Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-07-22

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State and county be elective mot ap-
pointive), and that all fe5 officers shall re-
turn TO the treasury all sums exceeding
$1,000 per annum.
In n series Of resolutions the convention
recommends tariff of Si per box on all
foreign oranges and of l0c. per pound ON
all imported long staple cotton.
Another resolution condemns the ma
tional House of Representatives tor lts
failure to pass the Tom Watson anti-Pln-
kerton bill.
THE TICKET COMPLETED.
At the afternoon session the State ticket
was completed. with the exception OF At
torney-General, by the following nomina-
tions: Commissioner OF Agriculture,
J. w. Hendry, Of Dc Soto. county;
Comptroller. William Z. Hickson, OF
Marion, editor of The Oc1lQ Demands;
SUPERINTENDENT OF Public INSTRUCTION, y.
NJ. Williams, of Orange county. The state
Executive Committee will make tho nomi-
! nation for Atto7ney-General. j. l.. Moore,
| OF Clay county, a leading colored man OF
| the State and president OF the Coloreu
Farmers Alliance of Florida, was added TO
the State Executive Committee. and it is
generally thought that his name Will
strengthen II materially.
The convention adjourned at 7. NJ,
and the delegates immediately resolved
themselves into two district conventions
for the nomination OF congressman.
DEAL WITH THE RADICALS.
In the Second District A. S. Mann, of
Jacksonville, was nominated without op-
position. He has been a leading Demo-
cratic politician in Florida for the past ten
| years. and was one of the organizers OF the
| opposition 10 Senator Call IN the last Le-
glslature. In an interview tonight MIR.
Mann said: 1t makes little difference
whom the old-time Democrats nominate IN
| this district. | shall get not ouly the sup
| port Of the Farmers Alliance and all other
organizations composing the Peoples Par
| ty, but am promised the SOLID Republi-
can vote of the district. No nomina-
| ton will be made by the Republicans Tor
| congressman. This has all been arranged. .
The First District delegates adjourned
| without making any nomination. A regu-
| lar convention has been called Tor TINS
purpose.
It is generally conceded by the Demo
Gratis that while there is little or no hkeli-
hood Of the election of the PeOple's-party
ticket, the fact that there is strong oppo-
| sitIOn in the field will spur the Democratic
organization 10 moro united effort than
| heretofore. The fight will be the hottest
| and sharpest since 1876.
Georgic'. First.
An Atlanta special Of Wednesday
says: Three hundred sturdy GeOrgans,
most of them farmers. were gath
| cred in the hall of the House OF
| Representatives. to-day. It was IN many
respects a remarkable gathering. IL was
| the first convention Of white men gathered
| since the war with the avowed purpose Of
breaking up the Democratic party, and
these men were undoubtedly IN earnest.
| The faces were for the most part new to
| State conventions, but there were some
| men there who have been leaders OF
! Democracy at their homes. among them
! twelve or fifteen members Of the last Legs
| lature.
c. c. Post. as chairman OF the State Ex-
ecutive Committee. called the convention
| 10 order. The hall was crowded 20 over
flowing. while the galleries were filed,
! but for the most part by lOOkerS-On from
| Atlanta. Mr.. Post appointed ". |. Branch.
of Columbia county, as temporary chair
man. Ia his speech Chairman Branch de-
clared that If the Alliance should die to-
morrow it would stand credited with
| one grand work If no more, and on
its tomb could be written: 1T has
destroyed all sectionalIsm.' He de-
| clared that the Peoples party had done
more than all Others TO draw the people OF
| tho North aud South together. lie de-
| clared that Gordon, Colquitt. Livingston,
| Northern. and other Democratic leaders
were being relegated TO the rear and that
| little DAVID had leaped INTO the arena TO
take up the cause of the people e-Congress-
man Tom Watson. The chairman's re-
marks were vigorously applauded. Com
mlttees on Credentials and Platform were
named and a recess was taken.
At the afternoon session Mr.. c. G.
Post. OF Atlanta, was made permanent
chairman, and NJ. ID. Irwin, Of Rockdale,
secretary.
TIE PLATFORM.
The platform adopted was as follows;
| I'VE endorse and reaifirm the preamble, reso'
| lutions and platform adopted by the People.
party in national convention assembled at
| Omaha July T. 1892.
"2. We condemn the convict lease system.
"3. We demand rigid economy in all public
| matters and insist on every possible reduction
| Of taxation during the present impoverished
condition OF tho people; anI we call public At
| tentiOn TO the fact that the producing interest
in botn city and country is having more than lis
! lalr share OF taxation
STATE TICKET.
The following candidates for State Off
| GERS were then nominated Governor, W.
! l.. Peek. of Rockdale Secretary Of state,
W. n. Gorman, OF Talbot; Comptroller
General. A. W. Ivey, of Thomas Trea-
surer, W. NJ. Ware. Of Fayette; Attorney
| General. j. b. Mahatiie. of Jackson; Com
missioner of Agriculture, j. Ct. Barrett, Of
| Richmond.
PEOPLES PARTY PRINCIpLEs.
w. l.. Peck, the nominee for Governor,
| is president and business manager OF the
Alliance Exchange, and has been identified
| with the Alliance movement from the first.
| He was introduced 10 the convention and
spoke at length. He asserted that there Is
nothing in the principles of the Peoples
party that is not Democratic. He said the
! farmers have for years been knocking at the
door or Congress for and, only 10 be told 70
go back home, work harder, and keep out
Of politics. He said this was doGe by Demo
| Gratis and Republicans alike. Every time
the farmers asked for anything they were
told by the politicians that 1t was uncon.
stitutiOnai. He declared for a financial
| system, free from State banks, by which
money shall be issued direct 10 the people
and urged that the Government should
loan money to the people at per cent
All of mis- sentiments we're vigorously ap-
plauded.
GET THERE"
After the selection of electors and an
| Executive Committee the campaign song
Get There" was sung. The refrain OF
the song is
sect there, get there; let liberty be your aim
Never mind what IL said,
| But keep level head,
And We will get there just tho same
Then there were speeches by young Joe
Potle, candidate for Congressman III thC
Sixth District, and Rev. Sam Small, who
in a sensational speech, came out squarely
for the Peoples party.