The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1902-03-07
TWO CONVENTIONS.

at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon
March l, and Selected delegates t.
attend the County Democratic Con
vention which met at the same
place in the city Monday afternoon
Judge J. M. Ownby was elected
chairman and F. w. Preston and
E. H. Marshall were chosen secre,
taries. The chair appointed DR.
f. M. Mckee, c. N, Lannom and
]. ]. Cherry committee to select
delegates.
Hons. Seid Waddell, c. J. Crock
EFT and w H. Swiggart were ap-
pointed a committee on resolutions
who reported as follows:
We your committee on resolutions
recommend the following;
Resolved first, That it is the
sense of the convention that the
delegates to the County Convention
cast their votes for the Hon James
B. Frazier for Governor, and the
Hons. w. S. Wilkes, w. F. McAlis-
ter, w. D. Beard, M. M. Neal and
]. H. Shields for supreme Judges,
and Hon. Neil Mckenzie for railroad
commissioner.
Second, That the delegates ap-
pointed by this convention are here
by instructed to vote in the County
Convention to be held in Union
City on Monday, the 3rd of March,
TO instruct the delegates appointed
by said County Convention to vote
for our townsman, John e. Wells,
for member OF the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee for the
Ninth Congressional District of
Tennessee, and to do all they hon
orally can to insure his election as
a member of said executive COM
mittee.
Third, We recommend that the
delegates to the County Convention
be not instructed as the member of
the Chancery Court of Appeals.
f. NJ. Woody moved to amend by
substituting the following for the
third clause of the resolutions:
Resolved, BY the Democrats of
the Thirteenth Civil District of
Obion County, Tennessee, in mass
convention assembled, that the
delegates selected by this con-
vention to the Democratic County
Convention which meets in Union
CITY, Tenn, on the 3rd day of
March, 1902, to select delegates to
the Gubernatorial and Judicial Con-
ventions at Nashville, be instructed
to cast the vote of said Thirteenth
Civil District in said County Con-
yention TO instruct the delegates of
said county to said convention at
Nashville for the Hon. John M.
Taylor for Judge of the Court of
Chancery Appeals of Tennessee, so
long as his name may be before
said convention at Nashville.
Which motion prevailed.
On motion the resolutions so
amended were adopted.
On motion the delegates to the
County Convention we're instructed
to vote as a unit on all questions
before said County Convention.
THE COUNTY CONVENTION.
The delegates selected at the
district conventions held in this
county SATURDAY assembled at the
courthouse Saturday and were call
ed to order by Hon. John E. Wells,
chairman of the Obion County
Democratic Executive Committee.
Attorney c. N. Lannom placed
the name of Hon. Lex1e S. Parks
before the house for permanent
There being no other
nominations, and upon motion of
Judge ]. M. Ownby, Mr.. Parks was
elected by reclamation.
'he members of the press pres
were requested to act as secre-
les.
le chairman appointed the fol-
39ig gentlemen as committee
/ "a 'edentials: ]. w. Bennett, ].
G Dowell, S. Waddell, Tom A.
W3S and ]. ]. Wells.
Sc -nmittee on Resolutions: F.
SWoody, J. M. Ownby, Ebert
wSuce, w. w. Morris and Andy
Anderson.
While the committees were pre-
pairing their reports, Hon. John E.
Wells offered the following resolu-
ton, which was unanimously
ENDORSES CoCKRoFT.
Whereas, The Hon. S. L. Cock
rott, of Over county, for sixteen
years encouragement for the Judi
cial District, is candidate for APP
pointment and election by the SUI
preme Court as encouragement
and-reporter for the State of Ten
we do hereby respectfully
endorse his candidacy and commend
his claims to the favorable consid-
Grafton of the Justices of the Su-
preme Court to be elected next Au-
gust.
The report of the committee on
credentials was read by its chair
man, Hon. Seid Waddell, and was
The committee on resolutions
two reports as follows:
MAJORITY REPORT.
We, your Committee on Resolu-
@orDor4 fS11Nx,e.