The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1907-05-22
A SPLIT CONVENTION.
Was the Result of Meeting
Last Saturday.
FERGUSON,F|NN VOTE CLOSE
Ferguson Received Highest
Vote of Convention, but
Finn by AcclamatiOn.

Last Saturday was Democratic Con-
vention day In Hartford and 1t turned
out to be of more interest than usual
or than was anticipated.
The convention was called to order
by County Chairman S. L. Fulkerson,
who stated the purpose of the meeting,
viz: to instruct and send delegates to
the First District Railroad Convention
at Henderson to nominate candidate
for Railroad Commissioner and also
to instruct delegates to vote for State
Senator for this (the 7th) Senatorial
District, the convention for which was
set for the same day at the same
place-Henderson
Tellers were appointed to take the
vote between John B. Wilson and R.
E. Lee Simmerman for permanent
chairman of the body. Wilson was an
nounced to be the choice, and so act
ed. Heber Matthews was chosen I'M
animously for Secretary of the con-
vention.
The chairman appointed a commit
tee on resolutions as follows: Y. l..
Moseley, A. +. Jones, u. Wayne Crit
fin, DR.. E. B. Pendleton, T. N. DAN
iel. Their report was as follows:
Be 1t resolved by the Democrats of
Ohio county in Mass Convention as
sembled at the Court House in the
City of Hartford, KY, at 2 o'clock p.
M, on May IS, 1907, that We approve
the call of this convention, ,and the
call of the District Convention to be
held at Henderson, KY, on the 2lst
day of May, 1907, and that the Chair
man Of this convention appoint at least
as many as thirteen Democrats as del
egates, and Is Democrats alternates to
represent and cast the vote of this
county for Railroad Commissioner OF
the First District at said District Con-
vention, and they are hereby instruct
ed to vote as a unit ON all questions
that may come before said convention.
Said delegates are hereby directed to
cast the vote of said county for the
person receiving the majority of votes
cast for the candidate for said office
in this convention as the. first choice
of the Democrats of this county for
said office, and to use all honorable
means to secure his nomination so long
as his name shall be before said con-
vention as candidate for said office,
and then to cast the vote of this county
for the person receiving the majority
of the votes cast for the cam
didate as the second choice of
this county for said office, and
to use all honorable means to
secure his nomination so long as
his name is before said convention as
the second choice of this county for
said office, and so on in rotation for
each candidate for said office, voting
for the person having instructions for
first choice In this convention so long
as a candidate for said office be
voted on before said convention;
that is to say for the person
receiving first choice so long as his
name is before said convention; the
person receiving second choice so
long as his name is before the con-
vention; and the perons receiving
third choice so long as his
name is before the convention,
and so ON in rotation according to the
choice of the Democrats of this county
as determined by their action In this
convention. BE 1t further
Resolved, That the names of all the
announced candidates for said office
be and they are hereby placed in NOM
voted for as candidates "for said Of
flee, to-wit: Judge Bunk Gardner,
Med. Ferguson, W. H. Southall, Geo.
w. Landram and Lawrence B. Finn.
On motion, vote to strike out the
paragraph placing in nomination all
the candidates in the order named, re-
suited in 80 81 in favor of letting
the section stand. The vote was unan-
imous in favor of adopting the resolu-
lions as read.
Motion to take the vote on Finn and
Ferguson first, was lost by vote of
GO m "a and tho vOta was than taken
as follows. with the stated result
Finn E. .. =. :. :. E. :. =. E. E. "
Landram $50. :. =. :. :. :. .. z
Southall :. :. :. J. =. :. :. :. :. 0
Ferguson III