Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-05-15

"N'fN'lNhA'ANN w hn' NfNA'AAts
Athens. Tex, May H. Demo.
cratic convention OF Henderson county
assembled today Mt this place ut 10
o'clock u, M There are twelve pre-.
cinots IN the county, ten OF which were
represented. Organization was erected
by the election Of John IL, Reynolds
first as temporary and then permanent
chairman. and DIR. j. c. Hodge. secre-
tary \ platform reanirming allegl-
onee to the principles OF tho Democratic
party as handed down TO US by It's
founders and ratlncnuons OF its ma
tionnl platform was adopted, From it
we extract only the the silver plank;
I'VE hold TO the use of both gold
and silver as the standard OF money
of the country and TO the coinage Of both
gold and silver without discriminating
against either metal OF charge FOR mint
age, we believe that the people want
no Disseminated dollar coined by the
government OF the United States, but
want the same weight uf dollar they
now have, and believe II Will promote
the welfare OF this country Ia coin thum
aH long as they Will do Justice alike
TO debtor and creditor, and us long as a
dollar OF the one metal will buy as
many OF the comforta Of life as a dollar
Of the other, aud believe these ends
can soonest be attained by the free
and unlimited coinage of SILVER. Aud
we demand that all paper currency
ehall be Kept ut par with and redeem
able In such coin, We insist upon this
policy as especially necessary FOR the
protection OF the farmers ana ltboilng
classes. The first aud most defenaoloss
victims az unstable money ana IL nuc-
tuutinE currency"
After the adoption OF the platform a
petition 10 which wnB attached the siR-
natures OF nifty representative Demo
Gratis from the various portions OF the
county waa presented, The petition
read as follows,
10 the Chairman Of the Democratic
Conventions We. the undersigned Dem
ocrats OF Henderson county, believe
that II is too early - elect delegates
10 the several district conventions and
90 the state convention.
"Wc believe u IL u dangerous preoe-
dent to establish and that n this mat.
ter IL not postponed II VIII result In
much dissatisfaction among Democrats.
We therefore respectfully ask that you
allow Mi NJ, r. Richardson to 40 be,
fore your honorable body and repre-
Hont our vlewR'
This petition was rejected by vote
Of "a to "a.
The appointment OF the delegates to
the several district aud state cOnven-
tons was now proceeded with.
resolution was now presented that
the nhmoa OF All candidates from gov
ernor down to balm be submitted to
thos county primaries. The resolution
WAS lost II had been already deter.
mined that there shall be two primary
elections hold to nominate the candl-
dates FOR the various county Offices
II was resolved that the delegates
from Henderson county 10 the repre-
sentative ana senatorial district cOnyen-
tions are hereby instructed TO uAe ali
honorable means 10 nominate oandl
dates for representative aud state son.
ntur who VIII work and vote for the
election OF Hon, Horace Chiffon OF
Smith county as United states Hena.
tor. Adopted
''Reaolved, that the delegates 10 the
state convention are Instructed 10 use
every means to secure the nomination
for governor OF Hon. John H. Reagan.
ms long az there IN u probability OF his
nomination; and,
Resolved further, that tho delegatcf
TO the judicial convention OF this dis
trict are instructed 20 work and vote
for the nomination OF Hon. a . Is. Wat
klnH OF thiS county as district Judge
Adopted.
-heaolNedi thnt thcy go instructed Tor
Felix J McCord for congroHa here
copy the language OF the resolution;
''Resolvcd. that each committee mp
pointed 10 select delegates 10 the vari.
Gus conventions also be made delegatef
20 the various conventions TO which
they selected delegates respectively.
Adopted"
The candidacy Of Hons. NJ. NJ. Crane
for attorney-gcnerai. j NJ. Carlisle for
reelection nH state superintendent Of
public Instruction and Geo. T Jester
for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was cSch In
dorFed and the delegates to the noml-
mating conventions Instructed accord.
ingly.
The convention then adjourned.