The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1894-06-14
RESOLUTIONS. ADOPTED
AT THE PEOPLES PARTY MASS
MEETING.
An Executive Committee Appointed
County Convention to be Held July
4th-Third Party Grafton.

| Saturday, June g..
The Third Party mass-meet-
ing at the court house was called to
order at 1890 o'clock today by County
Chairman Jesse Marshall.
Immediately after calling the meet
ing to order, Mr.. Marshall resigned
the Craftsmanship and A. w. Beyil, of
South Fork township, was made
chairman pro tenn. Ross Conrad was
elected secretary.
j. A. Transou, J. w. Spease and j.
A. Nifong were appointed commit
tee to draft resolutions setting forth
the doctrine and plans of the party in
Forsyth.
The chairman pro tenn stated that
his idea of the object of the
meeting was to elect delegates to
the State Convention and reorganiZe
for the next two years. He wanted
those fellows better read up to get
up and talk about it,"
The roll of townships was called
which showed the following represen-
tation: Bellows Creek, Bethania,
Clemmonsville, Middle Fork, Old
Richmond, Old Town, Vienna aud
South Fork.
The combined delegation from all
townships was about rs.
j. J. Marshall, r. B. Flynt, J. w.
Spease, f. N. Pfaff, J. A. Transou and
A. w. Devil were placed in nomination
for permanent chairman to serve for
the next two years. J. w. Spease was
elected. Mr.. Spease assumed the du
ties of the chair with a few remarks
setting forth his appreciation of the
honor and his faith in the principles
of the party as a panacea for all
national, State and county ills.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The following resolutions, reported
by the committee appointed for that
purpose, were adopted without dis
Senting voice:
Resolved, That we endorse the
Omaha platform without the omis-
sion of single plank.
That we favor the election of all
officers, from Constable to President
by direct vote of the people.
That we will use all the means in
our power to secure an election law
that will enable every legal voter to
cast his ballot without interference by
toughs and bosses, and the same hon
eStly counted.
That we demand a reduction of the
salaries of all public officers, State and
National, in proportion to the in
creased purchasing power of money.
That we denOunce all appropria-
tions of the peoples money by Con-
gress or our Legislature, for balls,
banjo pickers, monuments, Congress
sional funerals, and all other purposes
not for the general welfare, as uncon-
stitutional and dishonest.
That under present conditions,
government by representatives chosen
by the people is failure, and we
therefore favor the initiative and
referendum.
That strong in the conviction that
the principles we advocate are the on
ly hope of our common country, we
cordially invite people Of all parties
to unite with us to secure their adop-
tion by the nation; but that we are
unalterably opposed to fusion with
either of the two old parties, and as
both the old parties have now
had a good "chance," and have sue
ceeded in nothing but the cultivation
Of millionaires at the expense OF the
people to give US just one "chance"-
just one; then judge US by our works.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Chairman Spease said that it was in
his power to appoint the members Of
preferred suggestions or nominations
from other parties. Abbotts Creek,
Kernersville and Winston townships
were not represented. The chairman
was requested to name the members
of the committee from said townships.
The following are the chairman APP
pointed for the townships represented
Old Town, f. N. Pfaff; LeWisville,
D. A. Binkley; South Fork, A. w.
Bevel; Bellows Creek, J. G. Fulton;
Clemmonsville, J. D. Craver; Vienna
j.. A. Transou; Broadbay, James
Myer; Middle Fork, w. HI. Cox; Old
Richmond, Edmund Moser; Salem
Chapel, 7. p. Dalton.
Chairman Spease urged every cha ir
man to go home and work for the s u C
cess of their party and see that every
Third Party man in their respective
townships attended the primaries tt
be held on April 30th and voted fol
good men as delegates to the cou nty
convention to be held in Winston or
July 4th..
The convention at 1:50 adjourned.
At O'Clock Cyrus P. Thompson, Of
Onslow county, delivered sThir6
Party Grafton" before large au
| dience. It. abounded in abuse for tn
two old parties.