The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-08-24
CHAMBERLAIN RECEIVES KRUCER'S
ANSWER TO ENGLISH DEMANDS
Dom Paul and His Boes Are Hugng Forward Preparations
for War With Great Britain

The committee on platform had been ap-
pointed during the forenoon session with
Colonel II. L. Muldrew as chairman. When
the convention convened Colonel Muldrew
presented the report of the committee
which was, in substance, a strong endorse
ment for Bryan for president, and an en-
dorsement of McLaurins administration as
governor of the state in the most fulsome
terms.
When the resolutions were read, Mr..
Perry, OF Washington, took the floor and
opposed the passage of the resolutions re-
ported by the committee and introduced as
a substitute a set of resolutions reported
by the committee and introduced as a sub
stHute a set of resolutions which were in
effect an arraignment of the administra-
tion of McLaurin from end to end There
was great confusion in the hall and much
cheering from both sides and when order
was restored the resolutions reported by
the committee endorsing the governor were
adopted by viva voce vote. Following
are the resolutions of the platform COM
mittee which were adopted:
The democracy of the state of Missis-
sippi in convention assembled, ac-
knowleding the benificence of democrat
n,
ciate the following declaration of prin-
ciples:
Bryan Endorsed
We heartily and earnestly endorse
and reaffirm the declaration of princi-
pies promulgated by the party in con-
vention assembled at Chicago in 1896
and recognize in the Hon. w. j. Bryan,
of Nebraska, the ablest exponent of
those principles, the statesman and
patriot, the great tribune of the people.
We enter our solemn protest against
the encroachment upon government af-
fairs by aggregated capital in the form
of trusts and combines as being mimi
cable to the best interests of the masses
of the people and the cause of free and
untrammelled government, and express
ourselves as unalterably determined to
aid, by all possible and proper names,
the control or destruction of these enc
mics of good government.
Reviewing the past democratic history
of Mississippi, We endorse with pride
the administration of her public af-
fairs, and especially we would ex-
press our unconditional approval of the
clean administration of our present
governor and affirm our unshaken faith
in the democratic principles he has so
worthy illustrated in his public life
We hereby express our confidence in
the virtue and unimpeachable integrity
of the people in the selection of all pub
lic servants and to that end endorse
the system of primary elections under
proper restrictions for all democratic
nominations that every man may have
voice In the government under
which he lives. We tender our genu-
inc and heartfelt thanks to the citi-
zens of Jackson, and especially to the
Business league for the courtesieS ex-
tended to the members of the conven-
tion.
When the convention met at o'clock
tonight it took up the nomination of Sec
retary of state and other offices on which
there was no opposition. J. J.. Power was
nominated for secretary of state; e. w.
Brown, for supreme court clerk; II. L.
Whitfield, for superintendent of public edu-
cation, and A. Q. May, for railroad COM
missioner from the second or Southern
district.