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MASS MEETING IN FLOYD.
tTTToN’B PRMOCRACT KNDORH
KII--A CONVENTION CALLED.
liMKtMf Riol)itioni &and Platform
Adopted. A Campaign Committee
Appointed. Fall Keyort of All
the Proceeding* in Full.
Tribune-of-Rome. August 11.
The dim meeting.
It waa a big one.
And it wa* a harmonious one.
Pursuant to the call published for the
past few days, the “Jeffersonian Demo
crats" met at the court house yesterday
morning.
The attendance wa* an unsually large
doe and the business of the meeting was
4toh*kctod with a unanimity ana dispatch
which was moat highly commendable.
At 11:80’the meeting was called to
Arder by Col. M. A. Kevin, who also
moved Col. W. P. Whitmore be made
Chairman of the meeting. The motion
was quickly seconded and carried unani
mously. Col. Whitmore being an invalid
wa< lifted in bis chair and carried to the
stand from which he thanked the meet
ing for the honor conferred. He then, in
a brief address, which he was forced to
deliver without standing, stated iu part
the object of the meeting.
whitmore's address.
He said in substance; “It is well known
by most of you that I have been a farmer
for twenty-five years, and that as a mat
ter of Course my interests have been with
them. At the inception of the farmers
movement, the Alliance, I was in sympa
thy with them to an extent, and acknowl
edged that their intents were perfectly
legitimate, so long as they excluded poli
litica! moves. But when they resolved it
iuto a political machine f was forced to
differ with them. Their actions and
movements have been totully outside of
Democracy. They stand now pledged
exclusively to class legislation and De
(hocracy is proscribed. Our old, true and
tired Democratic congressmen have Wen
defeated not because they were hot Dem
ocrats, but simply because they would not
accept tho platform of uuothcr party.
At their-convention held here they ignor
ed ouemau who had received a mjority
<Jf the votes of Rome, and I *cn but re
gard their actions as most pernicious to
the interests of the country."
At the conclusion of the address Mr. J.
F. Shanklin was nominated and elected
its secretary of the meeting.
Col. M. A. Noviu rose in the audience
dnd said he desired to introduce some
resolutions which he believed to W ap
propriate to the occasion, and asked the
Careful Attention of all to their intent and
jhcauing.
THE RKHOI.t’TtONS AND I*l. AT FORM.
We, the Democrats of Floyd county in
mass meeting assembled make the follow
ing declarations:
First. -That the candidates set forth by
the convention of August 1, is uot the
choice of the Democratic party of Floyd
county for Congressman tmm the Seventh
Congressional district of Georgia, for the
-boson among others grave ones that the
democrats of Floyd county were not
given au opportunity to express their
preferences for a candidate for that high
office
. Second.—That the executive committee
■a Floyd county by their action in rvfus
■ to allow primaries after the same had
urged by the highest Democratic
■ thorities of the State debarred Denn -
B ts from expressing their choice and put
n the power of a secret order, compos
W of Democrats and Hepubhcar, and any
Hd all political creeds, and requiring no
■Articular party affiliation for metuW -
Blip to nominate candidates for the
Bsmocratic party, which it may be would
lit t have beeu the free and untrammelled
-Wires of said party. •
Third.—That the same may W said
■Vith respect to ail the candidates put
fourth by convention which assembled at
the court house iu Floyd county on
August 1.
Fourth. —That as Democrats we hereby
declare ourselves as not bound iu any way
bv the action of the aforesaid conven
tion.
Fifth. -That the action of the said con
tention department from Democratic
usages it* refusing r> grant Democrats an
opportunity to express their preferences
it a time when so ritally needed for the
riiitv and harmony of the party.
Sixth.--That the action of the said
Minveution in-refusing to allow primaries
* tlie future is a usurpation highly un
Democratic and unprecedented.
Seventh. —That after the secret order
forth in the second resolution of this
had nominated two representatives,
fret ly let it out that the choice
of the Home dotri.-t -’..edit le- re t H trd
ill the M-i< i t'ion of a third < amlidutc. am*
after the said Home district h.ol held a
primary election, keeping the poll* open
the entire day and selected a candidate to
recommend to the convention of Augu-t
1, that the said convention then and there
per]et rated an outrage not only on justice
and fair play hut on the Democracy of
one of the district* of the county that
wtll admit of no excuse nor jialiation.
Eighth.—That such undemocratic
usages cannot W permitted with inpun’fy.
now or ever, and if acquiesced iu must in
evitably result in the overthrow of the on
ly party that this government can look to
for the rnsinfainance of the hWrty an;
welfare of the people.
