the taint-
ed brseze' the privilege OF participating with
them to FAY the least Of il, was nubecOmina
and ungenerous in friends and neighbors anc
especially the high priests OF the order OF peace
and unity The high handed manner 10 which
they I'll, cted their officers aud delegates PROVED
thatthey knew what they wers about. They
knew thar with them the last COW had calved
Their action suggested this thought 10 nj.
lnil d aud thluk it is cOrrec, solution OF thel
conduct.
Now here's the last last opportunity,
; To get Glccted with impunly.
, Ard indulge III the felicity.
, OF bUssiug this vicinity.
We soon sbaIl be reorganzei
, And then We will be recognized
/ by Doctor aSsuning authority,
And ruling against majority
What then is our complaint? We claim tha
they wiiful!y violated the call of tile Executive
! Committee Of the Denf cratic party Of =. q. II
refusing 10 70 into IL reorganization. There Wa
no reorl lination at ALL II was "Sraoatlon' /
there il such VOID.
: The opp0sition e!eced their officers and dele
gates by calling usmes from ist which tht
, claimed was the Old "cll Of 1890, when IN reall
~ twas 10 sucb.. ..tking, but was hatched up tha
, very day for the Uccaslon. And as proof OF i
in calling the roll they omitted names that were
aclnally on the old oil aud the parties whore
names we're thus emitted will swear tot. Ii
their haste they forgot 10 enroll th-m. l have
always hEard il said that ''hustc makes waste
and believe it. As Il further proof that the.
had no old IISt. parties who went to the secre
tary to have their names enrolled, and he said
I'VE have no list, the old lit IL lost Aud u
; @ further prOuf tl:at something was 'rnlien II
Denmark" /. with Others, went 10 the sccrc
tary after they had elected officers aud dele
gates to zee how many names were OH the list
He refused to lot liz nee it.
! Now gentleman, If everything was right why
: did be refuse 10 let us see the lit. tell you
il was not mode to be seen, 1t could moi
Slaud the light of day. 1t WI. conceived IL
sill and shapened in iniquity." Why one OF
. thier own numbers ". r. Bradley who cou!t
! no lonl er stand the sting of consclence. for he
is clever, good fellow, arose 10 bis feet ant
: exclaimed. "Geutlemen, we| NUT do The 1al
thing. This il not right, but he WIS knocked
ont 40 quick be did not know whether he wa'
hit by mule or John L. Sullivan.
hold in my hand the names OF men who
know their NAM were on the old list. nHl
who under their own SIGNATURES Certify lha
they did not authorize any one 10 sign theil
names 10 that new list VT their nit" eS were
} on the new list and delegates elected on
their strength. They calm that we h;td nc
right to join that c!ub because we did not 1--we
; in Indian Hill township, and al the sans
, time they had names on their list rom an
o her township. Now, l deny that they have
! a right To keep us out on Lat account. 6t
ilrve IL man has the right If he Is DeInocra
f., join any club he wishes II he does not 6i
GcI.te with auy other club. lfthere is such
u law in the democratic party thals
m;,,, must conlire himself TO his Town
snip IL was time it was being publi'i ed.
There are four townships, Cedar springs
. Bordeaux, Calhoun and Indian HI that cor,
ne.;, ntuur mites ofTrOy and 1t Ii natural tha
those who live near The Junction ofthe loul
tn 60 to Troy. One half OF those men VINO
went to Troy that day live in one mile OF In