The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-04-04
POPULIST MASS MEETING.
A SMALL CNOWD ATTENDED 1T LAST
SATURDAY.
Some Resolutions Were Passed, Delegates
Were Elected and the Executive
Committee Was ReOrganized.

were Elected ana the Executive
Committee Was Reorganized.
Saturday was the day advertised for a
mass meeting of the pOpulists of Terrell
county at Dawson. When the meeting
was called to order in the superior court
room at II o'clock there were 25 or 80
people present, which number was not
increased before adjournment.
Mr.. Lott jennings, chairman of the
county executive committee, called h Sc
present toorder, and stated that the object
of the meeting was to elect delegates to
the gubernatorial and conglessi nal con-
ventions and to reorganize the county
committee. Chairman Jennings made
few remarks before taking his seat, and
said that while not many were present,
they were there for noble purpose.
Mr. VIM. Martin was elected chairman
and Colonel Ben Christie secretary. AS
soon as Mr.. Martin made a few
remarks and told why more people Were
not present, Mr.. J j. Taylor arose and
introduced the following resolutions:
Resolved /. Ne, the peoples party Of
| Terrell county, in mass meeting ass M
bed, DO, now and here, earnestly recon
secrte oursel es to the grand principles
of the Omaha platform, and p edge
ourselves, individually and llecJiVely,
to use all honorable means to secure
thcir success in the coming electIons
! lr,Ig tbny
F.! ballot, just and fair count, realizing the
fact that upon the purity Of the ballot
rest the continuance and perpetuaion 0
republican form of government.
| q We denOunce the present admins
| tration for its cowardlce and deception,
| its corruption and imbecility, and for its
! treachery to the promises made the peo-
/ pie by its leaders; for its class legisla-
| ton, and fr the dem He z1ti4n Of Sill
yer, he money OF the u,uAucn, and
the money of our fathers, + b. is ling
# interest bearing bonds in tiue of
peace, while millions of silver bullion,
bought with, the peoples money! ale l. n
| idle in the treasury.
g. We denounce the democratic party
and its republican ally, for the destitute
condition of the thousands of toiling
men, Tor the existence of combine on
every mentionable article that producers
to have to buy, at the same time forcing
producers to sell their produce in an UNI
protected market. .u
f. AS merchants, farmers and laborels
are so closely related that what interests
one also effects the other; as the failur
of the farmer involves the merchant
downfall and the labor panic; as we ar
all equally intel ested in the rest ration OF
the present corrupt government; and, as
such a work demands the. stren1t OF
unity, we invite every man, both demo
GRAFT and republican, to leave their Ole
parties and unite With the peoples pal ty
We beg that they cling no more to a
parry for the sake of a name, which hey
have loved SO long, but join hand and
heart with us for the interests of tn poo
PEE
After the adoption of the resolutions
Colonel Ben Christie and Mr.. Dick
Fletcher were elected delegates to the
gubernatorial convention, which will
meet in Atlanta on May 10th. Messrs.
D. A Gammage and j. J. Taylor wer,
elected delegates TO the congressional
convention, which will be he'd in Daw-
son on April 18th.
Dr.. Woods and Messrs. Jones, Goss,
Blackshear and Mcleod were appointed
a committee to select an executive com
mittee. They reported B. F Christie fo
the town district, \. j. Kenney for the
9th, John Statham for PARROT, L.. w.
Lee for the 4th, II M. LOyless for the
3rd, r. Ii, Fletcher for the 11th and MI.
Martin for the 18th. No one was select
ed from the ForKs. Each Of the above
ge.tlemen will be the chairman in his
respective district They were instruct
ed to call district meetings at an early
date and elect four men from each dis
trict to serve on the committee with
hem.
After listening to talk from Mr.. Mar
tin, in which lie said the popuIists would
have candidate for every Office in the
county and urged those present to al
tend the meetings and work untiringly
for the success of their party, the meet
ing adjourned.
1t was very noticeable that the meeting
was not as largely attended as were thos
OF two years ago, and that there was No
as much enthusiasm among them as
there was in the former campaign.
The Executive Committee to Meet.