Clarion-Ledger, April 27, 1900

Clarion-Ledger, April 27, 1900

THE REPUBLICAN MEETING WAS QUITE HARMONIOUS.

One or Two Dissentions Occurred But the Proceedings as a Whole Were Very Peaceful.

VICTORY FOR WHITE LEADERSHIP

HILL AND LYNCH HAVE BOTH BEEN SUPPLANTED.

H. C. Turley Will Be the National Committeeman – Resolutions Endorsing the Administration.

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The committee to select a new state executive committee then made its report, submitting the following names:

[list includes L. K. Atwood, John R. Lynch, H. H. Truhart, George C. Granberry, James Hill, and J. W. Randolph]

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While the question of white leadership was a paramount issue in the convention, the sentiment in favor of party harmony was also strongly apparent, and much of this sentiment is due to H. C. Turley, of Natchez, who will be the next national committeeman for Mississippi.