The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-10-24
LETTER FROM Mr.. MoGEHtE.

ing YOU WOuiU DidCc iHt I'm luHiUpot-
ly before the people, Intentionally,
| therefore ask space III your paper
70 place myselfin ia proper light be-
fore the people of Pike county.
Firs', you leave the impression
that | pledged the $ .nator to Pike
the frat term in Constitutional
Convention. Now, | will state tn at
after Franklin aud Pike had been
put III Senatorial district by the
committee on apportionmpnt, that
Hon. 5. L. Packwood said to me
one day in the clerks room, that
as Pikewas the largest he thought
Pike olght tO have the Senator
first, and remarked as far AS !
was concerned l had no objection,
bur did not pledge my county nor
did / have a right to do 80. AT that
time ! thought Pike was entitled
TO the s. nator under the old ap-
portionment this term, but after
wards found out that she was not.
AS stated at Magnolia, / was not
candidate and WAS endorsed by
"a Convention composed OF "a dele
gates. without amy solicitations on
my part, and afterwards received
the vote Of my county in primary
election without opposition. So,
what | said 10 Mr.. Pack wood has
nothing on earth to do with my
nomination by ths joint Senatorial
Convention.
You arc in error, | think, when
you say that Hon. j. q. Lankin
said that he couli not afford "a
notice my challenge, because b.
lid not recognize me as candi
date, cert ,inly not as Democrat
IL candidate. Now, Mr.. Lamkin
did not take this position at
Whitestown and HOlmesville in
our jaint iii cussions. His chief re !.
son is very plain to every one, he
cause he. knew that if he acrepfed
either Of the two first propositions
that it wOuli put him out OF the
race, because | would have shown
beyond shadow of a doubt thar
il has besn the Democratic p Gee
dent in all adjoining counties in
senatorial and tioatoral conven-
tiuns to have an equal de egation
and that Franklin was acCurde
an equal vote in Senatorial con.
vention in Summit, Sept. 10; aid
that ! would have shown that
was fairly nominatet by 80 out oi
the 80 delegates composing said
convention.
You say Mr.. Lamkin, iu the
opinion of many, proved hey yond
the shadow of doubt, that he
was the regular Democratic nomi
nee for State Senator. don't see
how on earth you can make this
when showed that DIR. Wroi en-
never was legally elected chair.
man. and if Mr.. Price acted as sec
retary it was after they left the
convention. Sheriff Butler wa
elected temporary chairman by 81
votes aid elected permanent chair
man by 80 votes, and ! WAS nomi
nat, d Senator, receiving out of the
80 delegates 80 votes. Now, fol
arguments sake, admit Pike had
votes to Franklin's 3, then Butler
received 3 40 votes and Wroiei
only 3 is; | received 3 4-5 Il
/ Lamkin 9 1-5, according to whol'
number of votes cast, 80 ont o
80, making me ths regular nOmi
nee any way you eau FIX II. YOI
certainly do not claim that a pOr
ton of the delegates from Pix
had right TO nominate y Sena
tor for the two counties; if so it i
. an unheard of precedent. Now fo
. the delegates from the 3rd disiric
of Pike, they never did agree tha
DIR. Quin should cast their vote
and Pixies delegation was not ia
. sfrucied to vote AZ unit and n
caucus had a right TO insirue
f them, no power only the conver
tlon that appointed them. VIA
: was the instructions of tue CONVEX
= tioni Resoll led, that we inslruC
], our tis lrgates to vote for Hon. .
e q. Lamkin, pIovid, d Frsnkli
4 cOnce = the S-na or to Pike. Ans
8 after tnis, Mr.. LaukIn wais ell tl
!. instruction. aud Went before ii
' prim ,rS election without any Ord'
b OF Democratic Executive CoInmi
Zee submi ting the noinin ltion
Senator TO primary election, whis
It left The voice of the penple at Il
Il oils the in -tructIOn for the del
l. ga'es from each district. And
{ refrren e TO returns you Will s
Il hat The 3rd district certainly ]
le strurled agaius' Mr.. Lamsin, !
II rhouga they ,ot d for him on
II btIl"t and he might have re
H. nominated hai his friends not q
III ser, ed him betore the convent
> WAS properly organized.
III Yours respectfully.
K j. IL. MCGEHEE.
IL Little Springs, Miss.