The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-07-28
COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
Yaz0o County


i Capt ;. : Griffin, Chairman Executive
Committee, called the Convention 10 ordsl
and stated the object Of the meeting TO b.
the appointment OF delegates TO represent
this county iii this State Convention, to be
held IN Jackson the 81 proximo; to select
a new Executive Committee, and To- deter
mine whether o. not county nominating
Convention should be held, and at what
time.
He then asked the Convention to proceed
to elect temporary Chairman. On motion
of Judge r. Bow IMAM, Hon. ID. Bunch was
elected temporary Chairman, who on taking
the chair thanked the Convention for the
honor conferred upon him; and Capt.
Griffin had already stated the object of the
meeting, he merely suggested the appoint
ment of a Secretary, to which office Mr.. T..
Schaefer was elected.
After which motion was made and
carried, that a committee of five consisting
of one from each Beat, be appointed as a
Committee on Credentials. The Chair APP
pointed on said Committee Messrs. H. L.
Taylor, G. Bowman, r. Bowman, r. n.
Pearee and B. ;. Kicks. who, after retiring,
reported the following delegates as entitled
to seats in the Convention.
Here follows the names of the delegates,
which are omitted.)
On motion Of B. Richardson, the temporal
ry organization was made permanent.
Judge r. Bowman then offered the follow
ing resolution, which was almost unanimous
ly carried:
Resotred, That it is the sense of this Con-
vention that the Hon. Ethel Barksdale is
the choice of the majority of the Democrat
c party of this county for Governor, and
that the delegates appointed by this Con-
vention to the State Democratic Conven-
ton, to be held at jackson on the Sd of
August next be, and they are hereby in
structed to vote for the Hon. Ethel Banks
dale first, last and all the time
The Convention then proceeded to elect
six delegates and alternates, one from each
Beat and one from the county at large, as
follows:
Delegates Beat 1, A. NJ Hicks; Beat 2,
G. Bowman; Beat 3, r. Bowman Beat 4,
5. 5. Griffin; Beat ), B. 5. Kicks At large,
III. l.. Taylor.
Alternates-Beat 1, |. NJ. Kelley; Beat 2,
w. f. Day; Beat 3, d. L. Seal; Beat 4,
Jno F. Williams Beat 5, ID. c. Love; At
large, ID. Bunch.
1t was then moved and carried that the
Chairman and Secretary of this Convention
furnish credentials to the delegates and
alternates.
The Chairman then declaring that the
next business i'll order was the selecting of
1Ouuby IAeCuliFS 0OIAl Il UlOtlOu
was made and carried that each Beat select
three members of said committee, which
they did, as follows
Beat l, A. j. Moore, /. NJ Kelley and w.
II. Russell
Beat ?. J. j. Cowan, S NJ Dyer aud J.
NJ. Tyler.
Beat 3, j. S. Williams, E. Sehaefer and
n. Robinette.
Beat 4, B. Richardson, H. S. Swayze and
J. NJ. Hart.
Beat 5, c. Love, J. K. Hord and G. w.
Virgins,
The question then came up as to the time
that the Beat and County Nominating Con-
ventions should be held, when, after several
motions, amendments, substitutes and
debates, it was finally unanimously carried,
that the Beat meetings for selecting dele
gates should be held on the first Monday N
September next, and that the delegates SO
selected should meet in County Nominating
Convention at Yazoo City on the second
Monday in September next.
A motion was made and carried that each
Beat should be entitled to thirty delegates
in said Convention.
A vote of thanks was then rendered the
Chairman and Secretary of the Convention,
for the able and fair manner in which they
had carried on the business of the Conven-
ton.
When, on molten, the Convention adj |
journed sine die.
d. BUNCH Chr'n. t
E. SCHAEFER, Sec'y.