The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-09-26
Democratic City Committees
Troubles Multiply.
Six Of the Smith Men Held a Meeting
Last Evening on Legal
Row.
SAYS WAS ILLEGAL

| lno tIOuOie III tuo DtuiOCIhtlC ivy
committee seems to become more COM
plicsted. There is now open rebellion,
and while seven members Of the COM
mittee, or alleged members Of the
committee. refused to hear the j. II.
Smith contest night before last, q
meeting of other memb-rs was held
last night and 1t was decided to hear
the contest, the claim being that two
Of the members allowed to vote at the
meeting Thursday night were not
memb ers and had no right to vote.
Messrs Morrison. Lang, Lydon. Pie.
per, Mitchell ana Bergman met last
night at Sheriff Potter's Office and for
mer Mayor Lang was chosen to pre-
side. These gentlemen claim they pc
titioned City Chairman II. G.. Cald
well to call meeting for Z 80 O'Clock
last night, which he declined to do on
account of having insufficient time in
WhiSu w hNih1 'h' h'uochbs iho
six members above then called the
meeting themselves.
Mr. Morrison, chairman OF the ooun-
~ committee. stated when the meet
ing was called to order last night. that
state central committeeman White.
more had never forwarded the sp.
pointments OF Messrs. Casper Jones
and Harry Savage, they woro not mem.
bers Of the committee and Mr. James
Glauber had moved from his precincts,
leaving three vacancies and only ten
members, of the county committee, the
six present constituting n quorum.
Those present adopted the follow
ing resolutions:
Resolved, The city Democratic com
mittee held meeting last night, Sep
TENDER "a, 1908, and at said meeting
Casper Jones and Harry Savage were
sworn in as committeeman from Di-
gels precinct and Rogers precinct
respectively without first presenting
their credentials, and did take part in
said meeting we. n majority OF said
committee. do hereby declare that part
OF the meeting in which they partici-
pAted 10 be null and void, and that all
acts at said meeting be declared null
and void. and that the committee do
now take up the matter of J. Henry
Smiths contest against M. w. John
son fer the nomination OF city treasur.
er.
The following was subsequently
adopted;
Resolved. That when the committee
adiourns tonight that it does so TO
meet Tuesday, September 30. 1908. at
: 80 O'Clock p. m. at the city hall, and
that the chair appoint committee Of
two TO wait on Chairman X. G. Cald-
well. and request him TO have ballot
boxes, keys and all other things nee
essary to properly conduct said con-
test before the committee at that time
and place. and that the secretary mott
fy ell members of the city Democratic
committee to be present, also the con-
testant and contestes with their attor-
neys and that the ballots be, and the
contest shall be conducted % follows,
towit: That the ballot boxes be open.
ed precinct by precinct. and the bal
lots canvassed for the office of city
treasurer only. and in the presence Of
the contestant, contestee and their at
torneys, IL present. and the public.
And. IL 10 further ordered that IL upon
examination Of any particular ballot
box there shall appear to have been
irregularities in the conduct of the PR
mary election at such precinct, the
committee shall deal with such pre-.
cinct In such way as may be defined
by the law"
Chairman Lang then appointed
Messrs. Lydon aud Morrison on the
committee and the meeting adjourned.
Colonel n. u. Caldwell, chairman
Of the CITY Democratic committee,
stated this morning that the meeting
last night In which Committeeman
Lydon, Bergman, Lang, Morrison,
Pieper and Mitchell attempted to act
a. . committee to cot on the J. II.