The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-05-30
THE PRIMARY.
THE ACTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMIT AT
THEIR APRIL MEET
ING.

called the meeting to order. a.
Aewenthal, Jr., acted as Secretary.
The following resolutions were
introduced and unanimously passed {:
BE it resolved 10y 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 u
Democratic candidate for the follow
ing Offices respectively:
For Representative.
2. For Floater, Lincoln's choice.
3. For Sheriff.
4. For County Treasurer.
5. For Assessor.
8. For County Superintendent of
Education.
Z. For Surveyor.
=. For Coroner and Ranger.
9. For one Supervisor in each
Beat.
10. For Two Justices of the Peace
in each Beat.
II. For one Constable in each Beat.
Second. Be it further resolved,
that at said primary election the fol-
lowing persons, and no others, shall
be entitled to vote, tO-wit A: All white
voters, who are known as Democrats,
who state on honor they are such,
and who voted the Democratic ticket
at the last election, and who pledge
themselves to vote for the Democratic
State ticket and for the whole ticket
that shall be nominated at the said
Democratic primary election; Pro-
vided, any young man who has be-
come of age since last election, and
persons who did not vote at last cleo
ton, shall not be excluded ON that
account, if they are otherwise quail
fed.
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 a 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 called to 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;
Boguc ChittO. three delegates; Mont
gomcry, two delegates; Good Water,
five delegates; Fair River, five dele
gates; McClemdon's School House, ten
delegates; Sheep Shed OF Adams, five
delegates; Lard's Mill, five delegates;
Caseyville, four delegate; Naughn'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 10y well-known Democrats who
shall be appointed and requested to
act in the premises by this commit
tee at meeting thereof which is
hereby called to assemble al the court
house i'll Broollhaven, on Tuesday, the
25th day OF June next.
Fifth. BE it further resolved, That
the said Inspectors and clerks are re-
quested to hold the said election
(save that no person except those
above declared to be entitled thereto
shall be permitted to v0te) 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
COMMITTEE at the court house in
BrOokhaven, at - o'clock NJ. on the
day after the said election. The said
Clerks and Inspectors are requested
and charged to keep roll Of all per-
sons voting and in case they see
proper they can, if any voter is chal-
lenged, or if they, OF 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 lightfully en-
titled to have the same received.
ANY DtISbu inltItSttNt, HpN CNtI Hld
contest the election heldat 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 y
o'clock NJ. on the day after the elec.
ton, and shall receive the returns
therefrom. They shall tabulate the
whole vote of the county, shall settle
any contest that shall be made, ac-
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.