Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-26
OFFICIAL CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC
STATE DELEGATE CONVENTION
FOR THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT.
&c CONVENTION.

Following h. the official call for
the national Democratic delegate
convention OF West Virginia:
A Democratic state convention IS
hereby called TO meet tn the city OF
Wheeling on the 2Sth day OF May.
1908, at II O'Clock. NJ. for the pur-
pose OF electlng four delegates at
large. and four alternates, TO rep
resent the state at large in the Dem
ocratic national convention, which
convention the city OF Denver, in
the state of Colorado, on the 9TH
day OF July. 1908. and for the pur-
pose OF nominating three candidates
for Judges of the sspreme court of
appeals OF West Virginia, to fiji the
vacapciSs in said court which will
oc0nr ON the firS day OF January,
1909.
Said convention shall consist Of
legally elected delegates from the
several counties OF the state, which
delegates shall be apportioned be
tween the several counties OF the
state as follows: Each county to
have one delegate to said convention
and no more. for each one hundred
votes or fractional part thereof, of
nifty or more votes In the respect
i've counties for the on. John J.
Cornwell, the Democratic candidate
for governor In the general election
OF 1904.
Delegate district conventions for
the five congressional districts OF the
STATE are hereby called to nominate
two alternates. who shall. AZ such
district delegates represent the CON
gressional district from which they
are elected, in the convention to be
held In the city OF Denver in the
state OF Colorado, on the 9TH day OF
July. 1908. as follows:
For the first district-At the city
OF Fairmont, In the county OF Ma
rlon. I'm said state on the 2Gth day OF
May, 1908. at o'clock p. m. of that
date.
For Second District-At the city
OF Grafton, in the county OF Taylor
in said state on the 26th day OF May
1908. at 1 o'clock p. m. OF that date
For the Third Distrfct-At the
city OF Hinson. in the county OF sum
mers. in said state, on the 2Gth day
OF May. 1908, at l o'clock p. m. of
that date.
For the Fourth District-At the
city OF Parkersburg. in the county
OF Wood, in said state, on the 26th
day OF May, 1908, at o'clock p. m
of that date.
For the Fifth DistrfcE-At the
city of Point Pleasant in the county
OF Mason, in said state, on the 26th
day of May, 1908, at l o'clock D. m
OF said date.
The said several conventions to BE-
called to order by thh chairman OF
the Democratic Congressional com
mittee, for each OF the said districts
The said conventions shall consist
OF delegates selected from the sever
al counties composing said congress
slonal districts, and the basis OF rep
resentation In said conventions, from
each OF the said counties, shall be
one delegate, and no more, for each
one hundred votes or fractional part
thereof OF fifty or more votes.
The above call for said state con
ventiOn, and said district conven-
tions. is made by authority OF a res
Olution, unanimously adopted by the
Democratic State Executive commit.
tee for the state OF West Virginia
had in the city or Parkersburg on
the second day OF April, 1908.
BY order OF the committee.
JOHN T. M'GRAW,
j. CARL VANCE. Chairman.