The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1904-04-30

reasons for not granting the prayer Of
tine petitioners, losing with a resOlu-
tion to abide by the previous action Of
the committee.
RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions were as follows:
Whereas, petition has been pre-
sented to this Committee, asking
that delegates to a county convention
TO select delegates to state conven-
tion shall be selected at a primary,
instead Of a convention, as heretofore
decided on, and at such primary the
voters be allowed to express their
choice for governor and other state
officers by ballot, and asking that the
judges aud clerks Of such primary be
be selected by candidates for COVER
nor whose names are printed on said
ballot; Therefore, be it
Resolved; That no primary be held,
and that the request Of the petition
ers be not granted but that delegates
to said state convention shall be
selected by a county convention as
heretofore called, for the following
reasons, to-wit;
1st That on Saturnay, February
9th, 1904, the democratic voters Of
Lafayette county met at their various
precincts and elected the present
committee; that due and proper
notice Of said precinct meetings was
published in the democratic papers
for a space of 10 days before said
precinct meetings; that at these pre-
cinct meetings a large majority Of
The present committee we're elected
solely upon the issue of their favoring
a convention in place Of primary, tc
elect delegates to the state conven-
tion; that the action of the voters at
these precinct meetings is binding
upon the members of the committee
and that the committee has no right
to disregard such action of the voter:
upon petitions indiscriminately
signed, and that the only way to re
instruct the Committee is to hole
precinct meetings as before, regularly
called for the purpose, after due
notice, to vote again upon the issue
as to whether we Shall have a con
venuon or primary for state officers
2nd. That delegates to county
convention cannot te elected in q
primary election, as asked for by the
petitioners, for Ghe plain and simple
reason that there is no authority
lodged in the Committee, as a whole,
nor 10 the executive committee of the
Committee, to put on any official balloi
list of delegates from each OF tht
twenty five precincts to be voted on by
the democrats in general primary
If the committee should order a pri
mary, it would, of course, have full
charge aud control thereof, and woult
print the official ballot that would b
used 10 such primary. When th,
committee was ready to print tht
Official ballot, it would have u,
authority to put on list Of delegate
, from each one the twenty-five pre-
cincts that favored Mr.. Folk, and
! list from each precinct that favore
Mr.. Reed, they being the only candi
dates making a campaign in thi
county The committee would no
and could not know who the Fol
men, at every precinct, wanted t
represent them, as delegates, an
who the Reed men wanted. No mar
nor set of men, would have tn
: authority to presume TO act for th
Folk men, nor for the Reed men,
! twenty five precincts that are entitle
to delegates, and furnish the commi
y tee with lists from each precinct,
: go on an official BALLOT.
: 3rd. That we are informed,
! responsible and influential democrat
who are opposed to a change from
d convention to a primary, that if give
x a reasonable time they can secul
e over one half Of the democratic vote
II Of the county to sign a petition
t this committee protesting against tt
Il proposed change from a convention
o primary.
n 4th. That 10 calling a conventic
IL to elect delegates TO the state CONVEX
n tion, this committee has followed IL
# plan always used in this county her
!. tofore and we can see no good reasc