Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-05-27
OFFICIAL CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC
STATE DELEGATE CONVENTION
FOR THE NATIONAL DEMOCRAT.
&c CONVENTION.

Following is the official call for
the national Democratic delegate
convention OF West Virginia.:
A Democratic state convention is
hereby eailed to meet tn the city of
Wheeling on the 2Sth day OF May.
1908, at IL o'clock, NJ, for the pur-
pose OF electing four delegates AZ
large, and four alternates, TO rep
resent the state at large in the Dem
ocratic national convention, which
convention the city OF Denver, In
ehe stase of Colorado, on the 9TH
day OF July. 1908, and for the pur-
pose OF nominating three candidates.
for judges os the supreme court OF
appeals or West Virginia. to GIL che
vacaH0$os IN sod seass which wik
occur ca the first day OF January
1899.
Said convection shalt consist o.
legally elected delegates from the
several counties OF the state. whicl
delegates shall be apportioned be
tween the several counties OF tn,
state as follows: Each county 10
have one delegase to said conventions
and no more. Sor each one hundred
votes or fractional part thereof. o.
ntty or more votes in the reepect
ave counties for the on. John
CornweH. the Democratic candldat,
FOR governor IN the general election
OF 1904.
Delegate district conventions for
the five congressional districts OF IN,
state are hereby called to nominal,
tive alteCRatas. who shan, as suc,
district delegates represent She con
sressdonal district fpom which the,
are elected, in the convention to be
he'd Ia the city OF Denver la tn,
state OF Colorado. on the eth day o.
July. 1908. az follows:
Fer the first distrtct-At the CT,
OF Fairmont, IN the county OF Ma
rion. IN said state on the 26th day Of
May, 1908. at l O'Clock p. IN. OF tina.
date.
For Second Distrio-At the city
or Grafton. in the county OF TAYLOR
In said state on the 26th day of MAY
1908, at l o'clock p. m of that date
For the Third Distrfct-At the
city OF Hinton, in the county OF Sum
mers. In said state. on the 2Gth DAY
OF May. 1908. at l O'Clock p. m. o.
that date
For the Fourth DIstrict-At tn,
city OF Parkersburg, in the count,
or Wood, in said state, on the 2Gu
day Of May, 1908, at 1 o'clock p. m
of that date.
For the Fifth DistrFcg-At the
city OF Point pleasant, in the county
OF Mason, in said state, on the 96n
day OF May, 1908, at l o'clock p. m
OF said date.
The said several conventions to b,
called to order by the 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 congre.
sional 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.
lions, Is made by authority OF a res
olution, unanimously adopted by the
Democratic State Executive commit
tee for the state OF West virginia
head in the city or Parkersburg on
the second day Of April, 1908.
ny order Of the committee.
SOHN y. MGRAW,
). CAR VANCE. Chairman