The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-09-12
BLEDSOE ON COMMITTEE
He Elaborates On Action Of Com.
"A mittee in Naming S;sson
Nominee.

Nominee.
The history Of the meeting of til
District Executive Committee, At
Congressional District, held az EupOra
Miss, on Aug. 3lSt. 1908 to canvas
returns:
The committee met pursuant t
law and appointment at l:3O o. m
j. W. Buchanan, chairman-San
Cooke, secretary. There we're pre- S
ent by counties with the number o
votes for each county as follows
Attala 4 voteS-S L. Dodd, j. A
Davis. T. J. Boswell. Carroll 4 votes
w. NJ. Scraggs, 4. w. Norwood
Calhoun votes-I. L. Bates. Choc
taw votes-Lsm Seawright, S. B
DobbS. Clay votes no committee
men had been appointed by the Clay
county Executive Committee.
ChickaSaW vOteS-H. E. King,
proxy, Grenada voteS-O. f. Law.
renee, S. d. johnson. Montgomery
) votes-G. A. Mclean, Henry Hart.
Pontatoc 4 voteS-Claude PIttman,
proxy. Yalobusha votes-H. H.
Creekmore, G. V. BeadleS. Webster
2 votes-J. w. Bucnanan, Sam Cooke.
In all eleven counties and 38 votes.
Q. +. Bledsoe, one of the candidates
in the late primary, asked permission
from the committee to act as his
own attorney in all matters affecting
himself and was granted such per-
s,1iccinn 10 fh0rnilnnn nhioofo6 ~
the admission as committeeman Of
Frank A. Critz, who was claiming to
represent Clay county and Of Claude
Pittman, who was claiming to repreS-
ent POntatuc. In tile discussion it
was developed that Claude pittman
had modified proxy from Frank
Robertson, a regular committeeman
from Pontatoc, allowing said Pittman
to represent him the said Robertson,
in all matters except the B!edSOe
second primary matter. ThereupOn
the said Pittman was admitted as
such modified proxy. AS to Frank
A. Critz, claiming to represent Clay
county. it developed that the Clay
county Democratic Executive Com
mittee had not appointed amy district
committeeman, an by statute it was
their duty to do ana that Frank A.
CriZ had been acting as secretary Ut
the county exc. utive committee
in the place Of his son, Frank "A.
CritZ Jr, who was the real secretary
OF said committee, but who was SICK
After some discussion ia which Sam
Cooke, OF Webstef,. humorously in
sisted that the district committee vas
not the nursing mother of Clay county
and had 20 authority to supply defects
caused by Clay county's neglect OF
duty to nerSelt and that Frank A.
CriM lacked the essential prerequisite
of a commission, Of being SENT, as
were the apostles Qf old. Neverlhe-
less Frank A. Cri Z WAS seated to cast
the 4 vOtes-"f Clay county by the fol-
lowing votes. Aye: Attala 4, Carroll
4, Chickasaw 4, Choctaw,1 (Lem Sea.
wright), YaltbuSha (H. Fl. Greek.
more), Pt nlat,c 4. lu all 10 votes
No. Choctaw I Is. b. DDbbs), Cal. |
hcun 4, Grenada 8, Montgomery 3.
Webster 2. YalubuSha 2 C.. V. Bea- !
dles). In all Is votes. Thus tile |
committee was iLlly Organlzed with
a total OF 3S votes for the whole ois
trict.
ThereupOn written cOmmunicA.
ti0n from w. s; Hill, one of the con.
greSsiohal candidates, addressed to J.
w. Buchanan. chairman OF the dis
trict- committee, withdrawing his
name from the congressional race and
giving official notice Uf sach with.
drawal was read.
The election returns from the diff.
ferent Counties. were then read anu
tabulated with the following results
of the late primary election. Il. U.
SisSon received $3.50 votes. w. S
Hill 5iO5, o. f. Bledsoe l449 Total
votes 1858. SissOn 5 plurality over
Hill 364. Total majority over T. u
SisSOn 1885. On motion Of J. A.
Davis OF Attala, T. U. Sisson and w.
S. Hill were declared tC have received
the highest number OF votes cast,
Sam Cooke OF Webster then offered
q resolution as follows: ITO the end
that satisfact justice may be done
and that the spirit and intent of the
primary election law may be carried
out and that the paramount purpose OF
said law to wit that the people shall
rule in choosing their candidate for
Utfice may be complied with Be it
resolved that the names OF the Hon.
T. U. Sission and the Hon. O, F.
BledsOe be submitted to the voters OF
the said congressional district, to be
In second primary elec-
tion on the l4th day Of September
1908 as heretofore ordered. On mo-
tiOn of S. L. DOdd OF Attala this reSo-
luton was without any discussion
being allowed laid on the table by the
vote. Aye Attala 4,
Choctaw L, Lem Seawright. Carroll 4.
Clay 4, Chickasaw 4, Pontatoc (not
Yalobusha 2, H. H. Creek
more. Total ayes 10. No. Choctaw
2, S. B. Dobbs, Calhoun 4, Grenada
3, Montgomery 3, Yalobusha 2, G. V.
Dood1oc WohStpr 9 Total NOES TX |