The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1882-08-05
Proceedings Ofthe Tippah County Dem-
OoratiC Cow entiOn.

~ EJ3 W. OSVNANSJ HhO
9Sth day ofJuly, 1882, for the pur.
pose Of selecting delegates to the
congressional convention to be held
at Oxford on the I'd of August, 1882,
After the chairman of the. Ex.
CON-, Capt. Thomas Splght, stated
the object Of the meeting, on mo.
ton of N. L. Marmon, Esqr., Hon.
W. A. Boyd was unanimously elect
ed permanent chairman OF this con-
vention.
On motion Of Capt. Tho. Spight,
]. ]. White was elected Secretary.
On motion Of Hon. Tho. Spight,
the following resolutions were
adopted unanimously:
RESOLVED, That the delegates fro
this county to the Democratic Con :
vention, which will meet a. Oxford
on the I'd of August to nominate a
candidate for Congress from the I'd
Congressional District be, anG they
are hereby instructed, to cast the
vote of this county selidly for Van
II. Manning, of Marshall county.
RESOLVED, That in the event that
all the deIegates:appOinted by this
convention should not attend the
Oxford Convention, those who do
attend shall cast the whole number
of votes to which this county is en-
titled in said convention, and that
no proxy shall be allowed except in
the event that no delegate shall at
tend from this county, and should a
proxy or proxies be appointed in
the contingency herein provided for
he or they are hereby instructed to
carry out the wish Of the people Of
lippah Co., az expressed 10 the first
OF this series of resolutions.
The following named persons
were appointed to represent Tip.
pAh county In the Congressional
convention at Oxford:
1st Dist.-W. j. Mcintyre, q. W.
Wright, G, o. Slower, I. W. Hopper.
I'd Dist.-W. I. Nance, W. W.
Rutherford, Thomas Spight, G. M.
Thurmond.
Sd Dist. D. Palmer, W. II.
tOote, N. B. Lowrey, j. j, White.
4th Dist.-D. P. Tigert, J.. l..
Henson, Frank Morris, J. L. Surratt.
9Th Dst.-W. P. Miller, G. l..
AcCarIey, F. N. Candy, s. 0. Love.
For the County,at-large.-J. f..
Guyton, G. j. Frederick, W, D. Car
ter, J.. Y. hurry and W. A. Boyd.
The following preamble and res
Olution, introduced by DR.. Jno. Y.
hurry, was unanimously adopted
by the Convent ton, to- wit:
The object and purpose Off par
ty Convention. evidently are to Sc
lect, from among those OF the party
who are worthy and we'll qualified,
that man whOmit is believed can
get the largest'vote at the ELECTION
in the county, district, or state as
the case may be, against the can
didate OF the opposing party, or
parties. And 1t has been the gen
eral practice OF conventions OF the
Democratic party, since the mem
orable Baltimore Convention that
nominated James X. Polk for the
presidency in 1874, to adopt such
rules, for their government, lnclut-
ing the basis of representation, as
may seem, at the time, to be pro-
motive Of she best interests OF the
party, AS a PARTY, without regard
TO the effect, of such action, upon
the destiny or hopes, Of individual
a~spirants for nomination.
Therefore, looking alone to party
success and through such success
to the welfare and prosperity of
the whole people, the Democracy
of old Tippah, in mass convention
assembled, reiteiate the foregoing
rules and practice of the party.
And we commend the same to
conventions OF the party generally,
as calculated in its tendency to
promote the succe IS Of the partyl
and preserve and %perpetuate its
time-honored principles.
Believing that the appOrtiOn-
ment Of representatives in the leg
islature from the several counties
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