The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-06-20
The MEMPHIS
CONVENTION.
Great Gathering ofThe Hosts Who
WillEghi ShylOokism- Party
Independence.
SOME RINGING SPEECHES

hy >isisy. Ttila.n. uasi.r. s.d othsr.--
f"iiii-an. F.ii ts c"afrel tho Ceassa-
tioL- They toIis- the r.~pi.-nat S.iI
| to feel 1hsn--rh~ E..olatlsn.
| The silver convention NJ Memphis
last week Was a great and notable
gathering.
/ The goldbug convention held .
few weeks before was tame in CON-
parison To it
| Cleyelaad had TO get his Office
holders and gold0ug satellites 10 90
out and spend a lot of money in
drumming up delegates for II Men
who We're al both conventions say
that the first one WAS composed of
bankers, and some Of the other few
who were benefited by the present f.
nanclal policy; but that there Was
not a single farmer. wage-earner or
wealth producer IF any Kind in
that convention.
The silver convention, on the other
hand, was composed of over one
thousand delegates from over twenty
States, representing al yqriies and
all classes of wealth producers. IL
was largely a gathering of the repre-
sentatlyes of the people.
Ii Is true, tina; some Democratic
politicians attempted To run the
meeting in the interest of their party,
but they most signally failed. Their
first step was 10 make Senator Tur-
pie, who voted to repeal tine silver
Sherman law IN the last Congress,
chairman. This was done before all
of the delegates got there; but il did
no good; and every other effort 10
get AN endorsement as Me Dcmo-
crotic pqrfy or 10 make capital for
that party completely failed. They
failed, not because majority
of the convention was composed of
Populists, but because there were
present as delegates enough plain,
farmer Democrats, who pace prin-
ciple above party name. VINO have lost
confidence In the Democratic party,
as an organization, who will not sac
rliice thsir devotion to the principles
of Jackson and Jefferson to follow
men or politicians who place party
above the people and their welfare
: enough men of this kind TO jlin
forces with the Populists to dfeeat
this team.
|, 1t was generally talked in Mem
phis, and we suppose no one will de-
ny it, that Senator Isham G. Harris,
: though the convention was to be
held in his own State, had no idea
( of attending until be saw that the
convention was to be one of magni-
: tude and great significance; but In
: justice TO linn We might cay that he
+ made no effort to turn 1t into a
Democratic convention; but publicly
, appealed for bipartisan action,
1 and seek to take such action al
e would harmoniousiy bring all ele.
ments together for the purpose OF
/ making a common declaration.
: The personnel Of the convention
o could not fail to make deep i'm.
preston upon any obseryant, care.
full student of political history and
u the present political conditions
: The number of names that have
grown familiar to the American peo.
+ pie were strikingly few. There was
$ not a single "crank" present. Tn,
d convention was overwhelmingly com.
: posed of delegates direct from tn,
great masses, and wealth producer
# of the country. The people did no
y go to the convention because thepoli
$ tlcians went, but some politicians
q went because the peopls rent.
The committee on resolutions wal
composed Of Republicans, Democrat
and Populist and though q ma
u jority were Democrats, majorit,
e of the whole committee were of tn,
Il Opininion that the patriots of al
'e parties had to come together 10 the
next campaign and run one ticke
under the banner of Financial Re
ID form" against the John Sherman
u Grover Cleveland goldbugs; and tn
= convention would have passed sucl
j. resolution with a whOop; but j
n would not have been unanimous
n and some Of the Democrats would har
r. bolted, 50 it was thought best t
re await Developments and 10 no'
to simply pass resolutions that ever
r one present would concur in.
e One yice-president and one mem
g Der of the committee on resolution
was appointed from each State q
IN follows:
Of For the United States at Large
ne Senator Isbam G.. Harris, OF Tennesse
OF New Mexico-Nice president, J.
,g Bush; member of committee on resol,
40 tions, l.. Ii. Prince.
he California-Alex. Del Mar vice pres
at dent and member of committee O
Resolutions.
be Virginia-Vice president, Il.
ed Weaver: member of committee Q
d resolutions, T.. &. Treadway.
". Texas-Nice president, A. Il. Blacl
lid we'll; member committee op resoll
n tions, 5. 4. Watson.
.ai Tennessee-Vice president, Villa
Is. X. Bate, member OF committee on res
al lutioBs, +. w. Carmack.
ed South hCaroiina-Vice president, 60
We John q. Evans: member Of commit
nj on resolution, Il. X. Till.nan.
les PennsyIvania-Joseph q. Sibley, vi
president and member Of committee
.l resolutions.
tn Nebraska-vice president, z.
ne Brown; member of the committee
Ibt resolutions, w. j. Bryan.
i'm Ohio-A. j. Warner, vice preside
and member of committee on resol
u. tions.
'id North Carolina-Vice president,
F. Keith; member of committee
resolutions, Marion Butler.
IL Nevada-william NJ. Stewart. vi
oe president and members of commit