The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-07-11


The Lincoln County Republican,
Convention of 81 white men and ll5 f
negroes. by actual cornt, Saturday az.
tcruoon 10 delegates 20 the .
republican state con, cntiun 90 De .
held at Louisville next Tuesday and /
instructed then to vote Tor ten ". /
Z franks Tor Governor ana second F.
Tor Hon. W. a. Cox, for Governor. .
5s lone us their names snall be- before
the convention Instructions were
also given tor the Lincoln county dele .
Gates to vote Tor Hon. l.. W. BcthuruW
.ur kockcast @ county, tor the nOmina-
ton for Auditor
This convention sho@cd beyond an
doubt that republican party in lin
coin county is controlled by Tho Colpf
ed voters. and that County Chair
man. " J. DAWSON. leading them,
"a he doe, is completely IN 'hc sad
die
About sixty white republicans VINO
favored the nomination ~ Didge o.
Rear seeing Themselves OutnuWborol
ed two to one by thu negroes. mark
cd out OF the convention in a body and
he Il a short meeting nitcrwards IN
the Cuuntv court room and passed.
70 solutions condemning the alleged
packing Of the convention
Republicans began TO come in early
Saturday tor TIE COM cution Wagon
loads OF negroes came I'm from all
sections. and ps fast a. they arrived
they reported 10 Chairman DAWSON
and were given Instruction. As they
filed into the court room, they were
met nj TIE stairs by GEORGE 10 Flor
ence and assembeled oh the north side
Of the court room.
Many at the ORca. men alout"d
white ribbon badges as their insignia,
and they gathered ou tho south o. the
tho court room aud seeing the over
I whelming colOrcd crowd ON th, north.
got up and lett IN % body before the
convention was called 10 order
Chairman X. =. Dawson called the
contention 10 order promptly at half
past one O'Clock and called Tor Mount
nations tor chairman Dr. W o. Ta-
Gin. the well known coiorCd educator
liaccd 10 nomination MAYOR 4 H.
Florence. which nomination was sec
onded by three other colorod men. and
re was elected chairman by a upani.
nous vote. r. !. Bell was nOmiuated
Tor Secretary by Postmaster John \.
- ain. Of HustonNille. and chosen by
exclamation
Attorney GeOrC, D. FlCroucc's mo-
tion that the temporary organization
be made prominent and that all com
mittccs be dispensed with was adopt
ed without oppr itiOi and then Dr
Lawson offered the following rosClu-
ton. which was adopted by a rousing
vote
The Resolutions.
Re IL resolved by the Republican
voters OF Lincoln county, that, they
indorsc the cal heretofore isuued by
the governing authorities of the party
Tor this convention. and the one to
u be held in the citv OF Louisville
on TUESDAY, July1lth l"ll for the
purpose Of nominating republican can
Gidatcs Tor Governor and other state
offices. 10 be voted for at the com
ing November election.
That the administration OF William
TAFT in National affairs ana that Ct
Augusta, T. Wilson IN this state is
most heartily and earnestly approved.
We indorse United States Senator
William O. Bradle,, and are Justly
proud of the sniendid record he has
made We indor Judge |. T. Walker
Judge Of this district and urge hun TO
rccoma the republican candidate Tor
judge in this district
The following named persons be Sc
lected as delegates to the state con
Nention To he held i'm Louisville on
July nth, for the purpose of nominal
ing republican candidates for state Of
q H.. In
November election. aiime y.
Jones Anderson, Jas. Grubbs, Geo.
u. Ference, Lee Manning, Jeff Bur
ic on. W. ~ Tardiff, Prot J. j. Green
John Kennedy. * n. Noakes. II. n.
ogan, q. W. Gentry, q. NJ. Dawson,
James Mack. win Cordier. ThOs Bell
Ira Gooch r. l.. Dawson, Jonn Blain.
Geo. Armstrong
And that said delegates vote as a
unit upon all questions coming before
said convention. and in the race for
the nomination for governor. they are
n tructed 10 vote for Hon. Il. T..
Franks, ms first choice, and Hon. W.
+, N. Cox ms second choice so long as
their names are before the convention
We are confident that either of these
men can lead the republican party
I Ia "A triumphant victory in November
and they are further instructed 70
vote Tor Judge l.. W. Bethurum for
Auditor of Pub lie Accounts. and as TO
all other races will go uninstructed.
Upon the adoption of the resolu-
/ tions, DIR. Dawson secured the floor
and delivered a ringil denunciation
OF those who had left the convention,
/ lie declared that he always favored
roace in the party out when the
/ fight was brought to him he never
lodged II He dec AIRED that the re-
publican party had principles to stand
| for without flying to the prohibitions
lists as Il seemed some OF them would
have il do, who were fayoring a man
who had been going about the state
advocating things which did not
sound like republican doctrine To him
He said that those who had left had
Haunted the white flag OF prohibition
in the face OF the convention. and
while he admired man who did not