The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-05-18
Talk of Litigation Over Prose-
cutingAttorney's Nomination
The Bush Cook Race Is Growing
Warmer With Both Claim
ing II.
TROUBLE OVER NEW ooMM1rTEE

torney in the district composed of Nc
Cracker and Marshall counties. Chair
man Morrison, of MoCracken. want
the votes in Marshall taken from nh,
ballot boxes and counted, and Chair
man Edwards, of Marshall, thinks tn,
law permits q count of the ballots only
when there is contest, and that with
out q contest the law contemplated
that only the vote as certified to by
the election officers Is to be counted OF
csnvassed.
II the vote is not counted as Chair
man Morrison desires, he may refuse
to sign the certificate of nomination
for Attorney John @. Lovett, in which
event a mandamus would have to be
taken out and the courts decide wheth-
err or not Mr.. Morrison should sign the
certificate. Or Attorney l.. X. Taylor
may file contest, in which event IL
is supposed ths vote would be taken
from the boxes and counted.
Saturday the returns from McCrack-
en- were csnvassed and certificates will
be issued in q few days. There were
no changes in the result as already an
nounced.
The Democratic primary seems to
have caused trouble all over the state,
and one of the warmest fights has de-
veloped in the third judicial district,
where there was bitter contest be-
tween Judges Cook and Bush. An
Eddyville dispatch says:
las the result OF . tangle In the
Democratic district committee for the
Third judicial district, the state CEN
tral committee will have to decide
who is the rigbtful nominee. One
committee named Judge Thomas p.
Cook, declaring him nominated by q
majority of 73 votes. The other COM
mittee held that Judge O. II. Bush, OF
Hopkinsville, was elected by major
ity Of LAT votes.
1.-THE differences arose over the re-
cent deposition Of the chairman in
Christian, Lyon and Galloway counties
and the appointment of new chair
man in their places. The old chair
men deny the right to depose them and
claim to still compose the Third dis
trict committee.
Saturdays Mayheld Messenger says
of the change Of committeeman:
There has been vacancy Of six
county committeeman in Galloway
county for some time, but for some
cause or other these vacancies have
never been filed. Monday night.
VIII Linn, K. Robertson and perhaps
others came over from Murray with
the names Of six good Democrats who
were recommended to State Commit
teeman whittemore for appointment
to fill the vacancies. They were re-
commended by the secretaries and
many Democrats of Galloway county
and Mr.. whittemt re, believing ii best
for the good of the party, made the
appointments.
Tuesday morning when the commit
tee met, u surprise was sprung ON one
faction, when three new committee
men appeared with the proper creden-
tials and took their seats.
The first thing done was to elect X.
Robertson Q new comfy chairman and
dispose OF Abe Thompson, who for
some time has been the regular chair
man. This fell like . bomb in tho
camps of the opposition.
The committee with K. Robertson
as the new chairman demanded the
ballot boxes, but Mr.. Thompson re-
fused to give them mp and ordered all
persons out except the old committee,
who proceeded to count the vote and
make its reports. 1t seems the new
scheme did not work and did not pre-
vent Judge Cook from getting the nom
ination.
Parties from Lyon county came Mon
day night with the names of three
Democrats, who were recommended by
many other Democrats of that county
to be appointed to fill vacancies thai
have existed for some time on tn,
county Democi asic committee.
The matter was presented to Com
mitteeman whittemore for adjustment
who at once made the appointment
and the parties left on the midnight
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