The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-24

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which have come down to us by inherit
ance, and have twined themselves insen-
! sibly about our youthful days. and have
become affiliations growing stronger and
stronger with the passing years. Yet l
| assert that there are times when 1t would
| be immoral in us as true and loyal citizens
of this great republic to follow blindly the
| lead of any mere organizaton, times
! when we must distinguish between the
substance and the shadow. We must
not raise on high the mere fetish of party
! regularity and blindly bow down and
worship 1t in all times and under all cir
cumstances. A party must be determined
| by it's principles and net by its name
| 1t cannot be labelled one thing and be
in reality another things It cannot pro-
fess to be pure and white without when
within it is full of dead mems bones and
| all manner of uncleanliness.
Neither can true citizen
and an upright rnan allow
false sense Of party fealty to
carry him so far as to make him blind
to, or careless of, such things. No man
can owe to a party a duty greater than
| he owes to his country or to his own in
! nate sense of right and Wrong.
| 1--WE are called bolterss traitors and re-
| bells, and every species or attack is being
made upon us, and will be made upon us
| which affrighted partisan malice can sug-
! gest or inflamed party rancor can invent.
| themselves covering under the party lash
| and having thrown principles to the winds,
! hate nothing more than to see others
bravely and fearlessly stand up to their
conviction, where they themselves have
| played the craven's part.
| "A little more than a century ago.
sturdy band of partriots raised
| the standard Of revolt against the duly
constituted ruler OF thei1 country. They
too, were called rebels and traitors, but
they unhesitatingly threw their lives, their
| fortunes and their sacred honor into the
scale of right, and acquitted themselves
like men for conscience sake, and history
has stamped their cause and their MEM
ory with imperishable fame.
! Barely a generation ago, the stars and
| bars of our sunny south were flung out to
the breeze and brave and patriotic peo-
| pie rallied to the support OF a cause and
OF principles which they believed to be
| right They, too, received the name of
| rebels, but they never wavered in their
convictions, and held their flag aloof
| throughout the most unequal struggle the
world has ever seen, never doubling that
a mans first and highest duty to himself
and to his country was to follow the right
regardless of all else.
80, too, history has placed upon that
SCARED and tattered band standing ie-
family at bay around their untarnished
flag az Appomattox a name and fame that
'If to refuse to follow the party machine
into repudiation, fiat money, attacks on
| law and order, abuse OF our courts and
threats to undermine some OF the foun-
dations of the constitution, is to be
bolter, then ! am a bolter.
"If to revolt against Communism, Bry-
anism, Tillmanism aiiA Altgeldism ls 70
be rebel, then l am a rebel, and I glory
in the name. However, the heather may
rage our cause is just and our con-
| sciences clear We have uplifted the ban
| ner of true democratic faith as it was
| known to the fathers, and had banded
ourselves together to preserve for our
| children and our children's children our
| grand old party as one entitled both from
its history and its principles to the en-
thusiastic support of the American peo-
! pie"
At the conclusion of Mr.. Andersons ad-
! dress. the platform committee was ap-
| pointed as follows: H. d. d. Twiggs First
district; w. M. Hammond, Second dis
! trict; r. T. Watts, Third district; S. I.
Parrot, Fourth district; Hooper Alexan-
der Fifth district; O. j. Wimberly, Sixth
district; Eben Hillyer Seventh district;
! A. S. Stovall, Eighth district; DR.. j. w
| Oslin, Ninth district; o. c. Pope Tenth
district; E. H. Myers, Eleventh district
The committee retired, and while it was
out ringing speeches were made by Hon.
| S. G.. McLendon of Thomasville NJ A.
| Gambler of DeKalb county, Col, Albert Fl.
| Cox Of Atlanta and Capt. w. M. Hammond
| of Thomas county. The platform was
then adopted as follows
Be it resolved by the national demo-
cratic party Of Georgia, in state conven-
tion assembled,
4 ratify and indorse the action taken and
the platform adopted by the recent nation
| al convention of our party at INDIANAPOLIS
and that we pledge to the party and it's
nominees our earnest and hearty support
| in the confident belief that the principles
| advocated by the party are based on ever
lasting truth and must ultimately prevail
and that on the success OF those principles
win depend the honor and welfare of the
country and the preservation OF true
| democratic faith on the lines laid down
| by jefferson, and illustrated by long
line of distinguished SUCCESSORS, from Mad
ison to Cleveland.
1--WE heartily commend the administra-
tion of President Cleveland for its pa
triotic and dignihed conduct OF our foreign
affairs for its nrmness and energy in the
maintenance OF civil order and the en-
| forcement Of the laws, for its improve
ments and extensions In the reform of the
civil service and for its answering and
sturdy maintenance of the public faith and
credit.
The electors and members of the state
committee are
Electors-W. M. Hammond of Thomas
county and M. A. Gambler Of DeKalb, from
the state at large; A. r. Lawton, First
district; r. II. POWELL Second district
w. A. Matthews, Third district; ]. X. Orr,
| Fourth district; Marshall J. Clarke Fifth
district; w. M. II. Ross Sixth district; d.
| b. Hamilton, Seventh district; f.. b. Tate,
Eighth district II. II. Perry. Ninth dis
| trict; H. II. Hickman Tenth district, and
j. NJ Wilkerson, Eleventh district.
Committeeman. Randolph Anderson
of Savannah, chairman, and II. d. Twggs
of Lowndes county, from the First dis
trict; c. A. Afford and s, @. McLendon,
Second district W. II Harris and w f.
Devaughn, Third district; @. M. Will
iams, Fourth district @. " Gross and M.
A. Gambler, Fifth district; c. p. Steed and
J. NJ. johnson, Sixth district; John III
Wikle and ]. Il. Stubbs Seventh district:
j. r. King and J. 8. Barnett. Eighth dis
trict; T. T. Key and J. II. Butts, Ninth
district; p b. Tobin Tenth district, and
b. r. Jones, Eleventh district.
A resolution was adopted empowering
the committee TO MI vacancies, and TO do
ali other things necessary 10 the further