Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-11


declaring that you were irregular, that
You did not represent the democracy o,
Shenandoah county, and that you had no
right to IN existence as democratic or
ganlZatiOn.
} Ii the Charlottesville Convention had
seated your delegation you wodld have
/ insisted that we had no rights as COM
mittee, and that You alone represented
the Democracy of Shenandoah county.
because the Charlottesville Convention.
to which we both had appealed for recog-
milton, had so declared. No one will
ques ion that that would have been your
attitude. When you returned home yJu
refused to abide by the decision of the
tribunal you had sought and implored a.
place you in power. On the llta day Of
July. i've days after the Charlottesville
! Convention, Mr.. Brenaman convened our
committee and rendered his resignation,
which was accepted. Your committee
met on the same day. You made US
propositions which we had no right a. =
committee to accept. We sent you Il
. communication, notifying you that Mr..
Brenaman had resigned. We asked you
to name some one as his successor who
would be satisfactory 10 your faction.
This you refused 10 do, saying, "lhis
committee is a creation Of a Democratic
County Convention and can only dis
charge the trust imposed on it. 1t can
neither dissolve itselfn0r swallow itself
II You could not Dissolve yourself how
could you dissolve your chairman: lie
was created by the same power that Gre
ated you. You proposed to us on sever
al occasions that If we would cOncede
certain things. ne should resign. II You
could dissolve anv part of your commit
tee why not all OF il? You could have
done rs you proposed he should DO, re-
sign. Mr.. 5. B. Miley was elected to
succeed Mr. Brenaman. Mr. Mley in
accepting the charmanship, said that Il
did not suit him 10 give il the attention
which would be required, but that bee
was constrained TO waive his objections
and accept, believing that his election
would be satisfactory to your faction. He
stated that Mr.. NJ L. Walton and judge
L. d. Newman had often urged him 10
allow his name to be for the chairman
ship. He stated further that on that very
day he had gone to see the above named
gentlemen and informed them that there
was a probability he would be elected
chairman of the Democratic Executive
Committee and he desired TO know II his
election would be satisfactory to them.
They both assured him that il would be.
Your attitude has been Just as antagOniS-
tic since MIR. Miley became chairman, as
it NASHVILLE Mr.. Brenaman was chairman
Your propos ition 10 join US in a call
for q. onp vonffon 10 nominate a au6ifQfo
for the Legislature is one that we cannot
entertain. therefore we most respectfully
decline. This Committee has no right 20
surrender any of the rights delegated to
It By the Democratic party IN convention
assembled II has in the interest Of har-
mony and hope Of peace, already given
more recognition to your Committee than
il had right 10 do. This deviation from
the policy that usually governs political
parties has not Injured 10 the benefit Of
the Democratic party in Shenandoah, az
will be readily recognized by referring
To the results Of the Spring election. We
TOO believe that the people are supreme
and that they are amply able to settle al.
differences but they do itin their own way
II we were to grant your request, we
would establish a dangerous precedent.
In the future, whenever a few gentlemen
should feel themselves aggrieyed because
the Committee did not run things 10 suit
their particular ideas, they could organ
iZe an independent committee and t.en
demand recognition by compromise or
otherwise and then point to our action as
precedent Such course would not
be conducive to the health Of the party
and might prove source of much trouble
hereafter. You haye your remedy-you
have had it from the beginning. Sur
render your organization and make your
fight unt er the organization which has
been endorsed by this Congressional Dis
trict as the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Shenandoah county.
We agree with YOU that the Spring
Convention made special arrangements
for conducting the campaign and that
its action in no wise changed the status
of the two committees from what they
were prior to the Convention.
We cannot further recognize your committee.
l. Because the independent movement was
organized By a small minority OF the regular
committee represented a minority Of the pre-
cincts of the county
congressional Convention Of this District TO be
4. because the Congressional Convention de-
cided that our Committee is the regular DEM
ocratic Committee of Shenandoah county.
A. Because il would be absurd for this Com
mittee TO recognize any other committee as
Stunning TO itself or usurping the very powers
that have been delegated TO this Committee by
the Democratic party Of Shenandoah County.
You say you want harmony. Who is re-
sponsible tor the discord in the party. Your
faction created and fOstered the breach. What
were your grounds for so radical departure
The failure of our committee TO call the roll?
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