The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-01
THE DISTRICT CONES Es-
SIGNAL COMM rE EE.
gynat they say as 60 County
Organizations

what theY say as 60 County
organizations
Paduoab News, Wedues lay Aug -
Notwithstanding the refusal Of the
Chairman of the District Congression
al Committee 10 call meeting OF the
said Committee, tho Committee asseln
bled here to day. the tine Mr TuCncr
WINS requested to call them together.
Tie main object ct The meeting was
TO organize the party for the Prcsidcu
tial campaign, aud to take INTO con.id
Grafton other matters OF importance To
the party.
The following counties were repre-
scented by the following Cbairmeu of
the various county committees Nc
Cracker, G Ii. Morrow, Caldwell, +
W. Darby; Marshall, G. Parker; Crit
tenden, John w Blue; Graves, IL. S
Hale; Lyon, f. W. Darby, (proxy);
Galloway, &. Ii Morrow, proxy )
Hickman, L. G Poore; Futon county,
T. G. Poore (proxy). Mr. james
Fleming, of Livingston, being present,
was requested to represent his county,
in the absence of the Chairman. A
letter from Hon. Fenton Sims endor-
sing the action the committee might
take was read and filed
After a short preliminary meeting,
adjourned till two o'clock.
TWO O'CLOCK, p NJ
The committee met, and 90 motion,
NJ n -
rI,33a-AaasapeEasv chairman, aud Thos. q
fooreY OF fiickmaD, tSG.,x-.--.-sa 49,
tsry.
Mr. 3 II Morrow moved that Mr..
+ w. Darby, of Caldwell, be elected
permanent Chairman of the First Dis
trict Congressional Committee. Car
ried.
Mr.. T. G.. Poore, of Hickman, was
nominated for permanent Secretary
and elected
The following resolutions in refer
ence to organization in each county Of
the district were then offered by Judge
G. H. Morrow:
Resolved, That the County Demo
cratic Committees in the First Con
gressional District are hereby respect
fully but earnestly invited to take i'm
mediate steps for the purpose of effect
ing full aud complete organization
for the Presidential canvass. And to
that end we especially suggest and
request that each Committee (unless
they have already metz have meeting
as soon as practicable, and appoint a
subcommittee of not less than five in
each voting district in their county,
whose duty it shall be to have if pos
sible Que or moro Democratic speeches
made in their respective voting dis
tricts 10 advocacy of Tilden aud Hen
bricks, aud also to see that each aud
every ~DD mocratic voter in their re-
spective voting places goes to the polls
in November, and generally look to
the interest and welfare of the party
ResoICcd, That each County Com
mittee is directed and requested to ap
point a County Elector, whose duty it
shall be TO visit as often as practicable
each voting district IN his county and
make speeches and assist tho commit
tees ia organizing for the campaign.
aud do such other acts rs viii promote
thc cause Of our partJ.
Rc-o{Csd That Thomas T. Hays and
Charles Thomas, OF the county OF Bal
lard; q W. Duvall, James hawthorne
and j. Il Darby, of the county of
Caldwell; r ID. Brown aud W. J..
Wcathers, Of tine county of Galloway;
J ohu w Blue, j. ~. Bigham aud S
Hodge, Of Critteudeu; G.. l. Raudle.
II. A. Tyler and O. b. Prather, of
Fulton; Hon. Ed. Grassland aud w.
VI. BrummeI i and > ~ "A pS Msss' {. q
A. J. Flemming, j l..
Hibbs aud c. Bennett, of Livingston;
r W. Wake and f. a. Wilson, OF
Lyon; VIM Reed and Jos o. John
son. of Marshall; J W Ogilvie, Q
Q. Quigley aud j. NJ. Bigger, of Me
Jracken; Fent Simms and James
Garnett, of Trigg; be aud they are re
.pectlully requested to discuss the
political questions of the day at such
lines and places in the First Congress
'ional District as may suit their con
1enience, but we invite them 10 select |
when practicable such localities aud |
places az have not been visited by |
,ther speakers, without special regard |
o the size of their audiences, and |
hereby let one or more objective |
speeches be made ia each voting dis |
riot
ResciUed. That we suggest to the
County Committees that within the ten
lays next proceeding the November
election, they have in their respective
counties a rousing barbecue or picnic
or speech making only, and invite
hereto some of the best speakers in
he State, and we will cbeerfully give
ur aid in securing such speakers as
be people in the different counties may
rant if notified in time by the County