The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-08-19
REPUBLICAN MASS.MEETING.
Gubernatorial and Congressional Dele.
gates Chosen.

GubernatOrial and Congressional Dele
gates Chosen.
About thirty Republicans-a ma
jority Of whom were negroes-held IA
mass meeting at the Courthouse
last Saturday, pursuant to a call of
the county chairman, Mr.. H. f,
Fariss, Tor the purpose of selecting
delegates to the gubernatorial con-
yentlon, which met in Nashville
Wednesday, and the Congressional
convention, which meets in this city
next week. Marshall McKissick was
made chairman of the meeting and
Miles Church, colored, Secretary.
The following were elected to
attend the gubernatOrial convention,
the same to act as delegates to the
Congressional convention, with the
exception of G. w. Black burn, Jr.,
whose name was substituted by that
of G. W. Blackburn, Sr. To-wit:
w. A. Derryberry, Newt Johnson,
j. Bumpass, Geo, McKelvy, l.. g..
Hickman, j. w. Gilmore, d. j.
Shannon, Chas. Rush, ID. G. Phelan,
.. X. Tegarden, j. w. Jackson, D..
X. Minor, John E. Taylor, G. w.
blackburn, Jr., Henry Cant, Felix
Webster, West Gannaway, Henry
Sherrod, Tom Smith, Hugh Merrill,
j. w. Tanner, l.. A. Goslin, j. r.
Elder, Marshall McKissick, Neill
5. Hughes, Will Canford.
The following resolutions were
adopted
ave congrat ulate the people of the
United States upon their rescue OF the
National Government from the hands
OF the Democratic party in 1896 by the
wise and decisive restoration Of the
Republican party to power.
RESOLVED, that we endorse the admin
istratiOn of President KcKinley for his
patriotic protection and promotion OF
all American interests, and for the
beneficial effects already felt by the
general business and industrial inter
ests of the country, and for its iudicious,
non partisan and humane conduct of
the present war with Spain, waged as
it is in the sacred cause of human in
dependence, liberty and happiness.
"ReSOtCed, that we condemn the
Democratic party of Tennessee for its
partisan abuse of the powers intrus te0
to it by the people and for it's blunder-
ing and disastrous administration of the
State government.
"WHEREAs, the Democratic legisla-
ture OF 1897 wrested the authority to
hold elections of the counties of
the State from the hands of the
sheriffs of the respective counties
and placed this vested function in the
| hands of the Governor alone, and,
"WHEREAs, we favor the control of
local affairs by local authorities, and
deem the elections should be held by
the sheriffs, the peoples own elected
agent, who is responsible to them in
| each and.every county,
"ReSOlUed, That we condemn the CEN
| traliZation of the entire election ma
chinery of the State in the hands OF
partisan Democrats, or partisans of any
party. This we pronounce a crime
against the State.
"That we condemn the election law
now in force in certain prescribed sec
tions of the State, known as the Dortch
| law.
Resolved that we recognize in oul
| fellow citizen, Hon. q. n. Tillman, a
man of pure character, sound Judgment
liberal views and progressive on all
State questions, and that we most
heartily endorse him for our standard
bearer for Governor in the Novem bel
| electiOnD