The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1895-06-15
FREE SILVER.
The 'iT:, l';za:ion of the Grenada County
Timetable League.

>'AN'."~" tSEit. :. 1t lui EC IuulJeI OI OuF
citizens met at the Court House in
Grenada on Saturday. June s, 1895, at
2p. m.. 10" the purpose of selecting
delegates to the Bimetallic Convention
to. be held in Memphis on June 18th
iand 18th, 1885. ard 70 organize coun-
+ ty bslretiit,tc League.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon ". G. Mclean, and on motion
Judge \. !. Itoane was elected Chair
man, and w. n. Mitchell, Secretary.
Judge Roare then took the chair and
stated that the meeting was ready for
business. Mr.. J. n. Barksdale moved
that a committee of five, one of whom
should be the Chairman, be appointed
by the chair to select thirty delegates
to the Memphis Bimetallc Convention,
five to be chosen from each beat and
five from the county at large. which
was adopted and the following com.
mittee was appcinted:
J. H. Barlisdale, W. c. Mclean. ].
J. Slack, Max Ginsburger and \. r
Eoane. This committee retired to Sc.
ect the delegates and after consulta
tion reported the following as dele.
gates to said convention which report
on motion was adopted:
&c. Longstreet, VIM. McSwine, F.
P. Collins, Er. A. Martin, j. H. Barks.
dale. Dabney Philips, r. NJ. Anderson
J. W. Gritfis. B. c. Adams, E. c. Wal
thall, c. Il. Guy, y. L. Holcon.b, ".
C. Mclean, James +. Smith, j. f.
| Williams, a. T. Roane. J. r. Parker,
j. ". Young, J. j. Slack, J. B. Crow
der, Max Ginsburger, VIM. DuBard,
+. Horton, JAS. Pr! Or, II. L. Willis, &.
&. 5pa-~. !. y. t}urhun;tn. Z. p. Lam
kin, L. =. Irillbiu and ". ". Holly.
On notion, q permanent organization
( was effected with y. 7. Roanc. prcsi-
dent. J. {. Longstreet, Vice President,
W. y. Mitchell, Secretary, and J. ".
Yuuu.-, Treasurer. Judge Rounc
then called Vice President Longstreet,
to the chair and offered the following
resQ:'tiols "Ach on notloh were
aHimously adopted: f>
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1o,rtved ,,n ,.,,d,,uf,;,, fro, us..,ud ,ru,
t;ts If nv i,,v,;u,1,r and constitutional
money ,,u,,l,,d ntd,1 ,n t,a burdens, Of
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hord nov ~.r,-I, 10 he fastened ,r.u the
country is !raH.n, with great danger 10 the
ln:tS.es Of the prup, and subvcrs;om e the
priucipirs Of The constitutions Therefore be
it
Re+0(rsl That we are III favor Of both
-old and silV"r"> the standard hI"'''J Ol
- ri r1;nitcd +'," roirar" nr nn,h metals 1t ,hr
ratio provided by law before tie ,vn.onc,ixa.
zion act of ls.3 without waiting for the ac-
ton OF any other nation an" 'n'' s''h COINS
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Rts,lrca tu4hsy, That we believe that
true. bimetalllsm adopted An" carried "n'
III Hoo" @ '"'.n W ~, I sa,'n', t"n 'h '
nvils which flow from the pr,sen, financial
system.
l'esolrcd yts.'tAev, That patriotic men of this
country view with alarm the EFFORT being
,'a'e 20 las'e1' "r'l ,l,n, Tu, ' r,i n,, rn ~ r
1uce American labor and individual enter |
prise to the level of her own ana would en-
.all .an msnn,o """L ''''' p''''' upon " ''''' Va
n'.,,.,o tur.n,r What vo,i,v,t. ~ c,,,
>ens who love their country to unite with US
in an effort to restore silverto the place it
occupied in the coinage laws OF the country
prior U '.' '''' VI w. ''' '',''
y m''lon was '"ei' h'''ue anu "ooP''
eo 10 appoint " colii'ni''ee u 'niee
'fo'h e"c'' oe"' III VIC ooO"'s W soi'o''
members 10 ehe League Inc cnalr'
man S.a'eo 'na' he "ooio Se'eo' WIS