The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-07-20
CITI NE ING.
WORK Or THE Law AND ORDER
LEAGUE ENDORSED.
Further Steps to Suppress The Blind
TIGER and Kindred Evils.
Movement iOr White Primary q
Nominate Municipal Candidates.

Nominate Municipal CANDIDATES.
Pursuant to short call ciFcu
| lated Friday d goodly number o
i the representative citizens D
! Brookhaven met at the Mayor
lofice Friday evening at s O'Clock
Dr. /. w Cooper, chairman d
the last meeting, presided and b
I. Hobbs acted as secretary.
Hon. Thos. Brady was request
led by the chair to state the obiec
of the meeting, to which be re-
|sponded briefly, and the secretary
read the call for the information
Iof those present.
On motion of, W. mccullough
Messrs, Brady and Jones, attor.
lneys representing the Law anc
Order League, were thanked BIZ
a rising vote for their successful
efforts ID closing the Joint Of ID.
| 81. Bryant on the Brookhaven anc
Monticello road.
On further motion of Mr.. Nc
Cullough the League or Citizens
Committee and their attorneys
we're requested with the aid of the
local officers, to continue their
efforts against all blind tigers and
gambling places iii the city, ii moi
being the wish or intention Of any
one engaged in this movement for
the suppression of IaWlessness to
discriminate in favor Of Of
against any particular person or
persons.
This motion was also adopted
Iby a rising vote Of those present.
On motion of B. z. Hobbs the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen
were requested to exercise all the
diligence practicable in the adop-
ton and publication OF new code
of city ordinances, The city being
at the present practically without
any ordinances which it can legal
" enforce, IL resisted.
On further motion Of b. L.
Hobbs, the chair was authorized
and directed to appoint a commit
tee of ten citizens to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY Of holding a white
primary election BY the white
qualified electors Of BrookhaYen
on a date to be named hereafter,
for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the several munic-
ipal Offices to be filled at the next
regular city election, and report
by resolutions or otherwise at an
adjourned meeting.
The chair selected as said COM
mittee the following: b. T..
Hobbs, chairman; j. w. Nc
Grath, Henry Lewenthal, r. r.
Applewhite, David Cohn, @. New
ton, Thos. Brady, a. E. Moreton,
w. r. Parsons, B. f. GOA.
There were some vigorous
though brief speeches made DUR
ing the proceedings by M. McCul-
Tough, w r. Parsons, Thos. Bra
dye. w. Crisler and Chairman
Cooper, while the motions look
Ing to better law enforcement
we're pending. While no city or
county official was specifically
charged with wilful neglect or
|dereliction of duty, the spirit Of
the speeches and the meeting was
that the officers should all use
their utmost diligence in the
prompt, faithful and impartial
discharge of their official duties,
regardless Of where the chips fall.
Mr.. Parsons, ID bis characteris-
! tic, forceful style, deprecated the
idea of citizens having to organ
lie and have committees Oh
leagues to get officers to do their
plain official duty. He declared
that an officer was not only under
a solemn oath to discharge faith
fully the duties Of bis Office, but
that this was his business, just
as much as for the merchant and
his clerk to go to his store every
day and sell goods was their bus
mess. Not only So, but officers
are paid by the people for the
special purpose of executing the
llaw, and it is not fair and just to
lexpect citizens to neglect their
| own private business to look after
violations of the law and help the
Iofficers to do what is made their
special business and duty to do.
lIf they would go after the blind
| tigers and other law breakers Id
this energetic, bnsiness-Iike way,
one couldn't remain in the com
munity They ought to do II
without being spurred up in1this
way. He did not say, Of his own
personal knowledge, that any 81
/ the local officials had beer dere,
lliet ID the discharge Of their du.
tiles, but be was just speaking bis
honest sentiments as be viewed
the matter.
Mr.. Brady heartily endorsed
1.-THE views expressed by Mr.. Par.
lsons, but at the same time ex-
pressed himself as perfectly will
Limo. as citizen and lawyer. &c