The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-06-28
A RoUsISG MEETING IN SWAIN.
Over Half Of the People Meet 81 The Cozrt
Hcnss aud Pass kin xtax RESOLUTIONS
la Favor of the People. Party.

WV At@sA % fhs asEh 81 t1e s9z4Ff
Hens* aud Pass hin xtax Resolution,
IA Favor of th~ People. Party.
The largest political meeting ever
held in Swain county assembled at
the court house to-day. After the
adjournment Of the morning session,
Judge NcIver kindly gave the court
house to the people. The Cherokee
Indian Brass Band IL pieces, DIS
c0ursed several inspiring airs, and the
court house was literally packed and
damned with human beings. Mr.. Il.
o. Patterson called the meeting to
order, and in few earnest words ex-
planned its object; he then called Ia
the chair Geo. ". McCracken, who
was elected to the Office of Sheriff as
a Popullst IN 1892, and deprived of
the office by the Commissioners, al
though he, McCracken, carried every
township in the county. Mr.. Nc
Cracker, on request, gave brief his
tory Of his election and of the con-
duet of the Board Of Commissioners
a. j. Franklin was appointed Sec
rotary of the meeting.
On motion, committee of tire.
was appointed to draft resolutions
The chair appointed Hon. ". IL
Queen, who represented Swain coun,
ty in the legislature, A. &. Patter.
son, and J. 7. Gibson, who reported
the tollowing,w which was unanimous.
ly adopted:
"The citizens of Swain county IL
mass meeting assembled including
men OF all shades of political opin.
ion who are in favor of honest elec,
tons and local self-government, who
feel oppressed by the hard times, and
who are opposed to the admlnistra-
ton that has brought such unparal-
leled distress upon the country, re-
solve as follows:
/. I'VE again denounce i'll I'M
measured terms the act of two Of the
Commissioners of this county in I'M
fairly, deceitfully and outrageously
taking away the office of Sheriff from
the choice of the voters, and giving
said office to man who was in nc
wise entitled thereto.
2. "The reelection OH the first
Monday in this month of the very
men who perpetrated this outrage Oh
our rights is enough to infuriate cit
liens who were already indignant,
and proves clearly that our only
hope is in repeating the system which
permits with impunity such fragrant
violations of the rights of the people.
3. 1--WE unanimously demand the
repeal of the undemocratic, unrepub-
lican, unpopular, unparalleled, obi
Gus and iniquitOus system of county
government, which gives to unscrup-
ulous court house rings the power
which our ancestors decreed should
rest with tn people, and which the
constitution of every free civilized
state on earth except North Carolina
gives to the people, and which the
enlightened conscience of mankind
demands should be exercised by the
people at the ballot box.
1. eve are unalterably opposed
to the administration of Grover
Cleveland, and favor an absolute re.
versal of the politics which have fill.
ed the whole land with gloom and
distress, and have brought millions
of our countrymen to the verge OF
starvation.
). eve believe it wise to make
the same kind of political fight in
1894 that we made with such sigma
success in 1892.
'Resolved further, that a copy OF
these resolutions be sent to THE
CAUCASIAN at Goldsboro, and to the
Register at Asheville, with IA request
to publish the same.
W. II. QUEEN, Chm.
A. G. PATTERSON,
J. 2. GIBSON"
While the committee were out,
the Hon. J. NJ. Gambler, Of jackson.
and the Hon. Richmond Pearson, of
Buncombe, addressed the crowd Oh
the issues of the campaign. Each of
the speakers received the most earn
est and appreciative attention.
G. w. MCCRACKEN, Chm.
I'm Co.