The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-10-26
BBRRY-LAWRENCE
POLITICAL FEUD
SPLITTING PARTY
Two Calls For Democratic
Nomination In Third Sen.
atorial District.
Reyes, Doom and Broadbent
Get Together.
BERRY GIVES OUT INTERVIEW

Developments In the Third sena
torial district Democratic situation
are rushing apace, with two calls fol
nominations for state senator. ant
an open breach between Contra
Committeeman w. A. Berry. Of
Padueah, and Executive Committee
man Henry Lawrence, Of Cadlz. EN-.
phasized by an interview given out
tyl Mr. Berry here.
The boosted failure Of the insur.
gent committee under John H
lKeyes. OF Galloway. to get together
was dissipated today when John II
Keyes himself arrived in Paducah
en- route home from Cerulean. where
he and Committeeman room, Of
Lyon. and Broadbeut. of Trigg. met
yesterday and called a primary &c
nominate a state senator In the Thirt
district April 30. Mott Ayers, state
prison parole agent. was at Eddyvills
Saturday when the committee was
supposed to meet. and il is claimed he
succeeded in soaring Doom away
from that meeting; but Reyes, Doom
and Broadbent, secretly got together
lat Cerulean Tuesday and completed
their call
Newton Chrisman, OF Galloway.
has already called a convention for
Eddyville. November ~. Committee
man Mitchell. Of Livingston, sup
ports him, while the other two com.
mitteemen consort with Keyes. Cen.
trail Committeeman w. A. Berry rec
ogn.zes Chrisman as chairman: while
Executive Committeeman Henry
Lawrence. although he has not open
Is showed is hand. has already stated
he viii not recognize Chrismani
call. and il is presumed he will &C
lcept the nomination at Reyes Apr.
primary.
To understand the situation thor.
ioughly. Il must be learned that nc
election for state senator IN the
Third district will take place until
November, 1911; but that the anti
McCreary men are urging an early
nomination in order that McCreary' {
manager. Henry Lawrence, who Will
be a candidate for the office. may be
forced of the state executive COM
mittee before the question OF the
time, place and manner of nominal
ing a candidate for governor arrives
Lawrence. naturally desires no nomi.
nation until some time next year
The factional trouble, which
makes 10th Keyes and Chrisman pre-.
tenders to the Office of Galloway
and thereby chairman
Of the district, is an old one. Berry
once decided a contest In favor OF
Chrisman. but at the succeeding
election the Galloway Democrats ex.
pressed their disapproval by voting
the Republican ticket. In Septem-
Der Chrlsman. with the proxy from
Livingston county in his pocket, held
a committee meeting by himself. and
called the November convention.
Immediately thereafter Henry Law
renee stated that he will not abide
by the call.
Nevertheless, Chrisman proceeded
with his call, and Reyes got his
committee together and will publish
another call this week. Rainey
Wells. of Murray, aud Newton Utley
of Eddyville, will be candidates fol
the nomination at the November con
vention. Lawrence will be a candi
date at the April primary; but Ia
1.-THE meantime he will remain on the
state executive committee, and The
antl-McCreary faction APPARENT,
has accomplished nothing excepting
hopelessly split the party in the dis
ltrict, insure the nomination of two
democratic candidates for senator
and the election of a Republican
without injuring Lawrence or Nc
lCreary
Thus the mattel stands erseptinl
that the breach between the STATE
central committeeman for the FRS
district and Executive Committee
man Lawrence is made manifest b!
the following statement given to thu
press mere by W. A. DEITY
81 understand l have been criti
cized for taking any part In th'
political middle in the Third sena
torial district; but this criticism ha
come only from the friends of Gen
eral Lawrence and his pal and ally
John II. Keyes, of Galloway county
| attach no importance to the effor
on the part of General Lawrence an,
Mr.. Keyes to foist the latter upol
the district as chairman: no
do consider il done in goo'
faith. General Lawrence as eXecu
tive committeeman of the FRS
Congressional district has al
ready recognized y w. Chrisman a
chairman of the Democratic com
mittee of that county twice-in th'