The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1900-09-28
MAURY COUNTY
REPUBLICANS
Will Put Out Candidates
for the Legislature.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS.
Efforts Made to Endorse Hagg ard
for Congress, but the Resolution
is Turned Down-D. X. Minor
Made Secretary.

Pursuant to call of the chairman,
John w. jackson, the Maury County
Republican Executive Committee met
at noon Friday in the Chancery Court
room.
The first business transacted was the
ratification of the following new mem
bers of the committee, viz: End district,
w. j. Shannon; 3rd, Irvine Moseley;
10th, j. j. McKennnn; 18th, John
Taylor; l4th, Grant Sowell; 10Th, Bird
man Fariss; 25th, G.. w. Harver. fsa
The election of Secretary to succeed
the late E. q. Blackburn, was then de-
clared in order, and the name of ID. X.
Minor being presented by IL. F. Fariss,
he was elected by acclamation.
The following resolutions we're unan-
imously adopted:
"Whel eas, God in His in.inite wis
dom, did on the oath of August, 1900,
remove from our midst, Edwin Crom-
well Blackburn: therefore be it
Resolved, that the Republican County
Executive Committee has lost one OF its
faithful members, the party useful
worker, the community genial citizen,
his family a loving son and brother.
"Resolved, that we, the members of
this committee, tender the family our
sincere sympathy in their sad bereave-
ment, and trust to Him VINO doeth all
things well.
Resolved that copy of these reso-
lutions be spread upon the minutes of
this Committee, copy sent to the family
of the deceased and copy to each of the
T',,I l., HI
John w. JACKSON, Chairman.
I'D. X. MINOR, Secretary"
The Congressional matter Was then
brought up, by Russell Fleming offering
resolution endorsing the candidacy of
Hon, r. A. Haggard, of Wayne county,
for Congressman from the Seventh dis
trict. This action was evidently sur
prise to majority of the committee,
aud there was some confusion over the
disposition of the resolution. Chairman
jackson said he thought the resolution
would be void, as the Congressional
Committee had been authorized at the
county convention held lat spring to
take such action on the Congressional
situation as they thought adv sable; he
thought to take the matter out of the
COHllul1Ge6 > udllOlo IOW, WOullt O6 UI6dG-
ing them with contempt.
Fleming retorted that he would like
for his resolution to appear on the min
utes anyway, as he wanted to go on
record as having endorsed a good Re-
publican. This was understood to be a
hit at the Whitthorne movement.
| Col. A NJ. Hughes came to the
rescue, first with the suggestion that
| the motion should be ruled out of
order, as he thought any action in re.
gard to this matter would be improper.
| But that did not seem to take first
rate, SO the Colonel amended himself
and sought to smooth matters over by
moving that the resolution be tabled
This motion was seconded, and the vote
resulted as follows: Ayes l3, noes 4.
Those voting no were Russell Fleming
+. j. and Plummer Webster, colored,
and l.. A. Goslin. The small rebellious
element made no further kick against
the Hughes-Jackson program, and the
further proceedings we're uninterestingiy
harmonious.
The matter of putting out candidates
for the Legislature was introduced by
Col. Hughes, who said he wanted full
| JiCh6b lTOIl OOWu IL. n uOblOu
was made and adopted thai the Chair
m IN be empowered to call mass con-
vention at such time as he thought
proper, for the purpose of selecting such
candidates.
Col. Hughes moved that a resolution
be adopted endorsing the action of the
State committee in securing harmony
between the Republican factions, and
Pledging the Maury County organization
to stand by the ticket. Mr.. L. A. Cos
lin thought the resolutions unnecessary,
as no one doubted that the ticket would
be Loyalty supported. Notwithstanding
ing the objection, the resolution was
adopted.
The Chairman was authorized to in
vIte Hon. John E. Mccall, candidate
for Governor, and any oiher Republican
spellbind ders he saw fit, to come to Co
lumbia and make addresses.
he meeting then adjourned.