People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-05-27
The People Agreed to Let Themselves Be
Called Democrats Just one
More Time.
BUT REFUSED TO CONDEMN THE
PEOPLES PARTY OR TO PLEDGE
THEMSELVES TO VOTE THE
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
A Condition of Things That Worries
the MOssbacks Greatly, But is
Nuts to the Peoples Party
Folks. What it all
Means.

The Democratic State Convention
met in Columbia on the 10Th for the
purpose Of electing delegates to The
National Democratic Nominating Con-
ventiOn.
1t first proceeded to adopt the Ocala
platform word for word.
Then somebody introduced resOlu-
ton denOuncing the Peoples Party
which was promptly voted down.
Then the following resolutions were
introduced and passed.
Resolved, That the Democrats OF
South Carolina in convention assem-
bIed, and representing as we do the
people of our State, declare
LIST. "That we are true and loyal Dem
ocrats and endorse and will support
the principles as enunciated by Thorn
as Jefferson and reiterated by such
statesmen as John G. Calhoun and An
drew Jackson, and on these principles
we plant ourselves and will remain.
81. "While we arnestly favor and de-
mand reduction of the import duties
and that the burden Of such taxation
be fixed upon the luxuries and not ne
cessities of life, and that only suffi-
cient revenue be levied for the main
tainance of our government economi-
cally administered, we hold that a
matter of equal and paramount impor-
tance for the relief and prosperity of
our people is an increase of our cur
rencv. and that oar government issue
its money direct to the people at low
rate of interest and on such solvent Sc
curity as they can furnish.
"3d. We see with displeasure and APP
prehensiOn that the money changers
of Wall street have invaded the sacred
temple of Democracy, and that they
will try and force upon our party a
candidate representing, not the wishes
and we'll being of our people, but their
own selfish interests. We assert that
Grover Cleveland does not represent
the principles of Democracy as taught
bv our fOrefathers and as we under
stand them.
9th. We therefore after our protest
AGAINST the nomination of Grover
Cleveland, or any other candidate knoaCn
or beLiered to be selected IN the interest
and at the djctotjon Of Wall street; but
- J..,,I fo,. ON, opdory,1 hoorar n
man for the people and with the peO-
pie. and who will serve the people and
not any class or action.
"5th. We shall look upon the nOmi-
nation of ex-President Cleveland, if
forced upon the party at theS Chicago
convention as a prostitution of the
principles of Democraco, as repudia-
ton of the demands of the Farmers
Alliance, which embOdy the true prin-
cipIes of Democracy and a surrender
of the rights of the people to control
the finances of the country.
seth. We believe we voice the senti =
ment of large majority Of the white
voters of South Carolina when WIS as
sert that a nomination of a Wall street
candidate would create dissatisfaction
in the State Democracy"
Tilman and the other State House
officers were endorsed and recommend
ed for reelection.
Then delegates to the Democratic
National Convention were selected, all
of them being men known to be in
sympathy with the Alliance demands,
and a resolution pledging them to sup
mort the nominees of the Democratic
nominating convention was knocked
out by substituting estate" for "Nation-
al" thus leaving The delegates virtually
instructed to bolt the Democratic Ma
tfonaI Convention if it failed to put the
Ocala demands in the platform.
The convention was naturally a
strong one, but the Alliancemen had
their own way and all the mossbacks
could do was to howl and tear their
hair.
WHAT IT MEANS.
It means that the people of South
Carolina are going with the people of
North Carolina and of Georgia and all
the Southern and Western States into
the Peoples Party after the meeting
of the National Conventions.
Watch and see if it don't.