Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1899-03-10
Democratic State Convention
Called By the Executive
Committee.
County Conventions Ordered For
Saturday, June II, at the
Court Houses.

L liz DSlllONl oNlS NoNuIS
met in Lexington at noon Wednes-
day and in brief joint session of
the State and Central Committees,
Ollie NJ. James, OF Crittenden, a
Stone man, was elected to succeed
Senator Goebel as member from the
State at large. The election was
by reclamation.
The joint session then adjourned
for dinner and at2:30 p. m. the Ex-
ecutive Committee met with all of
the members present in person or
by proxy except w. A. Young, of.
the Ninth district.
There were no important differ
ences of opinion and after a short
interchange of views a call was
agreed upon as published below.
So far as could be learned the &C
tion was generally satisfactory to
the candidates. There was some
talk of precinct meetings, but as
this plan has never been followed
in electing delegates to conventions
to nominate State tickets, the usual
simpler method of county mass con-
ventions was adopted withoutmuch
opposition. The chair then APP
pointed Messrs. Trimble, Meacham
and Dishman to prepare the call
and recess was taken for thirty
minutes. The subcommittee re-
ported the followingcal which was
adopted by unanimous vote;
The Official Call.
At a meeting held by the Demo-
cratic State Executive Committee
in the city of Lexington on March
g, 1899, it was ordered that a State
Convention be held in the city OF
Louisville on Wednesday, June p,
1899, for the purpose of nominating
Democratic candidates for State
offices, to be voted for on November
7, 1899. Said convention shall be
called to order at II o'clock a. m.
Delegates to said State Conven-
ton shall be chosen at county mass
conventions, to be held at the vari-
Gus county courthouses in counties
having but one Legislative district,
of which due notice shall be given
by the various county chalrmen. In
counties having more than one leg
islative district there shall be
convention for each Legislative dis
trict, to be held at some convenient
point, to be indicated by the chair
man of the Legislative District
Committee. who shall advertise in
the local papers the location for
said convention at least ten days
prior to the date fixed by this com
mittee. Said county and legisla-
tive district conventions shall be
held at 3 o'clock p. m. standard
time, on June II, 1899. Said con-
ventions shall be called to order by
the chairmen af the respective
county or Legislative district COM
mittees.
The basis of representation of
each county to the said State Con-
vention shall be one delegate for
each POO votes, and fraction con-
sisting of 100 or more votes cast for
the head Of the Democratic electoral
ticket at the Presidential election
in 1896; provided that each county
shall have at least one delegate
vote.
.- All known Democrats and others
who supported w. J. Bryan for
President, and those who pledge |
themselves to support the nominees |
of said convention, shall be entitled |
to participate in the county and |
legislative district conventions.
p. p. JOHNSON, Chairman.
OWEN COCHRAN, Secretary.
Resolution AS To Convention.
The following resolution was
adopted by the Executive Commit
tee in reference to arrangements
for the convention: