The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-07-11
SAY COMMITTEE
PACKED CONVENTION
MANY WHITE REPUBLICANS
LEAVE COUNTY CONVEN
AND ADOPT RESO.
LUTlOES.

over fiftv of the leading white re-
publicans of the county, Gsgusted
with the packing OF the regular county
convention Saturday with negroes in
the interest OF FranAs and Cox and
against O'Rear. marched Cutt of the
court room. and held short cOnyen-
ton OF theii own in ths county court
room below They adopted a strong
resolutions I'm which they condemned
the Republican Committee for its
hand in the affair, and adopted the
following resolutions which we're sign
ed by thOie who had left the regular
body. Some wanted contesting
delegation named and sent to the
Louisville convention. but the lead
crs did not think that such action
would avail Gught. 80 the convention
merely passed resolutions and ad-
journed. From this action, il is ap
parent 2 bitter ngEt is on between
The tao repub lean factions in this
county MANY ~ those who signed
these resolutions declare that they
will vote for McCrcary over either
Franks or Cox should either be nomi-
mated, while large number Cf the
leaders oil the other faction declare
they will not. sWallo. OUear. The
resolutions adopted are as 70 low;
Whereas. A republican convection
was called pursuant to the party
rules and order on July the Sth, 1911,
for the purpose OF sele cting delegate
to the STATE convention to he held
i'm Louisville XIV. on July 18th, 1911,
and whereas said convention was
hacked 10y tie Republican Committee
by the use of money AND other evil
inflences, and whereas we the under
signed Republicans of Lincoln County
DO not approve of the practice and
conduct so INDUCED in and do most
heartily condemn same and in order
90 show our i'apprOval thereof, do
Hereby now in public meeting assem-
bled and in this public way denounce
such conduo: as unworthy 8. the par
ty.
J. n Menefee. Jr... r. b Culton,
T.. u. Colyer. +. J. CultJn. Emil Gels
7 4, G.. 4. Lunsford Brick Davis, Chas
Davis, Berry. Howard, John King, w
Il billion, Jr., J 4 Shaw, Robert Mar
tin, r. !. Elankenship, Leonard Mar
tin W. ]. Martin, =. COrum, Elan
. lloskins, :. T. REYNOLDS, J. Y. Grad
wick, Marcus Coniey Benjamin How
ard, John b Howard, W. VI. How
ard. +. l.. Wilson, Il. ]. Smith, Grant
/ north. J W Williams, T. +. cum
INNS. l.. l.. Sanders, W. ID. Peters
+ II. b. Howard. J. h. Green, 4. b. Bias
TN. ]. \. Harmon. +. :. Lows, J. NJ
. NcCol UNI, ID. NJ. Payne. Garfield How
ard, BenJamin lIoltaclaw, G. J. Slmp-
ION, b 4. llm 9.rd. p NJ. Mclio5erts,
T. Il. King, c. 5. Lyon. II. II. Collier
/ W. l.. Stapleton, 4 l. King.
A number OF C'Rear men who LETT
. the REGULAR convention declared that
they wou be heard RON again. tnat
/ this was but the first tight TO be made
upon the control of ihe republican
marty in Lincoln county and they pro
/ pose to get the scalp Of the bosser
who have beeen running things, when
the time come to maze NJ new
organization and elect new commit
tee OF course, this viii he taken
/ to mean that they ate going after the
/ scalp OF County Chair:nan R. u. paVt
son and as Doc" is no siOuch him
self when il comes IN q scrap. the
question is till unanswered as the l.
/ j., goes to press, whether II wl1 De as
easy sailing as SOME say, To put TIE
big steam-ro Ter engineer in the ma
I been class.