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The State Democratic Convention in Atlanta May 9 1888
The Georgia State Democratic Convention met in the House of Representatives hall at 10 o clock with Hoke Smith named permanent chairman. It adopted a platform endorsing Cleveland, tariff reform, and the Mille bill while electing delegates to St Louis and naming state and district delegates. The session recessed and reassembled with resolutions published and adjourned sine die at 6 pm.
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Savannah News
Atlanta
House of Representatives
B. H. Bingham
Troup County
H.C. Morrison
Hoke Smith
Fulton County
Berner
Monroe County
Walsh
Richmond
Committee On
Samuel Barnett
W. E. Simmons
R. L. Berner
W. R. Rankin
John O. Dell
Capt. R. Hobbs
A. C. Pate
P. H. Brewster
J. C. Bareun
F.H Richardson
P. M. B. Young
J. T. Oliver
Louis Davis
Teuth
F. D. D. Twiggs
Democratic Party of Georgia
Cleveland
Jefferson
Jackson
Washington
National Treasury
National House of Representatives
Committee of Ways and Means
Democratic Party of
Georgia
Alfred H. Colquitt
Senate of the
United States
St. Louis
Grover Cleveland
F. G. du Bignon
Decatur
W. D. Kiddoo
Randolph
W. H. Willis
Macon County
John McRae
Montgomery County
W. L. Glessner
Sumter
William Brunson
Dooly
Fouth
W. J. Weeks
Talbotton
Lee Mandeville
Carroll
Haralson
E. D. Graham
Bartow
John T. Graves
Floyd
Mr. Dunwoody
Cobb
T. W. Rucker
Clarke
W. W. Howard
Oglethorpe
R. D. Yow
Franklin
W.D Barker
Morgan
T. M. Peeples
Gwinnnetl
J. H. Butt
Hall
Y W. Simpkins
W. H. Perkison
Cherokee
H. D. D. Twiggs
Beverly Evans, Jr
W. C. Mitchell
Taliaferro
W. H