The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-12
Senatorial Committee.

SSAabOIldl OomulIbee.
Pursuant to call heretofore made
the Democratic Committee for tb,
Twenty-ninth Senatorial District O.
| Tennessee, composed OF the countie.
of Weakly, Lake and Obion met il
Union City on this the 10Th day Of
December.
L. e. Tansil, the committeeman
from Weakly County, was elected
chairman Of said committee, and Geo
P. Hurt, the committeeman from
Obion County, was elected secretary
of the committee, whereupon the fol.
lowing resolutions were adopted by
said committee;
Resolved, That for the purpose of
nominating a Democratic candidate
| for Senator from said Twenty-ninth
Senatorial District to the next Gen
eral Assembly of Tennessee, there
shall be held, on May II. 1906, gen
eral primary at each and all the regu.
lar voting precincts in each of said
three counties of Weakly, Obion and
Lake, at which the Democratic voters
of each OF said districts may, and are
requested, TO attend and cast vote for
his choice OF the candidates for said
nomination.
Resolved further, That the candi-
dates receiving the plurality vote If
mere than two candidates, and major
ity if only two candidates, of the total
vote Of said three counties in said
primary shall be the Democratic NOM
inee for Senator from said district as
aforesaid
Resolved further. That the said
primary shall be held under the super
vision of this committee, the one from
each county TO appoint the officers OF
said primary for his county and the
return thereof to he made to said
committeeman for said county on or
before Wednesday after said primary,
and the three said committeeman
shall meet in Union City on Saturday
after said primary and examine and
pass on said returns and announce the
result and the candidate receiving the
vote as aforesaid shall be the nominee.
Resolved further That the member
of this committee from each of said
counties may act In concert with the
chairman and different members Of
the Democratic Executive Committee
for his said county in appointing Of
ticers and holding said primary.
And whereas one or more of said |
three counties will have Democratic |
primary on said day TO select Demo-
cratic nominees for members Of the |
NEXT General assembly of Tennessee |
for said county and for nominee for |
Pictorial Representative for the dis |
trict in which said county is situated, |
and also for United States Senator, I
aud for the purpose of avoiding adj
ditlonal expense and worry of more |
than one primary, the members Of
this committee may act in concert |
with his said county committee chair.
mar and Fl0teTial Committee, and
have one primary for the nomirees
for all said offices, and also for the
United States Senator, and have all
In one primary, and have proper
tickets printed as they may agree and
appoint officers and hold one primary
for all the three nominees. And in
that event the members of this com
nittee for said county may meet with
the chairman of his said county com
nittee and Pictorial Committee and
bring certificate Of tine vote of his
for said nominee for Senator
10 the meeting of this committee on
,he Saturday after primary as herein
Resolved further, That il order
or any candidate to qualify and be
entitled to have his name printed on
his ticket to be used in said primary,
he shall on or before the irst day of
Y arch, 1905, pay to the member Of
ibis committee from his district. the
ium of $500, to be used in defraying
part OF the expenses of printing
tickets, etc.
e. &c. TANsIL. Chm.
GEO. p. HURT, Sec.