Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-06-25
West Virginia rs 10 I.


both gold and silver AT the existing
ratio of Is to |. Clear and unoquiv-
ocal resolutions to this effect were
passed by the four district Demo-
cratic conventions held on the 18th
inst, at Clarksburg, Davis, Hinton
and Point Pleasant respectively, and
the delegates sent to Chicago were
instructed to vote tor such declara-
ton in. the national party platform
and to use their best efforts to secure
the nomination Of men for President
and Vice President who favor such
a policy and will stand squarely
upon such platform. The dele
gates appointed were as follows:
First District-Wm. NJ. Kincain,
w. +. r. Byrne and John A. How
ard; Second district-John r. Nc
Graw, +. ID. Talbert and John J.
Cornwell Third district. w. st.
Clair, Jas. III. Miller and l.. +. Tier
ney; and Fourth districts. b.
80. ''hS' H. - w lloOu anu j. N.
Wilson.
The resolutions passed at Hinton
were, in part, as follows:
Third, We reaffim the declara-
ton of the constitution and the time
honored doctrine of the Democratic
party that both gold and silver shall
be the standard money of the coun-
try. We condemn the destruction
of silver as money of final payment,
and we deplore its melapcholly con-
sequences plainly visible in the in.
jury to trade and the fall in prices
and the lamentable depression in
values which have continued since
1878. Accordingly, we demand the
free and unlimited coinage of both
gold and silver at the ratio of 16 to
l, without dependence upon the ac-
ton of other countries, and we
hereby instruct our delegates this day
appointed from the Third Congress
sional District to the National Demo-
cratic Convention, at Chicago, to
vote for platform declaring for the
free coinage of silver and gold at the
ratio Of 16 to l, and to vote for and
use all honorable means to nominate
candidates for President and Vice
President who openly advocate that
principle.
Fourth, We instruct our delegates
to vote for the change of the two
third rule heretofore adopted in the
National Convention and to use their
influence in providing for majority
OF the delegates to rule in said con-
vention."
The convention at Hinton, which
we attended and of which we were
Secretary, with J. E. Chiffon, of
Charleston, as Chairman, was one of
the most enthusiastic gatherings we
have seen for many a day. Many
good speeches were made, all for the
white metal, and in the unbounded
enthusiasm of the boys we saw the
sign of coming victory.
There seemed to be strong feel
ing among the delegates present from
tho various counties of the district
that ex-Gov. Wilson, of Kanawha,
is the logical candidate of the party
for Congress this year, inasmuch as
he is man of recognized ability
known throughout the district as a
tireless worker, vigorous canvasser
and consistent and we'll known adj
Vocate Of the restoration of silver
to its rights at the minis of the
country, on which issue the battle
this year must be fought. To give
expression to this sentiment and to
emphasize the Governors candidacy
that day announced, Col. H. Clay
Ragland, Of Logan, when the regu-
lar business of the convention was
about completed, introduced IA reso-
luton endorsing Gov. Wilson as the
logical candidate Of the party for
the position mentioned. The reso
luton was objected to on the ground
that the convention had assembled
for another purpose and for the fur
Their reason that other gentlemen
had been mentioned for the nomin-
alton and that ii was hardly proper
or fair for that convention, assem-
bled for another and distinct pur-
pose, to endorse the candidacy of
one gentleman which, to that extent
at least, would prejudice the chances
of other candidates. After some
explanation and discussion Governor
Wilson and his friends, in the inter-
est Of harmony and good feeling,
withdrew the resolution SO that no
vote was taken on il.
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