Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-05
Platform Declarations Of Democratic Con-
vention Severe Arraignment of Ma
chine Republican Mismanagement.
CANDIDATES PLEDGED TO REFORMS
Delegates to Congressional and Senatorial
Conventions Go Uninstructed.

the Democratic party of Mercer coun-
ty was held at Princeton on Saturday
July End, pursuant to the call OF the
County executive Committee. The
meeting was called to order at IL
o'clock by L.. Il. French, county chaiA
man, who briefly explained the object
ofsthe meeting and made talk which
elected warm applause, VIM. III. Tho
mas was called TO the chair and H. B.
Kits named as temporary secretary.
and after rousing speech by Mr.. Tho.
mas, John M. McGrath moved to sus-
pend the rules and maze the temuor-
airy organization permanent. On mo-
tion OF Ii. w. Pendleton, Thos. G..
Gwynne, of Bluetield was placed i'm
nomination for assistant secretary, but
at Mr.. Gwynne's request his name
was withdrawn and Mr.. A. b. Kingan.
of Bramwell, was elected to the posi-
tion.
On motion OF VIM. Il. Ross, secondN
ed by j. X. Pendleton, the chair was.
authorized to appoint several com
pittees, which were named as fol-
lows:
Credentials and Order Of Business,
ID. E. F'renchs Jairus Collins, A. EJ
Calfee, Dr. Saml. X. ;iolroyd and Il.
M. Peters.
Resolutions-Wm E. Ross, John n.
Pendleton. III. NJ. Shumate III. W.,
Shields and Bernard McClaugherty.
To select Delegates to the Congress
sional Convention at Huntington
Bernard McClaugherty, John M. Nc
Grath, a. NJ. Herndon. A. w. Reynolds
and John X. Peck.
To select Delegates to the Sena-
torial Convention at Beckley ID. Ala
Easley. X. NJ. Calfee. John b. Neal
ID. E. French and DIR. Saml. Holroyd
The convention then adjourned unr
Gil two o'clock.
On reassembling, committee reports
were received as follows:
On Order of Business, Chairman +.
NJ. Peters reported:
/. Action on reports OF committees.
2. Nomination of two candidates
for the House oil Delegates.
g. Nomination of a candidate for
County Superintendent OF Free Schools
a. Nomination of candidate for
County Commissioner motion was
made to adopt the report. j. X. Peck
moved to amend the last section by
leaving vacant the oGice of county
commissioner.
The chair ruled that Mr.. Peck's mo-
ton was not then in order and vote
was taken on the motion to adopt the
report, which was done.
Mr.. Peck appealed from the ruling
of the chair, and the convention sus.
tanned the chair by large majori-
ty.
The committee OH Resolutions re.
ported through Chairman w. Il. Ross
Ms follows:
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE DEN.
OCRATIC PARTY OF MERCER
COUNTY, IN MASS CONVENTION
ASSEMBLED:
FIRST: We declare our allegiance
TO the principles of good clean gov
ernmcnt Justly and economically adj.
ministered for the benefit Of all tie
people without regard to party. race
or conditions. We stand for that time
honored Democratic doctrine of ECU.
al rights for ALL special privileges
for none;" and VIC demand that on.
ly men who are capable, honest and
above suspicion or reproach, and who
will represent and carry out the will
of the people, be elected to Office.
We direct attention to the record of
insincerity sham and hypocrisy of
the Republican party in this State
upon practically every question of i'm.
portance to the people whicn has aris.
en- in the past ten years, and declare
that party so completely controlled
and dominated by INSCRIPTIONS poli-
ticians who make politics business
for private gain is a menace TO the
welfare OF our country and can not