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THE VIRGINIA FREE pREss--rHE OLD FAMILY JOURNAL.
Ereeullre Committee MeetInq.

Inc Democratic County Executive Cnm-
mittee met in Charles Town last Friday
Vacancies in committee from Kabletown
and Middleway districts We're filled by the
selection of Nlr. W +. Conrad in the former
aud :. ID. Engle ia the lat er.
Chairman Earl reported that the chair
men of the Democratic County Executive
Committees of Berkeley, Jefferson and Nor
gan had had q conference with regard to an
arrangement for this delegate district, and
submitted the following agreement, which
was ratified by the County Executive Com
mittee:
WHEREAS By the acts OF the Legislature as
its session OF 1901 there were established GER
tain delegate districts Ia which members 0fthe
Legislature should be elected IA the respective
districts among Others the 7th delegate district.
which was composed or Jefferson, Berkeley
aud Morgan counties. which said district by
virture of said act IS entitled to TWO delegates
90 the legislati re-. Ard Whereas. By the cleo
tiOg l1W passed aL the same Legislature 10 is
necessary for every political division that
nopinGtes and elects Officers TO have COM
mittee to call conventions, TO certify nOmina-
tions. TO ill vacancies, &c, snd there being no
committee 90 call o convention for the nOmi-
nation uf two q, leg7stes IN said district at'ire
said, and after consultation with repr
zen alive lee &c rats add the exc tie
committees OF The three counties aforesaid
70 was as far as could be aScertained the uni
versal sentiment of the Democrats of the three
counties aforesaid that the three chairmen of
che executive committees meet at some point
-..... -.lu district % discuss aud recOmmen
some plan Of organization as in their Jucs-
ment will best promote the harmonious inter
est Of the said party Ia the three counties a'nre-
said and report their acts 20 the three county
committees for their ratification. Ind HhcrcaS,
call having been issued for this purpose NJ
Nartinshurg. on Wednesday, March 3Oth, and
after conference and expression Of views by
the representatives OF the thres counties, II
was
Rss0hsd, First.-That the three chairmen Of
the said counties aforesaid be recommended 10
the three county executive committees az the
executive committee of the 9TH delegate dis
trict, until the meeting of the DELEGATE cnnven-
tiOn tn be held iu the summer of l>92 for the
nomination of the two delegates IN sid dis
trict 40 which time the executive cummlitee
shall bC appointed hy such counties and that
he time and place for holding said convention
shall bee by call from the Democrats signei
by maiority oi said chairmeu. who shan con-
~titute the committee OF the said 9Th delegate
and the appointment by 10 OF m executive
committee
Rcs0l.sd. Sec0nd.-That we recommend the
following appo-tiOument Of the said delegate
for the period Of ten years To view OF the fact
that Jefferson and Berkeley arc the largest
counties and each being entitled under the act
of the Legislature aforesaid TO one delegate,
and that by reason Of the large number OF vo-
tiers over and above what Is necessary 70 en-
i.tle each of the said counties OF Berkeley and
Jefferson one delegate we recommend % the
three counties aforesaid that the delegates at
large be selected one from the county OF Berke-
lev aud the other from the county OF Moran
for the election of 1892, inasmuch As 10 Is con-
coded tuat Che Senator 90 bee nominated tn the
is h senatorial district for the election Of H2
wiI be nominated from Jefferson Ia 1894
Morea1 being entitled under the arrangement
iu the senatorial district 90 the senator Berke'
Iev shall have one delegate a. large aud 'elter-
son one ut large. J iierSou having the hold over
senator. making her representation in 1891
equal Co that OF Berkeley, the largest county
iu the district IN 80. In lNSo Morgan having |
the hold over senator. Berkeley shall have one
delegate no large and Jefferson one ~ large
In 1905 Berkeley being entitled Co the senator.
Morgan and Jefferson shall have the two dele
yates 90 large respectively, and so on IN tins
order for the period OF ten years. the object he
ing. owing Co the population OF Jefferson ana
Berkeley. TO have ara equal representation. ana
Moran being the smallest to have at all times
n representative either in the shape Of Sena-
tor or o DELEGATE This being as the committee
considering The size OF the vote in each county
Co be a fir distribution and unanimously rec
commended t0 thc three CONN itteCs the adop-
zion ofthe same for tse period aforesaid. We
further recommend that &c this plan be adopted
hv The three committees of Berkeley. Jefferson
and Morgan and hv the convention OF the TN
DELEGATE district Of is9 that this arrangement
be ordered published 90 least three months be-
fore each end every election iu the Democratic
papers Oftlc district.
70 was recommended that preciuc, meet
ing. De held on saturday, May Dit, 1926
select delegates % the Democratic State
Convention. 90 Parkersburg. to the Congress
so 81 Convention az Charles Town 70 the
District Convention at Charles Town to Sc
lect delegates to the Chicago Convention,
the Judicial Convention. Senatorial Con
yen,ion and Delegate District Convention.
said meeting. 10 be held at p. IN. on said
day-excgpt az Harper's Ferry where the
hour shall be 40 s p. m. That said dele
yates b selected on the basis of one for ev-
ery one hundred votes or fractional part
thereof over fifty cast for the Democratic
candidate for president in 1883. Il was de
cided tha, 20 primary election for the nomi-
nation Of county officers be held on Sa'ur
iay. August 9th. 1892, under the old plan
heretofore adopted.