The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-09-01

the fscf that we desire to answer some
chsross there made. The "Addendum
CHARGES that the new Executive COMMITTEE,
which met Immediately after the conVen'
lion adjourned. was bogus and Without )
Quorum. there being present only elgn'
members. six regular and two Doubtful
and one OF these not holding eliher "I'F
ten or verbal proxies. This charge We .,e
nv. At the organization OF the ne" En-
ecutive Committee there were p'ese"'
eight duly accredited Barksdale mehipels'
eli her in person or by proper and rscog-
uized proxies. These eight members repre-
senied FoUR out Of the FIVE distrlc ia the
county. Now by long established precs-
dent in this county, growing out OF the act
thar often il vas difficult TO get all the
members of the Executive Committee To-
setber. II has become an established RUE
that whenever there we're present SIX mem >
o~rs of the committee, three out OF nNe o.
the districts Of the county being repre-
sented by man Of It's own selection or ms
proxy among the six 40 present, the FIX
men so assembled should constitute 10
rum of the Executive Committee. Inc
eight Barksdale men present at the meet
ing of the new Executive Committee, were
none Of them from the disputed districts
of Grand Gull and Brandy wine. There
were also present four presidents OF e.uos,
eE oficio members. and one member from
Bran.ywine, all told nine members and
four er-o5icio members. Thus it will be
seen thai the new Executive Commit
tee acied with a quorum me ne"
Executive Committee met in the court
house with open doors, at the very time
appointed, long before the County Couven
ton assembled and before any disputes mad
L IL. IL lot and al
men. There were present at this meeting
al least two Hooker members, and II mol
| participating, they certainly made no ob.
| lection 10 the organization of the committee
| and the order made for a primary election
/ The Hooker men were fully advised OF iht
resolution adopted by the convention
| r. questlng the new Executive COMMITTEES
| 30 order an election, and as they were atsS
advised of the time and place for this Com
mrtee to meet, why were they not present
| with the eight Hooker members claimec
| by them, to defeat any action proposed hl
the remaining eight members OF the Com
mittee. who were Barksdale men? The
County Convention, though controlled by
Bark-daie's friends, had already adjourn
-d without nominating him, and tbs
Hooker Convention had nominated thei
man; if, then, the Hooker Convention ha'
a majority Of all the votes OF the county
with their man nominated, why did no
their eight members OF the Executive Com
mittee repair 10 the meeting thereof IheI
in session, and vote against the PROPOSE
ton for a primary election This Nuul,
have prevented all trouble, and that i
what they claim 10 have been DESTROYS 0
accomplishing. The add, ium" claim
that by the vote of the Clubs Hooker ha,
a mi ,riIy OF the popular vote This "
positively deny.
The "Addendun" charges that tire
negroes under age voted at Flower Till
We deny this, aud say that the negroes dis
not vote at all. These negroes say the,
were a. ked to come to the meeting by
Hooker man, and one of the very mel
who afterwards claimed irregulsritie-
charging that they had voted. The "Ad
iendum" charges that the President Of ia
old Executive Com mittee ordered III
clubs TO hold their elections eatiy in IN
interest of BArksdale-we deny this, AM
add, that Col. Hooker had spoken ia ihi
county FOUR TIMES before these election
were ordered, IarksdsIe being at the tim
IN Washington. The ''Addendum" charge
that quorum of the Hooker members 4
the new Executive Commitiee called
; second convention in the interest O
peace and harmony" Ii such cunvenuo
was either called or held, we have Beve
, heard Of it, The County INVENTION wa
July 18th, and about two weeks there
after there was a. meeting OF this ne'
Executive Committee PROVOKED by tn
} Hooker men, at which there were preseH
J eight Hooker men and eight Barksdal
| men-ihe full committee-and at this meet
? ing proposition of compromise WAS ad
by the BarkSdals men 10 forego the pr
) mary election which had been called, an
to submit the question of Claiborne com
) TVS choice 10 The district OF Grand Gul
! alone. This proposition the Hooker me
= offered 10 accept, provided we would agre
? thaI the friends of each candidate ouIsid
of that district would not electioneer 70
heir friend. This We thought dispose
) lion to trihe with serious matter, an
also unfair, as Col. Hooke and his friend
, had aire tdy eanvassed that district, whit
neither BarKsdale nor any of his friends ha
worked there. Furthermore, the II, oke
men claimed to have carried it fairly: " n
men should they have been so auxiois {
cut off all electioneering on our part
With the vote of either Brandywine q
Grand Gulf excluded ia the conyentio,
the county was for Barksdale; hence, IL
> brevity, we will deal only with the fact
establishing the irregularities at Gran,
Gulf. It had been cUstumary for years
: hold the club meetings at Grand Gulf j
the afternoon. On this occasion, Mr.. Tay
; Tor, a member of the Grand Gull clut
; had asked the president and secretary G
The club, when the meeting was TO be held
their reply was at p. IN. This Mr.. Tay
Tor acted upon, and wrote the same to Nj
Humphreys, and il became generally know
in the district. Notwithstanding thi
notice, however. on the day appointed 70
club meeting, the hour was changed with
9 out notice TO any one save the Ho Ike
] men, and the meeting held at IL o'clock. m
, Thus, many b ,rk5d ,e men were deprive,
of their right to vote. Mr.. Disher0oo wa
, at the house Of JUICE Thrasher about ] |
4 O'Clock on the day of the clab meeting. an
+, while there Mr.. Hamilton wrote to Gran,
Gulf 10 know at what hour the meetiu
would be held. The secretary of the cla
replied at p. u, and in about one-hal
hour another mute came to Mr. Hamilton
ga, ing the hour had been changed to IL tn
and that the meeting would wait until h.
! and Thrasher arrived. Now Thrasher an,
Hamilton were Hooker men, and som
pains seem to have been taken to motif,
them Of the change but Di4heroon was
: Barksdsle man. and though living YER
near 20 Ihrasher, was not notified, an,
would not have heard of the change il
t ,ime but for being by accident at Thrash
: er's when the note came. Mr.. Taylor
: who had been told by the president Of tina
= club that the meeting would he at 4 p. M
went TO Grand Gulf on other business il
the middle of the day, and then by acct
dent learned that the meeting was in ses
I sior. Mr.. Simon,on, a Barksdale man
: who lived bat one or two hundred ward
? from where the meeting was held, although
l the postmaster of the place, heard nothin,
OF the change OF time, hut relied upon hi
information that O'Clock was the hour
and was thus deprived of his right to vote
: A perfectly reliable gentleman Of tn
? Grand Cali district, Immediately after tn
! meeting of that club, wrote to the edito
, OF the Port Gibson Reveille az follows:
DISTRICT No. 2, July IL, 1886.
| EDrToR REvEuLLE: / do not think th
: vote at Grand Gulf ought to be counted
Z and for the following reasons:
The meeting of the club had been fxes
: for o'clock p m, and so given out by tn
President, Charlie Johnson. The friend
of Col. Hooker met at an earlier hour. an,
: being in the majority held meeting. re
, organized. voted. and adjourned by l.
O'Clock ! Was Just in the suburbs of thu
town, at Mrs Sandusky's, and waited unit
near the hour of O'Clock, went down t,
President Johnson's place of business an,
learned from him that the meeting has
been held and adjourned. He expressed hi
greet and said that the vote should not b,
! counted. He really seemed to have Jus
J realized the great wrong done the abseu
; tees and protested against the proceeding.
: George D. says they voted two men b.
: proxy.
Thompson, Macarthur, Snyder, Willis
etc, had promised to attend in the evening