The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-08-14
If Committeeman Emery Attempts to
Serve, He'll Be Bounced.
Members Of the Democratic County
Organization Now Threaten to
Take Out an Injunction
JUDGE EMERY "JEs LAFFs''

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Democratic county committee, il in
dioations a be depended on, and
they usually can so far as the Demo-
cratic committee is ION cerned. Mr..
Charles Emery, the recognized chair
man Of the committee, is also a mem
Der of the city committee, and there
ia considerable curiosity manifested as
to whether or not he will attempt to
meet with the remainder Of the COM
mittee the goth.
II is said that IL he does he will be
asked to leave, and IL he does not
leave, he will be forcibly put out.
In addition, Mr.. Emery has receiv-
ed notice to have the executive com
mittee forward to the state election
commissioners the names Of the five
men from which to select the Demo-
cratic county election commissioner.
He stated to a reporter that the execu-
tive committee consists Of any five
members Of the committee. He said
he had not decided what four he
would invite to cooperate with himself
in the selection.
II is here that there is likely to be
trouble. One member of the county
committee stated this morning that
Chairman Emery, who is not recog-
nized by his faction, had gone as far
as they intended TO allow him to go,
and tina. they would stop him now IL
they had to take out an injunction.
lie said there was a limit IN oil
things and that Chairman Emery had
reached the limit. II the matter is
dragged into the courts, it will add
to the comp locations ard probably
greatly promote "hnimony."
Chairman Emery, however, does
not appear TO be in the least worried.
He is solid with the powers at Frank.
fort, and he is recognized by the
district chairman, the state central
committeeman from this district, and
the state central committee. In fact,
he is virtually the Democratic county
comm ittee Of MoCracken itself, and
there is no necessity for any commit
teeme n, as his signature will now
make snything official, there being no
secretary. There is no secretary, Mr..
will Lydon, the former secretary, hav-
ing been deposed by the state central
committee within the past day or two.
As long as Mr.. Emery is the whole
thing, he smiles and let's the other fell
lows kick. II none of the other mem
bers Of the committee meet with him
and select the five names for county
election commissioner, he will select
them himself, certify to them, and
send them on, and the state board will
select from his lot, for it has done il
before, and the mem bers know Chair.
man Emery is with them, sndwill do it
again.
After learning that Chairman Emery
has received notice TO forward the
election comissioners' names, some Of
the Potter faction yesterday went to
work and secured the names Of fifteen
Of the twenty six mem bers Of the ooon-
ty committee to q call for the commit
tee to meet the goth to select the five
election commissioners m As
Mr.. Emery is recognized as chairman
nothing that the committee or any
part Of II may do in the matter will
likely have any weight with the
election commissioners ct Frankfort
without Mr.. Emery's signature ss
chairman, 10 he will pay no atten-
ton to ID.
Chairman Emery stated this morn
ing that he didn't pay any attention
to what any Of the other fellows said
about his being ineligible to serve on
the county committee, that he would
serve just the anne. He said they
had repeatedly said he couldn't do
things that he did do, and that he'd
fool 'em again.
He gave 1t as q straight tip that the