The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-09-26
To The Democrats of Caroline

eleven voted against nominations ana
nine for nominations; there were present
several members ho did not vote.
motion was at once made 10 adl lurn.
which the chairman refused to put, and
th DE voting against nominations lett
the room. Alter this thO,e remaining,
said to be fifteen in thenewspapers. pars-
ei q res ,lution calling for precinct meet
ngs to be held at each precinct on the
3Oth oi september to appoint two dele. /
gates from each pr, cinct to constitute
convention whirh is To assemble at Bow
ling Green on the lst day oi October to
nominatecounty officers We claim That
after the committee hnd voted against
nominations ald a motion made 90 ad- !
journ. it was the duty Of the chairman
To put this motion, and that the suhsc
quent action of "a part of the committee
was illegal and not binding on the Demo /
Gratis OF Caroline. But ii We are ia error T.
~ to this, il surely il not Drmocratic'
nor just u the people. to holt u conyen- /
ton in which the smallest precinct IN the
county il given an equal vote IN the
nominating convention with the largest. /
To illustrate We take Whites Mlll, the /
smallest. and Bowling the largest
Whites Mil pollcd in the last elec tion Tor
governor - Democratic votes snd BsVl- /
ing Green l76 D,mocratic Sotcr; Nhite's
Mill. 10 the last congressional election. /
polled ) and Bowling iren 10 Demo /
cratic votes, and this under thenew rsgis- /
tratiou. ana the last primary election, F
August 10Th last, Whites Mil voted ~ (
aud Bowling Green 10 Democratic !
votes. The pfesent whlter gisiraiio1 ci +
Bowling Green il 22O ana Whites Mi I
80, there are but few white k,plbh- /
cans ia Bowling Green precinct. y hi.t 4
the majority Of whites AZ Whites Mil /
are Republicans. aud thus il is that p I
precinct which polk usually not over ~ /
BtuDtlhlC fbA'0 ~ klffH ''tf'' ''-''-- '
strength in nominating conven ioD I
with one which votes now st l-a-t 200 /
II Whites Mill should have two delegates /
Bowling Green should have twenty AND /.
a similar ratio applies to the other Pre- /
cincts oi the county under these circum- /
stances. and In view of the iurlhe fact I
that our people have been called once al ,
ready from their homes 10 attend pri I
mary election. at which all county Of /
ficers could have been and should have
been nominated had il been deemed de- /
sirable. we call upon the Democratic /
voters of Caroline n OF To attend the pre- /
cinct meetings September 2lst, 1903.
". L. Cobb,
Thos y. Nelch,
J. b. Washington,
T. W. GreeG.
+ W Chandler.
N. G. Broaddus,
Members Of Democratic County Com
mittee.
While | was not present at the meeting
of the Democratic County Committee OF
last court day ! heartily endorse the
above, and do not think further nomina-
tions necessary or expedient; and II au-
thorizsd. do not consider the plan 80
ordered fair or Democratic, and concur
in the above request to the people not to
attend the same.
q H. Pitts
To My Fellow-Citizens vi Caroline Co.
Oa August 10th last, court day. the
Democratic Committee Of this county
met and ordered a primary election to
be held on August 29th to nominate
candidate for the House Of Delegates;
Immediately thereafter the committee
having made no provision for tne nomi
nation OF county officers, J wrote card
and published the came in The Free
Lance OF the 18th, in which ! said: 81
am entirely willing to accede to the re
quest OF my friends, and measure strength
with Mr.. Ennis at a primary election
where the vote is viva voce, or to sub
nit to Democratic convention com
posed of delegates elected at precinct
meetings, provided the delegates are ap
portioned among the several precincts 10
proportion to the Democratic vote a
each. or am willing to measure strength
with him at the regular election with 20
nomination" At September court, the
! 18th instant, the said committee met
again, and upon "a vote being taken
whether or not the party should maze
nominations for county officers, eleven
voted against nominations and nine for
them. Az soon as this vote was taken
a motion was made to adjourn, which
the chairman refusing or failing to put,
those voting against nominations al
journed, wbereupon those remaining, in
cluding some members who had not voted
on the question anu sOinc Wuo heu
passed resolution in the following
words, as ! get them from The Free
Lance OF the l7th:
mir. Powers moved that precinct meet
ings be held on Sept mber Both, TO elect
delegates to a County Convention, to bt
held at Bowling Green on Thursday, Oc
! tober 1ss. at IL O'Clock, to nominal,
candidates for the county Offices. Thi,
does not apply to district officers voted
for only in districts"
:. Mr. A. p. Rowe, of The Free Lance
was in the committee room and reporte,
y the proceedings From the columns o
the Weekly News reporting the same,
:, gather that two delegates were to be ap
pointed to this nominating convention
e from each precinct. The Democrsti
: Committee, as now constituted, neye
!, officially makes known to the people it
;. proceedings; no action has taken durin
this summer or fell has been made know
i tn the people, either by public proclama