The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-22
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meeting Of said committee.
AT which time and place you are re;
duested 70 be present
Given under our hands this 10th
day OF April. 1910.
IL. r. FuRBBE, Chairman.
a, L. LEHMAN, Secretary.
I'm the meantime one Of the four
members who had signed the call de-
eidet not to act with the committee
and sent in his resignation, which was
written by his own hand and placed
inSthe hands OF the committee, as fol.
lows:
April 10, 1910.
To tho Republican Executive Commit
eeyof Marion county:
/ hereby tender my resignation as
q member of the above committee
from Union district.
4 G. L, CARPENTER.
j,At the appointed hour this morning
the committee met and was. called to
order by Chairman Furbee. Natural.
ly the first item of business to come
before the committee for action was
the, resignation Of Mr.. Carpenter.
Upon vote the committee accepted Mr..
Carpenters resignation, passing the
following resolutions:
+'whereas, G. L. Carpenter, a mem.
Der of,this committee from Union dis
trict has rendered his resignation as
such committeeman. from said Union
district; and whereas, his office as a
member OF said committee from said
district is pow vacant both by reason
Of his said resignation, and also by
reason Of his removal from said dis
trict and from the county of Marion.
Resolved that said resignation be
and the same is hereby accepted, and
his Office is hereby declared vacant.
Resolved further that Q. w. Morgan
of said Union district be and he is
hereby appointed and elected to fill
said vacancy caused by the said resig-
nation, and removal of said G. L. Car.
penter from said district, who shall
act and be the committeeman from
said Union district until his successor
is duly elected and qualified"
Bpont the passage OF this resolution,
Mr.. Morgan was called into the meet.
ing room and took his seat as mem
Der of the committe. At this juno
ture in the proceedings Committee.
men C. H. Tarlton, of Grant district,
w. H. Bunner, of Union, and G. L,
Musgraye, of Fairmont, retired from
the room, their spokesman, Postmas
ter A. Howard Fleming, saying that
they would organize a new commit
tee.
Upon the withdrawal of these mem
bers, the committee proceeded to de-
clare their places vacant and the fol
lowing persons were named as mem
bers of the committee in their places:
Lloyd NJ. Kurn in place of Tarlton,
of Grant; Eldridge Carter in place of
Bunner, Of Union, and James E. Nor
gan in place OF C. L. Musgrave, of
Falrmont.
The Republicans throughout the
county will be gratifled to know that
the Democratic scheme to get control
of the Republican committee of this
county. failed Of It's purpose as was
predicted it would fail. The attempt
to throw Chairman Howard R. Furbee
out OF the committee, without the pre-.
tence OF cause of reason, and to do
the same thing to Secretary A. L.
Lehman, was deservedly a miserable
failure.
The committee as 1t now stands is
thoroughly and loyalty Republican.
All men of integrity and Of a high or.
der. Republicans of the cunty will
feel secure that its organization will
not be dominated or dictated to by the
Democratic leaders, nor will Repub-
lican plans and secrets be carried to
Democratic headquarters. And that
every Republican in the county will
get a square deal.
The Democrat meeting Of the Re.
publican (?) committee called to be
held at Thomas A. Deveny's hotel this
afternoon could not materislize on
account of having an insufficient mum.
ber Of the committee, and it therefore
proved another abortive attempt on
the part OF the Falrmont Postmaster
to get control Of the organization Of
the party whose candidates he always
opposes.
Mr.. Carpenter who sent in his res.
ignatlon as a member of the commit
tee several days ago, and who had
vacated his office by moving out Of
tba county n vear or an ago. was