The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-05-06
FEW POPULISTS PRESENT.
TWENTY-FIVE CONSTITUTED SAT.
URDAY'S MASS MEETING,

ventions and Decided to Nominate a
County Ticket. They Don't
Like Crisp.
The populis s held their mass meeting
Saturday. There were not more than
twenty-five present, but the small at
tendance seemed TO have no diseouraging
effect, and they proceeded to business
and the adoption of resolutions just as
if the room was crowded.
Judge III. G, Statham, chairman OF the
populist executive committee, called the
meeting to order and stated its object to
be the reorganization of the county exec
utive committee and the election of del
egates to the several conventions Mr..
Thomas Jones, of the Parrot district,
was elected permanent chairman and
Mr.. Crockett Gammage secretary.
AS Judge Statham vacated the chair
ana descended to the floor he drew paper
from his pocket and began to read. The
paper was set of resolutions, the prin-
cipal features of which were declara-
ton in favor of the government issuing
money direct to to the people and call
upon all "honest" people to defeat
Chas f. Crisp at the polls. AS Mr.. Crisp
is candidate befor the democrats of the
state in their primaries it is not clear just
how it is proposed by another party 20
defeat him at the polls. The resolutions
read by Judge Statham were as fol-
lows:
RESOLUTIONS.
"Whereas, a great revolution is taking
place among the people of our nation,
especially so on the financial questions
now being discussed among our people,
so much so that it would seem that the
people have reached the most eventful
political event in the history of the ma
ton, and believing that the principles
contained in the peoples party platform
are to the best interest of the greatest
number of people, we hereby invite all
honest, law-abiding, .Godfearing people
of any and all political parties to join us
in the interest of cool government hon.
est laws and equal rights to all. There
fore be it resolved
LIST. "That we reafirm our faith in
the peoples party.
End. "That we favor government is
suing money to the people direct at a
per cent interest.
3rd, eve favor the free, Independent
and unlimited coinage of both gold and
silver at Is to /.
4th. "We favor honest elections and
fair count and an equal division of man
ayers of all political parties at the
polls.
5th. eve regret and condemn the
methods adopted by some of the demo
cratic leaders in the third congressional
district in buying and trying 20 buy the
press for selfish ends.
9th. "We caKnot pass this opportuni-
ty without expressing our feelings to-
ward one of our for mer leaders, one
whom number of us have supported in
former years--CharleS F. Crisp, who has
been at the head of the party to which
he belongs, and while protesting to be
free silver man has done more tC damage
the cause of silver than any other man
in congress; and we hereby condemn
him and Call upon honest men to use all
honorable means to defeatE him at the
polls"
WILL NOMINATE CANDIDATES.
After the unanimous adoption of the
above resolutions this was offered by Mr..
j. W. Gammage;
Whereas, it was the opinion of the
executive com nittee in recent meeting
that it is the duty of the populist party
to contest for every office in the gift of
the lpeOple, and they be nominated in
convention, therefore be it resolved by
the eople' ssparty in mass meeting,-
THAT after the county executive com
mittee is reorganized the committeeman
appointed at this meeting for each dis
trict will acs as chairman for his district,
and call the districts together in mass
meeting on the first Saturday in June to
elect three committeeman to act with the
chairmenIin Retrospective, districts; also
to elect four delegates to meet in conven-
ton ON SATURDAY, June goth, for the
purpose of nominating legislator and
county officers"
Colonel Ben Christie got the floor and
made a speech in which he urged that a
candidate for the legislature be nominal
ed then. He said that candidates were.
already securing pledges, and if his party
would put out good man then a great
many men would not vote in the
democratic primary in June. He
thought it time for the populists to
quit waiting to see if other parties
would frame platforms and put forward
men they could support; that a party
which waited tor the action OF other
parties was not worthy OF support and
did not deserve TO succeed.
Mr.. j. j. Taylor thought sBrother
Christie was wrong; that the populist
party had no principles, and that 1T
would be parliamentary to make
nominations in advance of the national
convention" Mr.. D. A. Gammage follow
ed in short talk against nominating
then, after which the the resolution as
originally introduced was adopted.
THE NEW COMMITTEE.
Chairman ones, assisted by Judge
Statham- annn,ntad q new nracntirtn