The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-07-31
Primary ElecliOn.

We notice thata great many coftntieH
in the State are having primary cleo
ions to determine the Democratic nom
inees for the various beat. county and
district offices. They differ somewhat
as to the mode by which the voice Of the
people is to be reuched. In some conn-
ties the candidates are voted for, only
Demonstrating allowed to vote, as a mat
ter of course, for otherwise there would
he no Democratic nominations, and the
ones receiving the highest vote for the
various offices are declared the nom
inees. For Instance. say A, b, and G
are running for Sheriff; A gets $50
votes, b 600, md 400 A would be
declared the nominee. just as he would
be declared the Sheriff were the cleo
ton a general one, because he has q lar
ger vote than either b or G.. Some coun>
ties go farther than this and say
that while in the above illustration
it is true A has a larger vote
than any other one, and wonld be
Sheriff were+he election a general one,
still he has not II majority vote. There
fore they say let each beat caste its
vote for the men of its choice and then
let a convention be held, and each beat
send delegates to the convention with
instructions to caste the vote Of the
beat for each candidate in proportion
to the vote received by him. For in>
stance, say Beat l casts 300 votes for A,
200 for b and 100 for G.. In the con-
vention A would receive the vote of
one-half the delegates, because he re-
ceived ne-half the votes casts at the
primary election; B one-third and G
one sixth. I9is thought by some that
in this way the voice of the majority
can be reached. We offer both plans
for DEMONSTRATION of the voters Of
Lincoln county. and think that either
one is good enough to insure the cleo
ton of good men to Office. 1Hi
The necessity for nominations is be-
coming more apparent every day, and rs
a newspaper is somewhat a sentinel
upon the watch.tower we feel called
upon to invite the careful considers
ton of Democrats to the alvisability of
concentrating their forces upon good
and responsible men. Nominate Dems
ocrats and then elect them. IT mons
nations are not made it is possible that
a Republican will represent Lincoln
county in the next Legislature; that a
Republican Sheriff will be elected;
that the next Chancery Clerk win be a
Republican and that the next Treas
ure will be a3Republican. As to the..other
offices we are not advised. We speak
only of those for which we thlrk there
are prospective candidates. We un-
derstand that already a negro has said
"Wait until !he election and we will
put our men through" If all Demo
Gratis now in the field are voted for at
the November election, who will gain
say the trnth of the above remark?
We do not believe the people Of Lin
coin county are opposed to a primary
election. Several precincts at their
mass meetings to nominate delegates to
the comfy convention instructed for a
primary election; others against it,
while still others were silent. We are
satisfied if Democrats will reflect they
will favor a primary election.
If Republicans run men they will
keep very silent about it until a few
days L.rvro tiio election. -Lvn 10 wOuiu
be too late for Democrats to gather
their scattered forces. Therefore it is
we'll, while yet there is time, to pre-
pare FOR any emergency that may rise.