Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-04-23
POPULIST CONVENTION.
The County Convention H'ld at the
Court House Saturday-Candidates
Nominated and Routine Busl-
ness Transacted.

Nominated and R0uGlne buSl-
ness Transacted.
The Populist county Convention
met in the Circuit Court room last |
Saturday. A small crowd was pres
ent.
The convention was calleG to order
at 1:15 by Temporary Chairman j. b.
Poole, of Thompson Station, with J.
H. Roberts, of Liberty district, as
temporary secretary. Immediately
after the convention was called to or
der the Committee on Permanent Or
ganization, which was composed of s.
o. Wright, F. Tompkins and r. A.
Armstrong, made their report. The
report outlined the order of business
and named F. Tompkins as perma-
nent chairman, j. H. Roberts as per-
manent secretary and ]. M. Boyle as
sergeant-at-arms. The report was
adopted by a unanimous vote.
The Committee on Resolutions,
composed of L. Barnes, l. j. Sims,
Robt. Steele, III. Winkler and BENZ.
Crump, then made their report as
follows, which was unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas, During the last thirty
years gigantic trusts and combinations
of capital have been organized to
control and do control nearly all pro-
duction, exchange and transportation,
WHICH 6uHDfcs UuOIn W
ual effort, extort from the people
most of their wealth, use their dis
honest gains to increase and perpet-
uate their. power by corrupting the
press, nominating conventions, legis-
lators, judges, heads of departments,
and every other public servant that
can be used by them from the lowest
to the highest; therefore be it
Resolved, That this convention re-
affirms the principles of the Omaha
platform.
And, Whereas, the great money
trust or bankers combination is the
principal factor in the work of cor
ruption and the central figure in the
conspiracy to enslave the people.
Therefore every honorable effort
should be made to secure united ac-
ton by all who are in favor of really
sound and honest money, to consist
of gold and silver, to be coined on ex-
actly equal terms, at the only honest
ratio of 16 to /, supplemented by full
legal tender paper money to be issued
by the government without the in
tervention of banks, but to be paid
out in the ordinary course of business
till the volume in actual circulation
amounts to not less than fifty dollars
per capita.
Resolved, That for the better pro-
lection of the people against the cor
ruption of their representatives we
believe that the principle of the in
itiative and referendum should be
incorporated in the constitution.
We condemn the action of the Su'
preme Court in declaring the income
tax unconstitutional.
We are opposed to making dollars
80 high and scarce that one costs &c
pounds of pork, or 10 bushels of oats
, or days work.
After this candidates for county
offices were nominated as follows:
Representative, ]. N. Rosser.
Treasurer, J. B. Poole.
Sheriff, B. F. Crump.
Attorney, no candidate.
Surveyor, no candidate.
Assessor, j. r. Cauthorn.
: Judge Eastern District, W. T. Lott
Judge Western District, P. r. eau
thorn.
The following were elected as dele
gates to the State Convention:
IL. Sims, T. T. Turley, R. 8. Steele
P. r. Cauthorn and J. H. Roberts.
The new County Central Commit
tee elected was as follows:
Wilson-R. A. Armstrong and F. NJ
Tinsiey.
Prairie-W. T. Lott.
Cuivre-R. T. Steele and Ii. Il
Sturgeon.
Inns. o. Wright.
Salt River-R. II. Cauthorn, B.
Sims and ]. III. Roberts.
Loutre-M. NJ. Galloway.
Saling-T. J. Irwin.
After this township officers wei
nominated and the convention at
iourned sine die.