Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-07-02
THE DEMOCRATIC RIMARY TO
ELECT DELEGATES TO STATE
CONVENTION WILL BE
HELD JULY 10.
The Former Date Was August del
egates to the Senatorial Conven-
ton Selected by the Committee
After Much Discussion.

The following members, fourteen In
all, were present:
Chairman j. E. Sims, Wilson.
Secretary A. J. Winscott, Salt River.
John Abbay, Salt River.
Alex Carter, Jr., Salt River.
X. L. Mcclure, Salt River.
j. M. Daniel, Wilson.
B. H. Downing, Sailing.
T. G. Bolts, Prairie.
Henry Weber, Linn.
H. b. Painter, Loutre.
Capt. N. Dix, Loutre.
w. j. Crow, Cuivre.
W. 8. Barbee, Vandalia.
]. B. Goodpasture proxy for ]. o.
Terrell, Vandalia.
The meeting was called to order by
Chairman Sims and the minutes of the
last meeting, May 20, read and APP
proved.
Chairman Sims then announced that
in the opinion of many Democrats in
this county the date set for holding
the convention to elect delegates to
the State convention was too late.
This date was August 1, and was de-
cided upon by the committee at the
last meeting.
He said that as the State convention
was to be held on August s., it would
deprive the committee of receiving
candidates assessments to a certain
degree, as the fates of many of the
candidates would be settled by August
L. This would make the expense of
holding the primary heavier.
A motion was then made by Mr..
Daniel to make the date one week
earlier and was seconded by Mr..
Abbay.
MIR. Carter then rose and said that
although he was in favor of holding
the primary earlier, and had been at
the last meeting, yet he did not see
what righta part of the committee had
to change it, when the whole commit
tee had fixed the date.
At this time there we're only eleven
members of the committee in the
room and Mr.. Carter said that he saw
no reason for such q number changing
the decision of the entire committee.
Chairman Sims said that he was sure
that every member of the committee
who was not present would be in favor
of this motion, as it changed in nc
way the method of holding the primary
and vas only introduced in order tc
give Audrain County a voice in State
politics and tighten the expenses Of
holding the primary.
The motion was then put and wa
lost by a vote of 5 to g.
Mr.. Daniel then made a motion thai
the date be fixed two weeks earlier
ON July Is. This was seconded by
Mr.. Weber, and after a short discus
sion was carried, 9 members voting
for it and 8 not voting at all.
The date for holding the aforemen'
toned primary was therefore fixed OF
Saturday, July IS. The convention
will be held on Monday, July 20.
Chairman Sims then stated that thu
purpose for which the committee had
been called together was to select
thirteen delegates to the Distric
Senatorial Convention, which will b,
held in Bowling Green on Tuesday
June 80.
A motion was put by Mr.. DAME
that the delegates be selected by thu
committee.
Before a second was obtained MI
Carter rose and in forcible Language
declared that the committee had n
right to select delegates to any con
vention; that the people we're tn,
only one who could do any sucl
thing, and that he was not in favor o
the committee selecting these dele
gates simply because he thought the.
had no right to do 80.
He was upheld in his position b.
Mr.. Bolts, who, in a short speech, ex
pressed a like opinion about the mat
I ter.
MI. Painter. then ose and said tina
, the matter was not n of much i'm
portance, as the State Senator thi
. year was to come from Pike Count
, and there was only one candidate fo
the nomination, Mr.. Majors, of ths
county. He thought it would be pei
=, fectly proper for the committee
select the delegates and was confideI
that not one Of the constituents
any member would think otherwis
Chairman Sims said that the matte
1 of selecting delegates had been put o
r so long that it was too late to call
a primary, and that he thought no oil
8 lection would be made by the poop
to the plan Of the committee selectir
the delegates. AS a matter of fac
it was only a mark of courtesy
q send any delegation to the Senatori
Convention and he saw no objectio
to that delegation being selected b
the Central Committee.
n Mr.. Carter rose again and proteste
: against such a plan, saying that
: was not SO much the plan that he oil
: jected to as the precedent set /
n adopting such. If the Central Con
mittee had the right to select del,
gates, they also had a right to sele'
delegates to any other.
MIR. Weber said that he deemed
best to select a delegation, for
some future time, when Audrai
County would have the State Sena
tor, there might be more than or
candidate for the place and the DELE
cations from other counties would
needed. II Audrain refused to sen
a delegation to Pike, Pike might r,
turn the compliment at q future dat
Secretary Winscott said that til
matter was of little Importance ar
that he was positive the people woul
abide by the action of the Centr
Committee, which they had selecte,
The motion was then put and ca
ried.
The following delegates were the
selected and ratified by the commit.
to represent Audrain county at Il
Senatorial Convention, which will |