The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-05-06
HENCHMAN PEAY
CALLS COMMITTEE
TO MEET SATURDAY
PATTERsoN'S RIGHT BOWER AT.
TEMPTs TO CORRECT BAD
BREAK.
THE MACHINE GROWS DESPERATE
At the Solicitation of the judicial Can
didates Who Have Already Entered
June Primary, Another Date for
Primary is to Be Considered.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 4.-Satur
day at noon the Democratic State Elk
ecutive Committee will meet at tn,
Maxwell House for the purpose of con
sidering the petition of the sixteer
judicial candidates that the primary
plan promulgated in March be chang
ed. so as to give the judicial candi
dates separate from that of the other
State officers.
The call for the meeting was issued
yesterday by Chairman Austin Peay
at GAINESVILLE and mailed to the va
rious members of the committee. II
seems most likely that proxies will be
rare this time and that the members
of the committee will be present in
person, with but very few, if any, ex.
ceptions.
Thee meeting is the result of an adj
dress to the committee signed by ev.
cry judicial candidate who has an
nounced for the June primary, which
was adopted at gathering of the can.
didates held last Saturday in this city.
In order to produce peace and harmO-
ny in the ranks of the party" says
the address, "and believing that this
proposition that we are now making
will meet all objections which have
heretofore come from any Democratic
faction or from any candidates, we
hereby join in request that the DEM
ocratic State Committee be called to
reconvene as soon as possible, and
that when it convenes it will, for the
purpose of satisfying everybody, take
the following action"
Here follow their four suggested
changes, the first of which was that a
primary be called for the nomination
of judicial candidates on a date sep
arate from that Of the nomination of
other officers. The second PROPOSE
ton was that the primary should be
either statewide or on county unit
system, the choice to be left to the
candidates. The third
was that the judicial primary
should be under the direction and con-
troll of the Democratic State Execu-
tive Committee and the subcommittee
already appointed, but that there be
an equal division of the officers with
the Independent candidates. The
fourth part of the proposition was that
ali white Democrats over twenty-one
be allowed to vote provided they
agreed to support the nominees OF the
party.
While the call does not specify what
s to be considered as it was made
It the suggestion of the administration
judicial candidates this will doubtless
,e the only subject to come up.
In the address it is stated that the
igners, even If the independent candi-
Iates do not care to participte, would
ret earnestly advocate the changes
uggested to the committee. Hence
he fact that the Independent candi-
ates have not expressed themselves
ficially on the proposals will not In
nv degree lessen the insistence OF the
,xteen candidates for the two highest
ourts who have signed the address
|, their wishes are needed the pres
mt primary plan will be changed GER
ainly.
shon,d the changes suggested be
,ade, It is supposed that the judicial
andidates would be. left in possession
Z the June 4 primary and the other
should there be one, will be
,oved TO a later date.