The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1898-01-01

other sspirant, and therefore the
Executive Committee recommend
cd him to the Governor, as had
been done by an unanimous resolu-
ton of the Board of Supervisors
Il of the county. In making his APP
j pointment the Governor disregard
ed alike the expressions of the
i people in primary in Bolivar coun-
E ty and that of the Board of Super
yisors and Executive Committees
of this county.
The next regular vacancies to
be filled on said board will have
to be filled at the ensuing session
of the legislature. At meeting
of the Executive Committee, at
which every member except one
was present, either in person or by |
proxy, held December II, 1897,
he question came up as to Ito
committee taking action for the /
purpose of ascertaining the wishes
of the taxpayers, in pursuance of
the said resolution. While ma
jority of the committee strongly
| favored such action, at the request
of Mr., j. NJ. Jayne, q member of
said committee, the committee sd
journed its meeting until the 10th,
SO that the matter might be thor
oughIy discussed; at such adjourn
ed meeting, not desiring to useless {
ly vex the people with primaries
or conventions, by q unanimous :
vote of the members present the
wire to the Governor, as it has &
been published, was sent for the
purpose Of finding whether the r.
person recommended by the tax a
payers would be appointed by him, L
and it adjourned until 4 o'clock the
next eveningfo an answer, receiv- a
ing the same, however, on the &
night of the 10th. !.
You will note that the matter If
was discussed and the action taken al
by the Executive Committee in it's &
official capacity, and not by the at
chairman and secretary of said VI
committee, Is you state in your te
The Cover lle5,r friends "
here we're advised of what was ca
contemplated, and had voice in u
he deliberations of the commit 90
ee, and the Governor was aware je
rom previous experience of the aass
resolution referred to. and the ma pc
ure of the question submitted, viz; -
whether he would be governed by BIZ
he wishes expressed in convention IN
T primary of the Democrats
# the county az to whom he -
hould appoint on the levee board. sci
1t IS impossible that he could have art
cen influenced. as suggested by of
GU, by the fear that such conven-
ion or primary between which an'
he committee expressed no prefer an,
nce) as would be ordered would hy,
OF admit Of fair expression of I
Democratic opinion of the county hy5
such an assumption would have tina
cen, as the suggestion was, n mys
ross reflection upon the commit mu
re, unsupported by single fact, S S0S
warranted by the personelle of sAr.
lie committee, contradicted by the h.nn
story of Democratic conventions love
primaries in Washington coun- y, nn l
Z. However, there are no indi- dan
tions that the Governor or his W.,
lends here objected to any parti-
liar mode of ascertaining the 'V N
ishes of the people, but as stat Al n
in his message, the objection Lean
as that said wish when ascertain
might conflict with his views as Ma,
the proper person to be appoin- vi.
l, and in regard to this, while Wit
e committee criticised the pro- Wit
iety of the Governor subordi- VIZ,
ting the Wishes and welfare of An An
: taxpayers of the district to his
n views or personal preference,
" did not for moment ques. Sem'
n his statutory right to do so. ca,
respectfully request the publ . sea
ion of the above. know
Yours truly, ooulG
LEROY PERCY. Gays Gays.