Salt Lake Herald | 1899-08-24 | Page 1 | Democrats of Mississppi

IIEMUCRATSIJF MISSISSIPPI HON A LONGIO WAS NOMINATED NOM-INATED FOR GOVENOR Chicago Platform and Bra Endor eProtest Entered Against the Encroachment of Treats Jackson Is Aug 2Hon A H Longno of Washington county was today nominated for governor of nomnated goeror Mississippi by the Democratic state convention without Opposition Ther w sastormy fm in the convention oer the adoption of the report of time platform committee the contention bmg over the endorsement or Governor McLurins administration The resolutions reported by the committee endorsing the governor wee finally adoPted by a va voce otC The platform endorses the delrton of the Chicago convention in 1 and de cares Hon J Bryan to b the ablest exponent of these principles the statesman people states-man and patriot the great tribune 01 the or trust the platform says We enter our solemn protest against the encroachment encroach-ment upon government affairs by aggregated aggre-gated capital in the form of trusts and combines as beIng inimical to the best Interests oC the masses of the people and the CUe of free and untrammeled gov I crfent and Xes ourselves as unaJ terbl deterine to aid bJ alt possible and proper men the control or destruction mont destruc-tion or thee enemies of good govern At the evening session J 1 Power was nominate for secretary oC state E W Drown for supreme court clerk H L I Vhitfonl for superintendent Of public education and A Q May for railroad dfo t I commissioner for the southern district I The ticket will be completed tomorrow