The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30
TIE NOMINEE
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fact with the same boiler who has fol
ten years or longer disturbed the har
m0ny Of the party ia 0bIon coun6J
and done more than all others com
bined to produce discOrds and dissen
sions in the party. This man claim.
to be the regular nominee of the Dem
ocratic party for Representative from
this county TO the next Legislature
and there are good men whom he has
SO deluded that they too are claiming
him to be the regular nominee Of the
party, when all thoughtful and all in.
formed men know he is not the regular
nominee and has no more claim to be
the regular nominee than / have, and
that he has absolutely no excuse OF
reason for his race, except his inordi-
nate ambition and desire to be a can.
didate or TO have and see his name in
print. Joseph l.. Fry is the nominee.
regularly and legally made such by a
convention which was regularly called
into being on a motion made by this
self same bolter. Any fair minded,
thoughtful and informed Democrat
Will 90 declare without moments
hesitation.
Let Us FOR a short time investigate
and see who is the regular nominee Of
the Democratic party in this county
for representative to the next Legis-
lature. Let US take up the record as
made on McDowell's motion and see
what claim he has to declare himself
the regular nominee In this county.
A notice was published in all the
county papers for meeting of the
Democratic executive committee of
the county to meet on the first Mon
day In March, 1904, at the courthouse,
for the purpose OF transacting any
business that may be brought before
it, This call was signed by Geo. p.
Hurt, chairman, and II. q. Alexander,
secretary. On the first Monday in
March, as called, that committee met
at the place designated, In the court
house: Present, w. I'll. Harpole, from
Dist. No. 1; j. M. Glenn, from Dist.
No. 2; M. s. Marshall, from Dist. No.
81; w. B. Stovall, from Dist. No. 7;
Geo. p, Hurt, from Dist. No. S; Hardy
G. Davidson, from Dist. No. 8; j. H.
Mcdowell, from Dist. No. 10; p. N.
Matlock, from Dist. No, IL; ]. M.
Hickman, from Dist. No. II; I'll. @.
Alexander, from Dist. No. ID; A. X.
Wells, from Dist. No. Ia; E. j Green,
from Dist. No. Is; and w. M. NJ lies as
proxy for Walter Morris, from Dist
No is; all the districts being repre-
sented at that meeting except dis
tricts Nos. 2, 4, and 8. At that
meeting district conventions were or
dered 10 be held on Saturday, April
30, at 2 o'clock for the purpose of se-
lecting delegates to attend county
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held in Union City, at the courthouse,
at | O'Clock p. m. on the first Monday
in May for the purpose of electing
delegates 10 attend the State conven-
ti0n at Nashville. j. I'll. Mcdowell,
In said committee meeting, moved
that the delegates selected in the dis
trict conventions to be held on the
last Saturday In April be directed to
vote at the county convention at
Union City on the first Monday in May
to nominate candidate for Repre-
sentative Of Obion county. This mo-
tion was duly seconded. HI. @. Alex
ander moved TO table McDowell's mo-
ton, but Alexander's motion failed
by vote OF for his motion to Z
against it. Then the vote was taken
on Mcdowell IS motion and was carried
by vote OF Tor it and 8 against it,
those voting for his motion being him
self, Mr.. Marshall, Mr.. Harpole, Mr..
Matlock, Mr.. Stoyall, Mr.. Miles, Mr..
Hickman and Mr. Green, all Mellow
ell men except Mr.. Green and Mr..
Miles who are now, as 1 understand,
supporting Mr.. Fry. So it will be
seen that Mcdowell called into life
the convention that nominated Fry.
III was on his motion that such con-
yention was called. He was then a
candidate for the Legislature and was
then the only man who was such
candidate. Before then, he and his |
friends, had always clammOred for a |
primary election TO nominate candi- |
dates for office, and we'll remember a |
former occasion when he claimed he |
was defrauded out OF nomination, |
that he appealed to the State COM
mittee to order a primary election TO |
decide whether he or Mr.. Gordon was
the nominee Of the party and after |
appealing successfully he was buried |
under an avalanche of votes and a |
majority so great that no one ever
supposed he would come to life
again, but he came up again last
spring as an announced candidate
for the Representative honors. In
the contest with Gordon he then
called into being primary election
and was buried by an overwhelming
majority in such primary, and that
may have been the reason which
moved him to want county con-
vention, so that he could get in
some of his fine work for which he
is accredited; so that he could pull
the wool over the eyes of the people
and by his skill as convention ma
nipulater wrest the nomination this
time from the Democracy whether
It wanted him or not But in this
he reckoned without his hosts. The
district conventions were held on
Saturday as ordered, and in the
meantime 10. Fry had announced
himself as candidate for the place.
1t was well known that Fry was
very popular in his old home dis
trict at Harris station, where he
spent most of his boyhood days and
that he would likely carry that dis
trict over Mcdowell; that Fry would
carry No. his friends were conf
dent and had no doubt and results j
later on showed that their conf {