The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1892-05-05
DEMOCRACY.
A ROusing Mass Meeting and Speeches
by Messrs. Clay, Phillips
and Others.

~" OONS NOuheJ Woo NAAtCO W OTuCE AT ~
o'clock a. M, GU Tuesday, May 3rd, by s.
Crowley, Secretary.
On motion. s. Crowley was elected
Chairman, and W. r. Power, Secretary.
Several members of the committee ten
dered their designations, which we're ac>
cepted and vacancies declared.
The committee called a mass meeting
for IL o'clock NJ, to FIJI the vacancies on
the committee.
The result of the primary election for
four delegates to the State Convention to
send delegates to the Presidential Conven~
ton, showed that R. N. Holland, Geo. NJ.
McElreath, Hugh Harris and S. R. Nc
Cleskey were elected delegates.
The mass meeting was called to order
by s. Crowley. and on motion G. NJ. Nc
Elreath was elected Chairman, and w. r.
Power, Secretary.
The meeting proceeded to fill the va
cancies in said committee, and when its
work was completed the newly re>ol gan,
lied committee stood as follows:
Smyrna H Can:rell and W N Pace.
Coxes-J 0 Allen and A Y Moss.
Merritts--J d Delk and u Fuller.
Powder Springs-I N Moon, Sr and I ]
Hardage.
Big Shanty-Earnest Roberts and James
W Hill.
Acworth-A L Orr and O Awtrey.
Red Rock A Lewis and I Lunsford
Howells--W B Howell and s R Coch>
ran.
Austell-N A Morse, w M Westmore-
land.
Gritter-J R Mckinney and John Tate.
ROswell-S Crowley and E Paden.
Marietta-W r Power and J 2 Foster.
Oregon-E A Kemp and E L Mayes
Post Oak-H 7 Martin and Jos NJ
Bishop.
Lemons--Henry Stanback and Newt
Dodgen.
The following resolutions were offered
by w. s. Cheney, Esq, and adopted:
We, the Democrats of Cobb county, Ia
mass meeting assembled, hereby re affirm
and pledge our unwavering and enthusias.
tic allegiance to chat grand old parry that
has always proven itself friend and
champion of the rights OF the people,
We are against the dangerous tenden>
cies toward Capitalization and monopoly
and paternslism in its rankest form, now
being manifested in many portions 0f our
common country and which if carried out
to the extent sought, would subvert
all our tree institutions and overturn our
government and make individual liberty
thing of the past.
We are unqualiiedly opposed to gov
eminent ownership of railroads, telephone
and telegraph companies, and against
paying union soldiers who have been re,
ceiving pensions the difference between
the gold value and that of the money in
which they we're paid.
We re>assert as the platform upon
which We stand the grand principles of
democracy-principles that promote the
greatest liberty to the citizen and the
greatest safety TO the government, offers
the greatest inducement to individual en-
ergy and effort and enables the poorest to
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trust if he be worthy of it.
We bury all personal preferences and
seek only the success of our party.
The following was introduced by J. 2.
Foster, Esq, ana adopted
Resolved that we hereby endorse the
pure and able administration of our es,
teemed Governor, w. J. Northen, and
commend him and the other State House
officers for re election.
We heartily endorse the Hon. r. T.
Nesbitt, Commissioner of Agriculture, for
the faithful performance of his duties end
for his wise and economical administration
of the Office which he fills.
The following was introduced by j. Fl.
Ruff and adopted:
Resolved, That the protection is the
chief function of civil governments, and
especially of ours, as set forth in the inn
mortal Declaration of Independence and
provided for in our laws, both State and
National /: therefore, we oppose the cons
fscat'on to public use of private.property,
whether it be Railroads or farming lands.
Resolved, That the burdens of our peo>
pie cannot be mitigated by the increase of
the public debt; therefore we oppose their
increase upon any pretext.
Resolved, That we kindly ask those of
our fellow citizens whohave been misled by
designing men with promises impossible
of fulfillment and that would prove ruinous
could they be complied with, TO calmly
reflect on the great and irreparable evils
they would bring on themselves and our
country.
The mass meeting was largely attended
the court house being nearly fall, and the
rous;Ag speeches called fourth enthusiastic
ard loud applause
Col. G. D. Phillips made the first speech
He was repeatedly interrupted by Third
Party man, but Gel Phillips replied in a
way that discomftted the iDterrupter.
His speech was strong appeal for har~
mony, and united party, showing the
evils of disruption.
Col. A. s. Clay followed in an eloquent
and conservative speech, we'll calculated
to do good. At the same time it bristled
with good points for Democratic success
and renewed alleOia moo IN fac marty that