The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-03-27
Meeting Democratic
Executive Committee
The Night Session.

been disarranged by the rediStricting Of
the State, and decided upon Wednesday,
July 18th, as the date for the next State
Convention.
Immediately upon the calling to order
of the meeting at $3.50, Mr.. II. A. Lon
don, for the Committee on Re-organi-
cation of District Committees, reported
the following resolution:
PLAN OF E-ORGANIZATION.
Whereas, The re-apportionment of
the State has made it necessary to re-
organize certain Congressional, Judicial
and Senatorial Executive Committees,
BE it resolved by the Democratic
State Executive Committee.
81. That every person who, at the
time of the last e-apportionment, was a
member of. any Congressional. Judicial
of Senatorial Executive Committee shall
be and he is hereby constituted a men,
Der of the same committee in his present
district, and if any county has no mem
Der of any of said committees, the chair
man of the county executive committee
is made member of the said committee
for which his county has no member;
or he may appoint a member of said
committee for his county.
q That in every of said districts
which has been changed by the last re-
apportionment and wherein there Is no
chairman or wherein there are more than
one chairman, the chairman of the State
Executive Committee shall designate
some member of the district executive
committees Congressional, judicial or
Senatorial, as the case may be- whose
duty it shall be to issue a call for
meeting of the committee of the district.
The person so DESIGNATED shall call the
committee to meet at some place in his
district at date to be named by him.
and he shall call the meeting together.
The committee shall then elect chair
man. The chairman of the State F.Xecu-
tive Committee shall furnish to the
member whom he designates for the duty
afore said, list of the members of the
committee with their addresses.
''3. The committees hereby organic
ed shall hold office until new commit
tees shall have been elected in accord
ance with the plan of organization.
~. All district committees which
have heretofore met and organized are
hereby declared to have been legally
organized and such committees are not
required 20 convene again.
There was some little discussion, par
ticpated in by Messrs. Spruill Lyon,
Guion Pou and Simmons, as to whether
the chairman of district under the old
apportionment should remain chairman
CT not. This was finally settled by leav-
ing the chairman as at present, except
in those districts where there were more
than one chairman, or none at ALL on ac-
count of the adding or Withdrawing of
counties.
The resolution after a slight change in
it's wording to make the above point
clear, was adopted
The next question taken up was the
date of holding the State Convention.
THE DATE SELECTED.
Mr.. A. M. Scales, ex-senator from
Guilford, moved that the date of the
convention be July Sth., as that was the
day before the meeting of the Bar AS
sociation at Asheville.
Mr. Rodman amended this to July
10th.
Mr.. J. A. Hardness moved that the
date be the last Thursday in August, so
as to give ample time for the primaries
Mr.. BrOughton said this would not
suit the tobacco growers at all and went
on to say that ne considered the latter
part of July the best time for ali con-
cerned.
Senator Simmons did not approve of
putting off the convention too late.
Mr.. Hardness moved as a substitute
that the convention be held on the last
Wedne sday of July. the SOth.
Mr.. Scales withdrew his motion by
consent, and the question was put upon
Mr. HARNESS motion, which was lost.
The original question, to hold the con-
vention on July 10th, was then put and
carried.
DISCUSSION OVER PRIMARY.
When the question of the method of
electing United States Senators came
up, Mr.. n. 3. Broughton offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That if it be the opinion of
this committee that there should be any
charge in the method of choosing United
States Senators. such change should be
made by the State Convention"
Mr.. Simmons spoke in favor of con-
reason, if no other, that it would bring
out the whole strength of the party at
the registration, which he feared would
this year cause a great deal Of trouble,
on account of the new requirements.
Col. Pearsall thought it would be not
an unwise thing for the committee to
draw up a resolution embodying the diff
ferent plans that have been prominently
discussed for electing Senators. so that
the people at large may know what the
convention is liable to do.
Mr. HerlOt Clarkson took the ground
that the people were expecting the pri-
mary system, as a result of the action of
the last convention
Messrs. R. d. Reid and R. n Hackett,
both considered that this committee had
no reeommendatory authority whatever,
but should leave the matter for the State
Convention.
Mr.. j. r. Lewellyn, of Surry. offered
an amendment to Mr.. Broughton's reso-
luton, to the effect that 1--WE favor
continuance of the method of selecting
United States Senator'S adopted by the
last State Convention"
Mr.. J. Y. Jordan, Of AsheYil!e, said