The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1908-02-27

state committee at Nashville at least
fifteen days before the 9th day of June,
1908, and if said names are not so fur.
nished by said day, then said sub com.
mittee of three members from the state
committee shall appoint said committee
OF three at each county seat in the
state, who shall receive said returns,
all OF whom shall be democrats of we'll
known character and integrity. Said
subcommittee of three, above provided
for, shall, as soon as the returns from
the county for which it is acting are
received, forward or deliver the same
to the chairman of said sub committee
OF three members of the state commit
tee herein provided for, at Nashville,
Tenn.
When the returns shall have been re-
ceived by the chairman of said sub
committee at Nashville, he shall at
once notify the chairman of the state
democratic executive committee, who
shall Immediately call meeting of the
state democratic executive committee
to canvass said returns and certify the
result by counties to the state conven-
tion hereinafter called.
SUBCOMMITTEE.
A subcommittee of three members of
the state democratic executive commit.
tee shall be appointed by the chairman
thereof, who shall be charged and EN-.
powered to carry out the provisions
herein named, and who shall have the
power to prescribe uniform poll lists
and tally sheets and have the same
printed and distributed to the officers
of election at the several voting pre-.
clncts in the various counties of the
state, and who shall have power and
authority to do and perform all other
things incident to and necessary to ef-
feet the purposes and objects herein
provided for, and see that the same are
honestly and faithfully carried out, and
that every candidate to be voted for
shall be fairly and honestly treated.
The chairman Of the state democratic
executive committee, who is hereby
given the power to name such sub.
committee, shall not select it exclusive
ly from the partisan friends of any one
candidate to be voted for, but shall en-
deavor to select the members of said
committee from men we'll known for
their honesty and integrity, so as to
guarantee absolute honesty and fair
ness to all.
DELEGATES.
After the vote as above provided for
shall have been taken, and the choice
OF the people of the various counties of
the state ascertained, for governor, su-
preme Judge, judges of court of civil
appeals, and railroad commissioner,
then the county executive committees
OF the various counties are hereby d.
rected aud empowered to meet at the
various county seats, on Tuesday, the
7th day of July, 1908, and select from
well-known democrats, delegates to the
state convention, herein provided for,
who will carry out in good faith the in
structions of the voters inthe various
counties for the candidates receiving
the highest number of votes, and if
any county executive committee shall
fail or refuse to appoint said delegates
on the day and date above named, then
said subcommittee of three members
of the state democratic executive com
mittee, appointed as hereinafter pro-
vided, shall select delegates from such
counties so as to guarantee that the in
structiOns of the voters will be faithful.
ly carried out in the state convention.
The number of delegates to be select
ed from each county as delegates to
said state convention shall be one del
egate for every one hundred votes or
fractional part thereof over fifty votes,
cast for the democratic presidential
electors in the several counties atThe
November election, 1904, that being the
basis of representation to be fyed by
said state convention.
STATE CONVENTION.
The delegates from the various coun-
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