The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1895-08-17
GRENADA, MISS, SATURDAY. AUGUST II, 1896


either Of the nominees, and the larger
the county vote the louder were the
cheers. The George supporters seemed
possessed of the strongest lungs and the
most enthusiasm, and made matters
very interesting. The vote resulted 1853
for George and 113 for Miller The an
nouncement was received with great
enthusiasm and continu"d cheering.
Gen. Georges election was made unani-
nous.
Gen. George was escorted to the chair
amid loud cheers. and upon taking his
seat said that the convention had had
enough speech making, and it was time
to begin work. The temporary secre-
tary, L. Pink Smith, was mada perma-
nent secretary.
r. II. Henry, Of Kinds, moved tn at tho
chair appoint committee on resolu-
tions, consisting Of two members from
each congressional district and five from
the State at large.
The chair appointed the following
J committees: State at tlarge-R. H. Henry,
chairman; H. D. Money, James X. Var
daman, John NJ. Allen, J. W. Fewell.
Congressional districts-First, E. 0.
Sykes and H. s. Muldrow: second, J. 0.
Boothe and w. j. East third, J. NJ.
I Jayne and S. c. Cook; fourth, w. C.
Mclean and A. c. Boyle; fifth, j. F.
McCool and c. H. Williams; sixth, W.
F. Love and T. 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 Lefore, moved that he be
elected by acclamation, which was done
with 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 a feeling speech
he accepted the nomination and said
that he realized the honor and dis
tinction conferred upon him, and that
it was sacred trust; that he would give
the people clean, pure administration,
and at the end of his term would return
the office to the people unsullied and
uncontaminated.
The names of J. H. Jones, of Wilkin-
son, and A. II. Bays, of Webster, were
placed in nomination for rlieutenantgov-
ernor, as was David johnson, of lta-
wanda. Mr.. Jones received 1S2 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. H. Nall
of Holmes. Nall received AG votes on
the first ballot. Woods 1Ol, and Power
113 Then Alrorn, 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
follows: Power l5!, Nall l6, Woods o.
1873 votes being necessary to choice.
r. A. VanCleve 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 33s and Nanclcvo IS.
A. Q. May of Simpson was nominated
for State treasurer, as were }. {. Lott OF
Carroll and N. $. Walker Of Claiborne;
". w. George of Lauderdale was nom
mated, but withdrew before the roll
was half called The result of the call
was: May 1872, Lott As, Walker SO.
The chair announced that nomina-
tions were in order for attorney general,
and the names Of Wiley n. Nash Of Ok
tibbeha, Frank Johnston of Kinds. Wal
ter Trotter OF Montgomery, and s. 5.
Hudson of Yazoo were placed before
the convention The roll by counties
was called, and the vote esulted as fol-
lows: Johnston 81, Hudson IS, Trotter
Is, Nash 80. Nash was nominated on
the twelfth ballot.
The Platform.
The committee on resolutions ported
as follows, which was unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, We, the Democracy of the state of
Mississippi, in convention assembled. deem 1t
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, 1893, having adopted the following
resolutions, which meet with our approval ana
Endorsement; therefore, be 1t
Resolved, by the Democratic party of the state
of Mississippi, That We adopt as our declara-
ton and principles upon the money question
said resolutions, t0.wit:
"The Federal Constitution names silver and
gold together as the money metals Of the United
States.
1.-THE first coinage bill passed by congress under
the constitution made the silver dollar the unit
of value and admitted gold to free coinage at
ratio measured by the silver dollar unit.
From the beginning of the government, fol-
lowing policy formulated By Thomas Jctler'
son, and firmly established by Jackson the
Democratic party has been the party OF blmet-
alism, favOring the free coinage of both silver
and gold at the national mtns and opposed to
flaming out to banking corporations the gov
ernments sovereign power of issuing and con-
trolling the money of the people.
"The act of 1873 demoneti2ng silver was SUR
passed, without tile approval or
knowledge Of the American people. and from
the time when the effect o. this act IN Fastening