People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1892-08-26
Polk County.

Pursuant to the call of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Peoples Party
Of Polk county, three or four hundred
Peoples Party men met at the Court
House in Cedartown, August the Is,
for the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for Senator and Representative
At ten o'clock the chairman being
present, Maj. Joseph A. Blanch rap
ped the house to order, and in a few
appropriate remarks introduced Hon.
G. NJ. Jones, of Barlow, who made us a
good speech. Bro. Jones is a good
talker, good reasOner, and calculat-
ed to do good wherever he speaks. At
the conclusion of Bro. Jones' speech
Mayor Joseph A. Blanch was called
for. He arose and excused EhimseIf by
saying that Col. Miller A. Wright was
in the house, and full of good speech,
and he asked that Col. Wright take the
stand. Col Wright made one of his
best speeches in behalf of the Peoples
Party platform, and her candidates.
At twelve o'clock Rev. I'll. ID. Hutch
erson, Chairman of the Executive
Committee called the house to order.
Mai. j. A. Blanch was elected chair
man and Col. Miller A. Wright and
John M. Blankinship Secretary and
Assistant Secretary.
After a thorough discussion the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted: Be
it resolved by the Peoples Party of
Polk county in mass meeting assem-
bled:
l. That our Senator and Repre-
sentative be instructed to amend our
laws that all our office both State
and county, including the JLd ,es of
the Superior Court De elected Dy the
People.
2. That the law creating a board of
Commissioners of Roads and Revenues
be repealed.
3. We are opposed to the State &C
cepting the Soldiers Home, so-called
in the city of Atlanta.
4. We are opposed to any appropri-
alton fOt the military encampment in
this State.
5. We are opposed to any appropri-
alton for school purposes except TO the
common schools of the State alike.
6. We are opposed TO board of tax
equalizers for this county.
Z. That the Peoples Party of Polk
county endorse the National Platform
adopted at Omaha, July 4, 1892; also
the State platform adopted at Atlanta
jury 20, 1892.
s. We endorse and pledge our I'M
qualified support to Gen. James B.
Weaver for President, and James e..
Field for Vice-President of the United
States. Also Hon. w. l.. Peek for
Governor of Georgia, together with
the tuiI ticket OF State House Officers,
and we call on all liberty loving citi-
zens TO aid us in breaking the shackels
riveted upon agriculture, and every
industry that tends to the betterment
of the Masses.
9. We heartily endorse the manly
course of Georgia's NOBLE son, Hon.
rhOs. E. Watson, iE the Fifty-second
Congress.
10 We especially call the attention
OF The IaOOrIng masses to the plank in
our state Platform cOndemning the
present convict system.
Nominations being the next item Of
business, Bro. j. S. Davette was nOmi-
mated for Senator for this Senatorial
District. No other nomination was
made, Bro. Davette was unanimously
nominated by acclamatiOn.
Tie names OF Bro. Lafayette Suther-
lin and DR.. d. M. Russell were put in
nomination tor Representative. DIR.
Russell was nominated by a small ma
jOrlty; then Bro. SutherIin moved to
make DIR. RusselI's nomination unan-
imOus, which was carried.
The old Executive Committee was
reelected to serve another term.
j. n. BLANKINsHIP,
Assistant Secretary.