The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-05-14
THE COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
Proceedings of Last Mondays
Mass Meeting.

NhhSS NutttiHp.
Pursuant to call Of the chairman of llr
Democratic Executive Committee, n mas
meeting oi the citizens Of Lincol cnm'!
WAS held at the Court House in Book ha
ven on Monday, the llth day of May
1891.
The meeting was called to order b,
Judge Cassidy, Chairman Of the Demo
cratic Executive Comnitte tee.
On motion, DIR. X. X. Apllewhite. wa
elected permanent chairman and II. W
] McNair secretary.
On motion by a. Lcwcnthal, Jr., til,
chairman appointed u committee of iiv,
consisting of II. Cassidy, from district
No. |; j. NJ. Girault, district No. 2; N
b. Brewer, district No. 3; Edward Smith
district No. 4, and DIR. J. w. Magee dis
trict No. 5, to select suitable persons to b,
! cleo ted as delegates to The State Cumven.
ton 10 be held in Jackson on the 18Th
day of July to nominate candidates fol
Railroad Commissioner.
The following resolution was offered by
B. I. Hobbs and unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Lincoln county has been
ably represented on the Railroad Commits.
sion in the person of Hon. j. +, Sessions
and,
WHEREAS, Approaching the services
rendered by him to his State and county
Therefore DO it
Resolred, BY the Democrats of Lincoln
county, in mass meeting assembled, that
we indorse Hon. j. +. Sessions for re-elcc-
ton to the honorable position which he
now holds, and that our delegates to the
State Convention be instructed to vote for
him first, last and all the time and use all
hOuOrOble means TO secure his nominal
ton.
Hon. E. Barksdale was then introduced
by the chairman, who addressed the peo-
pie on the Sub-Treasury bill and other
issues.
Tie committee to select delegates to
State convention reported as follows:
From the county at large--Dr. j. w. Ma
gee, A. c. McNair, r. II. Thompson, X. W.
McNair, II. II. Applewbite, Jno. W. Mar
tin and II. Cassidy, Jr.
Beat IT. S. Gotten and Z. G. Milan.
Beat PERRY Smith and n. b. Johnson
Beat ga. NJ. Summers and w. J. Will
liams.
Beat ed. Smith and Enoch Carruth
Beat SIS. p. Mckee and Luther Blue.
On motion of I. S. Gotten, Judge Cas-
sedy was added to the delegation from The
county at large.
The following resolution was offered by
b. L. Hobbs
Whereas, The Democracy of Lincoln
county, in mass meeting assembled, rccog-
nize in Hon. +. Barkstialc consistent
and loyal champion of the people, whose
record is one long series of battles for the
masses against the classes and, Where
as, in him we have an able and unfaltcr-
ing exponent of true democracy therefore
be it
Resolved. That this mass meeting heart
lily endorses his candidacy for the L. S.
Senate, and cordially comments him to
the Democratic masses throughout Mis-
sissippi for the exalted and responsible
position to which he aspires.
After being discussed by B. I. Hobbs
and r. II. Applewhite (Judge Cassidy in
the chair), during which it was urged 10y
DR.. Applewhite that this was IL matter
which did not properly come within the
call or work of this meeting, and that ac-
ton now taken would not give a fair ex-
preston of the sentiment of the people of
the county, the resolution was tabled by
vote of % too.
b. Il. Hobbs introduced the following,
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That the County Democratic
Executive Committee is hereby requested
to order primary election for the pur.
pose of ascertaining the choice of the De-
mocracy of this county for district attor-
ney, State Senator. Representative,
FlOater Representative, and all county
and county district or beat officers, and
that said primary election be held not
earlier than the 10th day of July.
On motion of L. s. Gotten, the county
papers were requested to publish the pro-
ceedings of this meeting.
There being no further business, on mo-
ton of Fl. Cassidy the meeting adjourn
ed. R. r. APPLEWHITE,
Chairman.