The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1886-10-16

now enjoys to be welded always
for the general good let every
Democrat do his duty. We cor.
daily invite and confidently claim
that We have the right to the as
sistance aud cooperation of every |
good citizen. We would again re-
mind them that concert of action |
is essential to success and that
this can only be attained by the
enforcement of strict party disci.
pline and by holding up the hands
of the Executive Committee this
day selected as our agents and
placed in charge Of our party in
terests. We pledge this Commit.
tee the hearty support of the De-
mocracy Of the county; and while
we shall through them insist upon
our right to q potential and con-
trolling voice in all public affairs,
vet We believe that the best inter.
ests of the county will be sub.
served by cultivatlng kindly and
friendly relations with our colored
citizens. We therefore favor q
fusion arrangement with the Re-
publican party in the next canvass
providing for majority of Demo.
Gratis on the Board of Supervisors
and leaving the details ia other
respects to onr Executive Com.
mittee, in whose ability and patri.
otism we have every confidence
We are now on the eve Of a
congressional election aud it is a
matter of first Importance that our
talented Representative, Gen. I.
G. Catchings be returned again to
Congress. We ask that the Dem.
ocrats organize in each district
and go to work with the full de.
termination of rebuking this effort
to republicatize our county and
District. Bolivar is now and will
remain u Democratic county, and
we can conddentially pledge our
sister counties that we can be re
lied on ip this and all future con.
tests. Democrats of Bolivar, we
rely on you to redeem this pledge.
Upon motion said resolutions
were unanimously adopted by the
Convention.
Mr.. J. J. Nicholson then offered
the following resolution of thanks
which was unanimously carried:
I Be II resolved, That we tender
the thanks of the Democratic party
and tax payers of Bolivar county
to the Hon. Chas. Scott, under
whose mastery leadership, the
party has achieved victory and
gained supremacy IN our county (;
that we also tender tho thanks of
the party to II. G. Grimm, Esq, to
Capt. E. r. Miller, w. E. Ringo,
ESQ.,, Mr.. Geo. Wade and others,
tried and truo Democrats whose
answering devotion to their party
every Democrat should emulate.
1t is requested that the Rose.
dale Leader, Grecnville Times,
vicksburg Herald, Jackson Clarl.
on and Memphis Appeal publish
these proceedings.
A motion to adjourn was then
made and carried.
WALTER SlLLERs, Ch'mn.
w. A. SPEAKS, Sec'y.
The Rosedale Leader thus closes
a forcible and gratulatory edito-
rial on the foregoing:
"The first thing demanding at.
tention is the Congressional elec.
tion, which is almost upon us.
There is not much time for prepa.
ration, but fortunately not much
preparation is needed. The coun.
ty gave Gen. CatchiDgs majority
in 1884, and unless we have mis-
read the signs Of the times, this
majority will be increased rather
than diminished in 1876. Catchings
has fully sustained himselfand has
more than fulfilled the expecta.
tions of his friends who pressed
him for the nomination two years
since. Our chief interest is con-
nocted with the question of pro.
lection against the annual assaults
of our great river, the question of
levees. Gen. Catchings has sue.
ceeded in getting the River and
Harbor Committee where he ably
promoted this interest, and bis use-
fulness in this direction will be
greatly enhanced in the next Con.
gress. The levees are matter OF
vital moment to tue colored man
here as well as the white man, and
from expressions heard daily as
coming from the Republicans we
feel justified in saying that Catch.
ings will receive a large part OF
their vote. We cannot afford to
dispense with his services in a
matter that so nearly concerns
every citizen of the Delta, aud we