Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1896-05-30
DEuocRAT1o MAss.MEETlNG.
Free silver RESOLUTIONS Adopfed-DeI
cgntes Appointed.

cgates Appointed.
Persuant to the call of the County
Chairman the Democrats of Acco-
mack County assembled in mass
meeting, at the Court House, on Mon
day, May 25th, court-day. The
meeting was called to order by DIR.
.Jno. w. Bowdoin, County Chairman,
and, on motion, Jno. H. Wise was
selected as secretary.
gEOn motion oflEJno. w. G. Black
stone, committee, composed OF two
members from each Magisterial Dis
trict, was appointed to select dele
gates and alternates to the Democra
tic State Convention to be held at
Staunton on the 4th day of June next.
The committee, after brief con-
sultation, brought in their report,
but upon motion of Frank P. Brent,
action upon their report was post
poned until certain resolutions, about
to be presented, should be acted
upon.
Mr.. Brent then offered the follow
ing resolutions:
We, the Democrats of Accomack, III
mass.meeting assembled, do hereby
reaffirm our devotion to the time
honored principles of the Democratic
party as illustrated by Jefferson'
Madison, Monroe, Jackson and other
illustrious Democratic statesman
who laid the foundation of this
Government and extended the
boundaries of this Republic to the
present magnificent proportions.
Believing that the prevailing de-
preston in all branches of business
is largely due to an unnatural and
unjust financial system, we hereby
denounce the denomination of sill
yer by the Republican Congress in
1878 as an act of fraud and treachery
done without the knowledge of the
people and to their great detriment.
We demand the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver by the
the United States at the ratio of 1G to
/ without waiting for international
co operation, and that silver as well
as gold shall be made Il legal tender
in payment of all debts and demands
both public and private.
The delegates to be elected by this
meeting to the Staunton Convention
are hereby instructed to vote for no
one as a delegate to the National
Democratic Convention who is not
in favor of the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver, and
the aforesaid delegates are further
instructed to vote for the Hon. John
w. Daniel as a delegate.at-large and
for the Hon. j. w. G. Blackstone as
delegate from this district to the
National Democratic Convention,
and for n. B. Wescott, ESQ.,, for cleo
tor for the First Congressional dis
trict of Virginia.
We heartily approve and endorse
the course of the Hon. John W..
Daniel in the Senate of the United
States and of the Hon. w. A. Jones
in the House of Representatives.
Thos. NJ. Scott offered, as SUBJ
stitute, resolutions strongly favoring
gold standard, opposing the unit
rule and endorsing the administra
ton of President Cleveland. This
brought on the fight. Mr.. Brent, the
champion of free silver, led off in a
telling speech of twenty minutes,
which was the allotted time. He was
followed by Mr.. Scott, in speech
equally effective and earnest. There
was nothing about Mr.. Scott or his
speech that, in any way, smacked Of
silver except perhaps his profuse and
hoary locks. Thenceforward it was
a game of give and taken between
the two champions The blows of
each were delivered with force and
received with excellent grace. Then,
finally, the time, during which Judge
Gillethad courteously given the court
house, had expired, the fight was not
ended and the crowd adjourned to
the court green.
After a considerable time the reso-
buttons were submitted to vote of
the meeting, with the result that the
substitute, favoring a gold standard,
was voted down, and Mr.. Brent's res
olutions, declaring for free silver
were adopted by decided majority.
The following is a list of delegates
and alternates selected by the Com
mittee hereinbefore named, and APP
proved by the meeting:
ISLANDS DISTRICT.
Delegates-Wm. J. Matthews, D.
J. Wheaton and 0. NJ. Jones. Alter
nates-J. A. NJ. Wheaton, WIN. H.
Warren and James NJ. Burch.
ATLANTIC DISTRICT.
Delegates-S. Wilkins Matthews,
DR.. Jos. E. Brodwater, Solomon T.
Johnson, Dr. Frank Fletcher, John
D. Parsons, Jas. W. Broughton, Geo.
w. Glenn, Lloyd F. j. Wilson and
Thos. P. Evans. Alternates-Logan
Henderson, W. L. Mock, H. A. w.
Corbin, John W. Duer, Jr., A. Frank
Byrd, Littleton Corbin, Thomas G.
Kelly, Geo. w. Oldham and Bernard
Powell.
METOMPKIN DISTRICT.
= Delegates-Dr. John W. Bowdoin,
C. G. Dix, A. J. Rev, Capt. VIM.
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