The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-05-13

/ The Democratic Executive Committee
of Maury County met at II M, Monday
/ in the Circuit Court room. The Commit
II tee was called TO order by the Chairman,
/ ]. b. Granbery. The roll was called oy
the Secretary, Jas. A. Smiser, aud tue
/ following representation was present;
lst Dist R. S. Mcknight.
2nd Dist. ID. Stantill, by John L.
3rd Dist. II. Gillespie.
4th Dist. II. Gibson.
9th Dist. II. Hughes, by c. c.
Denton, proxy.
9th Dist. E. Thomas and J. S.
Hickman. :,
9TH Dist. j. E. Henderson, by j. II
Morgan. proxy.
Sth Dist \. E. Due.
9th Dist.-W. B. Greenlaw, c. A.
Forgey, j. A. Smiser, w. ID. Cameron
and b. A Satterfield by J. b. Gran.
berry, proxy.
10th Dist.-Ed Hill.
18th Dist.-Johu C. Nelson, by W. Z.
Salmon, proxy.
18th Dist. -Chas. jackson and ). \.
Pickard.
Goodloe, by E. Fl. Hatcher. proxy;
+, 18th Dist Lee Harris, by j. ..
Cranberry, proxy.
18th Dist. J Pogue.
10Th Dist.-E. A. Pcgue, by \. B.
Cheairs, proxy.
18th Dist.-Ad Forgey.
18th Dist. P. Johns,
18th Dist.-W. j. Mcknight.
goth Dist Claud Goodwin.
2lst Dist. A. Baker.
22d Dst.-W. ii. Brown.
23rd Dist.-John s. Brown.
oath Dst-G W. Ferguson.
25th Dist.-John NJ Grove.
After the roll call, the Chairman an
nounced that the purpose OF the meet.
ing was to fix the time and manner OF
selecting delegates to the State Demo
cratic Convention, which meets 10 Nash
vile Nav %.
! WI fowler then presented the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were adopted
by a vote of 20 10 H. The Chairman of
the Committee held that the paragraph
| instructng the delegates to vote Tor
certain men was exceeding the commit
| tees authority, and the word endorse
was substituted for the word 'irsti uct
The Resolutions.
The resolutions are as follows;
"Whereas, the Democratic Executive
| Committee Of Maury County has thus
day assembled under the call OF the
| Chairman to devise ways and means OF
selecting delegates to the bemocratlc
State Convention at Nashville, and their
being no contest for any of the offices to
be filled at the same, and from the fur
ther fact that the people OF Maury
county will have many election TINS
YEAR and it being DESTROYS to avoid some
of them and thereby relieve the people
| to some extent;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Committee that the Chairman OF our
| Executive Committee be empowered TO
apuoint sub committee of four, who,
together with himself, shall select list
| of delegates to represent the democracy
of Maury County at the sand State
| Convention to be held IN Nashville,
Tenn, 81 the 25th of May, 1904.
"Be it further resolved, That we do
endorse the administration of Governor
James b. Frazier in every particular,
and instruct our delegates to vote for
| his denomination: ana we further en-
dnrse the Hon. John w. Morton for
| Secretary of State; the Hon. Frank
Dlbrell for State Comptroller; the Hon.
| Reau r. Folk, for State Treas
| urer: and the Hon. b. A. Enloe for Rail
| road Commissioner; and instruct our
delegates to vote for their nomination IN
the aforesaid convention.
"And we endorse our delegates to vote
for delegates at large to the National
| Convention to be held at st. Louis, the
! Hon. E. w. Carmack, the Hon. New
ton h. White, the Hon. w. S. Morgan,
and the Hon. james X. Shields. The
district delegates to said convention.
b. r. Thomas, of Humphreys County,
and ID. A. McCorkle, of Williamson
County: for electors for the state at
lare e, the Hon. Z. +. Eslick and james |
E. Jones.
After the resolutions we're adopted, |
the Committee then adjourned until z p |
M, to give the Chairman and the sub !
mittee time TO select the delegates TO
the State Convention.
State Convention Delegates.
The Committee met again at 2 o clock.
Following are the delegates selected |
to the State Convention by the sub
committee appointed by Chairman Gran !
berry:
lst Dist. e. N. Woodland and Goe.
Laid.
2nd Dist. D. Stantill and John
Kennedy
3rd Dist.-John Gillespie and An
drew HardisoD.
4th Dist Dalton Oliver and Geo
Parks. y,
9TH Dist.-C. G. Denton and
Smith Thomas.
9th Dist = J. T. Ballanfsnt, Jonas
Thomas, Tom Mahoney and Prof. Ora
ham.
7th Dist.--Jonas Amis and W.. ID.
Matthews.
9th Dist-N T.. Due and Ben Good