The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-06-21
BUNCOMBE'S ILLEGAL ACTION

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The resolution adopted by the
Buncombe county convention on
Saturday, in which an attempt Is
made to disregard the democratic
plan of organization, has been the
subject of no little unfavorable
comment since the matter became
known. The reason for such a
high-handed procedure, that, IN
effect, annuls the will of the peo-
pie expressed in the primaries, 10
not given, but the boast is made
that after the first ballot in the
congressional convention, Mr..
Gudger will receive the entire vote
of the Buncombe delegation; that
unless Mr.. Crawford receives the
nomination on the first ballot he
will be deprived of the twenty
votes the democrats of Bunc ombe
county gave him in their pri-
maries land Mr.. Hewitt of twelve)
for the benefit of Mr.. Gudger,
whose friends seek to brush aside
the party law and force their cam
didate upon the convention.
The resolution is illegal and
cannot be carried into effect. The
county of Buncombe has no right
to any special privileges not grant
ed to other counties in this dis
-trict and must go into the conven-
tion upon equal terms with them.
The will of the people, expressed
in the precinct primaries, is pro-
tscted by the democratic plan of
organization and no county has
the right to promulgats a code of
rules for its own benefit, as the
following provision In the plan
indicates very clearly and specifi-
cally:
CSC. 10. At every county con-
vention (before delegates to the
state, congressional, judicial, SEN
aterial, or other conventions are
chosen) a vote shall be taken as
provided in this plan of organiza-
tion for the different candidates
for Office whose names may BE-
presented to said county conven-
ton, and the delegates hereafter
appointed shall cast the vote for
their respective counties in &C.
cordance with this vote; this is to
say, each candidate shall receive
in the state, congressional, judic-
ial, senatorial, or other conven-
ton, the proportion of the vote to
which the county may be entitled
which he received in the county
convention.
The chairman and secretary of
the county convention shall certi-
fy to the nominating convention
the vote received by each cAndi-
date voted for: Provided, that
where only one candidate 10 pre-.
sented it shall be lawful to In.
struct for him. At all state and
district conventions the delegates
from the different counties NAV
disregard the instructions and the
vote of their respective counties
for candidates with the consent of
two-thlrds of the delegates, where
they are instructed, and where
there 10 no instruction with the
consent of a two-thirds majority
of all his votes from the county"
The estate of Buncombe" is
scarcely larger than the other
twelve counties composing the
tenth congressional district and
should an effort be made, in the
convention to strangle the Craw-
ford and Hewitt representation
in the Buncombe delegation "there
will be something DOING" The
convention would not tolerate
anything of the kind. It would
have no right, under the party
law, in the first place, and besides,
any effort to thwart an expressed
will of the people could but prove
detrimental to the best interests
of the party and be a dangerous
proceeding for the man who re.
ceived a nomination by such gag
rule methods. The deliberations
of the district convention will
doubtless be conducted in accord.
ance with democratic laws and