The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-25

Alta meeting of the committee appointed
by the citizens mass meeting, held in the
office OF Scott 81 Staples last night, the
following resolutions were offered and
unanimously adopted:
whereas, the Democratic committee
of Roanoke has invited the State Demo
cratic committee to designate Roanoke us
the place of holding the next Democrats
State convention; and,
whereas, the committee appointed by
a mass meeting of the citizens of Roanoke
held on the 18th day of April, 1897, do
most cordially unite in said invita- ton and
promise on behalf of the citizens OF Roa.
nokcto do all that is possible to provide
proper entertainment and uccomm otlation
for the State convention If it should be
held in Roanoke
The resolution referred to above was
| passed by the city Democratic committee
at meeting held in the Office of a. Blair
Antrim last night. The text is as follows
TO the Chairman and Gentlemen of
the State Democratic Central Committee:
AT II meeting of the Democratic cxecu-
! tive committee of the city of Roanoke
held on April "a, 1897, the following res
olutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved bv the Democratic executive
committee of the city of Roanoke, That
| the State central Democratic committee
oke for the place of holding the guberna-
torial convention 10 nominate State Off
| GERS for the ensuing term. In this con-
nection, we especially invite your atten-
! tion to our city rs being one of the most
suitable locations in the State for said
purpose. Roanoke is now third in the
State and never having entertained Il
Sgubernntorial convention, and in view Of
the eeptral location Of or city, the fine
| fpnt .tnI
and our cummodious Academy of Music
with seating capacity of 1000 people,
we therefore hope that your committee
will select our city as the place for hold.
ing the convention, believing that it will
tend to advance the interest of Democracy
in the State.''
The secretary was instructed to send n
copy of these resolutions to the chairman
and each member of the State central
committee.
VOTERS OF THE FIRST WARD.
10 the Editor of The Times: Ask Mr..
II. ID. Guy. present Councilman, who is
now candidate for the Council from the
| FIRST ward, subject to the Democratic
| primary; if he advocated the last Presi-
Dental primary, and if he did vote the
Dem Dcratic ticket after it was nominated
ard did he advocate it after it was nomi-
natpu! In other words did he vote for
Bryan? Ask him did ne or did he not
| state on the streets that he had some.
thing like twenty seven men under him
at the depot that would vote the gold
standard ticket? Ask him did he say he
did not care whether wheat went down to
| 25cents II bushel.
Ask Mr.. Charles ID. Fox, candidate
for re- election to Council from the First
ward, whether or not he was in favor of
the nomination of Bryan? Ask whether
or not he exercised energies in his cleo
ton after he was nominated? Then ask
him if he.didn't state that he was not in
favor of free..silver proposition And..then
ask him, if he did not absolutely refuse
to sligo his name on free silver petition
which was intended for publication before
| Bryan's nomination?
Look over the list of the people who
| suggested the above names for re election
and ask the bankers and several others
who signed 1T the same questions that
have been asked the above candidates
whom they suggested: Did they stick
to Bryan in the conventional nomination?
If they did not they have TO right to de-
vote so much energies in furnishing can.
didates for other dead straight Demo.
cratic nominations. lhe~-man who will
not respect II small matter will, not honor
IL large matter. The man who will not
stick to the nominee of n national conven.
ton will not stick to IL municipal nomi
nation. SILVER DEMOCRAT.