The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-05-26

In an open letter to the Democ
racy of the State, Major James K
Vardaman of Greenwood calls {
conve ntion to take place at Jack
son on June the 5th, delegates tc
which shall be selected by mas:
meetings previously held in the
counties. Major Vardaman bases
his call on the fact that the Estate
exc cutive committee has evident
ly determi ned to stand by it's I'M
war rented action" Following is
the full text of the call, which will
be read with interest all over tn e
State:
Greenwood, Mi S., May 49, 1900.
ITO the Democracy of Mississippi:
sit Is manifest that the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee has deter
mined to stand by the unwarranted, un-
authorized and unfortunate order adopt
ed by it at its last meeting in the City
of Jackson. Notwithstanding the null
titudinous protests which have gone
up from the people, the almost universal
Inflammation at the hand of the State
press, and the widespread dissatisfac-
ton which has permeated the Demo-
cracy of the entire State, the commit
tee remains obdurate. have search
ed the annals Of the political history of
the State for a parallel or proceeding
but find nothing to approach it in its
perversity and contemptuous disregard
for the wishes of the people. Abso-
lutely it evinces spirit less regardfnl
OF the popular will than shat which ih-
spired the millionaire yanderbuilt
when he said The people be damned.
And the wickedest feature about Oh
whole matter is the hypocriti cal effort
on the part of the committee to make
it appear that it is all done for the |
good OF the most--a proposition as
fraudulent as it is transparent Now
in order to bring about a settlement of
this matter-to make it pc ssible for
the Democrats OF the State to vote in
diligently and effectively on the ques-
ton of selecting delegates and electo rs
and also avoiding the possibility of a
split in the party ranks, I sugge st that
the county executive commit ees Tor,
1t the conunty executive committees
belong to iniquitous trust of which tn
present State executive committee is
the head, and should refuse to act) that
the people OF the counties assemble in
mass meeting and appoint delegates
to convention to be held in the city
of jackson on the 9Th day of June, 1900
for the purpose of nominating ticket
for presidential electors and delegates
to the Kansas City convention, also for
members of a new State executive COM
mittee all of whom shall be voted for
at the general State primary of June,
Fl, 1900.
SIT will also be well for this conven
ton. to adopt platform which shall
be instructions to the delegates of the
national convention, should the dele
gates nominated by this convention be
chosen at the general primary election
of June 81, 1t would be exceedingly
imprudent and unwise to send dele
gates to the national convention who
will be called upon to deal with new
issues, without some expression
from the people upon such issues to
guide them. This method, | sub
nit, is fair just and essentially Demo
cratic. 1t will insure the election of
men to these place of honor who will
not barter the partys interest, specu-
late in its prospects. or dishonor its
splendid record. 1t will also, hope Z
defeat the ends and thwart the schemes v
of that closed corporation which the t.
State executive committee has shown T.
itself to be. beseech every honest
Democrat, in the spirit of party unity
who has one spark of self-respect left {
who is not the plant tool of some s.
politician, who is unwill- II
ing to wear a collar and to be led about a
IS a political poodle, who still believes 9
N that old fogy doctrine that the peO- =
Die are capable of self-government-I n
urge upon you to rise to the full meas ct
ire of manhood, assert your rights, re- n
ieve these unworthy servants of the -,
'eins of party government, and il nee =
ssaary, scourge the unsurper from the u
emple Of Democracy. Prompt and to
patriotic action should be taken. The