The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-06-16

npMocRACY IN o

- having ordered a primary elec-
I'M" tor delegates to the National DEM
.;c convention, and for presidential
o 10 instead OF calling a State con.
e.:on as has been the time-honored
va ,o,y.sanctioned custom of selecting
- s,me. and the committee having
s,,-.d to reassemble to reconsider
%s. action, and many of the Demo-
mo- ns.;c and leading Demo-
Is.s Of the State having protested
ss.;nst that course, a convention was
As,,ad 70 meet in jackson on Tuesday,
Juue5
..nted by duly accredited delegates,
snd several others by citizens in sym
ratbv with the object for which the
Convention was called. In all there
.~.r. about two hundred good men and
,rus on the floor of representatives hall
.,,hen Hon. James X. Vardaman, of Le-
aore called the convention to order.
No briefly, but very forcibly, explained
a.. causes that resulted in the conven-
zion. and suggested that a permanent
orranization be effected. Whereupon
nr w. L. KERN of Holmes was elected
chairman, ]. L. Power of Kinds and j..
q Mcclure Of Yazoo secretaries.
A committee on resolutions was ap-
amounted, consisting of Messrs. James
r McCool, James X. vardaman, l.. M.
Smith. and for the several districts, Q.
Gao n My,ars g n Nall
W. S. Hill, ]. H. Neville. R. H. Henry.
The committee, through Major Varda-
man, reported the following, which
were adopted after some discussion,
and after the rejection of a substitute
offered by Judge Coleman of Lefore:
We, the Democrats of Mississippi, in
convention assembled, called together
because of the refusal of the State
executive committee to order a State
convention, in accordance with party
custom, to select delegates to the ma
tional Democratic convention, nominate
presidential electors, p~romulgate q
platform of principles and to elect a
new executive committee, adopt the
following resolutions IS expressing our
views on public and political questions
Of the day:
Resolved, first, That we deplore and
condemn the action of the Democratic
State executive committee for refusing
to call a State convention for the pur-
poses above set forth, and in lieu thereof
providing for the holding of a plurality
primary election to select national dele
gates and presidential electors, which
we cannot but regard as violative of
the unwritten law of the State, I'M
warranted, unnecessary and contrary to
Democratic practice and usage in this
State, and in the face of the wishes and
sentiments Of the great masses of the
Democracy Of Mississippi. We con-
denim that feature of the committees
action which tends to embarrass or de-
prive the Democracy of the State Of
opportunity to assemble and express
itself upon public issues and instruct
its delegates to the national Democratic
convention upon public questions, Is
well as for whom to cast the vote OF
this State for president. We condemn
the action of the committee in that II
violates immemorial Democratic Gus
tom by refusing to provide for the selec'
ton of its successors, thus tending to Q
perpetuation Of itself. The Democracy
of the State will not consent that any
set of men shall deprive it of the right
IN ca1arf tie Auun aDArto ara NC
however exalted in character such mer
may be. We refuse to surrender such
rights or permit them to be embarrassed
hence the assembling of this conven
ton, representing the Democracy O.
the State. We especially condemn The
action of the majority of the executive
committee in refusing to n thu
committee to reconsider their unwar
ranted, unprecedent, unnecessary ant
undemocratic action, and this we do
while at the same time favoring fai
and legal primary elections for tn
nomination of party candidates 70
election TO State, district and count,
offices. This stubborn refusal Of tn
committee to pay the least regard t
the wish of the people cannot be to-
severely condemned by the Democrat.
OF this Democratic State; therefore, t
save the harmony of the party, be it
Resolved, second, That this eonven
ton proceed to the nomination OF can
didates for presidential electors an,
delegates and alternate delegates t
the national Democratic convention, t
be voted for at the primary election
called by the State committee, June 81
and to that end the chairman of thi
convention is authorized to appoin
such committees as he may deem neces
sary to carry out the purposes of thi
resolution.
Resolved, third, That we ~reafirm an
pledge u support and allegiance t
the national Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1895, and we in
struct the delegates to be named b
this convention to the national Demo
cratic convention, to be held in Kansa
City, to cast the vote of this State TO
that peerless leader of Democracy, tina