Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-12-06
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE.

a new one be elected a, the January
primary. County Committees have
heretofore been appointed by the
State Central Committee and arc
recognized generally when thi'
committee is changed, the members
being suggested by conventions held
to appoint delegates to State conven
tions. These county committee
are empowered TO fill vacancies, in
crease their membership and in fac
exercise full authority in promoting
the party's interests, subject Of COURSE
to the ratification of the State Com
mittee. The present committee fol
this county was appointed whom Col
j. Stoddard Johnston was Chairman
OF the State Committee, and origi'
n ally consisted of nine members, -four
of them located in Hopkinsville. In
order that the party interests might
be better subserved by local repre-
sentation, the membership of the
Committee has been increased from
time to time until it now numbers
%, each magisterial district having
one and some of the larger ones two
members. In recommending men,
bers, caro- has been taken TO select
prominent and influential workers
In the out-of-town districts and
changes have been suggested to the
appointing power whenever a MEM
Der failed to attend or became inca
from any cause.
The present State Committee has
never ordered the county commit
tees reorganized. This would have
to be done to supersede the present
committeeman, unless the State Com
mittee should see proper TO remove
them for inefIiciency. All county
should of right be re-
organized or reappointed at least
once in four ytars, but in the absence
Of such action, the Christian County
Committee has held over just as 9TH
Dr. county committees have. or
course the coming primary has no
to elect a county commit
tee, but the convention called for
May II might do so il the State
should deem the expressed
Of sufficient impor-
lance to call for the reorganization
Of the Committee on the eve Of 4
of great Importance, other
wise the proper time to reorgauize
would be in 1891, when the general
state election comes off The posi-
ion of committeeman is a trouble
ZONE and a thankless one and no
loubt any member of the present
would promptly resign
should a respectable number OF his
ask him to make way
or the appointment of some other
nan. The Committee as at present
is as follows:
uopkinsville City-Jno. L. Dulin,
Chss. NJ. Meacham, Sec
'etary.
Hopkinsville District-E. w. Da-
'Is, K. NJ. Fiack.
Cssky- Gravener S. Brown.
Pembroke-V Virgil A. Garnelt.
Longview-C. u. Bell, Thos N
Barker.
Garretisburg-Ben G. Boyd.
peverly-M. d. Davic.
Lafayette--J. I. Coleman.
Bainbridge-J. III Pool.
Hamby-L Il. Salmon.
Scates' Mill-W. ii Cato.
CroftOE-Jno. NJ. Dulin.
Kelly-G. c. Brasher.
Stuart's-JJe Hight, Sr.
Wilson,. c. Mckinney.
Fruit Hills. Ii. Myers.
Mt. Vernon-Calvin G. Lsyne.
Union school lIouse-P. j. Glass,
!. G. Moore.
In the Uuion School House dis
riot Mr.. Moore was appointed while
dr. Glass was disabled from a pro-
racted spell of sickness. A misun.
arose and as the district
) q large one both gentlemen are
ow on the Committee. Iu the
district, whore there are
hree precincts, there are also two
MEMBERS.