The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-09-05
PRIMARY ELECTION.
Proceedings Of the Democratic Ex.
ecutiye Committee Of Ben
ton County.


Executive Committee of Benton
County held at Camden on Mon
day, September t., 1890, the follow
ing proceedings were had
A. j. Saunders teadered his res
ignation as committeeman for the
fifth district of Benton County be-
cause Of the fact that he was cam
didate for the legislature, which
was accepted ythe committee and
L. G. Rye was elected a committee
man FOR saiddistrict. A. P. Lash
lee was elected secretary of the
committee, A. J. Saunders resigned.
Thecommittee ordered aprimary
election to be held in the county of
Benton on Saturday September 20,
1890, to select candidate for rep
resentative of said county.
The rules adopted by the Con-
gressional Executive Committee for
the government of the Democratic
primary to be held on Saturday,
September 20, 1890, to select can
didate for, Congress, were adopted
by the committee as. the way by
which the primary to select cam
didate for the Legislature should be
governed in so-far as applicable to
said election.
On motion it was ordered that
but one ballot-box shall be opened
in a district, and that the voting
precinct heretofore established by
the committee at Faxon, in the
ninth civil district, be discontin-
ued, and the voters of said dis
trict be required to vote at the reg
-ular voting precinct in said, dis
trict.
The, committee adopted a resolu-
ton requesting the committeeman
of each civil district Of the county
to organizeBuchanan clubsin their
respective districts and thoroughly
organize theirdistricts for thecom-
ing campaign that Benton County
may add something to the increase
Of the $4,000 majority, received by
Benjamin j. Lea, Democratic NOM
inee forSupreme Judge of Tennes-
see, and thus convince our Repub-
lican friends that it is the very i'm
personation Of folly to attempt lon
ger to- hayea party believing that
the,farmers Of the country realize
that the supreme hour in the his
tory of the politics in this country
is now at hand and that the sue
cess Of John p. Buchanan as Gov
ernor means success to them as well
as to all other classes.
The following named gentlemen
were selected to hold the election
in the county on the Goth instant
First district ID. j. Merck, L.
l.. Johnson. and j. ELL johnson,
judges; j. N. Barr and M. L. Phil
lips, clerks; Wash. Briggance, Of
fcer.
Second district H. G. Alden, j.
T. Camp, and w. g. Council judges;
u. B. Bond and |. o. McAuley,
clerks; w. +. Harrison, officer.
Third district Eli Summers, A.
j. Frazier, and James Nunnery, ST.,
Judges /; Jahugh Moore and w. j.
Nunnery, clerks; Buck Barker, Of
ficers
Fourth district-P. A. Bridges,
I've. Pierce, and I. Kee, judges
Bryant Pierce jr., and P Mitchell,
clerks; Riley Key, officer.
Fifth district j. D. McAuley,
Amos Corbitt, and A. G. Mcdaniel,
Judges: w. G. Benton and S. L.
Peeler, clerks; G. w. Bateman, Of
ficer.
Sixth district w. Galbreth, H.
E. Stigall, and w. MeCord, judges;
w. w. Deaton and E. G. Wright
clerks; Leander Wright, officer.
Seventh district f. p. Wheat
ley, B. T. Cherry, and I. N. earn
er, judges; ]. G. Wheatley and M
S. Parker, clerks ; W. H. Melton
officer.