The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-05-26
STATE CONVENTION
WILL MEET IN JUNE.
Executive Committee Had Red
Hot Fight-Set Convention
Dates.

With fairly good attendance the
State Democratic Executive Commit
! tee met in jackson Saturday and
named June 16 as the date Of the
State Democratic Convention, June 5
for county conventions and June 3
| for beat conventions.
Frederick Sullens was named sec
retary of the Executive Committee
during the absence of Joseph z. Nor
wood; S. w. Mullens, of Tupelo, pre-
sided as chairman.
August IL was fixed as the date of
an election for the position Of Su-
preme Court judge from the North
ern district for which there are two
aspirants, Judge Anderson, and Judge
Sam G. Cook, the present incumbent.
A. S. Coody who held prixies in the
meeting introduced resolution ask
ing w. ]. Bryan to address the State
Convention but this was voted down
by the adoption of a substitute offer
ed by S. L. McLaurin which leaves
the invitation of speakers in the
hands of the convention itself.
A request from the Mississippi
League of Women Voters to be allow
ed to participants in the elections was
rejected on the ground that the COM
mittee was without legal authority to
act in this matter. The committee
however adopted resolution of re-
| gret that the women cannot vote.
The fight of the day came on a
resolution by Calvin Wells, of Jack
son, endorsing the administration of
President Wilson. A. S. Coody, T.
w. Boggan and w. A. Williamson
opposed the adoption though admit
ting that President Wilson was a
great man; one or two speakers could
not endorse his every act and de-
clined to be read out of the Demo-
cratic party therefor.
Judge Robert Powell, S. L. McLau-
rim and Calvin Wells maintained a
hight for the resolution and on the
request OF the chairman a motion to
table was withdrawn, harmony re-
stored and the resolution adopted.
The resolution ran as folloWs:-
Resolved, by the Democratic ex-
ecutive committee of the state of Mis-
sissippi assembled at Jackson, this
the 18th day of May, 1920, as fol-
lows, towit:-
First, we heartily and enthusias-
tically and triumphantly endorse the
administration of President Wilson,
the matchless leader of our party.
with its unqualified records of con-
structive legislation.
Second, we unQualifedly condemn
the tactics of the Republican major
ity in the House and Senate of the
United States in their frantic efforts
to discredit President Wilson, even
extending to the prolonging of the a.
gonies of crucified world, rather
than the ratifying of a treaty drawn
by the best brains of civilized man.
kind and ratified by all of the other
civilized governments Of the world.
lest our noble President should go
down in the history as the greatest
benefactor of civilization.
Third, We unqualifiedly condemn
those Republican leaders who, with
base perfidy to the nation, and the
world, seeking partisan advantage
and to further their personal ends,
have sold our birthright of the moral
mess of pottage of political advan-
tage.
Fourth, We further unuualifedly
condemn the Republican party, now
as ever the willing tool for the op-
preston of the many for the benefit
of the few, for its failure to pass
even one measure of constructive leg
islation for the relief of the toilingI
masses since it came into power in
the lawmaking branch of the Federal
government.
Resolved, further, that the secre-
.tary of this committee be directed to
forward a copy of these resolutions
to President Wilson,"
The members of the State Execu-
tive committee are as foIlows:-
First district-A. J. Mcintyre,
Boonville; J. w. p. Boggan, TupeIo;
I. j. Savage, Aberdeen and jackson.
Second District-John Kuykendall,
Charleston; w. A. Williams, Pleasant
Hill.
Third District-W. X. Herrin.
Clarksdale; s. D. NeiIl, IndianoIa;
s. G. Kern, Tchula.
Fourth District. T. Dunn, Eu-
pora; H. E. King, Houston; e. G.
Whitehead, Winona.
Fifth District-G e. Wilson, Phil
adelphia; c w. Thigpen, Bay
Springs; w. G, Bennett, Louisville.
Sixth District-Mims williams.
Magee; A. s. Hinton. Purvis; w. j..
Pack, Ellisville..
Seventh Districts. Kemp, Hazle-
hurst; w. d. Mounger, Natchez.
Eighth Districts. L. McLaurin,
Brandon; Robert Powell, jackson,
and 9. H. Williams, Yazoo City.