The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-09-30

where most or Inc Democrats were
for Fry. If the convention haC
been called for and held at Harri,
station, where it had always beer
held, Fry would have carried the
district by two-thirds majority
but that is what McDowells friends
feared and hence it was held al
Jordan station, and for the first
time since it was village or vot.
ing place, Jordan had a Democratic
convention. Fry's friends, feeling
the injustice of such a move and
feeling that it was done so as to
rob him of his old home district and
unlustly beat him out of it, held a
convention at Harris station at the
same time one was held by Mellow
ellis friends at Jordan station, and
at the Harris station convention
there were 81 Democrats voting
while standing for Fry and none for
Mcdowell, though there were four
men who did not vote at all, while
at Jordan station there were %
votes for Mcdowell and none for
Fry, showing that Fry had the dis
trict by two-thirds majority. | do
not blame McDowel's friends for
not wanting the convention at Har-
ris station, as he would have been
swamped there by the Democratic
Fry votes.
In the district conventions on
SATURDAY., the 30th of April, Fry
carried Nos. ?, ;, 4, 8, z, 8, Is, IA,
| Is, or nine districts in the county,
with 19 votes, on a basis of the vote
for Governor in 1902, while McDow-
ell, giving him No. l, carried Nos.
/, 5, 9. 10, IL, IL and 10, or seven
districts with total of votes in
the county convention. 1t is said,
and have the word of several rep
utable gentlemen for it, that Sat-
urday afternoon, after the results
in the district conventions were
known in Union City, Mcdowell
went to Mr.. Fry, congratulated
him on his nomination, told him he
had won the nomination, and that
he, Mcdowell, would support him.
Monday morning, the day of the
county convention came, when 10!
and behold, he was still candidate
for the nomination before the con-
vention which was to meet that at
ternoon--his great mind had under
gone change-this Saul of Tarsus
had seen new light and was then
going to die in the last ditch, or a
place like it.
The county convention met in the
circuit court room at 2 o'clock as
called by the committee, and the
chairman of the county Democratic
executive committee, Mr.. Hurt, as
is always usual and customary,
called the convention to order and
stated that the first business be-
fore the convention, was the cleo
tion of chairman of the conven-
ton. Mcdowell then interposed
with point of order that the first
business was the appointment of
committee on credentials and basis
of representation, thing never
heard of before in any convention,
but the chairman overruled his |
point of order, when G. p. Wilson |
was placed in nomination by Frys |
friends for chairman, and Mellow,
ellis friends placed in nomination
"A. N. Moore for chairman of the
convention. The chairman, Mr..
Hurt, then ordered roll call by
districts, taking vote on the last |
governors election as basis, to
which Mcdowell objected, and on
that basis Wilson received 19 votes
and Moore 2, districts No. 9, 10, IL,
II and 10 not voting under direc-
tons of Mcdowell. After this vote
was taken and declared, Hurt an |
nounced that Wilson was elected |
chairman Of the convention who
then came forward and from then
on to the close, discharged the du-
tied of such chairman. A motion |
was then made to appoint COM
mittee on credentials and basis of
representation, which was carried
and the chair appointed A. X.
Wells, John Bennett, Dave Glover,
Aubrey Whipple and Geo. w. Sto.
vail, who went out and made re-
port to the convention, giving Nc
Dowell all the votes from Nos. /, 5,
10, IL, II, 9, 10, or total of s votes
and Fry all the votes from Nos. 2,
3, 4, E, 7, s, Is, IA, Is, or a total of
19 votes. Just at this time Nc
Dowell arose and asked all his men
to leave the courtroom, but stated
he would not be candidate either
as bolter or an independent cam
didate for the Legislature. His
crowd went to the county court
room and after making a lot of
noise, nominated Hardy Davidson,
who had gone home and who, the
next day as soon as he learned of
It, promptly repudiated it and
would have nothing TO do with it
and who is now actively for Fry.
The convention, in the circuit court
room, proceeded with the business
tor which it was called together
and selected a lot of delegates to
he State convention at Nashville .
ind instructed them as to how
hey should vote in the said State
and then nominated
Mr.. Fry as a Democratic candidate
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