The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-30
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Divine Providence. .,. ,d loudly ap-
Ing ie ao l. was read and the CON- ox-
pa o seemed to be filled to the lu rnad by
tdnt With enthusiasm. III WIS
Senator Jones, chairman. b;o DEM
At the conclusion there was q g 10 their
onstrotion. The delegates r9ee ooiied for
faet and cheered loudly, ana ca hout 10
senator Jones. He spoke Ior ap yocifer-
minutes and his remarks WHY
ously applauded: A., ro,ort of the COM
The following is the repoi' VI
MIN. ..Thot n convention of the quallheu nU.
ou,, nf the United States VINO peii' Nv,
e.; ~ +bn nrinciples this day enuncill,t.eu ~ ~
th;s .N coppfnrence, and who are Willie ~
s snis party allegiance ana le" tho
to those principles and, TO supp;o, n MO-
nominees of the National cohVeht lIn,i PIN he
n;dnd for by this conference s s n uu
III o+ tba civ of st. Louis, MO; VI
t tiea" o5nd day of July, 1896, at L o,cioch'
That the apportionment to sucn ios sonn-
t;nn shoIl he one delegate for each se.iu
t tlU.' and representative in the Snlteu
Sto+"s congress from the several ota'ts
and one delegate for each delegate -
cnnpress from the several territories umI
additional delegates for the sr't tbn
States and Territories based upon t tho
silver strength as ascertalhcu lroi' wv
American Bmetallic union. ..;o,od
"Thc number of delegates app !1 Lo os
70 each State and Territory VIII pe "'
follows:
alabama. 10; Arizona, q; Arkansas
20. California, 10; Colorado, ~; ool.
necticut, 10; Delaware, 70; fle orr. 1rd e,
Georgia, 80; Idaho, 10; Illinois; 3O; iliui-
ana, 40: Iowa. 80: Kansas, ~; Nehtucha'
%; Louisiana. 10; Maine. ,; Maryia!u
o; massachusetts,, u; Michigan, 81, MI.
nesota. 3O Mississippi, 20; missouri, -,
Montana, IS; Nebraska, 81; NeVaaa, 10,
New Hampshire q; New Jersey, ii NV HN
York, II; North Carolina, ~; Norm "a Va
kota, u; Ohio, 40; oklah0mai III oI re-
Iand s: South Carolina, 50; South Da-
toto, Il: Tennessee, u: Texas, 10; Yer
mont, 8: Virginia, 40; Washington, ~;
West Virginia, -: Wisconsin, 10; wy
oming. Is: Utah, 20; District Of Column
bia, /: New Mexico, 8; Indian Territory,
); Alaska. :.
THAT this conference appoint a pro.
yisional National committee consisting OF
one member from each State and Terri
tory. said committee to possess all powers
usually possessed by National commit
tees of political parties; said committee
to serve until the holding of said Nation
al conventions: said committee, or the
portion thereof appointed by this confer
ence shall have full power to fill all va
cancies, whether from the failure OF TINS
conference to appoint a full committee
or from death, resignation or otherwise.
Said committee shall have its headquar-
tiers in the city of Washington, ID. g:
The mode of selecting delegates to said
National convention shall be rs prescrib-
ed by the National committee, subject to
the following regulations:
"All delegates shall be elected at public
conventions or at public meetings to be
held either in the several States at large
or in the several counties or districts of
each States as the National committee
may prescribe.
NO person shall be eligible as a dele
gate to any such convention or meeting
or shall sit as delegate in said National
convention who is not in favor of the dec
laration of principles this day enunciated
by this conference and who is not willing
to subordinate party allegiance to the
advancement of such principles and to
support the nominee of said convention.
lHc 4NullOIlul pIOCttti
at once to organize the several States and
Territories for the success of this move
ment.'
The National committee, so far as elect
ed, is as follows:
Arizona, w. NJ. Brennan; Colorado, |.
\. Stevens; Connecticut, Joseph Sheldon;
California, George w. Baker, Idaho. Jno.
Z. Clough; Iowa, Amos Sickle: Illinois,
George NJ. Emery; Kansas, A. C. Shinn;
Maryland, Gilbert u. Smith; Massachu-
sets, George c. Hill; Michigan, ]. G.
Ramsdall; Montana, ". Ii. Sweet; Ne
braska, G. l.. Laws; New Jersey. Nor
timer Whitehead; North Carolina, B. f.
Keith; Ohio, Henry 7. Niles: Pennsyl-
yania, X. h. Diffendorfer; Tennessee. ].
II. Acklin; Vermont, Joseph Battell; Dis
trlct of Columbia, c. j. Hillyer.
On notion DR.. J. j. Mott of North
carolina. was unanimously elected chair
man of the National executive committee
DIR. Mott has always been a Republican
ana Tor number of years has been
chairman of the State committee of
North Carolina and was vouched for by
a number, among them Senator Butler
as one of the best organizers and most in.
detatigabie workers in the United States
After number of speeches the silve,
conference adjourned amid great on,
thusiasm without delay.
WANTS A SILVER PLANK
Washington, Jan. 23.-The Rennblicor
silver Senators fpJn,, >''