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A SECRET SESSION Of the Democratic Side Show at Charleston, this State. THE COLORED INDEPENDENTS With Closed Doors, Adopt a Free Trade Platform, Denounce Re- publicans, Nominate a Ticket. A Queer Alliance, Sure. Charleston, W. Va. 13. The State committee of the colored independents finished its work this morning. The en- tire session was with closed doors. H. C. Hawkins was Chairman, and E. A. Tur- ner, Secretary. The resolutions de- nounced the Republican party, and asked the Legislature to prevent dis- criminating branches of study in the public schools; opposed monopo- lies, corporations, trusts; opposed taking the revenue off whisky and tobacco; asked that all necessaries be placed upon the free list and that the tariff be reduced to prevent a surplus. A State ticket was nominated as fol- lows: Governor, W. H. Davis, of Ka- nawha; Auditor, E. A. Turner, of Brooke; Treasurer, Alfred Whiting, of Hamp- shire; Presidential Elector-at-Large, T. M. Thruston, of Hampshire; First Dis- trict, Edward Turner; Second, Albert Alexander, of Hampshire; Third, John A. Jefferson, of Kanawha; Fourth, John Jordan, of Mason. A State Executive Committee was ap- pointed as follows: H. C. Hawkins, Chairman; W. S. Penn, Secretary; John Rose, of Mason county; Albert Alexan- der, of Hampshire; W. A Hunter, of Barbour; G. A. Turner, of Brooke; Aaron Jordan, of Pocahontas, Peyton Murray, of Kanawha, and Alex Davis, of Upshur. |
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