New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-08
UNDER WILSON'S CONTROL.
ATTITUDE OF GEORGIA POPULIsTs TOW
ARD THE NATIONAL TICKET.
ELECTORS OFF THEIR TICKET AND REPLACE
THEM WITH CONGRATULATIONS A.
WRIGHT NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR.
[sY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l

THEM WITH CONGRATULATIONS A.
WRIGHT NOMINATED FOR GOVERNOR
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l
Atlanta Ga. Aug THE delegates to the
State Peoples Party Convention, having taken
their cue from the address delivered by Thomas
f. Watson last night, lost time In getting
down TO business on reassembng this morning
They met at o'clock. promulgated their plat
form. nominated a complete State ticket, and ad-
journed at half past H.
One Of the first things that engaged the atten-
ton OF the convention was resolution from the
Platform Committee. which was intended to de-
fine the attitude Of the Georgia Populists toward
the National ticket The resolution authorized
the State Executive Committee, In the event OF
the withdrawal OF Arthur Sewall from the Demo-
cratic ticket to take six electors off the Popust
electoral ticket and put six from the Democratic
electoral ticket in their places The resolution was
received with enthusiasm and adopted unanl-
mously.
For Governor Seaborn A. Wright. OF Floyd
County, was nominated by acclametion Wright
Is another boy orator" He is thlrty-eight wears
old has the profile of trageiian. Is stump
speaker of a pronounced Southern type. ana IL
said to be wealthy He was once elected to the
State Legislature as an Independent Democrat,
from a Southern point Of view. He is an ardent
Prohibitonist, and wears a medal given TO MN
by the women Of Rome, his native town, for a
speech which carried the day for temperance IN a
wet and dry" election there. In accepting the
nomination, Wright delivered a fiery Grafton, IN
which. among other things. he said:
tell you. friends when men sent to Chicago to
represent voters OF the South threw off the domn-
Ton Of the North and East adopted Popui9lsr 9sr
aic 81 "A
President. you had the battle won. The only az
forms is the railroad plank, but just as the Demo-
Gratis have come to you in other things, they VIII
cSmsdae You for Y OF all cowardy anil
mails whom God Almighty ever looked me
cratic party bending the knee to Tammany Han
mon and the North. At Chicago there were some
brave Southern men, but the same sneaking @ pusi IL
the past caused them to put forward for the Vice
Presidency a man from the North instead OF noInl
South AT 81. Louis they had the bravery to 90
the right thng-to nominate Southern man.
born and bred on these old red hills about you. a
man who loves Georgia as he loves the very wife
let few ring tailed politicians Of the oden stripe
gallant nsm som Of f0 the souh es ' of No5 '
The State ticket was completed follows
For Secretary Of State, ]. A. Parsons, of Mil
ton: for Treasurer William c. Sitey, Of Rich
mond: for AttOrney-General Donald II. Clark.
OF Chatham: for Controller General Seaborn j.
Bell, OF Burke; for Commissioner OF Agriculture,
w B. Smith, of Decatur. Sbey is wealthy
cotton-mill president Of Augusta. Bell Is a one
legged ex-Confederate soldier
The platform reafirms the St Louis National
platform and declares for law which shall
make secure the local prohibition already OBJ
tained. The latter plank IS expected TO catch
the Prohibition vote The platform as whole
is strong on State issues. and with the ticket
put upon 1T will give the Democrats harder
fight than they have ever had in this State be-
fore