The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-07-26
CONVENTION IS
CALLED TO DRAFT
Platform In Louisville
August Is.
COMMITTEE REORGANIZATION
viii Not be Undertaken
County Mass C0nYen-
ti0nSAugust Il.
TEXT OF THE CAhL IN FUN

After a speech from Senator
James b.. McCreary, the Democratic
nominee for Governor, the Demo
cratic State Executive Committee in
secret session at Louisville Thurs
day, issued a call for a State con-
vention to be held in Louisville on
August 10, to formulate a platform
on which the State ticket is to be
run at the coming November cleo
ton.
1t is provided in the call that the
/ delegates be chosen at mass county
conventions on August -. The
basis of representation will be one
delegate for each 200 votes cast for
Bryan for President in 1908, and
one for each fraction over 100.
Under the call, no business can
come before the convention except
the adoption of platform. This is
believed to make impossible any re-
organization of any of the party
committees during the platform con-
Yention.
At the same time Rufus II. Van
SAINT, wealthy lumberman of Ash
land, was elected chairman of the
State Campaign Committee by the
members of the State Central Com
mittee. He was the choice of Sena-
tor McCreary, the nominee for Gov
ernor.
Judge J. A. Sullivan, of Rich
mond, was elected vice chairman of
the State Campaign Committee. He
is close friend of Senator McCrea-
ny.
Members of the committee said
that it is understood that r. G.
Phillips, secretary of the State Cen
trail Executive Committee, would be
appointed secretary of the Campaign
Committee by Mr.. Vansant.
Call of Convention.
The call of the platform conven-
ton is contained in the following
resolutions, unanimously adopted:
Be it resolved by the State Cen
trail and Executive Committees of
the Democratic party of the State
of Kentucky, in joint session as
sembled in Louisville, KY, on July
l2O, 1911 Ga quorum of each of said
committees being present in per-
SOM, That a Democratic delegate
State convention be held in the city
of Louisville on Thursday, the 18th
day of August, 1911. for the pur-
pose of adopting and promulgating
platform of principles for the
guidance of Democratic officers and
of the party in Kentucky and for
the consideration thereof by the
people in the approaching campaign,
to be followed by the November
election Of 1911, and at which cleo
tien a State ticket and members of
the next General Assembly are to
be elected.
ohoii w DO
lected to said convention on the ba-
sis of one delegate for every 200
votes and every fraction of 200
over 100 votes by the Democratic
party of Kentucky at the Presiden-
tial election of 1908, and which del
egates shall be selected in mass con-
ventions held in each and every
county in the State, provided, that
in cases of counties having two or
more legislative districts, separate
conventions shall be held in each
legislative district. Said mass con-
ventions shall be held in each and
every county and legislative district
In the State as aforesaid, beginning
al. 2 o'clock p. m. on Saturday, Aug
ust ~, 1911, and said conventions
shall be called to order and held in
the manner provided by the party
law.
Third-All known Democrats, all
independent voters and all minors
who will be legal voters by the No
vember election, 1911, and all vot-
ers who declare purpose to anil
late with the Democratic party in
the next State election Of 1911. are
declared eligible to participate in
said mass conventions and to be
elected delegates to said State con-
,vention, "
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