Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-14
A CORRECTION.
Reply of Chairman n. ". White TO Al
legged Errors by @X,'' Regarding
the Proceedings of the Con-
veGtiOn at HernandO.

HERNANDO, MISS, Juue 12-I re.
spectiully as k place in the APPEAL tC
correct, in behalf of the Democratic eX.
ecutive committee of this county, the
errors into which your correspondent Of
the tenth instant, who signs himself
"X,n has fallen, in attempting to r9-
port the proceedings Of the convention
that assembled hare on the fifth instant,
without having been present and wit
messed them. | am surs he must have
had his information from hearsay, or
else he could net have given the history
of the affair as he has done. The con-
ventiOn alluded TO was called by the ex-
ecutive committee of the county, under
the resolutions of the executive commit
tee of the State, and was to be composed
Of fifEy-tWo members, divided among
the different precincts according to the
Democratic vote OF each at the last No.
vember election. The committee met
at fernando on the morning of the
convention, and it was then made
known to the committee that there were
fOrty-five delegates appointed about
whom there was no contest, twenty
three Of whom We're for Colonel Man
ming, and twenty-five for Captain Tay-
lor; out that from two piecincts there
were two sets of delegates, each claiming
to be regularly elected to the convention.
A resolution was passed by the commit
tee directing the chairman to cali to-
gether the 1orty.five uDcontested dele
gates and have them elect temporary
chairman and then retire, This resola-
tion, *" will be surprised to learn, was
proposed by q member who was the fast
friend Of Colonel Manning, and also
delegate to the convention. The chair
man at half-past twelve o'clock, noon,
called tie convention to order, and dis
tinctly stated more than once that he
was acting under the instructions Of the
Democratic executive committee, as
'X" would have heard had he been
present, aud such action was, in my
opinion, in accordance with the best
precedents in such cases. 1t is true that
several parties present-bOth OF those
who were members of the convention
aud Of those who were not-denied the
authority of the committee, but the
forty. five uncOnteEtsd members Of the
convention nevertheless proceeded to
elect q temporary chairman, when Rev.
Jobe Harral, q Manning man, received
tRenty-three votes, and was eiecte d and
took his seat IS temporary chairman.
The chairman of the executive commit
tee then retired. The convention then
further organized by making another
Manning maD, Mr.. w. ID. Howe,
temporary secretary. This wss about
two O'Clock in the afternoon.
A committee on credentials was then
appointed by the chair to determine
who we're entitled to seats from the con-
tasted precincts, and this committee
proceeded to take testimony on the facts
Of their election, which was reduced to
writing and the committee brought in
q majority and minority report about
six O'clock in the evening, submitting
the evidence taken, whereupOn discus
sion grew up over the reports, which
was warmly contested on each side.
During the eaFiy hours of the conven-
ton proposition had been made by the
friends OF Captain Taylor, fer the pur-
pose of harmony, to divide the vote OF
! the county between Colonel Manning
and Captain Taylor, which had heep
voted down By the friends OF Colonel
Manning, but after the coming In OF the
reports and the evidence, and pend
ing the discussion on them, a delegate
from Horn Lake, and Ou2 o; Colonel
/ Msuningis frmesC friends, arose and
ANNOUNCED that be was instructed by
his delegation to accept the proposition
! OF the Taylor men to divide the county