Ninth.—That the Democratic mn*
meeting here declare their hearty and
unreserved sympathy with the fanning
interest of the county and pledge them
selves to use every means in their power
to promote said interest.
Teuth. —That we deprecate all effort
coming from whatever quarter they may
to bring about discord Wtween the town
and country and declare the interests of
car-h and both to W mutual and identical
and we condemn utterly all efforts falru
luted to operate to the injury of either or
to the detriment of any class of our citi
zens.
Eleventh.- That in whatever action i
taken bv this meeting to right existing
u-ages we invite the co-operation of all
persons favorable to fair play and the
rights of the people without regard to
classes.
Twelfth. —That we endorse the nomi
nation of W. J. Northen for governor and
the State house officer* nominated by the
recent State convention and recommend
the great soldier and statesman, Gen.
John 11. Gordon for United States Sena
tor and adort as our ]>latform the fol
lowing declaration of principles as laid
down by Hm. W. -I. Northen in hi
speeeh at Atlanta accepting the nomina
tion for governor:
The creed of Democracy, grounded in
the divine Fight of very man to pursue
unmolested and uumolestinghw substan
tial happiness is at once the simplest and
sublime*! of all political faiths, its ]>er
feet wisdom, patriotism and justice, have
commended it to the hearts of ail men
everywhere and at all times. Pure and
undefiled Democracy consists in this:
The supremacy of the States in the man
agement of their own alTiirs, and deter
mined distrust of all centralization: the
fearless reform of the tariff; equal justice
to all sections and classes, and special
privileges to none; taxation for purposes
of revenue*only, and that fixed by rigid
economy ; the holiest expenditure of the
public money, and that only for necessary
and coiwHtutionai pur]ioscs; eternal en
mity to nl! monopoly and the exaltation
of th citizen above the “j o. .it to op
press; a currency commensurate in volume
to the wants of commerce and protected
bv w i*t Ipgislatiou from the Mukloii ami
scllbli control >f fuitital. Such a jiarty
with such a set of principles, can ucvoi
jicrish from the earth. Wherever truth
has a priesti this faith will lie taught at
her altar; wherever humanity ha- a friend
it will be reinl with kindling interest;
wherever liberty has a defender, it will
ins|>ire his fainting hcait. Io these prin
ciples, we have, us a people piuuetl our
faith and our hopes. The*e are they who
have sih ured to Georgia the benediction
of wise and economic administrations.
These arc they that have exulted Georgia
and her pun* and honest govenonef.t
above her sister States in this age of offi
cial corruption and commercial politics.
These are the richest heritages bequeath
ed iw by the fathers; ami the noblest
comfort that warms the patriot's heart in
this day of national extravagance and na
tional corruption is the hope that the day
hastens when the assured triumph of these
great w ill cover this country
with their blessings, and restore the re
public of the fathers w here wrong lies tie
resting place and every home is freedom's
tcmplte.
The resolutions were received with ap
plause uud on motion of Mr. George
Harris, properly sexonded, they weiv
adopted.
The speech of Hon. W. J. Northen as
laid down in the twelfth resolution above
was understood as the accepted platform
of the Democratic platform.
KOK THK I.KOISI-ATIIKK.
The chairtuah suggested tliat as there
were three good Democrats already in the
race for representatives that it might la*
well for the meeting to express its ap
proval of their caudidacy. Mr. Ninu
said that he was willing to support any
candidates the meeting would name and
added that he hud never seen a finer or
better representation of the l democracy i>f
the couuty. assembled compliment
brought dow ntl . 1 . - .1 Mr. Kevin
concluded by placing the .t* ■ 1 apt
j John J. Stay. W. Bry an, L<hj. nod
( apt. J. Turner in Datniwition.
Itr. C. S. Harm objected to having the
meeting enter into nominations, urging
that it wnoid W Wtter to let the e-mij
dates go on the old p.an of tiw scrub
mre. He had eKsiittnl with numerous
other men who agreed with him that a
straight rare witlnmt endorsement would
be w ise.
**fn order to bring the subject le for*-
the house property.*' said Mr. V*. T.
Smith. *‘l move that the <-*nventi*wi tr
into nominatims for rejwcscutntives.'
The motion wnsetirri**!.
SI. XV, BKVI.V INH YOfIUX
“I mi* move.”" said Mr. Saihh. ‘t'lit
M. --r- Seay, Bryan and Turner be de
••lar-*l the nominees.” Tfie motion w_-
••arrieii unanimously.
