The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1904-04-30
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE
SELECTS JUNE 18TH
To Select Delegates TO the National
Convention Attention Of the EIec-
tors Called to the Provisions Of the
Primary Election Law Regarding
How Delegates Shall Be Selected.

The State Democratic Executive Com
. mittee met at Jackson Monday morning
in the Senate chamber, pursuantto thu
call issued by Chairman g. G. Miller O
Meridian, for the purpose Of selecting q
date for the holding OF the State Demo.
cratic convention. Wednesday, June IL
was the date set for the convention.
4 The meeting was not as large as was
expected. DR.. o. B. Quinn Of McComt
City, was appointed acting secretary in
the absence Of G, A, Gordon, OF fort
Gibson, secretary.
On motion of Win Williams, OF Bran
don, the 18th of June was selected as the
day for the holding OF the State Demo-
cratic convention, at which time dele
gates to the National Democratic con-
vention will be selected and presidential
electors nominated,
Fhe question OF fitting up the halls for
the holding OF the convention was dis
cussed. One member suggested that
Mr.. Hearst be communicated with and
have Refreshments" arranged for the
occasion. He said y was understood
that these refreshments would be forth
coming IL notice was just given to Mr..
Hearst or his paid agents that the ''nec-
essariesN were wanted. No official notl.
fication was given to Mr.. Hearst as il
was understood that the men would be
on the ground when the Convention as
sembled, and with plenty of "refresh.
ments" for the weary,
A eommittee composed OF Messrs. j.
W. Power, John A. Webb and II. L,
Maxwell, was appointed to get the House
OF Representatives in proper shape, pro-
viding chairs, ETC., for the holding Of the
convention in June,
The question OF how the delegates to
the State convention we're TO be selected
was the subject OF much discussion.
The primary election law provides the
manner in which the county delegates
are elected, but the question OF gettiae
this law before the people perplexed the
committee TO some extent. 1t was final
ly decided to call the attention OF the
electors to the provisions Of the law.
The amendment to the primary eiee=
tion law adopted BY the Legislative aes-.
sion, and approved on the 9th OF March
by the Governor, 10 which the committee
calls attention in its resolution, Ia as
| follows;
"The State Executive Committee shall
consist of three members from each con-
gressional district, to be chosen by the
delegates from the different congression.
al districts, each district acting sepa-
rateiyI and shall hold four years, and
until their successors are chosen. A
State convention shall be held by each
political party in this State in the year
1904, and every four years thereafter, to
select State Executive Committee, to
appoint delegates to the national con-
vention, and to nominate presidential
electors. Each county shall be entitled
in the State convention to number OF
votes equal to double its vote in the
House OF Representative. The delegates
are to be selected by county delegate
conventions, to be held in each county.
Delegates shall be apportioped equally
among the supervisors districts in each
county, or each precinct in the county
shall be given representation in the
county delegate convention in proper
ton to the votes cast at the preceding
presidential election for Its party candi-
date. The County Executive Commit
tee shall designate date and the num-
Der OF delegates to be elected, giving at
least ten days notice for the precinct
election, on which date the electors OF
such precinct shall meet at 10 O'Clock a.
m. at the usual voting places and by se-
cret ballot elect delegates to represent
such voting precinct In the county con-
vention. The delegate convention OF
each county shall choose a county exc
cntive committee, consisting of three
members from each supervisors district,
as above provided, who shall hold until
the county convenes four years later*|. /"
| Before leaving jackson Chairman Mill
Ter issued the formal notice of the con-
vention.
To the Democratic Electors OF the State
OF Mississippi;
i Notice is hereby given that at meet
ing Of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, held in jackson, Miss, on
the 18th day Of April, 1904, by resolu-
tion then and there duly passed, 1t was
ordered that State Democratic conyen.
tion be held In the city Of Jackson, on
Wednesday, the 10Th day Of June, 1904
for the purpose OF selecting State Ex-
ecutiye Committe, to appoint delegates
! to the National Democratic Convention
and to nominate Democratic presiden-
tial electors, and TO transact such other
, business as may come before it. Coun-
ty executive committees, in selecting de-
legates to the county and State conven-
tioas, are requested to observe Sec. 1
Of the act of the Legislature amending
Sec. 8, Of the laws 1902, approved March
9, 1904, copy of which is hereto ap-
pended.
!, Dated at jackson, Miss, this the 25tt
day Of April, 1904. O. G. MILLER,
Chairman
] Ca. Gordon, secretary.