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UIAM-’ IIIV14. auim*uage*. K VAN.Clay County Mass Convention• UW(h,[tillI*-]ViFlt;! itit\YevinItt lay County Convention met s»tWvii Point, June -*h Inmi w:i* • all- J to nr^r by the Cliiiiniuw i Exeeutiv* Committee. Hon. F. S. White vvro* clecU'd chairman; and H. I.ong and C. W. Lyon. Secretaries.A committee of one from ealt; h 1* -.t appointed by the chair topropo4ed legnie-t* the ^tate Convent it n tob** held in Jac k-«*!!. August lU. 1HS., Commit?, e «i. F. Coleman, W. M. Odtr.uie. J. t . Hill, \V. I -:r IF. HMlani, \V% T. Bryan. | atSaid a.iiiitt »* w.v in tr»: • oue delegate from each I teat aid five th legates from the county at large to the St ate Convention.The committee wj- al«i authorized to select five delegate- to attend the sn.it-»-rial Convention at Ackerman, Sept 1.The committee w.i- iiistrm u -1 to ad \ t.» delegate* 1lt;» State- Convention oue aiti r-nnte from each ln:»t, and rive alternates at large.On motion of Mr. A. H. F«*s, tin- foil owing resolutions wen* adopted :Devolved, That thin ( onvolition unanimously end on** the Candidacy of Csspt. Fred. Beall ior the office of Attorney-General for the State of Mis-L-dppi.We recommend him a* a man eminently fitted for the position lv re a-on ut hi** scholarly attainments, his legal learning, and his long, extensive and succrxeful practice in hi- chosen profession ot theJaw.Hih DeuKM taey in un*imotioned, never having wavered in hi* devotion to hi- party; ever earnest and zeal on*, he ha* nev. r faltered in the discharge of hi* duty to the people of the State.As a citizen and a «oldier he ha- been found ioroxnont in the rank*of tho-e vrho, with generous emulation, have with true patriotism sought to advance the be.-t in-tere-t of the |eopIc and the s»at. in |*e;w:e and in war.Rrsol nf, That the delegate* -elected by thi* Convention to the State Convention he instructed to vote for. and to ose all honorable mean* to *ecure the nomination ofT.inClI«w»!»|1( ant. Fred Beall.ipt. rrM«nJ. H. !l tinker and W. A. Ii.ilwi re nimomted a comiaitue to wail uponi Fit1 ’Li th Ult;a ittathelharmBiclitnraidthliedi*hretm?dhanCapt. Fiwi Ileal I and notify Lim of the*, resolution*. Capt, Beall cam** forward and re-uvtoded in a brief hut for* ible speech.The committee returned and repo rted the. following delegate - to the Mate Convention ;Beat No. J—If. C- la .tig ; beat Xo. 2 -F, S. White ; l*cat N ». :»—I . M. Abbott; s beat Xti. 4—Jno. E. llodgen*; beat No. ••—J. W. Joimt.County at Large—lh L. Franklin. K. C. Beckett, J. If. Brinker. E. C. Spalding and A. F. For.Delegate* to Senatorial Convention Beat I, W. T. Taylor. Beat 2, B. L Cromwell. Beat3. Rota Hardy. B.*nt 4, B. ( . Caradine. Beat 5. W. A. McCJamv. Al-ternates: \V. J. Burt, \V. A. Beil* C. C. Ivy. \V. P. Conner and J. B. BrmUhaw.Moved and carried that the delegates t.. tlie State Convention dial I vote a- n majority of Ihejn shall agree.Mortd by Mr. Spalding, that th. lt;lelegate* to the Senatorial convention U* instructed to v.te for the choice of Chctiw conn tv.tn?ref0Tlieh'iwapeienibaiExMr. Fox ottered a* an amendment that tin delegate* go uninetrucCcd.Moved that the Amendment be tabled. I Lout. The vote wa- then taken upon Mr. Fox's amendment; carried, mud the r- solution am amended vw thereupon adopted— to-wit: that aaid delegates go uni subtracted to *aid convention.Br.iUwi That tin? secret* rid of this convention W instructed to furnish the proceeding* of this convention to the n* w— patter* of the county and of Jackson for I uMicacion. P. S. White,Chairman.Ciia*. Lyons, c .%H. C. Ixjso, ,Wonders of the YoiPmit*Hiwi!Bo^•rootCalivnniu,hW.PrithemeMiAriofBosone
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The Clarion
Jackson, Mississippi, US
Wed, Jun 24, 1885
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