The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-11-24

in his pockets, which committee i
expected and will appoint dele
gates to attend the Gubernatoria
convention. and that is the usua
way conventions are conducted
They begin with a wrangle anC
end with wrangle and hardly any
one is satisfied with it when con
cluded. That committee of FIVE,
which were selected by two OF
three men before the convention
met and which were appointed by
the chairman at the dictation OF
those few men after be is elected,
meet and select delegates from the
county to attend the Gubernatorial
convention. OF course, the five
men can not come from each civil
district in the county, and hence
there are eleven districts not re-
presented on that committee. This
committee selects the delegates,
who are often times agreed on be
fore the convention meets, and re-
ports hem to the convention and
the convention proceeds at once in
great haste, without any de1Seia.
tion and on motion made by one
of the majority, to adopt the report
'of the committee, and in nine times
out of ten, when the convention
adiourns, there isn't half dozen
men in it who can tell you who the
delegates are that were appointed.
Now, why go to all of that {?
Why not just say, as the commit
tee did say, that the committee
from each district will select the
delegates, and that they shall be
selected from among the support
ers of the candidate who carried
the countys Is the opposition
afraid to trust our committeeman
in No. so And is it afraid to trust
the committeeman in No. 50 Is it
afraid to trust the committeeman
from Is or ID, or any other com.
mitteemen in the countyl Will
they name single member of the
committee that they are afraid to
trusts believe John White from
No. 5 can just as we'll select dele
gates from his district to that con-
vention as any county convention
can do. | believe that DIR. Alex
ander from No. 2 can do the work
Just as we'll as any county conven-
ton can do. / believe that Mr..
Caldwell from No. IL will do Just
as well as any county convention
can or will do. | believe that Un-
Gle Nose Marshall can just as we'll
select the delegates from his dis
triet as any county convention can.
These committeeman, as we'll as all
other members of the committee,
are representative men, they are
honorable, honest men, and know
the wish and will of the Democrats
of their respective districts, and in
making their selections have no
doubt but that they will be- gov
erned, guided and controlled by
the vote, as expressed in the pri- |
mary election, and in selecting
men to attend the Gubernatorial
convention their aim and object |
will be to select good, sound, con
sentative Democrats, who will
carry out the wishes and will Of |
the people, as expressed in that
primary election. Does the oppo |
sition have any doubt about their
doing SO! Can any reasonable
man have any doubt about their
doing sos Then why object to
thisl Why go back, retrace our
steps and get back to the old coun-
ty convention method, which has
been fruitful of more discord,
more wrangle, more bitterness,
more hard feelings and more
charges of fraud, and done more
to weaken and hurt the party in
this county than any other method
that could be resorted to.
Just let the committees action
stand, and in time it will become
very popular, and a thing like
county convention will not be
known in this country. When
any one seriously thinks about the
action of the committee it is seen
at once that on no grounds can
there be any reasonable objections
to it, and that it is the best and
fairest method by which the peo-
pie can express their choice, and
the fairest method by which to Sc
lect delegates to the State conven-
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