Mountain advocate., 1908-01-24
OFFICIAL CALL.
For Republican Convention
To Nominate a Candidate
for Appellate Judge.

At meeting of the Republican
Committee, for the Seventh Ken
tucky Appellate Court District, held
at Winchester, Kentucky, on jan
uary 18th, 1903, pursuant to call
duly made by Robert III, Winn,
Chairman of said Committee, there
were present, in person or by proxy,
the following members of the Com
mittee:-
The Chairman of the County Com
mittees of the following counties:
Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Clark, Clay,
Estill, Harlan, Johnson, Knott,
Knox, Lawrence, Laurel, Lee,
Letcher, Magoffin, Montgomery,
Owsley. Perry, Pike and Wolfe.
Upon motion 1t was resolved that
n Delegate Convention be held and
that the same was called to meet
and be held ut Winchester, Clark
County, Kentucky, on the 18th day
of March A. D., 1908, at l o'clock
p. M, for the purpose of nominating
a Republican candidate for Judge
of the Kentucky Court of Appeals,
from said District, to be voted for
at the regular election to be held in
November, A. D., 1908. 1t is further
resolved that County Mass Meet
ings were and are hereby ordered to
be held pursuant to the call of the
various County Chairmen, at the
County Seat of each county (save
Boyd county, in said District, on
the 4th day of March, A. D., 1908,
at 80 o'clock p. M, TO select dele
gates to said District Convention,
and that at said County Conventions
the viva voce met hOd of voting shall
be used. In the county of Boyd,
said Convention shall be held at the
same hour and under the same
terms, manner and condition as in
said other counties, but it's county
Convention shall be held at Ash
land, Kentucky.
Further, it is resolved, and is here
by ordered, that the basis of repre-
sentation accorded each county in
said District Convention is and is to
be one delegate vote for each 100
votes, and one delegate vote for each
80 votes or fractions thereover in ex-
cess of even hundreds cast for
Augustus f. Wilson, Governor, in
each county at the general election
held therein for such official in the
election in November, A, D., 1907;
and that upon such basis the coun-
ties in said District are entitled to
the following number of delegate
votes in said Convention: '-'
Bell, 20; Boyd, %; Breathitt, IA;
Clark, Is; Clay, IL; Estill, l3; Floyd.
~; Harlan, 10; Johnson, 81; Knott,
8; Knox, %; Laurel, %; Lawrence,
II; Lee, 10; Leslie, II; Letcher, 8;
Magoffln, IA; Martin, Z: Menefee, 4;
Montgomery, ~; Morgan, IL; Ows-
ley, IL; Perry, IL; Pike, 2S; Powell,
8; Whitley. "a; Wolfe, 7.
Upon motion it was further re-
solved, and is is now hereby ordered
and resolved, that should one and
not more than one duly qualified
Republican candidate for said office
file with the Chairman of said Dis
trict Committee, prior to March lst,
A. D., 1908, a statement of his pur-
pose to be a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for Appellate
Judge in said District, the District
and County Conventions hereby ord
cred shall not be held; but that this
District Committee shall, upon the
call of its Chairman, convene and
then and there resolve itself into a
Convention Of the Republican party
for this District, and declare such
single candidate who may so an
nounce himself, to be the Republic
can nominee for Appellate Judge in
the Seventh Appellate District.
1t is further resolved that the
newspapers in said District are here
by requested to publish this call.
ROBT. H. WINN,
Chairman.
BEN. w. HALL,