Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-09-18
COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
The Hooker Men Win an Easy Victory
No Praise for Grover.

urday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock and,
i'm the absence of the chairman of the
county executive committee, was called
to order by DR.. r. r. Applewhite.
On motion Isaac Smith, ST., was
elected temporary chairman and W. G.
Summers temporary secretary.
On motion a committee Of five on
credentials, one from each supervisors
district, was appointed as follows
No. 1-E. NJ. Bee.
No. 2-Gus Furr.
No. 3-Dr. c. P. Conerly.
No. S. H. Pepper.
No. 5-Luther Blue.
Owing to the little interest which
had been taken in the precinct meet
ings and the large number of proxies
claiming seats, the committee on Gre
dentials found great difficulty and
consumed much time in making up
their report. As good parliamenta-
rian as DR.. Applewhite had all he
COULD do to keep the convention from
getting in hopeless tangle after the
committee made its first report, and it
had to be sent back second time be-
fore it could be ascertained who pres
ent was entitled to participate.
Those who actually participated in
the proceedings either as regular del
egates or proxies we're as follows:
Isaac Smith, ST., w. L. Powell, j. M.
Ratclif, w. +. Parsons, Henry M.
Smith, Chas. McNair, II. Cassidy, Jr.,
Il. d. Cassidy, Chas. Chrisman, r.
w. McNair, E. NJ. Bee, j. b. Daughtry,
Gus Furr, j. G.. Cosnahan, j. f. Smith,
J. c. Eurr W. =, Brewer, E. B. Sum
mers, \. NJ. Summers, W. @. Summers,
C, +. Conerly, Robt, Criscoe, w, r.
Reeves, James G. Tyler, J. A. j. Hart,
}. w. Brent, w. M. Price, w. w. Hall,
Ham Easterling, r. II. Applewhite, r.
J. Applewhitc, Irwin Dmith, S. II. Pep
per, Luther Blue, ST.: Prentiss Buie,
W. r. Williams, Owen Easterling, An
Zey.
When the roll Of delegates was com
pleted, on motion of DR.. Applewhite
the temporary organization was made
permanent.
No sooner was this done than Mr.
Chrisman introduced resolution en-
dorsing the National Democratic plat
form whisky plank and ALL, endors
ing the congressional record Of Con
gresham Hooker and the rest Of Mis-
| sissipiis delegation in the h3rd con
gress and at the same time endors
ing President Cleveland and his ad
ministration.
The resolution seemed to be about
to go through by unanimous consent
when Mr.. Hiram Cassidy. arose anc
objected strongly to its adoption OF
the ground that the convention coult
not with any consistency endorse thu
record of Mississippiis Senators ant
Representative and the financial poll
cy of the President at the same time
and moved to amend the resolution 81
as to endorse all but the financial pol
icy of the Administration. DR.. APP
plewhite shared the views expressed
by Mr.. Cassidy, but preferred to saw
time and talk by tabling the who'll
subject, which he moved to do. Mr.
Chrisman defended the financial poll
cy of the President in vigorous fiv'
minutes speech, but the motion to ia
BILE prevailed almost unanimously.
Mr.. Chrisman next offered the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That the convention pro
coed to ballot for the three candidates
for congress, and that the vote t.
which this county is entitled in tn,
congressional convention, be proratet
to them according to the number o
votes each one receives, and that tn,
delegates to the congressional conven
ton be and are hereby instructed t,
cast the vote of this county in sale
convention accordingly.
Resolved 2nd, That the delegates il
this convention favoring each candi
date select one delegate favorable t,
each candidate to the congressional
convention to cast the vote, votes o
fraction of vote for the candidate en-
titled to receive it, and that the per
sons so selected be the delegates from
the county to the district convention
Before any thing else was said OF
done Mr.. Buie offered the following a
a substitute
Resolved, That this convention
heartily approves the course of ou
distinguished representative in pres
ent congress of the United States, tn
Hon. G. E. Hooker, and the delegate
from Lincoln county to the congress
ional district convention to convene il
the city of Canton on Wednesday, tn
10Th inst, are hereby instructed to cas-
the vote of said county in said distric
convention for the Hon. Chas E. Hook
er, for reorganization to the position h.
now fills with such distinguished abil
ity and to use all honorable means
to secure that result.
Messrs Chrisman and Cassidy spok
against the substitute and Applewhit,
| for 1t.
Mr.. Chrisman moved to table th
substitute. The vote on this motion
which was taken by rising, DISCLOSED
! the fact that there were but 8 anti
Hooker men in the convention.