The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1908-09-01
VOLU ME XVIII.
Saturday a Day Of Conventions.

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The Democrats of Bourbon were in
Paris Saturday in full force to attend
the Convention to select delegates to
the Congressional District Convention
that meets in Lexington Thursday.
The day wound up by there being two
Conventions held. one sending Klmball
delegates and the other Cantrill dele
gates.
Promptly at 2 o'clock p. n. Chair
man James H. Thompson, of the
County Committee, stepped from the
law office of Judge Harmon Stitt and
standing on the pavement. which at
this point is some five feet high, and
facing the crowd of Kimball supper
tiers, Immediately in front of him
called the convention to order.
The crowd of Cantrill supporters
then being congregated in the court
house yard, where they thought the
convention would be held, not reallz-
ng that Chairman Thompson had called
the convention to order. When 1t was
! noticed that the convention was being
/ held Hon. C. M. Thomas rushed across
the street and endeavored TO get rec
ognition from the chair, failing in his
effort, as the secretary was then read
ing the list of delegates, he returned
to the crowd of Cantrili supporters in
the court house yard, where the second
convention was held.
The following is the official report
of the Kimball convention:
"A mass meeting of the Democrats
of Bourbon county met pursuant to
call at the court house in Paris, Ken
lucky, on Saturday, August 20, 1908:
1.-The meeting was called to order
by James H. Thompson, chairman of
the Bourbon County Democratic Com
mittee, who explained the object of
the meeting and called for nominations
for Chairman. MIR. James Fl. Thomp-
son was nominated for chairman and
there being no other nominations was
unanimously elected. Thereupon the
chairman called for nominations for
Secretary and Mr.. William Remington,
and only one nominated, was unani-
mously elected secretary.
1.-The following resolution was
offered by Mr.. Remington, read to the
convention and unanimously adopted,
viz:
"Resovled. That the following named
Democrats be, and they are hereby ap
pointed delegates to represent Bourbin
County Tic " NC tClN az
Lexington on the 3rd day of Septembre
next, for the purpose of nominating
Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Seventh District of Kentucky, viz:
Hon. John T. Hinton, Hon. j. Hal
Woodford, c. A. Mcmillan, VIM. Rem
ington, J.H. Thompson. John Buckley,
John Current, w. D. Mcintyre, d. l..
Bryan, j. B. Dejarnett and Warden
Shipp.
Resolved, That said delegates be
and are hereby instructed to cast the
vote Of this county as a unit for Hon.
". P. Kimball, the present Congress.
man and to vote on all questions aris-l
ing in that convention, as will best
serve his interests. Should any dele
gate fail to attend the convention,
these present shall cast the entire vote
for the delegation.
1.-THE vote Of the county shall be.cast
as majority of the delegation may
direct. On motion the convention ad-
iOurned.
"(Signed.)
JAMES H. THOMPSON,
Chairman
OWN. REMINGTON,
Secretary.
At meeting of the Kimball dele
gates in Judge Stitt's office immedI-
ately after the convention, the Hon. j.
T. Hinton was elected chairman of the
delegation.