The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1895-08-10

met IN Greenville on Augu., s' ,soS
Senator. an's1er
w.sa, wrIeasni, hVe regular delegates from
washington county. and oss ~ o;1i r. ',Onl .s.,
s slar delegates from sunHower coun,S
'0qf Has oo'as represented by proxies.
nan m, and Il. c. Watson secretary,
dae convention having organized
plseseosd to business. Whsreupon
sne hon: W. r. Trigg was placed IN
nomination, and there being no other
name placed before the convention !,
Proceeoed tg TO ballot. Whereupon The
wa " ssnlagson county delegation cast
nse so'ss 70 Tor the Hon. W. r. Trigg
and the sunfowsr county dsleestion Ss,
cast ave votes against him. Il wa.
inen coniended By Mr.. ]. S. Weiss, Of
the washington county delegation
'nst as the Hon. w. r. Trigg was ,hs
only candidate before the Convention,
Ina' ne was the nominee. No action
was 'aken on the suggestion. Where
upon The convention continued 10 hal.
lot until ffty ballots were taken. Ave
votes OF Washington county being for
the Hon W. II. Trigg, and 1--WE votes
81 ounnower county balng against
MIN. The convention then took q re.
cess until eight O'Clock In the evening
The convention upon re-sssemblinS
proceeded 10 ballot. All the number
OF ballots cast was 2l0. Whereupou
she convention adjourned until Aug
2, M 10 g. m.. when Il re-assembled
and proceeded to ballot, till three hun.
cred ballots had been cast.
Mr.. j. 5. Weiss renewed his ,urpss.
ton in The form Of motion, that w
X. Trigg had been nominated. as he
was the only candidate before the con.
vention. The char held tina, a ma
jority Of all the votes was neccssar,
to nomination.
The convention continued TO ballot
as before, until three hundred and
thirty ballots had been cast, with the
same results. The convention took 0
recess until pm.
The convention at / D. m. rsassem
bled and proceeded 10 ballot. As be-
fore, the Washington county delcga
tion oil the time casting five votes fol
the Hon. W. r. Trigg, and tho Sun
flower delegation casting five vote
against him.. After three hundred
and seventy.one ballots had been cast
the Hon. A. E. Anderson, Of the Sun
flower delegation, offered the follow
ing resollttoh: -
We, the delegates Of Sunfowe
county, In convention assembled witt
the delegates Of Washington count,
for the purpose Of nominating . Sen
ator 10 represent the counties of Sun
flower and Washington, have been Ii
constant session for the last twenty
four hours aud cast 371 ballots, All,
realizing Is we do the impossibility 0
making q nomination, VIC ask that q
a matter Of courtesy that the delega
tion Of Washington county submit t
su adjournment sine die.
Whereupon Hon. c. NJ. johnson, o
the Washington county delegation
offered the following resolution as
substitute for the resolution offeret
by the Hon. A. Z. Anderson:
Whereas, the joint convention be
tween Washington and Sunfowe
counties have been In session and CAS-
through their respective delegate
three hundred and seventy.one ballots
which ballots have been cast by Wash
Ington county for W. r. Trigg, ane
no other candidate having been nomi
mated and no other candidate havin,
received any other vote and, whereas
we learn that SunHower county ha
endorsed the candidacy Of the Hon
W. r. Trigg; and, whereas, Washing
ton county has instructed her Ave del
egstes to support W. r. Trigg iron
| frat to last and, whereas, there cal
be no valid objection urged agsins
tho candidacy Of the Hon. r, "
Trigg, therefore be 1t
Resolved, That while wc are sctus
/, ted by the kIndest and most consider
ate motives for our friends from Sur
flower county, We must positively an
unequivocally declare that believiD
the Hon. w. X. Trigg the choice Q
Washington and suD1owcr countie
for flotorisl Senator, and believing b
has been honestly nominated, and a.
ceptipg our Instructions from Wasi
: ington county as conclusive upon U
we now declare that we shall vol
and urge the nomination of the Hol
w. R. Trigg until be Is elected.
Whereupon the substitute was calle
up. for which the Washington count
delegation cast five votes, aud the SUI
: flower delegation cast five votes again
II. aud was lost. Then the origin
resolution was called up, and the SUI
flower delegation cast five votes for
+. and the Washington county deleg
!. t,on cast five votes against II. III
resolution was declared lost.
Il Then Mr.. Csruthers, Of the Sunflov
er delegation, offered the followln
resolution, for which the Sunfiow'
J delegation cast five votes, and u
washington county delegation ca
Ave votes against IL:
Whereas, 1t appears that an sgre
meut between the delegations
washington and Sunfower coun,l
: as 10 q floater Senator is imposslol