The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-04-08
good of the party as may properly
come before the committee.
The following resolutions were
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unanimously adopted:
We, the Democrats of Benton County
in mass meeting assembled, at the court
house in Camden, Tenn. hereby declare: ::
First-We have the utmost confidence
in the Democratic party, which has fought
for the just and nnaIienable rights of the
masses of the people by counties, States
and nation for more than hundred years.
Second--We look to the Democratic
party, and to il only, for universal pro-
tectionin our rights, liberty and freedom
of speech, which is the right of every
American citizen so long as we as nation
or a citizen do not clothe ourselves with
anarchy and take on too much of the doc
trines ofsocialism ;therefore, be it
Resolved, that we heartily and cheer
| fully endorse The administration of Gov
ernor James B. Frazier for the high-toned
and timely manner in which he has exc
cuted and performed the responsible du-
ties involved upon him as chief executive
of proud, progressive and chivalrous
State. and hereby instruct the delegates
appointed by this convention to the State
gubernatorial convention to cast the votes
of Benton County for his nomination for
| a second term.
| Second-We heartily endorse the adj
| ministration of Treasurer Reau E. Folk,
Secretary John w. Morton, Comptroller
Frank Dibrell, the candidacy of Benton
McMillin for the United States Senate,
and by all means do we pledge our undi-
vided influence, support and vote to r.
d. McCord for sheriff and Il. e. Fry for
trustee of Benton County, and call upon
all Democrats to stand by their colors
we endorse Joseph E. Jones and E. E.
Eslick as electors for the State at large
and L. @. Rye and Jeff D. Hunt as dele
gates to the national convention; we en-
dorse the candidacy of Thomas B. Carroll
for State committeeman from the Eighth
Congressional District, and instruct the
delegates to cast the votes of Benton
County solidly for him; we further en-
dorse the candidacy of B. A. Enloe for
railroad commissioner, and instruct our
deleg&~es to cast the votes of Benton
County for him as long as his name is
before the convention.
We congratulate, praise and honor the
last Tennessee legislature for its wisdom,
charity, mercy and courage in extending
the Four-Mile Law, thereby opening up
the way by which moral education may
prove boon to the people and success
for the moral manhood and womanhood
of the land, thus demonstrating the fact
that larger towns should not'have prece-
dence over the smaller ones.
We remember with gratitude and many
thanks that Benton County (amongmany
others) has planted, sprouted, produced
and nurtured noble son of a grand old'
sire who now sleeps beneath the sod, but
whose spirit is a luminary to the boys
eyes, director to his feet, leader to his
hands and trainer to his mind. This
son is Hon. George M. Leslie of Holla-
day, who is honored and spoken well OIL
by men, praised by women and esteemed
by children for his noble stand and man
ly acts while in the last legislature we
therefore cheerfully endorse his actions
and his every vote in that assembly, and
especially those on the temperance ques-
ton; we also recommend him to the gen.
eral public as safe, sound and consci-
encious legislator and noble citizen.
The following delegates to the
State convention were chosen:
First district, Joseph Odle and
j. M. Whitfield; second, John r.
Holiday and r. Ell. Hilliard; third,
JIG. Hollingsworth and James w.
Saunders; fourth, Robert Brown
and Bryant Pierce; fifth, Cass A.
Cowell and W. P. Redick; sixth,
j. r. Herrin and George G. Camp;
seventh, J. M. Wilson and w. Ell.
Melton; eighth, Carlos Hudson
and Leon Caraway; ninth, S. A.
Clement and John Askew; tenth,
T. W. Pafford and j. p. Lashlee;
eleventh, A. j. Goodman and Doss
Rice; twelfth, j. W. Greer and G.
@. Cole; thirteenth, Dick Walker
and Eugene Zimmerman; four
teenth, G. M. M. Harris and K. p.
Bridges; fifteenth, A. G. McRae
and Dock johnson; sixteenth, j.
@. Parker and John S. Davidson.