The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-07-04
THE PRIMARY.
THE ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT
THEIR APRIL MEET
ING.

The Democratic Executive CoinnllC-
tee of Lincoln county met at the
conrt house of the county, at noon on
the 10Th day &C April, 1889. The
Chairman. Hon. r. II. Applewhite,
called the meeting to order. A.
Lewenthal, Jr., acted as Secretary.
The following resolutions were
introduced and unanimously passed
Be it resolved by the Democratic
Executive Committee of Lincoln
| County:
First. That it is sense of this COM
mittce that there shall be held a
Democratic Primary Election at each
of the voting precincts of this county
for the election and nomination of n
Democratic candidate for the follow
ing offices respectively
l For Representative.
9. For Floater, Lincoln's choice.
3. For Sheriff.
4. For County Treasurer.
| 5. For Assessor.
6. For County Superintendent of
Education.
Z. For Surveyor.
8. For Coroner and Ranger.
9. For one Supervisor in each
Beat.
10. For Two Justices of the Peace
in each Beat.
IL. For one Constable in each Beat.
Second. That all Democratic
voters and all persons who propose to
affiliate with the Democratic party,
and who pledge themselves to sup
port the Democratic nominees at the
general election in November next, be
allowed to vote at the said primary
election This second resolution is the
substitute adopted at the special meeting
of the Committee May 81.
| Third. Be it further resolved, That
at the said Democratic primary cleo
ton there shall be elected delegates
to County Convention, which con-
vention is hereby called for the pur
pose of sending delegates to the Dem
ocratic State Convention to meet in
July next, the election of u new
Democratic County Executive Com
mittee, and generally to do what to
said county convention shall seem
meet and proper. The said county con-
vention is calledto meet in the court
house in Brookhaven on Saturday, the
18th day of July, 1889. The number
of delegates, to be elected by each
precinct shall be as follows:
BrOOkhaven, both boxes voting
at the court house, five delegates;
Bogue Chitto. three delegates; Mont
gomery, two delegates; Good Water,
five delegates; Fair River, five dele
gates; McClendOn's School House, ten
delegates; Sheep Shed or Adams, five
delegates; Lard's Mill, five delegates;
Caseyville, four delegate; Vaughn's
three delegates and East's Mill three
delegates.
Fourth. Be it further resolved,
That the said primary election shall
be held on Tuesday, the 9th day of
July, 1889, and the same shall be con-
Quoted by well-known Democrats who
shall be appointed and requested to
act in the premises by this commit
tee at a meeting thereof which is
hereby called to assemble at the court
house in Brookhaven, on Tuesday, the
25th day of June next.
| Fifth. Be it further resolved, That
the said Inspectors and clerks are re-
Iuested to hold the said election
(save that no person except those
| above declared to be entitled thereto
shall be permitted to vote) as cleo
tons are held under the laws of this
State for the election of officers, but
section 1877 of the Code, prescribing
the form and size of ballots shall not
apply. The returns of the said Demo-
cratic primary election shall be made
to the Democratic County Executive
Commute at the court house in
| BroOkhaven, at II o'clock M. on the
day after the said election. The said
Clerks and Inspectors are requested
and charged to keep a roll of all per-
sons voting and in case they see
proper they can, if any voter is chal-
lenged, or if they, or either of them
doubt the right of any person to vote,
require satisfactory evidence of such
persons right; and they can reject
any vote offered if they think the
person offering is not Iightfully en-
titled to have the same received.
Any person interested, however, may
contest the election held at any voting
place in the county and may bring the
facts before the Executive Committee
for final determination. The said
clerks and officers will preserve and
bring before the Executive Commit
tee the ballots cast; also their tally
sheets and counting of the same.
Sixth. Be it further resolved,
That this committee shall meet at the
court house in Brookhaven, at 12I
o'clock NJ. on the day after the cleo.
ton, and shall receive the returns
therefrOm. They shall tabulate the
whole vote of the county, shall settle
any contest that shall be made, &C
cording to truth and justice, and shall
declare as having been nominated as
the Democratic candidate for each
office voted for the white person who
shall have received the highest num-
Der of votes therefor, and shall de-
clare and publish the result. They
shall further declare the result and
announce who are elected delegates to
the said County Convention.
Seventh. Be it further resolved,
That the newspapers of the county
be requested to publish these resolu-
tons.
Thereupon, on motion the commit
tee adjourned to meet as provided in
these resOlu tiOns.