Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-03-26

succeeding paragraphs we CLEANED
from the Chattanooga News Ed.
Resolved That the chairman of the
county executive committee is hereby
authorized to name delegates as dele
gates to the gubernatorial convention
the list of delegates filed herewith, up
on the following conditions, viz: That
if Mr. Patterson carries the county in
the primary the list of Patterson dele
gates are to be named, and if Mr.. Car
mack carries the county in the prim-
airy then the list of Carmack delegates
are to be named and there shall be no
proxies allowed for delegates to this
convention, and it is further resolved,
that, should the chairman resign or be
removed, or for any reason be unable
to act, then the secretary of the COM
mittee shall appoint delegates as per
above instructions, and should he for
any reason be unable to act, then the
county executive committee shall name
them as per the above list and condit-
ions.
Resolved, further. That the chair
man of the executive committee is
hereby authorized to select from the
different districts of the county his ex-
ecutive committee, and they shall be
the executive of the county of Marion.
Resolved further. That we most
heartily condemn the action of the
State executive committee in ignoring
the wishes and demands of practically
the entire county executive committees
of the State in turning down their de-
mands for direct primary, and sub
stituting therefor the bogus, fraudu-
lent county unit plan, and we pledge
ourselves, as far as we are Individually
concerned, to use every honorable
effort to defeat all the candidates that
indorse said action. 1t has ceased to
be an issue between Carmack and Pat
tween the people and the machine
therefore, we call upon all the coun-
ties of the State to rally to our assis-
tance and let us together defeat by
such an overwhelming majority, the
indorsers of this drastic and unfair rul-
ing to the end that ring rule may be
forever doomed in our State, and the
wishes of the people, expressed by
their votes, will be the accepted critic.
rion by which the candidate in future
shall be nominated. We express our
absolute lack of confidence in any of
the members of the State committee
who voted for the bogus primary in
fiicted upon the people in disregard of
the majority of the people.
Adopted.
The convention indorsed F. A. Hood
| for district delegate to Denver, John
A. Moon and w. S. Morgan from the
State at large and R. E L. Mountcas-
tie for reelection as national commit
teeman.
Question was then made as to the
county machinery, and Chairman
Cameron was elected to the chairman
ship of Executive Committee and
agreed to accept the list of members of
Executive Committee as drawn up by
the committee selected for the purpose.
There being no further business, the
convention adjourned.
While the contest was spirited, still
it was good -hatured no ill-feeling be.
ing manifested. Bryan supporters
we're closely looking after the interests
of their candidate, and it almost seem
ed as if that was the real point at is
sue. While the resolutions adopted
condemn the action of the State dem
ocratic primary, still there was no at
tempt to act otherwise than according
to the plan formulated by the commit
tee, and the Carmack supporters werc
very enthusiastic in the matter. Very
probably the plan outlined by the com
mittee did more to bring out enthusi
asm for Carmack than anything tina
could have been done