The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1906-05-03
PATTERSON MEN WIN
WASHINGTON COUNTY COULD NOT BE
PURCHASED OR STOLEN.

| soOplons VI WdsulnSlOH county, mass
meeting of the democrats of Washing
ten county was held in the courthouse
at | 40 a. m, April 80, 1906, and the
following proceedings were had, to wit
Hon. e. j. Baxter was elected chair
man and j. L. Humphrey was elected
secretary of such convention. At said
mass meeting a resolution was offered,
and unanimously adopted. Said reso-
luton was offered by Cy H. Lyle, R.
l.. Patton and j. L, Humphrey, COM
mittee, with bill of particulars attach
ed-thereto, in the words and figures as
follows, to-wit;
"To the Democrats of Washington
County: The very basis of democracy
is that the voice of the people fairly and
honestly expressed shall rule and all
else is corrupt and corrupting. (2) The
democratic party has always stood on
its fealty to democratic principles unbi-
ased by republican leader or by re-
publican money. (3) One of the prinS,
cipal tenets of the democratic party
being equality among the sovereigns,
that the poorest though he be hod-
carrier, is as much sovereign as the
monied capitalist and in the councils of
the party the only question should be
is he an incorruptible democrat? IA
Recognizing the importance of organi-
zation to secure the success of the par
ty, yet at the same time the will of the
majority can not be ignored without
violation of one of the most sacred
principles for which the party stands
and without which the party can not
stand.
1t is charged against Geo. W. Willett,
the chairman of the democratic com
mittee of Washington, as follows:
Cd That he has abused his trust and
betrayed his party into this, that in the
interest of certain candidates he has at
tempted to change the chairman in a
number of the civil districts of Wash
ington county in secret and clandes-
tine manner and thereby usurpting the
power that did not rightfully belong TO
him and in violation of the old and we'll
settled regulations of the party.
(2) That be has without cause at
tempted to remove or ignore the chair
man in certain districts where they had
been appointed by himself as the exec
ntive chairman and substituted others
in their stead.
(3) When requested time and again
by the secretary of the executive com
mittee to be furnished with list of the
names of the parties composing the ex-
ecutive committee of the several dis
tricts of the county he failed to do 80.
Therefore we demand that he be re-
moved from office as chairman of the
executive committee of the democratic
party of Washington county.
CY H. LYLE,
r. L. PATTON,
J. L. HUMPHREY,
This April 80, 1906. Committee.
The following is the bill of particu-
lars:
In the First district he deposed Bax-
ter Taylor and substituted j. M. CopI
as chairman.
In the Fourth district he deposed H
f. Deakins and substituted j. J. Bar
ron as chairman. He also removed j
M. Blair as a member of the committe,
and substituted Robt. Blair.
In the Fifth district he added Win
, field Boyd to the committee.
In the Sixth district he deposed Fl
G. Jackson and substituted r. Il
Tread way as chairman.
In the Eighth district he deposed j
d. Leach and substituted VIM. Walter
as chairman and removed ID. w. Leach
In the Ninth district he deposed H
Fl. Dyer and substituted Thad Cox a
chairman and added r. G. Hunter t
the committee.
In the Tenth district he removed W
V. Default and substituted Weldo
DeVault and added A. r johnson t
the committee.
In the Eleventh district be adde
John Snider to the committee.
r 10 the Twelfth district he deposed |
: H. Boring aud substituted s. Fl Ora
as chairman and added Sam Hall
committee.
In the Thirteenth district he remove
r J f. Gibson and appointed James Flu
kerson.
In the Fourteenth district he depose
A. J. Campbell and made David Guin
chairman and added Will Bayless al
Elbert Morrell to committee. Dav
Quinn is a registered votered at job
q son City, in the Ninth district of Was
u ington county, and had no right to be
, member of said committee,
In the Fifteenth he deposed r.
J Thomas and substituted A. s. Dead
y rick as chairman and added his ov
q name as a member of the committe
IL He is now a resident of johnson Git
Is but was In the convention at Jonesbo