The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-02-21
COUNTIES WILL
Be REORGANIZ ED
NEXT APRIL Is
Republican State Committee
Fixes Date for Election of
Committeeman.
How First District Call Was
Sent Out.
REASON FOR UNUSUAL HASTE

Official notification of the call for
the state Republican convention has
ben received. The convention to Sc
lect delegates from the state-at-large
to the national convention at Chicago,
June 6, and no electors-at-large, is
set for May 6, at l O'Clock p. m, at
Louisville. County conventions for
the purpose of choosing delegates to
the state convention and choosing
county committeeman. are ordered
called for April 25, in the county
seats. so those First district coun-
ties. which have called county con-
|yentions to reorganize the county com
mittees May 9, when the congressional
convention delegates are chosen, will
have to revise their calls.
w. J. Deboe, committeeman from
this district, opposed the call for Sc
Letting county committeeman on
April 25. il being his purpose to have
the county committees reorganized
March 8. His opposition brought out
the true inwardness of the First dis
trict call.
The state central committee has no
control over district committees, but
me call for the state convention in
cludes this suggestion: ut Is hereby
recommended that the delegates to
district conventions be elected at the
same time as delegates to the state
concention"-April %. SO, it is prob
able, that not another district conven-
ton will be held until then. The rea-
son for delay is, that in other districts
tn voters will have an opportunity to
see how other stxses srs-seolBs- and
Kentucky Republicans will have time
to understand the trend of events.
In the First district the idea was to
steal a march on the administration
supporters and throw the district to
Fairbanks. W. J. Deboe did not call
committee meeting, but had the call
published in the Livingston Echo
from which the call was copied by
The Sun. and that was the first in
formation given out in the district
except. perhaps, to Deboe's own men.
In Justice to him, it may be said, that
he claims to have written authority
from three-fourths the members oil
the committee to make the call, but
as seven of the thirteen are certainly
against him. no one knows who COM
pose the three-fourths of the commit
tee. Prote Is against the illegalty OF
the call have been mailed to him.
In Graves county a contest is al
ready on. James Happy, who was not
elected a member of the county COM
mittee. has named himself secretary
and issued a call for a meeting of the
committee to call a convention March
Q, declaring that Chairman A. c. Car
man would not call it. In this he is
in error, because Chairman Carman
has called one.
Louisville anti-administration mer
got bumped by the state committed
in the call for county conventions. \
coterie had in mind the purpose Of
taking charge of a county mass con
vention and bending it to their Will
There are not many of them, but the,
are powerful. so Louisville will have
twelve ward conventions, and Jeffer
son eounty will have one of its own
That will keep the few anti-adminis
tration men busy in their own wards
and there are more wards than there
are leaders.
In the First district Deboe has sem
out calls in some counties for mass
convention, and in others for precinct
delegate conventions. according &c
whether ne has many or few workers
in the county.