The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-08-04

g%ressional convention the
thereto appointed by the 81
vention aforesaid, and 81 AS
from the delegation to said
slonal convention, two mem
this convention from said oo5.
a member Of IT'S COMMITTEES
tions and
Whereas the Integrity ot asb
o%cratic organization Of thecoa,
district should be carefully
and guarded, and no c-ounteaan@
given to any acts Or things d
persons acting outside the Iine
ty duty and precedent, theFssoa
Resolved, That this eommltin
ceives and recognizes those vote.
cast at the boxes held under fs
tbority Of the Democratic
committee Of the said ooaa#
which the said Robt, =. Bobo lss
man, and refuses to recoe6l
consider any other.
Resolved, further, That this
mittee 10 proceeding to tabuiaa
state the final results Of the saa
mary election held On July 1lth. Ms
viii take intoa only tie fe
made BY the aforesaid commltte
which are duly certified by ths IA
r. r. Bobo, chairman and e. Las.
derson, as secretary, and viii des
the result Of said election So ir
Coahoma-county is concerned, 81
erence only to said returns mad
the votes cast for a Democratic no7
nee for congress, and for members
the Democratic executive commlas
Of this district from the district
large.
Resolved, further, That AZ
votes and returns aforesaid shos +
II. Lombard and W, A. Alcorn t'
received the undisputed vote 81
county FOR members Of the Dem@t
ic congressional executive commit
aforesaid from Coahoma county,
are hereby declared elected as u.a.
bers Of said committee for and m
said county.
Mr.. Chas. Scott offered tile Aoa
ing resolution as a substitute Ton t
foregoing
Ordered, That, whereas, in
| county of Coah0ma there appear tob
two executive committees, each II
said committees claiming to be th
regularly constituted Democratic h.
ecutive committee of that county aa
Of said committees designated as Ne
"Old committee having been Cb0si
as the county executive committed
1895 the other committee desigHs
ed as the new committee, hagiaH
been chosen by the delegated conYgi
ton of that county in 1896 and +
further appears that each OF al
committees ordered a primary I'd @0
county to be held on the 18th day
July, 1898, prescribing the sameq ami
tfcations for those entitled TO pafts
! ipate therein and it further apBeif
that the voters who participated D
each Of these primaries were willie
QUALIFIED Democratic electors, ui
voted at their respective prfmars
fairly, aud under the honest belle
that the primary In which they r0la
was being legally held now, in o.
interest OF peace and harmony with.
the Democratic ranks, and TO ag3.
DISTINGUISHING Democratic electol
this committee will count the votl
cast in both Of said primaries, elem.
mating all double votes, that Is, 8
votes where the electors voted in bot
primaries, aud the vote isl declared
be as follows in said county tO-wit
For n. @. Catchlngs, 28S for Pl
Henry ia for w. g. Yerger, ,. q
Chiffon, u Mark, j. C. johnson, {
II. Blum, j. X. Vardaman and w
Pearman, 283 votes each for memba.
OF the congressional committee &
Geo. Anderson, Frank Hirsh, D.
Smith, j. r. Peterson, p. g. Chal
man, j. L. Gillespie and J, wv. Cutr.
for members OF said committee, Il
votes each.
And it is further resolved 10 q
interest Of harmony, r. N. Harris,
Coahoma county, having slgnified b
willingness thereto, That Tie foll0i
ing be declared elected as members
the congressional ommittee from sal
county r, Z. Ralston and q. I
Lombard, and
Resolved, an objections having bee
withdrawn to the votes east III Gil
various counties as shown BY the Il
turns made % this committee, thi
Thos G. Catchings BE, ana Is hei
unanimously declared Is BE the regl
larry elected Democratic nominee Z
congress from the 3rd COMPRESSION
district Of Mississippi, he having +.
ceiyed 2292 votes, and Hon Pat HeI
ny having received 1917 votes Dc g
primary election held IA said distfll
on July lIth 1898 and the f0llog
ing are unanimously declared the ii
~ elected member OF tile Democrat
executive committee 0f this dlstril
for the district at large5 VIC. Ye
ger, ]. e. johnson, Z. Marx, q. u
Chiffon, q II. Blum, w d Pearma
and George Anderson and tie 70
lowing are declared tie members Z
said executive committee from u
several counties, to-wit Tunig
county-Leo Lesser and e. G. Bower
Quitman c0unty-W. 3. CLARK az