Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-04-16
DEMOCRATIC MASS MEETING.


the purpose of choosing delegates t,
the Sedalia Convention, and for tn,
further purpose of choosing Count.
Executive Committee to serve twt
years, and to transact such other bust
ness as might properly come before it
| Meeting called to order by C. X
Polk, Chairman of the County Execu
tive Committee, at 2:15 o'clock P. n.
Moved and carried that DR.. G. w
Farrar be elected Chairman of the
meeting.
On motion, Arthur HUFF was elected
Secretary.
j. M. Morris and Eli D. AXE were
selected as delegates to the Sedalis
Convention.
Moved by William r. Edgar, and
carried, that Committee of five Dem.
ocrats be selected for the purpose Of
choosing members for new County
Executive Committee.
Thereupon the Chairman appointed
J. NJ. Morris, Eli D. AXE, P. w. Whit
| worth, Judge r. j. Hill and VIM. A.
Fletcher as said COMMITTEES; which
appointments were, on motion, duly
seconded and carried, approved by all
the members of the meeting.
Said Committee then retired for the
purpose of performing the duties for
which they were appointed, and after
wards reported their selections as fol-
lows:
Union Tovsship-J. M. Morris, VIM.
Lewis. Wiley M. O'Neal, F. P. Hill
burn.
Liberty Tos0nship-Chas. K. Polk
and Jos. S. Bollinger.
arcadia Tovnship-W. r. Edgar,
W. A. Fletcher. C. c. Lashley, A. j.
Carly.
Iron Toacnship-C. B. Reno, Harri-
son Sweeney. Jas. A. Reyburn, j. w.
Harral.
Kaolin Townskip-J. P. Barger and
T. R. Terry.
Dent Iowaaship-D. S. Love and Sam
uel Croker.
Which report choosing said new
County Executive Committee was, on
motion, duly approved by all the mem
bers of the meeting.
Resolutions were then read by Eli D.
AXE. to wit:
RESOLVED, by the Democrats of Iron
County, Missouri, in convention assem-
bled-
1. That we renew our allegiance to
the principles of the Democratic party.
2. That we endorse all the acts of
the Pertle Springs Convention.
8. We denounce the encrOachments
of the Federal power upon the rights
of the States; that we believe in the
traditional Democratic doctrine of
Home Rule; that self-governing peo-
pie employs servants not guardians.
4. We demand a return to the mon
etary unit established by the fathers
of the Republic in 1892, and that both
gold and silver be coined in conformity
thereto at the ratio of 16 to 1.
5. We denounce the issue of bonds
in time of peace as an unnecessary
mortgage upon posterity.
6. We hereby instruct our delegates
to vote for no man as delegate to the
Chicago Convention who is not known
to be sincere advocate of the free
coinage of both gold and silver at the
ratio of Is to /, and to instruct the
delegates from this State to cast their
vote as a unit for that measure.
Z. We regret the course of the st.
Louis Republic aud endorse the course
of the Post-Dispatcb upon the coinage
question.
s. 1t is the sense of this Convention
that the delegates-at-large from this
State should be William j. Stone, &.
P. Bland, F. NJ. Cockrell and Geo. G.
Vest.
Which resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted.
The meeting was then addressed by
Hon. A. F. Abbott, of st. Francois
county, upon the Financial and other
questions. His remarks were we'll re-
ceived and frequently interrupted by
applause.
At the conclusion of the address, on
motion. the meeting adjourned sine die.
q. w. FARRAR, ST., Chairman.
ARTHUR HUFF, Sec'y.