Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-02-21
Committee Meeting.

L uibuuub w Sull VI JuG CuulTIluD, bne
county Republican Executive Com
mittee met in the court house at Jones.
boro, Thursday, February 10, 1894,
at one o'clock PM.
Judge II, C. Hart, Chairman called
the committee to order, and called the
roll of members by districts, which
were represented as follows:
First District-Maj. Jas. +. Deakins.
Second District-R. p. .Cloyd.
Third District-E. S. Browning,
proxy for j. F. Bolton.
Fourth District-C. r. Jones.
Fifth District-E. II. West, proxy
for VIM. Propst.
Sixth District-H. j. Young.
Seventh District-Jesse Fulkerson.
Eighth Dist ict-J. II. Jones, proxy
for j. w. Boring.
Ninth Distribution. A.. b. Bowman,
John c. Campbell and DR.. Ii. b. Han
kle.
Fourteenth District-B. F. Shipley,
proxy for w. II. Hunt.
Fifteenth District-John S. Mathes,
j. A. FEBRUARY and Lewis Greenlee.
Sixteenth District-Jonathan Bacon,
proxy for J, T. Bacon.
The tenth, eleventh, twelfth thir-
tenth, seventeenth and eighteenth
districts were not represented.
On motion of Mr.. FEBRUARY, seconded
by Mr.. Browning, DR.. j. II. Jones was
unanimously 81, cted secretary of the
county committee.
An opportunity was then given any
person present to address the commit
tee if they so desired.
Chas. II. Jennings candidate for At.
torney General made a few remarks,
expressing the opinion that, as his
opponents were not having primary
elections in their counties, a primary
in this county would be doing him in
justice.
Judge Newton Hacker candidate for
Circuit Judge addressed the committee
in favor of the methods heretofore in
vogue in this county, and thought it
would be unfair to make a change that
was not in contemplation when the
contest opened. He favored district
conventions, and thought a primary
now in this county would not be doing
justice to all parties. Had primaries
been held in all the counties, he would
have heartily endorsed a primary here.
All persons except members of the
committee and Sheriff Hawkins then
retired.
On motion the editor of the Herald
and Tribune was invited to remain and
report the proceedings of the commit.
tee for publication.
j. g. Campbell presented the follow
ing resolution which vas unanimously
adopted to-wit:
Resolved that the appointment of H.
G. Hart as Chairman of the County Re-
publican Executive Committee, made
by R. NJ. May, Chairman of the Con.
gressional Republican Executive Com
mittee to fill the vacancy caused by his
election to Chairman of that Committee,
be and the same is hereby approved by
the County Committee.
On motion of E. S. Browning it was
decided to hold district conventions to
select delegates to the County onven
ton.
On motion of j. A. FEBRUARY the fol
lowing was unanimously adopted.
There shall be two Republican county
conventions held at the court house in
Jonesboro, Monday March 8, 1894.
One to select delegates to the Con
gressional Convention. to be called to
order at one o'clock PM. in the Cir
CUT Court room by the Chairman of
this Committee.
The other to select delegates to the
Judicial Conventions, to be called to
order at one o'clock PM, in the Chan
Gerry Court room by John S. Mathes, a
member of this committee.
The Republican voters Of this county
are requested to assemble at the usual
voting places in each ci vii district. Sat
urday March 3. 1894, at one O'Clock P.
NJ, and select delegates to each of SAID
c%onvrntions. No person shall be a dele.
gate to more than one of the CONVEX
tons.
The delegates present shall cast the
vote to which their voting place is en-
titled, and 10 proxies will be allowed.
The list of delegates shall be certified
by the district Chairman to the Chair
man of this Committee in Jonesboro
by ten O'Clock AM, March 5, and
only those so certified will be admitted
in the temporary organization of said
conventions.
The basis of representation shall be
one vote to each civil district, and one
additional vote for every 20 Q~2ftNction
over 10 votes cast for H1rrison and
Reid in 1892.
The Chairman of this Committee is
directed to issue the usual call for said
conventions, and will apportion to the
voting places the number of delegates
to which they are entitled under the
above basis OF representation.
There being no further business, on
motion of E. II. West the committee
adjourned.
j. Fl. JONES, II. G. HART,
Saoretary Chairman