The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1910-08-26
NO ONE NOMINATED
Special Committee Appointed
To Investigate Sixth Dis
trict Middle Report
TO HOLD A PRIMARY

tion Of Committee-PrImary to BE
Held Not Later ThanSeptember IS.
The special committee appointed to
consider the Sixth district congress
sional trouble last night reported to
the state Democratic executive com
mittee declaring no one nominated for
congress, which report was adopted
and voting primary ordered to be
held not later than September Is to
nominate.
The report signed by Thos ]. Jar
Wis, A. c. Avery and c. B. Aycock,
says in part:
Hon. A. H. El1er, Chairman State Ex-
ecutive Committee, Democratic Par
ty:
Sir-Your committee, appointed un-
der a resolution passed by the state
Democratic executive committee Aug.
l, 1910, % investigate and report upon
the conflict, within the party, in the
Sixth district congressional district,
beg leave to submit the following, as
their report.
The committee proceeded to consid-
er and determine the several inquiries
submitted to them by the state execu-
tive committee, as follows, to-wit:
First:
Whether the committee has juris-
diction in the matter" The commit.
tee answers this inquiry. "Yes."
The second inquiry submitted to
| this committee, is Whether, either
Mr.. o. L. Clark or H. E. Goodwin was
duly and lawfully nominated"
The answer of the committee to this
inquiry, is that neither Mr.. O. L
Clark nor Mr.. H. L. Goodwin was duly
and lawfully nominated
And just here we make brief state.
ment of facts found by us during the
investigation, and which were in the
main, if not entirely, undisputed. In
the county of Cumberland the strength
of H. L. Goodwin was taken in some
precincts, IN accordance with ouI
plan of organization, and it developed
he had three large majorities in such
ton met to appoint delegates to the
district convention, a resolution was
! passed authorizing the chairman OF
the convention to appoint the dele
gates to the district convention, which
he did, but gave the Goodwin strength
no representation, and when such
delegates from Cumberland appeared
at the convention at Wrightsville at
the day appointed, it was known that
Mr. Goodwin had no friend upon the
delegation, but that the delegates
were unanimous for Mr.. Cook, a citi-
zen of the county. In New Hanover
similar resolution was passed in
the county convention, and the dele
gates were appointed by the chair
man of the convention, and they were
known to be solid for Mr.. McC1ammy
While it is an admitted fact that Mr..
Goodwin had strength in New Hanover,
it did not clearly appear that de-
mand was made in either the precinct
meeting or the county convention, to
test that strength. 1t is true, one dele
gate arose in the county convention,
and said, 'T nominate FL. L. Goodwin" !"
gate, but another was recognized who
offered a resolution authorizing the
chairman of the convention to appoint
the delegates to the state, COMPRESSION
al, judicial, and senatorial conventions
which resolution was passed, and the
convention adjourned, having been in
session less than five minutes. In the
county of Harnett there was some
anti-Godwin strength developed in one
township, which was not given repre-
sentation in the county convention,
but which did obtain representation
to the district convention by the ep
pointment of some anti-Godwin dee
gates from that county. but ve~v
large majority of the delegates from
that county were for Mr.. Goodwin.
when the delegates from the soy
era1 counties assembled at Wright
vile Beach on the day appointed. the
several counties met and organized