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JEFFERSONIAN
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~ >troaE Platform Adopted.
I CONDENSED from rrv-s Dispatches
Atlanta, Ga, May lG.-TAe State
Convention of the Peoples party in
Georgia Is in session here. The COT
Nention Is characterized by a very
large attendance and extreme cnthu-
siasm. IL certainly indicates that,
50 tar from being dead issue, the
ra&rty Is very much alive in this State.
The attitude of the present admins
uatIon since the last campaign as
taken rs the reason for such cyclone
of excitement among the Populists
as thIs convention developed.
When Tom Watson made his ap-
pearance in the ball this morning he
Sas gwen a great ovation. lie was
made chairman of the convention,
and made an eloquent speech, severe
ly crlucIs.ng the course Of the pres
ent administration. "Two years ago."
said he, Eve were fed upon the am
brosla of Democratic expectations.
To-day We are gnawiug the corn cobs
OF Democratic reality" Upon this
text he electrified the audience, and
was cheered TO the echo by more than
500 Populists present.
SECOND DAY.
Atlanta, Ga., May 1.-THE Popu-
lists to-day adopted "a platform and
put out State ticket with James X,
Hines, of Atlanta, for Governor.
The preamble of the platform saws /:
1--WE, the Peoples party of the
State of Georgia, believe in the prin-
clples of government promulgated
and eXpounded 10y Thomas jefferson,
and We declare our resolute adher-
ence to the principles laid down by
the great Southern statesmen, who,
at the beginning Of our political
history, combatted the schemes of
the Eastern money power (as out
lined by Alexander llamiiton) and
who predicted the ruin which would
tail upon this country when concen-
trated wealth should dictate its legis-
latlon. We oppose, as he did, the
perpetuatlon of the public debt and
the policy of issuing non-taxable in
terest-bcarlng bonds, whereby a large
portion Of the concentrated wealth
OF the land rearS harvest from the
taxing Of the unprivileged. We op-
pose, as he did, the national banks,
as being of deadly hostility 10 the
spirit Of our republican institutions.
We believe, as he did, in the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and the
issue of treasury notes TO increase the
volume of currency when the neces-
sites of business demand more mon
ey. Like HIM, We believe in a pro-
greSslve income tax to discourage the
extensive concentration of wealth and
to compel our selfish millionaires TO
contribute to the support of the gov
ernment which protects them. Like
him, we believe that the life of this
republic depends upon the purity of
elections and in obedience to the will
OF the majority. We hereby renew
our unqualified endorsement of the
natlonal platform Of the Peoples
party, and We favor in the State of
Georgia the following reforms"
The platform then declares Ia ia
vor of the abolition of the present
State convict system; for furnishing
primary school books by the State
for the Australian ballot law and
against the acceptance of free passes
by public officials. The platform
contains no reference to the govern
ment ownership of railways and
telegraphs. The full State ticket is
as follows:
Governor, James X. Hines; Secre-
tary OF State, A. J.. Nance; Comp
troiler General, w. X. Kemp Attor-
ney General, j. 4. b. Mahaffy:
Treasurer, &. NJ. Jones; Comnis-
sloner OF Agriculture, James Barrett.