The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-08-17
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

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The democratic convention
met at the courthouse in Boil
!, war at 12o'clock, August II,
1894, as called by the COM
mittee.
J. III. Bills, vice chairman
Of the committee, called the
convention to order.
Upon motion, J. III. Bills
was elected temporary chair
man of the convention and a
committee on credentials of
delegates was appointed by
him, composed of j. w. Bass,
j. A. Foster and JnO. r.
Reaves.
The committee on creden-
tials reported the names of
II delegates, elected at the
primary on August 2rd.
Upon motion, w. A. May
of No. 2, was elected perma-
nent chairman and r. S.
Clark, of No. 1, and J. H.
Moore, Of No. II, were made
secretaries.
The delegates selected at
the primaries for the guber-
material, senatorial and fiote-
rial conventions being the
same as the delegates select
ed to this convention, their
appointment 9s such was so
declared, and j. w. Jones
was also duly declared by the
convention the nominee for
county representative in the
Legislature.
A resolution by A. j..
Coates was adopted as follows:
Resolved, That paoxies be allow
ed in the various conventions, but
only to be given to a regular dele
gate selected by the convention.
The following resolutions
were offered by A. L. McNeal
and were discussed and adop-
| ted seriatim, all Of them
being adopted unanimously
save the resolution marked
No. 10, to which there was a
few dissenting votes. An
amendment was offered by
r. III. Wood to strike out the
last sentence in resolution 10,
which amendment was on
motion laid on the table. The
resolutions were as follows:
The democracy of Hardeman County in
convention assembled, declare
/. Our earnest, undim irished and abid
ing faith in the principles of our party
held from its organization as fundamental
securities tor the welfare of our govern
ment and the prosperity and happiness OF
our people.
3. We recognize the existence of a spirit
of disappointment and impotence in our
ranks. al the difficulties and delays in the
carving out of reforms hoped for, to the
accom- plishment of which the party is sol
EMMY pledged by its platform prom Uses
to the people, and yet we feel we should
not be wanting in party loyalty, or lose
faith in our organization, because meas
i. ures of reform are either defeated or de-
Iayed by dissentlons and want Of unity of
action among those we have selected TO
carry them out.
8. We know that principles and pol icies
in government can be enacted, preserved
and sustained only by party organization
and united action of its members, and we
repu date utterly the idea, that any mem-
Der of the party, whether senator, repre-
| sentative or i'm private station, can be 10y
| al to his party organization when he aban-
dous its declared policies and pledges, even
for the local interest of his immediate
constituency, and whenever senators OF
representatives Of our party oppose or de-
feat 10 easures to which their organization
Is pledged on the plea Of serving their own
local interests, they are guilty OF party
treachery and unworthy Of party trust.
4. We hold that no party can exist, OF
is worthy of existence, which cannot build
upon certain general principles and pol.
; icies that should apply 10 the whole
country aHd All the people alike and thai
: the party which admits that any sta te Oh
, congressional district has the right 10 ex
, cept itself and the action of its REF resen.
! taliVes from a general rule. simply invites
! and deserves ITS selfvdestructiOn.
d We utterly deny that 1t Is or ever was
intended to be, the province Of this govern
l meDt to foster or protect one Interest at the
expense Of other interests through taxa.
ton. 1aXation should be for the support
{ IND necessities Of government alone, and
y no interest of any kind, either individual
or cor porate, has the right to any aid Oh
protection by means thereof. The princi'