The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-07-19
Apderdale County.
MERIDIAN. sfIss. Julv s l8S2

MERIDIAN, Hiss, july 5, 1882.
Pursuant to the call of the Democrat
Executive Committee of Lauderdale eour
IT ty, the citizens of the county assembled i
by mass-meeting for the purpose of appointiu
delegates 10 the Congressional conFentio
of the Fifth Congressional district. whiel
II, Is to be held at Forest the End of August
and for the transaction of~any other busi
re ness that might be presented. E. Watkins
Esq, Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee, called the meeting to order, and stating
Or the object Of the meeting, announced j
N ready for Organization
"A On motion of Hon. M H. Whitaker, Hon
: II. u. Cameron, was unanimously electe,
chairman of the meeting; Z. Ii. Dial wa
elected secretary.
p Motion by Col. A. G. Horn, that a com
!. mittee of seven be appointed By the chai
, to retire, consider, and select certain parties
as delegates to the Congressional Conven
= ton to be held at Forest on the 2ad, of Au.
9. gust, and to report their names to this meet
! ing; carried. The Chair appointed the fol-
= lowing; Col. A. G. Horn, Jno. w. Smith
E. u. ID. Whitaker, DIR. ]. NJ. Thompson. NJ.
!, Mcbride, James Moore, Isaac l. Brown.
+ On motion the following gentlemen were
appointed by the chair as a committee on
: resolutions: L. K. Latham, A. NJ Denton,
Hon. ID. III. Street, Hon. Jno. w. Fewell,
e and Hon. E. Watkins.
: On motion of Capt 5. B. Watts, the
committee on resolutions, having retired.
; was instructed to consider and submit to
this meeting some plan of nominating Dem
ocratic candidate for county Treasurer, to
be voted for at the special election on the
18th inst. to I'LL the vacancy occasioned by
the death of the late Treasurer, S. NJ. Null
! len.
In the absence of the committees, DR.. A.
ID. Smith was called upon to address the
meeting, whereupon he responded reuc-
family, telling the assembly in an entertain
ing way, what he knew about politics from
experience, and giving his reasons for re-
tlrlng therefrom. DR.. Geo. E. Redwood,
J. G. Houston and Eli Thrash, candidates
toreounty Treasurer, being present, pledged
themselves to abide by the actions of this
meeting in nominating a candidate for
treasurer. The committee appointed to
select delegates to the Congressional conven-
| tion, recommended that the following gentle |
men be appointed:
Beat 1st.-J. W. Fewell, w. c. Day, H. |
NJ. Street, j. Elson, A. B. Wagner, /. K. |
Watts, |. Marks, Lewis Rosenbaum, Geo. S. |
Covert.
Beat 2nd-M. Mcbride, J. C. Porter, I.
;: Mosely, j. Watts, c. NJ. Kelly, G. B.
Simmons.
Beat 8rd-J c. Roberts, ]. B. Hambriek,
3: f: Avara, NJ. d. Lyle, A. C. Pace, T. Y
Blanks.
Beat 4th-H. Sidney King, E. J. Rev,
J.. X. Mitchell, j. B. Thompson, John Dan
iels, W. D. Thompson.
Beat 5th-W. ID. Cameron, T. P Keeton,
]. Fl. Blanks, ]. B. Foster, A. M. johnson,
Geo. w. Welch.
On Motion the report was adopted. {
The committee on resolutions through {
their chairman, Hon Jno. w. Fewel. re- +
ported the following:
Be 1t Reaotced, That we the people of :
Lauderdale county, in mass meeting assem-
bled, hereby indorse the Hon. Thos H. L
Woods, in both his private and his public I
life as man of pure character and scholar t
~ attalnments, and one who in every re- L
spect would make in the Congress Of the
United States worthy representative of n
the people of the Fifth District of Missis-
sIppl and that We hereby present him to r
the Democracy of the district as a candidate i
for the nomination for Congress on the v
Democratic ticket believing that in honor p
ing him now, he will III due time reflect hon D
or upon US and the people whom we now Ii
ask to choose him as the Democratic stand ~
ard bearer in the coming Congressional con-
I3st
Resolved, further, That the delegates ap- o
pointed by this mass-meeting to represent g
Lauderdale county in the Congressional p
convention to meet at Forest on the End Il
lay OF august, be by this meeting instructed II
o cast the vote of Lauderdale county for h
Ehos. II. Woods as the choice of the coun- =
y for Congress; and keeping the interest of VI
he party ever above the promotion or hon
ring Of any individual, they are instructed CT
o use every honorable means to secure his tt
nomination. r
Resolred, That while We instruct our dele OF
,ates to the Congressional Convention to /,
asst their votes for Capt. Thos. H. Woods =
S our candidate for Congress, we do so in III
70 disparagement of the claims or past ser e.
ices of our present Congressman The Hon. tn
}. K. Singleton. We remember him with hi
reat kindness, and in preferring another as az
ur representative in Congress to him, we in
Q not intend thereby to reflect upon him n
lther as gentleman or representative. "
ResOtred That a mass convention is here "'
y called to meet at the courthouse at u ST;
clock on Monday, the 10th inst, to Sc tn
,ct Democratic candidate for County frt
reasurer tb
On motion of Hon. NJ. II. Whitaker, the da
sport of the committee was received. -;
On motion of DR.. A. II. Smith, the reso-
ltion endorsing and instructing for the de
ION. Thos. III. Woods was unanimously Du
lopted. wi
On motion, the resolution with reference We
time of nominating County Treasurer Ht
as adopted. "a
On motion of s. B. Watts, the present W.
xecutive Committee was continued y"
On motion of S. NJ. Brown, the Secretary oe'
this meeting was instructed to notify all ira
e Democratic candidates for the office of de;
ounty Treasurer of the mass-meeting to a g
held on Monday the 10th inst, pursuant str
the above resolution. nj;
On motion of L. Watkins, delegates ap-
inted to the Congressional convention are
thorized to appoint in writing proxies, in
Sc they themselves cannot attend the
invention; provided that parties SO ap-
inted as proxies be citizens of Lauderdale pu
unity. nu
On motion, the meeting adjourned sine vii
2. Of
H. D. CAMERON, Charm. bat
E. H. DIAL, sec'y lea pe.