The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-02-09
DATE Of PRIMARY
STARTS A ROW N
THE FIFTH DISTRICT
COMMITTEE MEETING At TuiLA-
HoMA DECIDES ON
APRIL II.
HOUSTON Men Are INDIGNANT
hey Favored August, Congressman
Houston Himself Speaking for the
Latter Date-Largs Crowd Present,
Signed Protest Against Action.

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TULLAHOMA, Tenn, Feb 7.--Th
democratic executive committee O
the Fifth congressional district me
here this afternoon at o'clock. AL
members answered roll call. Moor,
county being alone represented b.
proxy. The counties comprising thu
district are Rutherford, Bedford, Lin
coin, Marshall, Moore, Cannon, Coffee
nd DeKalb. Mr.. Lloyd, of Marshall
moved that the minutes of the las
meeting be read, but upon the state
ment of Secretary Myers that the
minutes were not there, the subject
was dropped.
J MIR. Lloyd objected to the commit
res taking any action because toul
members of the committee had not
requested in writing that the commit
tee be called together.
Mr. Lloyd made the claim that each
of the county committeeman should
have been served with copy Of the
request of the six committeeman, but
the proposition was not considered.
Mr.. Buckne- then introduced reso-
lutions appointing April q (the date
If the state primary as the date for
holding the primary to nominate a
candidate for congress. Congress
nan w. C. Houston and j. C. Lloyd
opposed the resolution, they favoring
a primary in August at the time or
the election for county officers Hon.
j. C. Beasley and E. D. Hancock
spoke for April q.
Upon motion the resolutions we're
voted upon seriatum and then adopt
ed as whole, almost practically
unanimously, Mr.. Lloyd and James
Moore. of DeKalb county, voting
against the April 81 date
The rules and regulations for hold
ing the primary April q, as adopted,
provide that the polls shall open at 8
q. m and close at p. M; that all
white democrats, regardless of how
they voted in the last election, and
who will pledge themselves to vote
for the nominees of the primaries or
April q, will be eligible to vote: that
neither poll tax receipt nor registra-
ton certificate will be necessary to
vote; that election officers in each
county shall be named by the COM
1nittee in each county, in conjunction
with one representative for each Of
The candidates that election officers
shall be divided equally between the
aud be appointed at lpas
Ten days before the primary in each
county; that the result in each coun
" sh"ll be mailed to the county board
Of three. AMI that May 9, 1912. the
committee in TuJlahc
ma, canvass the returns and declare
the result. Each candidate is to pay
5000 as entrance fee to the primary
On or before March 6.
Signed Protest.
We wist to express our thorough
Of the democratic execu
Eve committee for the fifth districr
at T1llahoma on Feb. 6. The plan
adopted was cut-and-dried affair |
plainly prepared in the personal and
selfish interest of Mr.. Beasley, and |
vas forced through the committee
without rhyme or reason. 1t is a de |
llberate attempt to serve one man |
and is dangerous affair for the par
ty. The interests of the party were |
ignored in at attempt to serve Mr. |
Reesley, and the whole thing had the !
appearance OF having been prepared |
BY politicians without regard to right |
Instead of attempting to court nar
'nony, it seemed to be an attempt t. !
DIVE men out of the party. To re
Juire one voting in a seperate con
sressional primary to pledge himself
to support all other nominees can
inanifestly have but one effect, to-
wit: to cut short the vote and make
Iess certain the election of the con.
gressional nominee.
We are and have been so-called reg
MARS. but we do not hesitate to criti
Else the acts of their short-sighted
and deplore their &C.
ton. Not one of the committee
lonly one outsider, a personal follow
or Of Mr.. Beesley) would arise and
defend the plan adopted, but the com
nitteemen voting for the plan con