The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1886-08-06
Hancock County Democratic
Convention.

county, Miss, a Democratic o
vcntion OF said county was held in
the town Of Gainesville Oh July Il,
1885. :
The convrniIOH was called to
order by w. A.. Brown, and j. s.
Otis was elected temporary sec'y,
The following delegates were
present: Beat No. John Polite.
vent, w. A. Brown, w. Il. Stocker,
j. S. Otis, j.. a. Mead. No. 2
Adolph P%oiteyent, S. S. Webb.
No. 3-John w. Moody.
Tile following delegates were APP
pointed as Il committee on creden-
tiaIs: w. r. Stocker, A. Poitevent
and john w. Moody.
After due deliberation the com
mittee on credentials reported as
follows!
We, the committee appointed by
yonl honorable body 70 examine
the credentials OF the delegates
present, beg leave to report tavora
bly, as to the following delegates
entitled to vote, viz: Beat No. l.
John Poitevent, one vote; w. A.
Brown, Que vote; w. Il. StOcker,
one vote; j. A.. Mead, one vote
j. S. Gus, one vote. No. rs. S.
Webb, II vote; A. P%oltevent, one
vote. No. 3-JUhn w. Moody, five
votes. We ask to further report
that the credentials of John w.
Moody entitle him to east five votes,
aud that Beats 4 and 5 are not rep.
resented.
On motion it was ordered that
the report OF the committee on Gre
dentIalS he received.
Ga motion w. A. Brown was
elected permanent chairman, and
j. S. Oils, permanent secretary.
On motion the Chair was author
lied 10 appoint two delegates and
two a~lternates from each Beat, aud
two from the county at large, to
represent the Democracy of Han-
cock county, at the Democratic
! Congressional Convention OF the
sixth district of Mississippi, called
TO meet at Mississippi City, on he
18th day OF August, 1886 In com
pliance thereto the Chair appointed
the following named gentlemen
from IL list handed him for appoint.
ment) to act as such: Beat No l.
JoGn Poitevent aud w. \. Brown;
a~lternates, w. L. St0cker and Ash
Weston. No. "a. POitevent aud
S. S. Webb; ~alternates, George
Cramer and Reuben Brown. No. b
John ". Moody and j. h. Wheat
alternates, Silas j. Leslie and JAS.
l.. McGehee. No. As. L. Fayre
and Emile Cue; a%lieruates, John
Haas, jr., and p. j. Mauftray. No.
81. V. Toulme and Benjamin Deb
Iieux /; a~lternates, John loor and "A.
r. Wall. For county mt large-A.
e. Builoch and Ii. S. Weston.
The delegates were u~ninstructed.
The Chair appointed Il new exec
ntive committee composed OF the
following gentlemen: Beat No. l.
Marion +. Baxter. No. 2-AdOlph
Poiteyent. No. 3-JolIn w. Moody.
No. 4-Saun l.. Favre. No. 81.
Y. Toulme.
On motion the following preamble
aud resolutions were adopted
WHEREAS, 1t is known to this
convention that there is at this
time another SO.caIled Democratic
convention assembled in this town,
aud
WHEREAS, 1t has admitted into
deliberations one George Arbo,
whom ii is well known is a Repub.
lican, and who seIved 0n Il commit
lee TO receive John Il. Lynch, OH
July %, 1854, AND
WHEREAS, 1t has in opposition
to all lHecedentS aud Democratic
doctrines, and in Violation of the
rules governing conventions, denied
representations upon the committee
of credentials to Beats l aud 3, two
Of the strongest Democratic Beats
in this county, and in further viola
tion did appoint upon II committee
of credentials consisting of three
delegates only, the said Republican,
George ArbO, thereby defeating the
ends tor which a Democratic con
venlion was called, and substituted
in its place a "duplex political ma
chine y therefore, be it
ResOlred, BY the Democracy of
Hancock county in convention as
sembled, that we do hereby solemn
~ protest against any action that
the said so called Democratic con-
vention may take in the appoint
ment of delegates to represent the
Democracy of Hancock county at
the Congressional convention to be
held at Mississippi City on the 18th
day of August, 1886. We further
protest against the action OF the
so called Democratic convention in
the appointment of a Democratic
Executive committee for this cOun-
ty. Be it further
ReSOlUed, That we earnestly be.
lieve that 1t will be to tile best in
terest of the Democracy of Han
cock county, aud the ouly just
acknowledgment that can be given
to the true Democracy of said
county by the Congressional cOn-
vention aforesaid, that it set aside
as null and rod the proceedings of
the said so called Democratic con-
ventiOn.
There being no further business