KKI.TOX KOK CONOREfS.
S*s-r*-tarv Sljankiki then :uo*e and read
the following prejitMtm-aiid resohithms:
-Whereas. The actum taken by tb*
several 4-onntic* c*>mpsiug the. Seventh
GtaigressMoiial District, under the ilirv
tion of the Alikmi, instructing delegate
to a Congressional •■onvention. pines the
Democratic party in the aft i rude of aebss
jKirtv. seeking chew legislation which i
w holly and unemivic*Jly IX-mo-nlii
The ili'ltg.itrs s ie!e*t<-d belong ahuosi
exclusively To that class; they are sent to
tlic convention to carry out the expressed
will of the AlliaiM-e. made in secret s-s
sions; we. therefore, the Democracy ot
Floyd c unity, in mass meeting assem
bled,'declare m the must solemn inanuei
our unalterable op|tosirion to the unfair,
unjust and illiberal means used to wnirf
this result to the exclusion *f all other
tfl:tsse**f citizens; and in furtherance of
what we ooweive to l*e pure thtmxr.icy
[Widest against saul action of the Alliance;
and we do most earnestly urge tin- IN-un -
cratie party m all the counties of the ui--
trict to meet in mas- meeting amlsdot
delegates to a convention of the jiarty to
lie held in Home. Floyd comity, on Wel
-nesilay, Sept. ff. next, for tie pMr|*ksc of
nun* freely considering the question* i
- mid, if thought best, to elect a
-tundanl-liearer for the Congressioual
campaign.
Resolved, To carry out the nbjtds of
this call we. tlte Democratic party in
mass meeting assembled, hereby apjsiint
the following xU-legites to n*preseut Floyi!
countv in said convention; and should
any of the delegates decline t*. s-rve. the
(Chairman of this meeting is authorize;! to
till the vacancy.
Resolved, That having full faith aid
coufidem e in the Democracy ot the Hoi.
W. IS. Felton, of Iktrtov, c.uiity, and
thoroughly imprcs-id with the a dilute
necessity of ix-nig represented in the Fifty
s.s oud Congress'by a g -nthnan thor
oughly eijuipjK'd and capable ot Teuderstig
to the Democratic party able and valun'd
service, we clwcrfuliy ;uul <*ordi;diy re
c Minuend him as the choice of the Floy%l
Dem*>cricy tor the Dem ooratie lu-miiia
tion, and hereby instruct the ihlegites
appointed Ifl* this isivetiug to vote *.*r him
in the convention of S.'jit. ii a uotu.-
uatiou is made by said convention.
The mention of the name of Felton
called forth loud and prolonged appiaasc,
from which one would be led to 'n-ii-ve
that he would carry the votes of that
crowd solidly. Motion was then made to
etect two delegates frtqp each district in
the county to attend the convention on
Sept. 3, for the purpose of osto.g the s .x
votes to which the county is eutitlcd in
Congressional nominations.
THU Dr.LKOATKS.
Rome district—Dr. li. W. Holmes. 1.
J. McCatT.uy.
Xorth Carolina —Felix Ling, I*. B-
McArvcr. *
Texas Valley—P. M. Story. F. 51.
Dempsey.
Floyd*Springs—J. C. Ciirliugtun, M.
L. Troutman, Jr.
Everett Springs —John 51. Everett, 51.
5 : . Landrum.
Watters — L. H. Brudden, -T. P. Aw trey.
Etowah — A. W. Wilts ins, A. P. Iled
ntond.
Chulio —Thus. 51. Lloyd. H. M. Clay
ton.
Barkers—John 11. Porter, J. J. .Miller.
Cave Spring—Dr. Montgomery, 11. S.
Whys^on.
Livingston—V. T. Sanford, W. J. Wil
kinson.
FUt Woods—E. E. Bice. I. C. Fuuder
burk
Foster's Mill—John C. Foster, William
Carr.
C.VMPAIOX COMMITTEK.
A motion was theu made to appoint a
campaign committee whose duty it should
be to do the correspondence and attend
to all other matters necessary to push the
work in hand. W. P. Whitmore. J. F.
dhankliii. M A. Nevin. A. I> Honb.-r,
M. L. Troutman. Sr., W. J. Neel and J.
U. Camp were appointed a9 the com
mittee.
A motion tendering the thank* of ? v e
mjeting to the chairman and secret- y
was rnshed through by some one on * e
floor over tDe protests of tho-e g- tl*
.i,-n. after whii-h th*' m*—tin t adjoori.
REVSAMFIONES
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