The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-04-30
sILvERITEs IN FULL SWING.
sound Money Men Not in 1t in Mis-
sOuri's Convention.

Jackson, Miss, April 29.-The democratic
state convention of Mississippi was the
smoothest and most harmonious ever wit
messed in this city, no doubt because of the
fact that the 400 or 800 delegates present
were nearly all of the one way of thinking
on the only question, the single issues
that has been discussed in Mississippi for
two or three yearS-that is finance On
account of this unanimity very little in
terest was manifested in the selection of
delegates by the several counties, and no
enthusiasm or excitement was perceptibe
on the floor of the convention. Every man
knew about what was going to be done,
and that there was no trouble about doing
what was to be done, and they got right
down TO business.
Chairman Williamson of the state com
mittee called the convention TO order ct
II 80 a. m, recess was taken from / till 3,
and by 4:30 O'Clock the work was com
pleted. The convention then adjourned
and the delegates got right out of town.
Hon. H. l.. Muldrow of Okitbbeha coun-
ty was unanimously elected chairman Of
the convention. He is the president of the
National Bank of Starkvile, but, strange
to say, red-hot advocate of free coinage
of silver. In taking the chair Col. AIuld-
row expressed the opinion that the free
silver wing of the party would control
the Chicago convention; that if they did
and embodied strong and equivOcal free
silver plank in the platform along with a
tariff for revenue only, the democracy
would win, otherwise not. He congratu-
one of the first to declare for free silver
and said that no state had a better right
to urge its principles before the conven-
ton at Chicago. 1t was a regrettable
fact that the democracy was divided on
this paramount question, and he hoped
to see it settled one way or the other.
The chairman appointed a committee
of eighteen on platform and resolutions
with Senator-elect Money as chairman
and when the convention had reconvened
at O'cioek Col. Money submitted the fol-
lowing. which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved by the democrats of AIissis-
sippi. in convention assembled, that we IA
vOr the free and unlimited coinage Of
silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to J.
without waiting for the action or cooper
alton of any other nation, and we hereby
instruct our delegates TO the national
democratic convention, TO be held In Chi
cago in July next, TO vote for a platform
embodying those principles And we fur
ther instruct said delegates to vote for
no man for President or Vice President
who Is not fully and unequivocally I'm ia
vor of the principles above expressed.
Resolved, That the delegates to the ma
tional convention from this state be in
structed to vote as a unit on all ques-
tons
Withdrawal Of T. w. Camack from the
edltorship Of the Commercial Appeal and
expressing the hope tnat he would soon
find another field Of labor where the south
cial views was adopted.
a resolution by Mr.. Chapman Of Sun
mower was aAuNttl neclLIiuE " tus aeDse
of the convention that Mississippi should
ba reDreseufed hy cOngressmeu and sena-
tors. who are ln accord with the platform
adopted to-day. Mr. Chapman is from
COngreasmau Satchlna' . district. and the
reaOliifl0n Waa aimed directly al him. and
incidentally at Mesafs Denny and spru-
Ger. who % MisN sippi pariance are also
81. cievelanas foreign policy was con-
lefuuai hy THfNfrIne q faagiufi1u endorse
iug fae aanle t1 tne nexf state conVen-
fIGn.
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