Hattiesburg daily news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1907-1908, 1908-04-29
Neutrality-suspicious.
TO BE HELD SOON
The Republicans State Organiza-
tons Are to Assemble Here
Tomorrow,

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next will witness the assembling oil
numerous conventions in the state Of
Mississippi, and of which Jackson
will get a large percentage.
On April 20 the Democratic state
executive committee, of which G. L.
Lomax of Greenwood is chairman,
meets in this city for the purpose of
selecting the time and place of hold
ing the state Democratic convention.
This convention will select 20 dele
gates to the national convention which
meets at Denver, and 1t is presumed
they will be instructed to vote as a
unit for w. ]. Bryan for the presi-
Dental nomination as there is no op-
position to that gentleman in this
section Of the country. Because Of
this unanimity of sentiment for Mr..
Bryan there will be little of interest
In the selection of delegates save
from the state at large. 1t is custo-
mary here to make the two United
States senators, the governor and ex-
governor or some other distinguished
gentleman state at large delegates,
and there has been small friction
over their selection. This year, how
ever, Mississippi has practically
three senators-counting John Sharp
Williams as one and of course he will
be one of the delegates. Governor
Noel, Ex-Governor vardaman, ex-Gov-
ernor Longino and Ex-Governor Low
ry are all in line for places on the
state-at-large delegation, and it may
be that there will be hitch over
choice.
On the same day, April 49,. the Re-
publican state convention meets in
Jackson for the selection of delegates
to the national Republican conven-
ton and this gathering has never yet
failed to produce copy for the report
ers. There will be two sets of dele
gates here from nearly If not all the
districts, and two sets of delegates to
Chicago are among the certainties.
The Taft contingent holds the party
reins, AID viii be in-the+ saddle. They
are the brains of the Republican
party of the state, and have already
arranged to elect the delegation. The
Foraker crowd. representing the rank
and file of the party, will no doubt
elect a. separate and distinct delega-
ton, counting on a showing at the
convention in the event the Foraker
men have the authority to seat them.
The policy of the Taft crowd will be
to give the negroes half the delegates
the Foraker delegation will be made
up almost, If not quite, of negroes.
few If any white men supporting that
gentlemen here.
Next day, April 80, the State Teach
ers' Association meets in jackson.
This is the largest organization in
the state, and is expecting to bring at
least 1000 visitors to jackson for a
threedays' stay. The capacity of the
hotels and boarding houses win be
taxed to their utmost to take care of
such great addition to the popula-
ton, but the local committees have
made places for all corners, and they
need not fear having to sleep on the
park benches or live on ham sand
witches, as Jackson never yet failed to
take care of the strangers within her
gates.
The State Sunday School conven-
ton will take another large crowd to
Greenwood on the 2sth, goth and Both.
Of April.
The Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church will meet in Jack
son on the 18th of May.
The Mississippi Bankers associa-
ton is scheduled for Brookhaven on
the 18th and 14th of May and at ad-
journment the members will take the
!.usuai- sxesafs s, -geing-Ea East this time,
and visiting many places of interest
from Washington, New York. Niarg-
ara Falls and along the ST. Lawrence
to Detroit and Chicago.
On May 18th the Mississippi Press
association gathers at Hattiesburg
where three days will be spent in
business and pleasure. In view of