The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1896-07-23
NINTH DISTRICT pOPUlISIS.
DELEGATES CHOSEN TO THE ST.
LOUIS CoaVEhTiOR-LOk6 SET
or RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.

oppossd t" the Drawing Of :. e.ionsi II ne =
aud to ~ Of the Re-
cent Les TO St. Leuis
Instructed to Keep ..in the Middle Of the
Road"
WAYSEsyILLT, July li-Pursuant to
the call OF the chairman OF the execu-
tive committee OF the Populist party
of the 9th Congressional district Of
North Carolina, for the purpose OF
electing delegates and al,ernates TO
represent this district at st. Louis, on
the I'D inst, to select a candidate Tor
President and Vice-President, also for
the purpose of calling a convention to
select a candidate for Congress in this
district, the following action was
taken yesterday by the delegates in
convention assembled:
The convention at once proceeded TO
elect delegates to st. Louis, which
election showed the selection of the
following gentlemen John NJ. Queen
of Jackson, Thomas B. Long Of Bun
combe, J. J.. Ilerren of Haywood,
Ceburn T.. Harris of Rutherford.
Alternates: VIM. Bumgarner Of Jack
son, James \. Morgan of BuncOmbe,
George +. Bogss of Haywood, A. ID. *.
Wallace Of Rutherford.
The Congressional convention was
called to meet at Waynesville, Hay
wood county. on Tuesday, August %,
at IL III.
The following preamble and resOlu-
tiCns were offered, read, and discussed,
and unanimously adopted:
WherereS The present condition OF our
country demands that patriots meet
and consider the best course to pursue
to relieve our people of the dire distress
under which they are now suffering,
therefore be it
Resoleed, That we, a portion of the
Peoples Party OF the 9Th Con gressi iOnal
| District of North Carolina in cOnven-
tiOn assembled, do fully and unequivO-
cally renew our hearty approval of the
platform endorsed and promulgated by
tn. national convention of our party
| held at Omaha, n Nebraska, July /, 1892
Resolved, That we Geprecate and de-
nOunce the attempt made at the late
convention held at Chicago to draw
sectional lines. The people of OuI
country have had enough of secession
and as party we declare for "One
flag" the Stars and Stripes, with al
indissoluble Union, knowing no North
South, East, or West. And pray God t,
everlastingly deliver us from associa
ting with or listening to the advice o
anarchists.
Resolved, That the attempt made a
Chicago to make us believe they are
honestly for silver by a party whose
leaders in Congress defeated five time
in one day bill to adopt the free coin
age OF silver, show beyond cavil o
doubt that they have taken the mem
bers of our party to be first a nOn-read
ing and illiterate set of beings or 0
exceedingly short memory.
) Resolved, That the question of pro
lection to American industries shOul,
be thoroughly considered and thought
fully studied, for the reason that liv
, ing as we do in the finest undevelOpe,
, manufacturing and agricultural coun
try in the world, must we not vel
weigh the cause that gives to the Stat
of Massachusetts twG hundred and fit
dollars per capita while North Caro-
lima has but seven.
7 Resolved. That with patriotic prid
we endorse in general the action of tn
5 late legislature of our State, and declar
, in truth and candor that it was, by
= large ma jOrity, composed of a band c
, patriots.
Resolved, That the delegates select
ed by this convention to represent u
at st. Louis July - are instructed
= keep exactly in the middle Of the rOat
t md support no one for President c
. vice-President who Is not in thOrOug
y accord with our party and platform i
every particular.
Resolved, That we recommend as til
organ of our party in this COngre;
siOnal district 1.-The Sylvan Vail
News" published at Brevard, Transy
vania county, n. G.