The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-01-10


ing that the man receiving the second
highest number OF votes at the time
of election be the choice for VivePres-
ident. Mr.. Austin was allowed to
Withdraw his name without objection
The ballet resulted as follows: Stew
ems, As; Foster, ~; Weller, 10; Burch
a. On motion of John p. Foster the
election OF S. L. Stevens, County Pres
ident, and j. r. Weller, Vice Pres
ident, was made unanimous. Nomina-
tions for Secretary were declared In
order, and the following were placed
in nomination: Joe Hooker, Alney
Tichenor, Tom Tanner, A. b. Itch
enor, James NJ. DeWeese, C. Il. Smith.
On motion nominations were closed.
The ballot resulted as follows: Hook
err, S; Alney Tichenor, A. Tom Tanner
10; A. 3. Tichenor, 3; James M.
DeWeese, 6; c. e. Smith, AZ. On mo-
ton of J. L. Brown the election of c.
L. Smith was made unanimous. G. p.
keown was reelected County Treas
urer by reclamation. Mr.. S. L. Stew
ems, the newly elected County Presi-
dent WAS called for and accepted
the position in well timed speech.
He complimented the retiring Pres
ident, Mr.. Moreland, in the highest
terms and said that he could not ex-
pect to fill his place as he had done.
He appealed to the delegates to put
aside strife, factionalism and stand
together He deprecated lawlessness
and declared that he was proud that
no member of the Society of Equity
had been engaged in any of these out
RACES. Mr.. ]. R.. Weller being called
upon made a short speech accepting
the position of Vice President. e. p.
Keown being called upon made a
neat little speech thanking the con-
vention Tor honoring him with re-
election The retiring Chairman, Dav-
i'd Morel. nd, was called for by the
convention and made a strong speech
on the principles of Equity. c. NJ.
Barnett being called upon reviewed
the late National Convention work,
and urged the members to stard firm
in the cause of Equity. Lawson Local
No. 2167, placed a written request be-
fore the body asking a demit TO
Mclean county. On motion the re-
quest was granted. The committee on
resolutions submitted their report
which is as follows:
We, your Committee on Resolutions,
beg leave to report as follows:
Resolves, list. That we deplore the
deeds of lawlessness that have been
from time to time within
the confines of our State and we here
BY denounce the same and pledge our
reasonable service for the suppression
of all such crimes and bringing to
a speedy trial all such violators of
the law.
End. That we endorse the action
of the District Union in making
sales of 1907 tobacco, provided said
sales includes all of the Ohio county
tobacco, otherwise we recommend
that the pledges in any portion of
the county not included in this sale
be considered null and void.
Resolved. Bird. That we deplore con-
ditions that have existed at National
Headquarters for some time past and
We earnestly recommend to all par
ties concerned that they make every
effort to bring about any
without the sacrifice of
honor looking to the re-establish-
ment of peace and harmony along
the we'll established paths of the
past. Respectfully submitted.
A. b. Tichenor,
Jno. w. Sanderfur,
L. b. Tichenor,
S. H. Render,
E. c. Austin.
On motion the resolutions were
then taken up by sections and the
first one was unanimously adopted.
Pending d discussion OF the second
section the union adjourned to meet
TO morrow morning at 8 o'clock.
Met Saturday morning, Jan. A. at 9
o'clock, pursuant to adjournment, with
President Stevens in the chair. On
motion the minutes of the previous
lay were read and approved. The
then took up the second
section OF the resolutions and on mo-
ion the further consideration of the
resolution was deferred until after
noon.
On motion the election of delegates
% the State Union was taken up by
he body. On motion the President
appointed a committee of three to
nominate delegates who retired to con-
,ider said nominations. During their
absence the report of the stock COM
niftee was read "a follows.