The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1906-06-14
Says il Violates all Rules and
Precedents Of Party.
Primary Not IN Accordance With
Law and Is for Benefit of Few
Democrats.
STATEMENT Is SIGNIFICANT.

owners of the Courier-Journal and
Louisville Times. will oppose Beck
ham for United States senator and
during the m citing of the state Dem
ocratic committee Tuesday Senator
McCreary and w. D. Haldeman were
together all day. Yesterday morning
the following statement of Senator
MeCreary appeared In the Courier.
Journal:
Senator James u. McCreary who Is
an announced candidate TO succeed
himself IN the United States senate.
al the election to be held In 1905
was in Louisville yesterday, having
come from Washington to attend the
exercises incident to Homecoming
He did not attend the meeting of the
committee at the Old Inn.
Last night Senator McCreary said
regarding the action of the commit
tee:
II was not at the meeting of the
state Democratic executive commit
tee held at the Old Inn. but I was
not surprised by the action of the
committee in ordering primars
election to nominate Democratic can
didates for state Offices and for
United States senator.
1T has been generally stated that
a majority OF the state executive
committee Is under the control OF
the organization. or as some persons
call II the machine. and that some
OF the members OF the committee
hold appointments under the present
regime. and others are expecting ap.
pointments.
The chairman OF the committee,
TO Justify the call for Democratic
primary to nominate a Democratic
candidate for United States senator.
referred to one district convention
and expressions through the press,
burt he did not refer to the law which
authorized Il.
II believe a large majority of the
Democrats Of Kentucky are in favor
OF giving me another term as United
States senator. and am candl-
date for United States senator under
the plan rec ntly announced by the
state executive committee.
For a number Of years. Demo
cratic United States senators have
generally been given two terms ia
Kentucky, and as Democrats have
not objected TO or criticised my rec
ord, believe no exception will be
made In my case
Law On Subject.
For many wears conventions or
primaries In Kentucky to nominate
a state Democratic ticket have been
held in May or June of the year in
which the election was to occur. and
II has been believed heretofore that
state primaries should not occur
when the presidential or congress
slonal elections are held. so that ma
tional and state issues would be
separated.
Democrats will ask why was the
primary election to nominate Dem
ocratlc candidates for the state Of
fees and for United States senator
ordered TO be held on the regular
election day in November when rep
resentatives in congress are TO be
elected. and many months sooner
than ever held before in Kentucky.
They will ask why was a prlma-
ry to nominate a Democratic candi-
date for United States senator called
eighteen months before the election
OF United States senator by the
general assembly.
Democrats will ask why the rule
and law governing the Democratic
party in the state OF Kentucky which
was adopted by Democrats at the
last state convention in 1904, has
been violated, extract from rule III
being as follows:
Said state executive committee,
or any other COMMITTEES. shall not
call primary or convention for the
termination of Democratic candi-
date or candidates for any Office to be
filled by popular vote prior to the
first day of November. in the year
next preceding the year in which the
election is to be held, for which said
candidate Is to be voted for
democrats will ask whether the
recent action of a majority of the
Democratic state executive commit
tee was for the benefit OF the whole
Democratic party of Kentucky or for
the benefit of few Democrats"