The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-24

| be read with interest all over the
State:
Greenwood, Miss, May 10, 1900.
''To the Democracy of Mississippi
'It is manifest that the State
Democratic executive committee
has determined to stand by the
Funwarranted, unauthorized and
unfortunate order adopted by it
at its last meeting in the City of
jackson. notwithstanding the null
titudinous protests which have
gone from the people, the almost
universal condemnation at the
hands of the State press, and
the widespread dissatisfaction
which has permeated the Democ-
racy of the entire state, the COM
mittee remains obdurate. have
searched the annals of the politi-
cal history of the State for par
alle1 or precedent for this extra
ordinary proceeding; but l find
nothing to approach it in its per-
versity and contemptuous disre-
gard for the wishes of the people.
Absolutely it evinces spirit less
regardful of the popular will than
that which inspired the million
aire Vanderbilt when he said
The people be damned. And
the wickedest feature about the
whole matter is the hypocritical
effort on the part of the commit
tee 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 settlement of this
matter-to make it possible for
the Democrats of the State to
vote intelligentlv on the question
of selecting delegates and cleo
tors, and also avoiding the pos
sibilities of split in the party
ranks, l suggest that the county
executive committees Cor, if the
county executive committees be-
long to the iniquitous trust of
which the present State execu-
tive committee is at the head, and
should refuse to aCt) that the peo-
pie of the counties assemble in
mass meeting and appoint dele
gates to convention to be held
in the City of Jackson on the 5th
day of June, 1900, for the purpose
of nominating ticket for presi-
dental electors and delegates to
the Kansas City convention; also
for members of a new State ex-
ecutive committee, all of whom
shall be voted for at the general
State primary of June p, 1900.
SIT will also be well for this
convention to adopt a platform
which shall be instructions to the
delegates to the national conven-
ton, should the delegates nomi-
mated by this convention be
chosen at the general primary
election of June 21. Itwould be eX-
ceedingly imprudent and unwise
to send delegates to the national
convention who will be called up
on to deal with new issues, with
out some expression from the
people upon such issues to guide
them. This method, l submit,
is fair, Just and essentially Demo
cratic. twill insure the election OF
men to these places of honor who
will not barter the party's interest,
speculate in it's prospects, or dis
honor it's record. 1t will also, |
hope, defeat the ends and thwart
the schemes of that closed cor
poration which the State eXeCu-
tive committee has shown itself
to be. l 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 unscrupulous poll
tician, who is unwilling to wear
the collar and to be led about as
political poodle, who still believes
in that old fogy doctrine that
the people are capable of self
government urge upon you
to rise to the full meas