The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-25
BACK TO THE PEOPLE
Cox and WhitthOrne Will Try
1t Over Again.
Question Will BE Submitted to Pri-
mary October 10.
Committeeman Must Then Come to
Nashville and Canvass the Returns.
State Committee Gets Out
Easy.
Nashville American, sept. 24.l

NdSnNllle American, SbpJ. "a
The x-Whitthorne contest came
to happy and satisfactory termina-
ton yesterday when the two con-
testants mutually agreed to refer
the nomination back to the people
in primary to be held Oct. Is, un-
der the direction of the State Com
mittee, the rules of the primary be-
ing contained in the resolutions
passed by the committee and pub
lished below.
The COX-Whitthorne contest was
taken up and the report of the sub
committee, Messrs. Aydelott and w.
o. Vertrees, was received by the
committee and discussed at length
in executive session. The result of
the report was that the committee
found themselves in an embarrass-
ing position and were unable to de-
eide who was the nominee. The
subcommittee which investigated
the contest was then instructed to
confer with the contestants and see
if they couldn't agree upon some
way by which the nomination might
be referred back to the people.
Mr.. Cox said that he would be
willing for the same delegates to the
another convention and make the
nomination.
Mr.. Whitthorne objected to this,
and then it was suggested that a
primary plan be held. After two or
three hours consideration, Mr..
Whitthorne accepted the primary
plan.
Mr.. Cox agreed to this and a COM
mittee, composed of Messrs. >Ayde-
lott, Vertrees and Hunt, was APP
pointed to draw up the rules under
which the contest should be held.
The committee adopted the reso-
buttons reported by the sub-com-
mittee, as follows:
"WHEREAs, the settlement of the re-
spective claims by Hon. n. n. Cox and
Hon. w. j. Whitthorne to the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress from the
Seventh Congressional District has
been adjusted by mutual agreement;
and,
"WHEREAs, they have mutually
agreed that Democratic primary cleo
tion shall be held in every civil district
within said congressional district on
Thursday, October 10, 1896, under plans
to be established by the Democratic
State Executive Committee, and to
abide the result thereof; now, therefore,
in pursuance of said agreement, belt
Resolved, by the State Democratic
Executive Committee that a Demo
cratic primary is hereby ordered 10 be
held at the various voting precincts, at
the usual place of voting, in all of the
civil districts in the Seventh Congress
sional District of Tennessee, on the 18th
day of October 1896, for the purpose OF
nominating Democratic candidate fol
the Fifty-fifth Congress that the polls
shall be opened at 8 o'clock a. m, ano
closed at 4 p. M; that the persons hold
ing election shall, prior to the opening
of the polls, open the ballot-boX anc
show the bystanders that the box il
which the ballots are to be deposited
has no ballots therein; the box shall
then be closed, and not again opened
on any preteXt until after the polls are
closed that correct list of the voter:
voting in said primary shall be kept
and a correct tally of the votes received
by each candidate on the ballots shall
be entered.
"The primary election shall be helC
under the auspices of the County Dem
ocratic Executive Committees of tn,
several counties, in the following man
ner: The chairman of each county
shall appoint for each voting place il
his county one judge to be nominated
by Mr.. Cox and one Judge to be nomi
mated by Mr.. Whitthorne, and whomso
ever may be named by them shall b.
appointed, and the third Judge shall b
q member of the Democratic Executive
Committee of the civil district, to b.
selected by the Chairman of the Count.
Democratic Executive Committee. Ii
the absence of the Judge named by tn
+. candidate, the supporters of such can
n didate shall name judge to fill sucl
vacancy. In the absence of the distric
= committeeman named, then the tw,
y judges shall select the third.
"The persons holding the election a
! the voting precincts shall, when closing
y the polls, omen the box in the presenc