The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1901-08-02
THAT DEMOCRATIC HARMONY

THAT DEMOCRATIC HARMONY.
There is no symptom Of cessation
Of hossilities in the Democratic party
Of McCracken county, and the Demo
cratic papers all continue to misrepre-
sent the case and publish fake inter
views. The facts in the matter arr
that the chairman of the county com.
mlttee, Mr.. J. 4. Potter, became a
candidate for Office, which, under the
party law, rendered him ineligible ia
hold place on the committee. although
according to the admission Of other
Democrats it would not prevent MIN
from being chairman, provided he was
not a member Of the committee,
which he did not have to be in order
10 be chairman. Instead OF Mr.. Pot
ter's resignina As committeeman
and taking chances of being elected
chairman after becoming a private
citizen, he held ON to the place until
a gigantic row developed, and the
state central committee, which does
not appear to be half so large as the
Democratic county committee Of Nc
Cracker. decided that Mr.. Potter had
forfeited his Office. It also filled some
vacancies ON the committee resulting
from the candidacy Of other members,
and appointed several men TO I'LL
places newly created, but which will
no properly become precincts until
October. Mr.. Potter and his support
ers, who decided at once that they
were more important than the state
central committee, concluded TO over
ride the latter, and in the recent
meeting seem to have temporarily sue
ceeded
The members Of the county commit
tee who are loyal to the state central
committee have accepted its appoint
ments, and claim that Mr.. Emery is
a legally appointed committeeman as
well as chairman, as an ofiiceholder
can be a committeeman or chairman
OF the committee, while a candidate
for office cannot Mr.. Emery seems
disposed, from later statements, to
enforce his claims and will probably
attempt to open the senatorial conven-
tion a week from Saturday.
Chairman Potter has now prepared
q petition TO the state central commit
tee recognizing himself and the new
secretary. Mr.. will Lydon as the real
thing, but Congressman Wheeler and
others who are with the Emery crowd
decline to sign. The petition indi-
Gates that the other crowd is a little
more afraid of the state central COM
mittee than it is disposed to confess,
and Is undertaking to ingratiate itself
into the good viii Of the committee,
which will have to upheld Secretary
Eaton and his crowd, or take back
water. County Judge Emery,
seems from statements Of one paper to
regret the embarrassment of the pre-
dicament that has been thrust upon
him, while another paper quotes him
as saying he will do everything pos
sible to prevent Mr.. Potter from
the craftsmanship. He says
he wants harmony. II may be of in
terest to Mr.. Emery to know that
there is and can be no such thing as
harmony in the Democratic party Of
McCracken county. Too many Of the
true blue are stalking about with
knives up their sleeves, and the Dem
ocrats all know 1t, although they are
enough to pretend other.
wise. The bolt In the recent commit.
tee meeting was only a cropping out
Of some Of the hostility resulting from
past conventions, and the recent coun-
ty and city primaries. The fate Of
the Kilkenny cats is about all that
can satisfy the two opposing factions
of McCrackep Democracy.