The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1898-07-13
Mccreary Unanimously Endorsed.

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cratic District Committee to the
Eighth Congressional District of Ken
lucky, and in accordance with the call
made by the Chairman of the Demo-
cratic Committee OF the County of
Madison and State of Kentucky, which
had been duly published in the news
papers of Richmond, K, a Democratic
mass convention was held at the Court
House in Richmond, KY. at two
O'Clock, p. M, July 9th, 1898. The
convention was called to order by John
b. Chenault, Chairman of the Demo-
cratic County Committee of Madison
County, KY, who read a communica-
ton from District Chairman Morgan
which stated that the Democratic
Chairman of each County was author
lied to preside over the respective
Democratic mass meeting to be held
on the 9th of July in the Eighth Con-
gressional District.
Mr.. Chenault stated that notwith-
standing this authorization he desired
that the Convention should elect its
own Chairman, whereupon Mr.. j. Tai
bott Jackson nominated John B. Chen
ault, the Chairman of the Madison
County Democratic Committee, to be
| permanent Chairman of the Conven-
ton, and he was unanimously elected.
| Mr.. J. Tevis Cobb nominated Clar
ence z. Woods, of the CLIMAX, and r.
Lee Davis, of the Register, as Secre
taries, and they were also unanimously
elected. Judge p. II. Sullivan then
presented the following resolutions,
which, on motion of Messrs Cobb and
Simmons, were unanimously adopted
by the Conventions:
RESOLUTIONS.
Resolved, That we, the Democrats
OF Madison County, Kentucky in mass
convention assembled, reaffirm our al
legiance to the principles of the DEM
ocratic party, as enunciated in the plat
form adopted by the National DEM
Ocratic Convention held in Chicago in
1896.
End That We approve the call for mass
meetings to be held at the Court
Houses of the respective counties of the
Eighth Congressional District of Ken
lucky, to elect delegates to attend a
Democratic Convention at Danville,
Ky. on the 18th of July, 1898, to select
Democratic candidate for Represen-
tative in Congress from the Eighth
District OF Kentucky.
Bird That we present Hon. James B.
McCreary, of Madison County, as
Democrat whose ability, experience,
and fidelity to duty, make him eminent
ly worthy Of the Democratic nomination
for Representative in Congress from
the Eighth Congressional District of
Kentucky.
4th That John B. Chenault, Henry
Rice, ?. H. Sullivan, John Z Chenault,
w. w. Combs, j. Ii. Kennedy, Samuel
Phelps, James holland, Hugh Colyer,
Theodore Dunn, Jesse Cobb, A. T. Fish,
John ID. GoodlOe, John Ballard, J. 2.
Simmons, Thomas Curtis, S. A. Death
erage, DR.. Elmer Northcutt, w. b.
Smith, Stephen b. White, John
Wagers, Jacob S. Collins, j. Tevis
Cobb, Stanton Thorpe, Jr., w. II. Tevis,
John f. White, J. b. McCreary, Nat
Cotton are hereby appointed delegates
to the Congressional District Conven-
ton which will meet at DanviIle, Ken
lucky, July 18th. 1898, and they are in
structed to cast the vote for Madison
County for Hon. James B. McCreary
for the Democratic nomination for
Representative in Congress from the
Eighth congressional District of Ken
lucky so long as he is candidate be-
for the convention. and such of the
delegates herein named as are present
in the convention are authorized to
cast the vote of Madison County as
herein directed.
On motion the convention adjourned.
JOHN B. CHENAULT,
Chairman.
c. E. WOODS. Secretaries
X. LEE DAVIS.