The clarion., 1886-08-25

w. D. Carmichael moved that the fol-
lowing namea persons be chosen instead |
of those Just named:
r. E. Stratton, r. Il. Jayne, J. W.
johnson, B. F. Holiday, Y. Wardlaw
s. 5. White, w. E. Ratlif, John Nc
Neill.
A call of precincts was then had, which |
resulted in 70 votes for the list headed
by G. NJ. Lewis, and 46 for that headed
by r. E. Stratton. And the persons
named in the former.list were declared
elected.
G. NJ. Lewis offered the following res
oiution:
| Resolved, That the delegates chosen
| by the Convention to attend the Con-
gressional Convention to be held in
Jackson on the fst day of September,
1886, be and are hereby instructed to
cast the solid vote of Kinds county first,
last and all the time for Hon. Chas. T..
| Hooker for Congress, to represent the
7th District, and that they vote on all
| questions that may come before said
Convention as majority OF the delega-
ton shall decide
On motion of J. w johnson, the vote
on said resolution was ordered taken by
precincts.
W. d. Carmichael moved that said
resolution be amended by striking out
the words last and all the time"
5. B. Graves moved that the motion to
amend be laid on the table, and il was so
ordered.
Thereupon the resolution was adopted,
on a call of precincts, by vote of 90 to
IS.
! G.. NJ. Lewis moved that the Chair
man be added to the delegates to the
Congressional Convention, and put the
motion himself, and it was carried uDan-
imously.
w. ]. Brown, Jr., offered the fol-
lowing resolution, and moved its aGop-
ton:
Resolved That the new Executive
Committee be and they are hereby in
structed to continue the old system of
beat meetings and conventions, and
not to adopt the Primary Election sys-
TEN.
G. NJ. Lewis offered the following as q
substitute:
Resolved, That this Convention hay-
ing been called for specific purpose,
and the delegates not being chosen to
frame or shape policy for the canvass
of 1887, 1T is the sense of the Conyen-
ton that the question of the policy or
propriety of holding primary election
: for district and county officers in 1877,
be referred to the Executive Committee
; to be appointed, who will have oppor-
/ tunity of procuring the sense of the
; Democratic party on that subject and
act as they think best for the interest of
the party.
j. b. Graves moved the adoption of
! the substitute, and on a call of the roll
of precincts, the substitute was adopted
by vote of Sl3 to 40s, Brownsville )
votes, not voting.
= On motion of G. NJ. Lewis, the fol-
J lowing resolution offered by him, was
adopted:
! Resolved, That the Executive Com.
, mittee appointed by this Convention be
and are hereby authorized to fill all va
I cancies by death or resignation; pro
vided majority of the members vote
for such appointments, and,
2 Resolved, further, That this Conven-
ton do hereby condemn as unwarranted
/ and arbitrary the action of the late E.x-
ecutive COMMITTEES of Kinds county in
: excluding the proxy of Mr.. St. Leon,
, and thereby rejuvinating the old Com
/ mission of s to Z, so distasteful to the
people of the Southern country. That
. it is the sense of this Convention that an
o Executive Committee appointed by a
, Convention have no authority to judge
of the qualifications of its members, and
| therefore no power to declare vacancies
; in their body nor to fill the same in the
! absence of express authority so to dc
! | by the Convention creating said Com
mittee.
G. NJ. Lewis moved that certain per-
, sons, whose names he submitted, be
. chosen as the Executive Committee for
. the ensuing term, but subsequently with.
drew the motion.
I He then moved that the Convention
proceed to elect three persons from each
Supervisors District in the county and
1 four from the county at large, to be an
Executive Committee for the ensuing
term. Each District to choose its own
members, and the motion prevailed.
Thereupon, the Convention took a re.
cess subject to the call of the Chair.
The chair having again called the Con
vention to order, theseveral Supervisor s
Districts in the county were ordered
: called, and on the call thereof, the fol.
3 lowing named persons were submitted
: by Districts as members of the Execu-
IaeA'S hhh pdlaSNlr idtihCt
Wy the Convention:
= 1st Districts. W. Hamilton, E. S.
2 Middleton, W. M. Garland.
i, I'd District-N. J. Coker, W. J. Fell
/. lows, J. E. Smith.
Sd District-M. A. Stewart, s. T. Dun.
2 ming, I. I. Hart.
4th District-C. D. Gillespie, n. B.
Smith, L. McClelland.
5th District-W. ID. Ratliff, R. E.
Stratton, S. 2. Head.
L. F. Chiles, j. w. Peyton, w. III.
Chichester and j. d. Coleman were, on
motion, chosen as members of the Exec
utive Committee from the county at
large.
The Convention having concluded all
the business before it, on motion, ad-
journed sine de
J. N. SHELTON, Sec'y.