The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-24
MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATS
Judge Loneino Was Nominated for Gov
ernor Without Opposition.
STATE ADMINISTRATION WAS INDORSEr
Secretary of State, superintendent OF
Education, supreme Court Clerk
and One Commissioners selected.

Longino of Washington county was toda,
nominated for governor of Mississippi BY
the democratic State convention without
opposition. No other name was presented
to the convention and Mr.. Longino's nomi-
nation was unanimous
When the delegates arrived on tbs
ground yesterday evening there was a
rush to Longino headquarters by the lead
ers OF the various delegations, who stood
out for some terms OF compromise. rms
IRISH was net by the Longino people with
the invariable statement that nothing
would be considered or talked of until
Longlno was nominated for governor.
This move ON the part of the leaders, oil
course, brought all the candidates into the
Longino column and all instructed their
friends to make no trades against Longino'
Consequently there was nothing for the OPP
position to take hold of.
Every effort was made by the allied
forces to prevent the nomination of Lon
gino on the first ballot and to make a
deadlock in the convention. Late last
night all the candidates for governor
called their friends together and held eau
cuses to decide what they should do ana
ascertain their respective strength. There
had been large claims during the day that
there was majority against Longino on
The first ballot which could be manipulated
to defeat him, but when the caucuses met
the weakness of the candidates was SO
manifest that Powell and Montgomery de-
cided at midnight to pull out of the race
NJ, tfn1r 1ata md IA no
withdrawal from the contest was made
public by o'clock this morning This,
OF course, stampeded the forces of the OPP
position and later in the day the Critz men
and the Vardaman men met and it was de-
cided to withdraw both men.
The convention met at noon In the State
institute. The convention was called to
order by Chairman Toller.
On motion of j. C. Hardy of Newton
county the name of j. e. McCool was
placed in nomination for temporary chair
man of the convention. The nomination
of McCool was seconded by A. A. Armis-
tead of Alfalfa and McCool was nominated
without opposition. 7. H. Smith of Wash
ington was made temporary secretary.
The temporary organization was then made
permanent and the convention appointed
the usual committees.
At 2 O'Clock Mr.. Longino was placed in
nomination for governor. The names of
Critz, Vardaman and Powell were respect
lively withdrawn and Longino was then
by reclamation. After the NOM
nation an adjournment was had for dinner,
When the convention met again at 3
O'Clock there was stormy time for few
minutes over the adoption of the report of
the platform committee. The committee
on platform had been appointed during
the forenoon session. with Colonel H. l..
Muldrow as chairman. When the conven-
ton reconvened Colonel MGldrov, present.
ed The report of the committee, which was
IL substance a strong Endorsement of Bry-
an for president and an Endorsement OF
McLaurin's administration as governor Of
the State in most fulsome terms.
When TIE resolutions were read Mr..
Percy of Washington took the floor and
orposed the passage of the resolutions re-
ported by the committee, and introduced
as a substitute set OF resolutions, which /
were in effect an arraignmeut of the ad-
of McLaurin from end to end. |
There was great confusion in the hall and |
nuch cheering from both sides, and when |
order was restored the resolutions report
I'd by the committee indorsng the gov
'rnor were adopted by viva voce vote
Following are the resolutions of the
platform committee:
me democracy of the State of Missis-
5irpi. in convention assembled, acknowl-
dge the bene6cence of the administrauo
ii the state
we heartily and earnestly indorse and
eafhrm the declaration of the principles
Promulgated by the party in convention at
,nlcago IN 1896 and recognize in the Hon.
j. Bryan of Nebraska the ablest ex-
onent of those principles, the statesman
n9 plnlot the great tribune of the
eople.
we enter our solemn protest against
ne encroachment upon government az
airs by aggregated capital in the form of
iusts ana combines as being inimical to
he best interests of the mass of the peo-
lie and the cause of free and untram-
lelled government and express ourselves
IS unalterably determined to aid by all
osslDie and proper means in the control
7 destruction if necessary of these enc
lies of good government.
reviewing the past democratic history
/ Mississippi we indorse viii, pride the
ADMINISTRATION of her public affairs espe-
lalIy we would express our unconditional
pproVai OF the clean administration OF
VI present governor and affirm our nm
laken faith in the democratic PRINCIPLES
e mas so worthily illustrated in his public
10 we hereby express our confidence in [
,e virtue ana unlmpeachable integrity of I
tiic StiSSlIOH all public
wants and to that end lniors, the svs- ,
I'm oil primary elections under proner i,
estrlctions for all democratic nominal :
ons that every man may have a voice !
the government under which he lives q
.enuer our genuine and hearty thanks Z
nv c'uZeps OF Jackson and em,ec,aIIy ,
ie business league for the courtesles ex. /
naed TO the members of the convention a
When the convention met at o,clocl,
hlsht II took up the nomination az AL
cretary OF state and other offices on
men there was no opposition. +. L.
oWer VIZ nominated for secretary OF y
utei H. W. Brown, for supreme court |
srk; n. l.. Whitfield, for SUPERINTENDENT | q
pupllc education, and A, @. Nav. for ;
lir9aa commissioner from the Second I,
strict Mays nomination was made by =
e q as commissioner, NJ. NJ. Evans +
% Withdrawn before the vote was taken ;
= the other candidates above named were =
81 nominated by acclamation. they hav. :
no opposition The convention then :
; 1vurned until o'clock tomorrow.
Inc adjournment was had i'm resnonsa =
sentiment among the other candi- !,
les That some further business wns
eessary. Nearly all the delegations
ehuiy 10 the other candidates voted for
adjournment Tomorrow the other T
limitations will be taken up and the
, , are that the convention Will
! through before noon
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