Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1897-08-19
THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET AND PLAT
FORM.

The State Convention of the Democratic
party assembled at Roanoke on Wednes
day the 18th inst. and completed its work
on Thursday the 18th. 1t was an assem-
blage of Bryanites with the Populists ex'
Guided, but Populist principles controlling.
AS We predicted in our paper last week ].
Hoge Tyler was nominated for governor by
reclamation. Hon Edward Echols, of Staun'
ton, was nominated for lieutenant Governor,
and Mr. Al. Montague for attorney general.
The only man of ability on the ticket is
Mr.. Montague. Modern Democracy or
Organism in Virginia seems to have q
habit of hunting for small timber for its
gubernational candidates. The Populist
committee appointed by the recent conyen-
ton of that party, was on hand headed by
Haskins Hobson to urge the Democrats to
adopt their platform and nominate their
candidate, Capt. Edmund Cooke, for
lieutenant governor. We are glad the
convention gave the Populists the cold
shoulder. Cooke was placed before it and
received about three hundred votes, that
were given, no doubt, as matter Of policy.
such lack of consideration for the propo
sition for fusion has angered the Populists.
They find inc democrats have no use for
them when they think they can elect their
candidates by the use Of the machine.
The treatment the Populists have received
at the hands of their Popocratic brethren
is well deserved. They have been kicked
pretty hard, we wish they had been kicked
even harder.
1t is the evident purpose of the Demo
Gratis in the approaching election to use
the machine for all it is worth. They have
selected j. Taylor Ellyson again as their
State chairman. He has been denounced
by the Democratic press as machine
politician and too unworthy to be made
the candidate of his party for Governor.
His aSsailants have not hesitated to give
to him the character of an INSCRIPTIONS
machine politician, but he has been chosen
to run the campaign again and fraud will
be the chief reliance of the machine.
The most important feature of the plat
form is reafirmation of the Chicago plat
folm. Even in that action the conven-
ton tried to play sharp trick by making
special endorsment of certain doctrines Of
the party in q subsequent clause. But
in reafirming the Chicago platform it gave
its endorsement to all the dangerous and
anarchistic doctrines which were embodied
in it at the instigation of Tillman, Atgeld
and other socialists. 1t gave endorsement to
the assault which the friends of the Chica-
90 rioters demanded should bemadein the
national platform on the Federal courts
and government We wonder if Maj
Daniel will try to plead the baby act again?
He claimed he was not aware of the mean
ing of that plank in the national platform
when 1t was adopted which denounced the
Federal courts and Grover Cleveland for
suppressing the Chicago riots. He had
introduced in the Senate resolution COM
mending Mr.. Cleveland for his conduct in
that affair. AT Roanoke he did not raise
his voice against that part of the platform
which says: ave reafirm the platform of
the national Democratic convention
adopted at Chicago in July, 1896"
This reafirmation is unqualified, and Maj.
Daniel cannot again plead ignorance of its
meaning.
We publish the platform in full and ask
our readers to read and carefully preserve
it We shall in future issues frequently call
attention to many of its bold assertions and
fragrant Misrepresentation of facts.