The leader., 1895-08-13

amid loud cheers, and upon taking his
seat sa d that the convention had had
enough specch-making, and it was timo
to begin work. The temporary secre-
tary, L. Pink Smith, was mada perma-
nent secretary.
r. ii. Henry, of Kinds, moved that the
chair appoint q com mmittee on resolu-
tions, consisting OF two members from
each congressional district and We from
the State at large.
The chair appointed tho following
committee: State at larger. Ii. Henry.
chairman; Ii. d. Money, James X. Var
Gaman, John NJ. Allen, j. w. Fewell.
Congressional districts-Flrst, L. O..
Sykes and III. S. Muldrow; second, J. O.
Boothe and w. j. East; third, j. M.
Jayne and 5. c. Cook; fourth, w. C..
Mclean and A. c. Boglc; fifth, j. +.
| McCool and C. III. Williams; sixth, w.
f. Love and r. r. Stockdale; seventh,
Clay Sharkey and r. n. Miller.
Nominations for governor were de-
| clared in order, and Hon. j. w. Cutrer,
Of Coahoma, presented the name of Hon.
a. j. McLaurin, of Rankin. Hon. p. r.
Somerville, OF Leflore, moved that he be
elected by acclamation, which was done
with a cheer. When the party escort
ing Mr.. McLaurin entered the hall, it
was greeted with deafening cheers.
Mr. McLaurin was introduced by SEN
ator George, and then in feeling speech
he accepted the domination and said
that he realized the honor and dis
tinction conferred upon him, and that
ii was a sacred trust; that he would give
the people clean, plre administration,
and at the end of his term would return
the Office to the people unsullied and
uncontaminated.
The names of j. Ii. Jones, of Wilkin-
son, and A. Ii. Bays, of Webster, were
placed in nomination for lieutenant gov
ernor, as was David johnson, Of Ita-
wanda. Hr. Jones received 1S9 votes
and was declared the nominee The
nomination was made unanimously and
committee appointed to notify Mr..
Jones.
Col. j. L. Power was placed in nomin-
alton for secretary of State, as were w.
r. Woods OF Lauderdale and e. II. Nall
of Holmes. Nall received 43 votes on
the first ballot, Woods 10l, and Power
113. Then Alcorn, which passed its
vote, went for Power, making his vote
III. Nall began to throw his votes to
Power, and the ballot was announced as
I'll Nall Wno1s
l3S votes being necessary to choice.
Il. A. VanClove of jackson county
and Col. w. d. Holder of Lafayette
were placed in nomination for auditor.
The roll of counties was called, and the
result was: Holder 23S and Vancleve 2S
A. Q. May of Simpson was nominated
for State treasurer, as were j. c. Lott of
Carroll and n. S. Walker OF Claiborne;
w. w. George of Lauderdale was nom
mated, but withdrew before the roll
was half called. The result of the call
was: May 1872, Lott 49, Walker 36.
The chair announced that nomina-
tons were in order for attorney-general,
and the names Of Wiley n. Nash of Ok
tibbeha, Frank Johnston of Kinds. Wal
ter Trottcr of Montgomery, and s. 5.
Hudson of Yazoo were placed before
the convention. Tho roll by counties
was called, and the vote resulted as fol-
lows: Johnston 90, Hudson SS, Trotter
45, Nash s9 Nash was nominated on
tho twelfth ballot
The Platform.
The committee on resolutions reported
as follows, which was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, We, the Democracy of the State of
Mississippi, In convention assemble l. deem it
advisable to have uniformity OF expression
throughout the nation among Democrats upon
the financial question; and The Democratic
party OF Missouri in convention on the 9th day
of August, 1895, having adopted the following
resolutions which meet with our approval ana
Endorsement; therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the Democratic party of the State
of Mississippi, That we adopt as our declara-
tion and principles upon the money question
said resolutions, to'wit:
"The Federal Constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals OF the united
States.
"The first coinage bill passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar the unit
of value and admitted gold 10 free coinage at
ratio measured by the silver dollar unit
From the beginning OF the government, fol-
lowing a policy formulated by Thomas Jener-
son, and firmly established by Jackson, the
Democratic party has been the party or Dmet-
aliism, fayoring the free coinage of both silver
and gold at the national mints and opposed to
farming out to banking corporations the gov
ernment's sovereign rover of issuing and con-
trolling the money of The people.
reptitiously passed, without the approval or
knowledge of the American people, and from
the time when the effect of this act, in fastening
upon the country the single gold standard, was
understood, the Democratic party has con-
stantly and persistently urged that the grievous
wreng be righted.
Failure to accomplish this object has resulted
in the steady appreciation OF gold, correspond
ing fall in the prices of commodities produced
by the peaple, a heavy increase in the burden OF
all debts, public and private, the enrichment OF
the money lending class, paralysis OF industry
and impoverishnent OF the people, and unex-
ampled distress in all gold standard countries.
Experience has shown that while under the
single gold standard there may be an occasional
revival of business activity, accompanied by en-
hanced prices OF a limited number OF commodi-
ties, such revival Is due to artificial and tenn
porary causes, and cannot permanently alleviate
the sufferings due TO falling prices. brought
about by the appreciation ofgold and an inade-
quale supply Of primary or fsdemption money.
DUTY 10 the people requires that the party of
the people continue the battle for bifaetallism
until its efforts are crowned with success;
therefore. be it