The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1900-04-13
SNAP CONVENTION.
Candidate for Congress to be
Nominated May 22nd.

Upton represented by p. J. Moran,
w. I'll. Cranberry of Shelby repres-
ented by Gen. q. B. Peters, and
J. III. Jackson, met in Memphis
Friday.
Chairman Jackson stated that the
object of the meeting was for the
purpose of arranging for congress
sional convention, and for the con-
sideration of such other business as
may come before it.
9. A. Miller offered the following
resolutions:
'Be il resolved, That convention is hereby CALI
ed to meet in the city of Memphis, on Tuesday,
May p, 1900, al - for the purpose Of nominal
ing Democratic candidate for congress for the
Tenth congressional district Of Tennessee, and that
each county in said district be allowed one delegate
for each one hundred votes polled for Hon. E. W.
Carmsck in 1895"
In order to get the above resolu
ton before the meeting, DR..
Albright seconded it and then asked
to offer a substitute resolution,
which he said he believed more
fully covered the demands of the
occasion and would give to the can
didates fairer opportunity of APP
preaching the voters. The Albright
substitute resolutions follow:
Resolved, That delegate convention i hereby
called to meet in the city Of Memphis Thursday,
August p. 1900, for the purpose of nominating a
Democratic candidate for congress for the Tenth
congressional district Of Tennessee.
Resolved, That the basis of representation is said
convention shall be one delegate for every hundred
votes cast for the Democratic candidate for president
in 1896, and each fractional twenty-five votes shall
represent One-iourth Of a vote in the convention
Resolved, That primary elections to select dele
gates 10 attend the said convention are hereby
ordered in all the wards and civil districts in the
said congressional district TO be held saturday,
the lIth day Of August, 1900. Each candidate for
clerk at every voting precinct in said primary cleo
tiOn. The delegate or delegates representing each
candidate who receives majority if there are only
two candidates- OF VINO receives plurality OF the
votes if there are more than two candidates for
congress, shall be entitled to cast the vote of each
ward and civil district on the basis hereinbetore
fixed
The members of the congressional committee in
each county shall appoint judges AMI clerks as
designated by the candidate; they shall fix the
voting places and hours Tor the holding Of the
said primary elections in the said wards and civil
districts, and they will that these resolutions
are observed and complied with. The judges and
clerks Of the election shall Immediately after tue
election or not la-cr than August lS 1900 make
turns to the members OF congressional committee
in their respective counties showing the number Of
| teeman shall issue 70 the delegates shown to be
elected by said returns certificate showing the
| number of votes or fractional part thereof which
said delegate Is entitled to resent in the said con-
ventiOn He shall also send to the secretary of the
congressional committee, on or before August IS
1900 the names of the delegates elected
The provisions Of these resolutions must be COM
piled with in order to entitle any delegate to seat
in the said convention.
DR.. Albright moved the adoption
of his resolution, which was seconded
by Gen. Peters.
In adding his voice Gen. Peters
said that the resolution offered by
Mr.. Miller was so inadequate that be
hoped the committee would not for
a moment consider it; that the re-
solution was not correct expression
of Democratic sentiment, and that
five men had no right to say to the
people what they should and what
they should not do, or that the can
didates should be embarrassed by
any unjust provisions. He admitted
that the resolution did call a cOnven-
ton, but nothing more, and a con-
vention called upon such lines would
not reflect the voice of the voter, as
the resolution said nothing, meant
nothing. He insisted that the re-
solution was not explicit, and that
it failed absolutely to provide for
any other point than the mere cal
ling of a convention. He said:
Gentlemen, l can not believe
that you will consider this resolu-
ton, but if you do consider it, | do
at least ask that | be allowed to say
something. / would like to suggest
how the delegates are to be named
and how they are to be instructed"
Chairman Jackson stated that he
regarded the resolution as merely
intending to fix the basis of repre-
sentation and the time for the con-
vintiOn.
Gen. Peters replied that while
this might be true, there were other
questions involved.
Mr.. Miller said he would like to
hear them named.
Gen. Peters continued that there
was involved the question of time,
the question of representation, and
still further, the most vital point as
to how the delegates should be
elected.
Mr.. Miller interrupted, insisting
that his resolution was in line with |
what had been done before, and he
did not understand why there should |
be any objections to his following
an established precedent, as it gave
to the counties the selection of their
lie stated that Mr.. |
in 1898, was the regular
and he saw no reason why
the committee was called upon to
go back of 1898 for a basis of rep
On this point DR., Albright had a
few words to say, and while admit
ting that he had named the vote of
1896 received by Bryan as a basis of
representation, he was perfectly will
ing that this part of his resolution
should be changed to the vote of
1898. He said:
81 am not particular on this point,
)ut as a Democrat l do ask you to
Illow every man who is a candidate
md who goes before the people on a
Democratic platform to be given the
nance to test his full strength. l
want it so that l may say to the
'eOple of Fayette county, who have {
high regard for the honesty of {