Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-10-03
Silver P0|ieS'
Conventions
DEMOCRATS.

The democratic county convention
was called to order by County Chairman
Norton Montgomery. The call was
read by Secretary Ebert Greenman.
On motion Of c. B. Ward, Judge J. T.
Atwood was elected temporar, secretary
and made ringing speech in taking
that position. Walter McCaslin, OF
Longmon,. was elected secretary, ano
John NJ. Taylor, OF Boulder assisian
secretary.
Committees were appointed as follows:
Credentials; Willis A. Warner, o!
Longmon,, Jay Byron. of Ward, Thorn
as J. Ovington. Lafayette, L. S. Young
Boulder, Joseph Yates. Magnolia.
Resolutions: L. c. Paddock, Boulder.
J A. Sperry, Sunset, 6. H. Thorne, Long.
mont, DR.. G. w. Cannon, Lyon,
James F. Jones. Louisville.
Permanent organiza alton and order o.
business; Norton Montgomery. Boulder
J. c. Stevens, Longmon,, c. B. Ware,
Boulder Martin Bassen. w. o. Van
Etten. Lafayette.
Recess for report OF the committee on
credentials was filled in by addresses by
Messrs. Montgomery. Ward and others
directing attention to the Democratic
club recently organized in this city.
The committee on credentials report
ed no contests and nearly every precinct
in the county represented.
The folio wing resolution was offered
and unanimously adopted:
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the spiri, of the resolutions
adopted by the three state conventions
at Colorado Springs in 1895. was that
the three organizations pledged by their
National conventions to the cause of
free coinage Of silver a, the ratio of IS
TO l should unite in local elections
against the common enemy, known as
the republican party;
Resolved that the democrats of Bould-
er county IN convention assembled stand
true to the spin, and letter of that com
pact. expressed and implied, and invite
the Silver Republicans and Populists OF
Boulder county, represented by their
conventions this day assembled, to JOIN
with them in representing one ticket ior
the suffrages Of the citizens OF Boulder
county;
Resolved. that the chairman of this
convention appoln, committee OF
three to notify the Silver Republican
and Peoples party conventions of this
action forthwith:
Resolved. that a committee of FIVE be
appointed by this convention to confer
with similar committee or committees
appointed. or to be hereafter appointed
by either or both of the parties above
named.
The chair appointed as committee to
wait upon the other conventions Fiber,
Greenman. John Burbank and l.. X.
Johnston.
The precincts were called to name
their members on the general committee
to select the committee OF FIVE as pro.
vided in the above resolution. George H.
Thorne, OF Longpount, and +. c. Mason.
of Boulder. were selected cnairma, and
secretary o. this committee, and the
convention adjourned until P. NJ the
committee uuul 1870.
The general commi,tee to select the
fusion committee OF FIVE divided accord
ing to commissioner districts, giving two
to the Boulder. two to the LongmonS
and one to the mountain district, and
chose the following
FUSION COMMITTEE
George II. Tnorne, William F. Nicely,
DR.. Charles Wolfer, Ebert Greenman
and Jay Byron. This committee soon
went out to meet similar committee OF
the Silver Republicans.
The report of the Fusion Conference
committee of the Silver Republicans
and Democrats gave the Democrats the