The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-05-31
THE STATE DEMOCRACY.
Resolutions Endorsing Cleye-
land and the Mills Bill.

| COHpIeIeu ltS WOIk hlteE our ftpoTt VI
last week closed. Following is q sum
mary of it's labors:
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
First District-E ) Chandler, Jr., of
Alcorn.
Second District VI. Strickland,
of Marshall.
Third District ID \ Scott, of Boil
war.
Fourth District-O F Bledsoe, of
Grenada.
Fifth District-W ID Gibbs, of VA
ZOO.
Sixth District-E J Bowers of Han
cock.
Seventh District-C f Hooker, Jr.,
of Kinds.
State-at- Large-A J McLaurin, of
Rankin, and l. VI Southworth, of Car
roll Alternates, J c Longstreet, of
Grenada, and W c Falkner, of Tip
pah.
! DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION.
First District L ID Mcdowell, of
Oktibbeha; f o Sykes of Monroe.
Second District - Chas NJ Thur
mond, of Tippah; VIM Hull. of Ben
ton.
Third District-Jas VI Liddcll, of
/ Lctore; L + Crutcher, of Warren.
Fourth District-A + Fox, of Clay;
J w Young, of Carroll.
Fifth District f McCool, of At
ITALIA; X. A Tibbs, of Scott.
Sixth District-C = Nelson, of
Wilkinson; A X Northrup, of Harri-
son.
Seventh District-C VI Williamson,
of Kinds; II c Conn, of Copiah.
State-at-L arge-W ii Sims, of
Lowndes; w T Martin, of Adams;
) Calhoun, of Kinds; Robert Taylor,
of Pamela. Alternates, w NJ Inge, of
Alcorn John w Jewell, of Lauder
dale W G Yerger, of Washington ;
Geo S Dodds, of Copiah.
NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
First District-W b Sanford, of AL
corn; Q o EckfOrd, of Monroe; w II
Rees, of Prentiss.
Second District-Jas T FAINT, OF
Marshall; c Kyle, of Pamela; j w
T Falkner, of Lafayette.
Third District-Murray + Smith, OF
Warren; ID c Casey, of Sharkey; Wal
ter Sillers, of Bolivar.
Fourth District-W c Mclean, OF
Grenada; Robert c Patty, Noxubee;
Frank Burkitt, of Chickasaw.
Fifth District-R Holt, of YazOo;
S A WitherspOon, of Lauderdale; w
II Jones, of Smith.
Sixth District-W L Martin, OF
Adams; NJ NJ Evans, of Jackson; w
P Cassidy, of Pike.
Seventh District b Harris, OF
Kinds; w d Torrey, of jefferson; Pat
Henry, of Rankin.
The Executive Committee organic
ed by electing j c Kyle, of Pamela,
Chairman, and r c Patty, of Noxu-
bee, Secretary.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
WHEREAS, The administration of
Grover Cleveland has gratitied the
hopes and met expectations of the
Democracy of the country; that he
has faithfully redeemed the pledges
made by him to the American people
and diligently endeavored to comply
with every condition of the platform
on which he was elected to the Presi-
dency; that he has stood by the Con-
stitutiOn; that ne has executed the du-
ties of his great Office with favorit-
ism to no class, industry or pursuits
of his cOuntrymen, and with strict
impartiality to all; that we emphatic
ally endorse his recommendations
touching tariff reform and the finances
of the country; therefore be it
ResOlUed, That the Democracy OF
Mississippi, i'll convention assembled,
do hereby instruct our delegates to
cast the vote OF the State for him in
the National Convention, and to advo-
cate declaration of principles in
strict accord with the recommends
ton made by him to Congress in his
message of Dec. 9th, 1887.
We approve, without qualification,
the Mills bill now pending before
Congress and applaud the course OF
our Representative who have given
it hearty and unanimous support.
That We congratulate the people of
Mississippi on the elevation of one of
her distinguished sons to the
Supreme Court bench of the United
States.
That the course of our distinguish
ed Senators, Gems. j. G. George and
f. c. Walthall, is entitled to the full
measure of our appreciation and the
same is hereby extended them.
A resolution was also adopted en-
dOrsing Hon. G. A. johnson, OF
LOwndes, in his course as a member
of the National Democratic EXecu-
tive Committee, and recommending
his reappOintment.
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