Birmingham age-herald., 1894-09-05
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
LITTLE JOE" WHEELER

UNANIMOUSLY NOMINATED ON THE FIRST
 BALLoT-CLEVELAKDI INDoRSED.
 NEW DECATUR, Sept. 4.-[Special Staff Correspondence.l l-The Eighth Congress sional district is delighted. "Little Joe" won the game without single dash out of the congressional dice box. Everything was surrendered to the tried and trusted congressman from this district at the con- gressional convention held at the county court house today.
 Judge Richardson's name did not go be- fore the convention. Hon. Wilson Browns name was withdrawn. and General Wheeler was nominated by exclamation, the total number of delegates amounting to fifty nine.
 The convention was called to order by Hon. Wilson Brown, chairman of the dis triet executive committee, at 1 o'clock. AS Colonel Browns term had expired he addressed the members of the ommittee with a speech of thanks and proposed the name of Judge J. .. Kumpe of Lawrence as temporary chairman and J. A. Ronntree of Morgan as temporary secretary, both of whom were later elected permanent officers.
 When the routine business of the con- vention was finished and nominations were in order Col. George r. Jones of Lauderdale arose and in an eloquent speech nominated General Wheeler, the present congressman from this district.
 Mr. Sartell of Colbert then nominated Colonel Brown.
 After this nomination J. D. Hnmphry of Madison, chairman of Richardson' s dele. gation from that countya seconded the nomination of General Wheeler amid a great deal of enthusiasm. Of course this meant that Judge Richardson would not go before the convention.
 After this seooud Colonel Brown came into the convention room and personally withdrew his name. He said: "Eor fear that will be nominated I wish to ask my friends not to vote for me.' Laughter. He made many remarks that were we'll re- ceived by the convention and pledged him. self to the nominee.
 General Wheeler was then nominated by exclamation, and a committee appointed to wait upon him.
 He entered the hall amid the applause which always greets him from the people of the Eighth district and made short speech in accepting the nomination. He paid high tribute to Grover Cleveland, and said that the depression of the pabt two years is traceable to the result of republi- can administration, and before the present administration has expired the country will be in a more prosperous condition than has been known for many years.
 Judge Richardson was then waited upon nd~brought into the hall. He made the powerful speech of the day; indorsed the administration without prefxes and sub- fixes and appealed to the people to support democratic principles. He said: "Thank God, come out of this race with the same friendship for General Wheeler and with the same loyalty to the democratic party that went in with.o His speech cap- tured the convention.
 The following report was adopted as to the new executive committee for the ensu- ing two years: Colbert. J A Nathan; Lauderdale, w P Campbell; Lawrence, P King; Limestone, W Russell; Morgan, A Rountree; Jackson, J F Vonght; Mad. ison, E Mathews; district at large, K w Francis.
 A lengthy platform was adopted, the principal paragraphs of which are given be- low:
 ''The democratic party of the Eighth Congressional district of Alabama, in con- vention assembled, reafirms the princi- pies declared in the platform of the demo- cratic party at Chicago in 1892, and we ment of those principles in the election of Grover Cleveland aud the enactment of laws during the first regular session of congress under his administration, which have gone far in repeating the centralizing, un- American and oppressive legislation which, during thirty years of republican rule, were eDgrafted upon the statute books of our country.
 "We proclaim that the farmer is the creator of all wealth, and that the welfare of all vacations is dependent upon his prosperity. When the farmer IS prosper
 
 for his wares, the merchant collects his debts, and the educator, the minister, the physician and the followers of all other vo- cations are well paid. We denounce the laws enacted by the republican party which in thirty years have reduced the farmer iron, the position of iordly independence, which under just and equal laws he had al- ways enjoyed, while under republican laws the price of farm products has fallen to less than the cost of production. We insist that so vast country as ours, with varied pur- suits and multiplied enterprise, cannot attain the highest prosperity under sys-. tenn of finance which confines the point of issue and redemption of the bulk of the currency of our country to single city. tricts and internal commerce will always vicious g system. We therefore oppose and ated by the repub blican party, aud as the most speedy method to lessen this power of oppression we demand a repeal of the pro- hibitory tax of 10 per cent upon banks other than national banks, this 10 per cent law being the main pillar and foundation of the national bank system.
 "We denounce the republican party for silver in 1873 ,when they had full control of all branches of the govern ment, and we further denounce the repubil- can party for repeating the silver coinage act of 1878 during the Reed congress, Tn 1890, when they again had full control Of all the branches of the government.
 s'While there have been differences or opiuion among democrats as to the most