The Brookhaven leader., 1886-08-26
NOTEs CEKTAiN FOR HOOkER.
Grand Total.

SOu' SoHiCiS ''''''''''' $3.50 y II
Grand Total. ....................J 80
Necessary to instruct. ...............26
From this it will be seen that
neither candidate has enough IN
contested votes TO secure the county,
and what will be the result OF next
Saturdays convention, cannot with
certainty be forecastcd. Certain it
is, that the Hooker men, with all
their growing of a few days ago,
are not yet "out of the woods"
If justice is done and any sort of
fairness observed by those delegates
whose seats are uncontested, the IL
Barksdale delegates from Brook
haven will be unquestionahly seated.
At this box resolution was adopted
at the beginning of the meeting to
debar all persons who voted for
Blaine and Logan, or who since that
election have not been known as
Democrats, and were not willing 10
support the Democratic nomiuee for
Congress in the coming election,
from participating. Notwithstand-
ing this resolution, howerever, it is o
well-known fact that a number of
Blaine and Logan supporters did
vote for Hooker, and that two Of the
Hooker delegates are notorious Re
publicans. As the count of the bal
lots for delegates proceeded, it be-
came apparent that the vote was
very close, and at the conclusion it
was found that it stood-Barksdale
CT, Hooker 66. By this time, most
of the Barksdale men had left the
Convention, and on the statement of
a Hooker teller that two of the
Barksdale ballots were apparently
cast by the same person, Hooker
man moved to throw them out,
which was done, thus giving Hooker
one majority. This, too, in the face
of the fact, as we are told, that the
roll of persons who had voted, exact
ly corresponds with the total number
of ballots cast-133.
At Montgomery it is alleged by
the Barksdale men that their
regular time for holding political
meetings is in the afternoon, but
that on last Saturday few Hooker
Democrats with lot of Republicans,
assisted by some Hooker partisans
from Copiah Zone of whom was once
a Republican nominee for Circuit
Clerk, and another a Greenback
nominee for Congress- met in the
forenoon and proceeded to appoint
Hooker delegates by reclamation,
In the afternoon another meeting
was held by those who usually par
ticipate in such meetings, and a
Barksdale delegation appointed who
will come to the convention claim
ing their seats.
Under the foregoing state of facts,
it behooves the friends of Major
Barksdale, whether they belong to
the contested or uncontested dele
cations, to stand firm and battle for
their rights. They should not ask
moro, they should submit to nothing
less. 1t hos come TO the question in
this county-not so much who shall
be Lincoln's choice for Congress-
but shall Democrats submit or not
to having their primary and county
controlled at pleasure
by Republicans who have no bust
ness in them. For one, The
LEADER says, submit to no such in
Justice, and let next Saturday fur
nish the example. If Hooker Demo-
Gratis who are justly entitled to seats
in the convention, will not, for the
sake of temporary advantage, con-
cede what is just and fair, let
Barksdale's supporters, as one man,
appeal to a higher tribunal-the
District Convention |
which meets in jackson on Sept
LIST.