Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1892-08-25
MARION COUNTY.
Ringing Resolutions by % PeO-
pies Party Mass Meeting.

Ringing Resolutions by "a PeO-
pies Party Mass Meeting.
At mass meeting Of the Peoples
party of Marion on August 10th, n.
c. Hathorn presided aud Elias Polk
acted as secretary. The following
preamble and resolutions were unani-
mously adopted as the sense of the
meeting:
Whereas, On the 22nd Of February
last the representatives of thirteen
great labor organizations, hailing
from almost every State and Terri
tory in the United States, met in con-
ference in the city of st. Louis for the
purpose Of considering the demands
of the Farmers Alliance and Industri-
al Union, which were formulated in
that city in 1889, and reaffirmed at
Ocala, Florida, in 1890 and unani d.
mously re-adopted at indianapolis in
1881; and,
Whereas, After mature deliberation
tho aforesaid demands, with no ma
terial change, were promulgated to
the world as the platform of the ur-
ban and rural industrial forces who
pay so per cent. of the taxes of the
United States, and furnish 20 per
cent. of the Democratic votes of the
South; and,
Whereas, The great principles aud
issues in this platform were advocated
and practiced by Jefferson and Jack
son and have been discussed for three
years by the reform press and speak
ers and was presented to the National
Democratic convention at Chicago
and to the Peoples party convention
at Omaha; and,
Whereas, The money changers of
Wall street invaded the sacred tenn
pie of Democracy at Chicago and
pushed aside the Fundamental princi-
pies and vital issues embodied in the
labor platform and again make the
tariff humbug the leading issue. gave
the people a platform of straddles
and forced mugwump candidate up
on the Democratic party, who is op-
posed to free silver and i'll favor Of the
outrageous national banking system,
which according to the teachings of
jefferson is more dangerous than
standing armies; and,
Whereas, The Omaha convention,
composed of between twelve and fif-
teen hundred delegates whose hearts
were ablaze with the fires of patriot
ism and love of country, unanimous
ly endorsed the labor platform, bu-
ried sectional prejudices and burned
the bloody shirt, the grave and smoke
of which are a perpetual guarantee
agaist force bills and negro domina-
ton, and cordially invited all patriots,
Christians and lovers of political free
dom and religious liberty, to join the
great peoples party in it's crusade
against monopoly, against corruption
in high places, and against that wild
cat, red dog, bobtail, non-legal tender
currency scheme prOpOsedin the Dem
ocratic platform, to join it in its ad-
vocacy of safe, sound and flexible
currency issued by the government. 6
full legal tender for all debts, public
and private, and that without the use
of banking corporations; therefore bt
it
Resolved by the people of Marion
county, in mass meeting assembled
That we renouncc our allegiance Il
the National Democratic party anC
give our adhesion and support to th'
People. party.
Resolved. That this meeting pro
ceed to select a committee of two from
each supervisors district and three
from the county at large to be knowI
as the executive committee of the
Peoples party of Marion county,
vested with all the powers usually
exercised by party executive commit
tees.
Resolved, That any vacancy occur
ing in the county executive commit
tee may be filled by the chairman by
appointment.
Resolved, That not less than five
members shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business; pro-
vided, however, that the chairman
may assume the authority to call a
mass-meeting.
ELIAS Polk, Sec'y.