The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-07-31
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
An Ad5reSS Shouting There
Was no Reason for the
Free Silver Bolt.

free SILVER Bolt.
The address of the boiling free
silverites of the Tenth District has
been answered.
Last evening Chairman Hugh
Petit and other members of the
regular committee put forth the fol-
lowing statement of the other side
of the affair, which shows that
not only was there nothing in the
Hendon-Albright affair, but that
the course which the regular COM
mittee has pursued in calling for a
direct vote is agreeable to the poll
cy of the party in times past in this
district, and is also better calcula-
ted to bring forth the expression of
preference to the rank and file of
the party.
Following is the address:
An address to the democracy of
the Tenth Congressional District:
In order that the action of the
regular Democratic Congressional
Committee held in Memphis on the
2lst day of July, should not be
misunderstood by a single demo-
cratic voter, while the unprecedent-
ed and undemocratic act of the mi
nority may be fully realized, it has
been deemed proper to publish a
succinct statement of the facts and
leave them to the unbiased iudg-
ment of all good democrats interest
ed in the future welfare of the par
ty.
THE CALL.
In pursuance of a regular publish
ed call what is termed the old and
Observation-Disclosures met in
Memphis on the DIST of July, 1896, |
to transact such business as might !
come before them IN the regular
way. Each committee was duly |
and legally constituted, parliament
tary in its methods, and spoke for
the people by whom they were Sc
lected.
The business Of the old commit
tee was to approve the minutes of
the last meeting, which was done.
RETURNING BOARD.
That committee had appointed
what was called the returning board,
the duties of which as shown bv
the minutes were to canvass the re-
turns for the Congressional nomi-
nees, the committeeman to be Sc
-ected to come under and to be sub
Jet to the same ''rules and reoula-
lions" as the candidates for Con
gress.
This returning board was compo-
'ed of the chairman and secretary
If the Congressional Committee,
md the chairmen and secretaries
If each of the four counties COM
orising the Tenth Congressional
District.
When the returns were sent In.
he returning board, as was it's duty,
the returns for both can
lidates for congress and committee ,
nen.
This was done without any pro-
est from any quarter and its right
nd power until the present was
ever questioned, much less con.
reverted.
This returning board on the 18th ;
f October, 1894, declared Mr.. +
Tendon the duly elected committee
ian from Fayette County, as {
lOwn by the minutes. Il
NEW COMMITTEE. r
The old committee, having ap- s,
rOVed these minutes, adjourned, II
I'd the new committee, composed it
Petit and Mckinley, of Shelby: al
harles Miller, acting as J. a. 81
ansOn's proxy, from Hardeman;
i'll for Upton; HendOn for Fay- tC
tie, was called TO order. The pro 10
edings of the new committee we're W
gular, and there would have been bC
lack of harmony, except for the da
anifest determination of the mi W
rity to force duly elected men,
+ from the committee, IN order di
at his place might be supplied W;
tn some one in accord with their a
ews.
HENDON's CASE. an
wa
The committeeman selected for of
5 undemocratic purpose was J. wa
Hendon, of Fayette county, cd
o had been declared duly elected gel
shown by the minutes as above.
was proposed nearly two years Ger
er to recanvass the returns, which the