Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1884-05-13

t'oI, the Hon. Boyd WinchcS C :, and
the following FiccPrcsidcnis from the
districts: |, W. }. Puckctt; 2, II. +
Turner; 3, w. w. Bush 4, Lafayette
Cr"cn; 5, ThO'. Bohannan; 4, H.. H.
Adcock 7, VIM. Preston S Joining,
Price; 8, Chas. Lytle; 10, John May
ii, Jos. Bertram. For secretary, r.
p. Carothers, and for Assistant Sec.
+ taricS, A. D. Rob,rtson, Chas. NJ
Meacham, G. W. Gates.
The organization of the Democrat
ic party of Kentucky shall be vested
in State Central Committee. as fol.
lows:
State Central Committee Stol.
dard Johnston, Chairman: A. Duv
all, Franklin; w. G. Owens. Scott
+. p. Helm, kenton: George V. Trip
lett, Daviess; A. w. Hamilton, Mont
gomery; Thomas II. Corbr,t, Nc
Cracker; VIM. Lindsay. Franklin
l.. TObin, Franklin; w. D. IIuke. JEFF
trrson; Samuel NJ. Gaines, Chris
tan; &. Stockdalc, Logan; S. +. Hill
Ohio; NJ. Williams, Boyd.
State executive committee: Dis
trict, Henry Burnett; 3, Hunter
Wood 3, c. Nj. Thomas 4, j. S
Wortham; 3, Thos. II. Sherlcy C.
&. q. Wallace;7, II. A. Spur; s, Il.
WasSon;9, Z. Y. Young; 10, 7. G..
Stuart; IL, Geo. II. Duff.
The Central Committee is charged
with all matters pertaining to III,
party organization under such rules
and regulations as from time to time
il may promulgatc.
The State Executive Committee, OF
which the Chairman of the Central
Committee shall be Chairman cx-otfi.
CO, shall meet with the Central COM
to fix the time and place of holding
State conventions, each of its mem
bers having one vote, while the Cen.
tral Committee shall have but one as
whole.
That once within every twelve
months the Democracy of the sover-
al counties of the State shall have the
right to lr0rganize their respective
,mmittces in such manner IT'S they
may see fit.
That hereafter, in the organization
of the committees in convention, each
district shall be entitled to one mem
Der to serve on each committee to be
elected by the district, and no com
miltccmcn should be elected for the
State at large by the convention or
named by the Chairman.
A motion was made to strike out
the name Of Boyd Winchester and
substitute Ben S. Robbins, but Mr..
Robbins stepped upon The stand and
'ked that his name be withdrawn
which was done and the report adop-
ted.
Mr.. Winchester was escorted to the
stand and attempted to make a speech
but the convention was in no humOr
for speeches and refused to listen to
him and he took his seat. ....
Nominations for the four del
egatcs from the state at large were
then announced in order and Hons.
Henry Watterson, Jas. A. Mckenzie
j. S. Johnston, Ihos. l.. Jones, Sam
NJ. Burdette 7, F. Hallam, and W.
G. p, Breckenridge were named. A
motion to drop the hindmost man
after one ballot and thereafter until
only four remained was adopted. On
the first ballot the vote stood:
Henry Watterson.....,...... .45Gl5
j. Stoddard Johnston. ...., .364
Jas. A. Mckenzie ........ ...50j
Thos. l.. Jones. ................ .520is >
Sam M. Burdette. -. ...... .3j)la
Theodore f. llallam POI
W. c. p. Breckenridge -. -. ,2l4la
Wild excitement followed the an
nounccment of the result, some thick
-headed delegates (who did not know
that it was possible for all of the sew
u to have received majority of the
66S votes of the convention) contend
ing that as five of them had received
over 334 votes that there was an error
in the count while others with a better
knowledge of mathematics vainly
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