The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-08-12
CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY.
The Last Saturday in September is the
Date Fixed.
A Ringing Resolution to Prevent the Use
of Money, Whiskey, or Other
CorruPtiDg Influences.

The Congressional Democratic
! Executive Committee for this the
! 18th Congressional district, met at
| the Bethel House in Columbia last
| Wednesday, and was called to order
by the temporary chairman, Mr.. II.
H. Meredith of Lawrence county,
who stated the object of the meet
ing to be for the purpose of effecting
a permPnent organization, and to
| decide the mode and manner of
nominating a Democratic candidate
for Congress.
The roll was called and the cOun-
ties were represented as follows:
Giles county, F. G.. Buford; Lewis
county, G. T Hughes, proxy; Hick-
man county, S. &. Caruthers; Wayne
county, T. J. Whitby; Lawrence
county, r. II. Meredith, Williamson
county, Judge j. 9. Eggleston; Dick
son county, w. B. Leech; Maury
county, Mai. J. II. Williamson.
On motion and without opposition,
Mr.. Meredith of Lawrence county,
was elected permanent chairman,
ana Mr.. Leech of Dickson county,
permanent secretary.
Mr.. Bufold of Giles moved that a
delegated convention be held, for
the purpose Of nominating a candi-
date for Congress, and the motion
was seconded by Maj. Williamson
of Maury; but upon being put to the
committee the motion was lost by a
vote of 4 to 8, Maury, Giles and
Lewis voting in the negative, and
Lawrence not voting.
1t was then moved by Mr.. Leech of
Dickson and seconded by Judge
Eggleston Of Williamson, that a
direct primary be held, and this mo
!, ton prevailed without division.
The following resolutions and rules
J governing the holding of the pri-
mary, were then read and adopted,
section by section; the resolution
relating to bribery and corruption
being offered by Mr.. Leech and Sec
onded by Judge Eggleston, and re-
Chewing the unanimous vote OF the
committee To-wit:
WHEREAS, 1t is the wish and desire
of the Congressional Committee of this
the eth Congressional district, to have
the free and untrammeled expression
. of the Democracy in the selection of the
nominee to represent them in the Con
gress of the United States, and to this
end and that every Democrat in the
district may participate in the selection
and have his preference considered,
therefore, he it
: Resolved, LIST. That direct primary
}, election be held ip each civil district in
: the counties composing The 9TH Con
gressiOnal district, voting directly for
the candidate.
of 70 alantiOn no hold hu the
R district Committeeman with the as
slstance of two good Democrats to be
named by himself, on the asst Saturday
in September 1898. be " cen the hours OI
:, 10 a m and 5 p III That a regular pol
!. list and tally sheet be kept and the
4 names of each and every voter be placed
thereon, and a copy of the same be sent
to the Congressional committeeman OF
their respective counties, and said com
= mitteeman of the several counties, with
I this correct list of each civil district
shall meet on Tuesday the 18th day Of
] October 1898, at Columbia, count the
vote and declare the candidate receiv
!: ing the highest number of votes the
nominee of the party.
Resolved further, That in holding
said election, the various district com
1. mitteemen If practicable, shall hold the
election, but if not he shall designate
= some good responsible Democrat to &C
for him, and the party holding the cleo
ton shall call to his assistance two
good Democrats to act as clerks anC
judges; and in case of his failure to So
designate, the democrats present at the
, polls shall select from their humble
y three suitable Democrats to hold sale
10 election.
+ Resolved further, That the qualifica
tions for voting in said primary election
= shall be that the person Offering to vote
will be qualified to vote in the NOvem
Der election that he is Democrat, tina
, he will support the nominee of thi:
(, primary election, and that he cast hi
ballot for Bryan or Palmer for Presi
dent in November 1896, or would hav
=" voted for one of them had he voted. Al
persons who will become q years of ag
by the November election shall bC
y. qualified to vote in said primary
= otherwise qualified.
Be 10 further prOUided, That in thi
,f election no registration certificate o
v. poll tax receipt shall be required t.
ID qualify voter. The election shall be b.
d. ballot; the vote of no person to b
r counted unless he is present at the poll
- and voting in person. The ballot
shall be Immediately counted when tn
polls are closed, and the result certifie
by persons holding the election, as II
- general elections.
Under these regulations the partie
holding the election shall be the judge
of the eligibility of persons Offering
to vote.
RESOLVED further, That il any cand
date uses or by friend causes whiske
or other corrupting influences to b
used for the purpose of influencin
votes, or by the use Of money procure
votes, the Committee when their a
tention is called to the fact shall hay
the power to investigate the charges b
bringing witnesses before them; an
upon investigation il the charges al
x proven, the committee shall declare tn
candidate using such means, not tn
nominee; and shall give the nomin'
tion to the candidate receiving the neN
highest vote, who is free from sue
mn charges T. H. MEREDITH,
~ w. b. LEECH, Chairman.
II SparptArV.