The Bourbon news., 1904-08-30
We Are All Democrats Together
From the Paris Gazette. !


The Paris Democrat of Saturday
thinks that the Democratic County
Com mittee made a great mistake,
at its last meeting, (when the pri-
mary was called to be held Nov. 15)
by appointing sub committee.
The article goes on to say. which
we Think is little inconsistent, that
1.-The members are fair and honorable
men and we do charge that they will
do anything unfair" This evidently
is mistake, as the whole article is
at this time.
If we understand the matter cor
rectly, the subcommittee was ap-
pointed, not to settle the matter
finally as to election officers, but it
was to receive from each candidate
list of not more than four
names for officers in each
precinct in the county - from
| the names so furnished the sub-cOm-
mittee is to select the election officers
and then report said list to the whole
committee for it's approval.
Now, will any calm, unexcited
person tell US what is wrong about
this Where is any unfairness or
snap-judgment There were thirteen
members in person and two proxies
out of the twenty. present, and the
vote on these resolutions was unani-
nous. We do not know who a single
member of the committee is for, for
any of these offices, but we do know
the committee is composed of fair
and honorable men, and believe
there is not man who is a member
of the Bourbon County Democratic
Committee who would try and take
any unfair and dishonorable advant-
age in any way Of one Democrat over
another.
! We venture to say that the man
who gets the largest number of
votes for the office he is running for
will be the nominee, and it makes no
difference who the election off :crs
are for.
We give below the resolution about
which the cry has been raised:
RESOLVED, That the following Com
mittee, w. D. Mcintyre, Lee Beall and
Joseph Stewart be, and it is hereby ap-
pointed for the purpose of providing for
said election as follows; they shall arrange
for the arrangement and printing of the
ballots, secure ballot boxes, estimate the
cost of holding the election, and make an
assessment on each candidate for a rea-
sonable sum to defray the expense.
Each candidate shall pay said assess
ment at least fifteen days before said
election, and at the time of payment, may
recommend to said Committee a list of
not more than four legally qualified men
for election officers in each precinct in
said County; from the names so furnished
by the candidates, said Committee is en-
powered to select the election officers,
namely, two judges, clerk and sheriff in
each precinct, and said committee, is
directed to report its acts to the whole
committee at meeting to be held on Sat-
urday, November 5, 1904, at two O'Clock,
p. M, standard time.
The above article expresses our senti-
ment in regard to this matter, and we
think the Democrats editorial was un-
time,y and unbecoming in coming from
such source. We feel sure the commit
tee will act fair in the appointment of
election officers. The Democrats article
makes it look as if uneasiness was begin
ming to take root in somebody's camp.
We do not know the candidates who are
referred to, nor do we care to know, but
why start dissentions and cry of fraud in
our own ranks when the resolution in no
way warrants it.
Let US have a quiet and peaceable pri-
mary, free from personalities and charges
of fraud. The majority of the voters will
namd the standard bearers and we do not
helieue anu man was ever robbed of hic