The bee., 1906-09-06
REPUBLICAN DISTRICT
COMMITTEE MEETS
Arrangements Perfected to Hold
Convention to Nominate
For Congress.
JUDGE FOWLER or CHRISTIAN. AND
DAVID BROWNING, or WEB
STER. MENTIONED.

Pursuant to call of District Chair
man Will +. Scott, the Congression-
al District Committee OF the Repub-
lican party for the Second District
of Kentucky met at the New Gen.
tury Hotel. at Dawson Springs, KY,
at ~ o'clock p. M, Tuesday, Sept.
9Th, 1906, Chairman Scott presidlng'
Each county OF the district was
represented. as follows; Christian,
f. B. Long; Hopkins, John b. Har-
vey; Webster, David Browning
proxy CT i. N. Baker; Union, T. b.
Young, Jr.; Henderson, Thos. f..
Ward; Mclean, Ellsworth McEuen |;
Dsviess, DIR. G.. M. Heavrin; Han
cock. Judge John s. Adair proxy Of
w. III. Brown.
The chair announced that no per-
manent secretary had ever been
chosen by the meeting and Paul M.
Moore was nominated and elected
to be permanent secretary Of the
District Committee.
The Chairman announced the pur-
pose of the meeting was to arrange
for the time and method Of selecting
a candidate for Congress In the Sec
ond district. Judge James Breath
lit, Of Christian, then offered the
following resolution, which had been
drawn by himself and Mr.. Harvey
OF Hopkins, as follows, to-wit:
Resolution.
"Resolved, by the Republican
Congressional Committee for the
Second district of Kentucky,
Q) THAT the chairman OF the
several Republican County Com
mIttees OF the several counties com
posing the Second Congressional
district OF Kentucky are hereby re-
quested to call a mass convention
in their respective counties to con
vene at the county seats at :3t
O'Clock D. M, on Saturday, the 9th
day of October, 1905, for the purpose
OF electing delegates TO the District
Convention which shall convene a
Dawson Springs KY, at ? o'clocl
p. IN. on Tuesday, Oct. 9th, leOb
for the purpose of nominating
candidate for Congress in the Sec
ond Congressional district OF Ken
tucky.
(2) THAT all persons deslr
ing to become candidates 10
said position before said distric
convention shall notify the CHAIR
man of said Republican Congres
sional Committee In writing on u
before Thursday, the 2Oth day o
September, 1895. And, If upon salt
day there shall be but one ANNOUNCED
candidate for said position, it shai
be the duty OF the said Congression
nj Committee TO declare such per
son TO be the nominee OF the he
publican party for Congress In tn
Second district OF Kentucky, wnlcl
Committee shall meet on the 25tl
day of September, 1905, to nominal
said candidate"
The resolution was adopted q
read. A motion by Mr.. Browning t
amend by fixing the place Of meet
ing at Madisonville, seconded by MI
Harvey, was lost.
Upon motion 1t was unanimousi
agreed that the basis Of represents
ton In the District Conventio
should be one delegate for each 10
votes or fraction over 80 votes cas
for Republican electors In tn
Presidential election in 1904.
There was some good-natured dis
cusslon rs TO the place of holdin
the convention but the argument
exceptional hotel facilities aS
vancod by Mr.. Scott won for Daw
son Springs.
Upon motion the meeting ~
journed.
There was u large attendance
leading Republicans from warrior
counties In addition to commits
members aud considerable talk WI
INDUCED as to probable candidate
II had been stated that there we
three or more probable candidate
in Christian county but inquiry
Dawson seemed 20 show that lea
ers in that county had centered u
on Judge w. 7. Fowler as their ca
didate. Clifton J. Waddill W
asked over the telephone during Il
day. by friends, whether he won
permit his name in this 'connectlo
but declined. David Browning,
Webster, who is probable cano
date, was there as the bearer OF .
county's proxy. No public a
nouncements have been made
any candidate.
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