The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-05-25
CONTRASTING DELEGATIONS
WILL GO FROM MAURY
Continued from First Page.

oOlH6 VI me NOJ6TS Thought Jn6y WOuI
( exercise the right to vote anywher
in the new district, but that under tn
advice of DR.. Forgey and others the
were ruled against and made to vot
in their old district. DIR. Forgey eX
planned that by saying that the sam
rule did not apply in this as in tn,
senatorial primary. But" said Mr.
Brown, you are contending that tn,
rules governing the senatorial primary
should apply to this primary, and il
that primary you compelled every mar
to vote in his old district; recognizing
thereby the old districts and not the
new districts.
Mr.. Lander thought the suggestion
made by Judge Erwin, that the con.
struction of the language of the call
be referred to men who had made the
call was an eminently fair proposition,
and that it should have been adopted,
not only in spirit of fairness and har-
mony, but for the sake of relieving the
Chairman of the committee of the re-
sponsibility of deciding so important
and delicate question; but that since
the vote could not be taken without
the consent of both sides, and could
not be referred without the consent
of both sides, the Chairman would be
compelled to make the ruling deciding
the question. That the Chairman had
listened long and patiently to the
argument of both sides; that further
debate would simply provoke further
disorder and feeling, and therefore he
would ask the Chairman to close the
debate by making his ruling.
Before making his ruling Mr.. Kan
non gave his reason; he said that
when the committee made the call he
was of the opinion that the committee
meant the old districts; that he so
construed their meaning at the time, I
and heard no other construction placed |
upon it. But that several days after
the call had been made, and a week
perhaps before the election he had
been asked by several of Mr.. Patter-
sons workers and leaders what con-
'truction he did place upon
he resolution. That he told
hem then that it meant the
he old districts. He was asked if he
vas certain of that and was remind
ID that they were getting ready to
make the fight and wanted to make it
long the right lines; that he told
hem to go ahead and make it along
he old district lines that no COM
laint or protest was made at the time
nd he did not know until the day of ]
he election that the fight was being {
1ade in any other way by either side
han by the old districts. That hav-
lg construed the meaning of the res '
luton that way at that time, and no e
bjection having been made to his C
obstruction of it at that time, and no g
Office having been given to the other 4
de, he would adhere to his first rul- D
lg, which was in favor of the old dis e
lets, and would order the vote for n
'mporary chairman to be taken by o
Ill of the old districts.
The Patterson men entered their
'otest, and the call proceeded, the
1te being taken between DR.. Collins,
J the nominee of the Patterson men,
I'd JnO. M. Grove as the nominee of N
e uninstructed forces. The vote by W
d districts, taken according to the
ling of the Chairman, resulted in the &c
ection of Mr.. Grove by vote of 81 u
IL. The Secretary announced the az
suit and Mr.. Ramon declared Mr.. 81
owe elected and turned over to him o.
e gavel But the Patterson men OF
'uld not have it that way They de-
ared that by the new district count
ey had elected their chairman, and
ey called and pushed and half car !.
'dhim to the platform; and just what 80
ok place the next few minutes, no a,
)rtal man can tell, unless he had it -
written down and mapped out be-
e he went there and presumes that -
? program was carried out. The g.,
tterson people kept up continuous -
Wiling and shouting, jesticulating and 80
ing about, and it was currently re- -,
rted and generally believed that -,
~ appointed committees, ratified -
,ir own actions. endorsed Patterson
l then adjourned, calling all the a.,
tterson men to follow them. no.
When they had left chaos departed NO
h them and order was left behind. ~;
Grove, the duly elected chairman a.
the convention, asked those who re- 10
ined to come to order, and they did. M
motion a committee on Credentials co,
$ appointed, consisting Of Major s+r
litthorne, Jesse Tomlinson, G. S. Do