The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-26
THE REGULARS SEND
COMMITTEE HOME
TO NAME DELEGATES
ENDORSE vERTREES PRIMARY
PLAN CALLING FOR NAMING
OF CANDIDATES.
SUB Committee OF FIVE
Thomas H. PEBBLES Fathers Resolu-
tior to Endorse Hunt and McGfew,
Both Regulars, for the New State
Committee to Be Formed In May.

democratic committee at the court
house this morning there were twen-
ty of the thirty members present
either in person or by proxy. The
committee was called to order
promptly at ii o'clock by Chairman
burns, and after the roll call by
Secretary Williams, DR.. Hill introduc-
ed resolution which proposes to
name the delegates to the
state convention of May Is in accord
ance with the editors plan. The res
olution is as follows:
BE it resolved, That pursuant to
the provisions of the plan for the Sc
lection of delegates to the state con-
yention at Nashville on May Is, a
subcommittee of five members OF
this committee to be hereafter Sc
iected by the chairman be hereby ap-
pointed. who shall at the instance Of
the several committeeman and in the
event any of the committeeman fail
to act, then Of their own motion, Sc
lect delegates to the said state con-
yention-the number of delegates to
be selected being left to the several
districts as hereinafter provided, but
the voting strength of the delegates
and the basis of representation to be
as provided in the plan of said con-
vention
BE it further resolved, That the
members OF this committee are here
by instructed to ascertain in such
manner as is in keeping with the rlan
Of said convention the names of such
persons as the democrats of their re-
spective districts deisre to send as
delegates to said state convention,
and report said names to said sub
committee by or before May 6, 1912,
and said subcommittee is hereby en-
powered to select the persons named
by said committeeman and persons
from districts where committeeman
fail TO act, as delegates to said con-
vention, said selection to take place
in Columbia in the court house on
May 6, 1912.
"Ard it is further provided that the
committeeman, and if they fail to
act, said subcommittee shall in the
selection of said names and said del
egatcs, so conduct themselves that
any and all white democrats without
regard to past affiliation, shall have
full, free and fair voice, participation
and count in said elections and
choice of the delegates"
Thos. H. PEBBLES then introduced
a resolution endorsing the Vertrees
plan of demanding a primary for the
selection OF all candidates for state
offices, and demanded a state conven-
ton to adopt a platform The reso-
luton follows:
Whereas the democratic execu-
tive committee of which Hon. J. D. G.
Morton is chairman has called upon
the democratic executive committees
throughout the state to select dele
gates to a dmocratic convntion to be
held in Nashville May Is, next, for
the purpose of selecting delegates to
the national convention, nominees
for the state judiciary, and new
state democratic executive commit
tee, te it resolved that this commit.
tee commend this recognition OF the
unity of state and national democra-
cv and urge upon the new state COM
mittee the policy of calling primaries
for U S. senator, governor, railroad
commissioner. comptroller, and sec
retarv Of state, believing as we do,
that the people want, and the various
elements of the party in Tennessee
have committed themselves to major
ity rule by primaries.
BE 1t further resolved that It Is
the sense Of this committee that
there can be no common cause with.
out d common standard or platform
promulgated by majority rule, and
that II urges upon and memorializes
said new committee to provide a
means of declaring the wish Of the
majority as to party policy In state
matters, that is a state convention to
adopt platform on state issues.
And be it further resolved hat re-
sardiess of the policies recently advo-
Gated by the several members OF the
state democratic executive commit
tee. that we believe their purposes
were patriotic and intended to re-
unite the party, and we recommend
to the seventh congressional district
tie election to place on the said new
state committee OF its present state
committeeman, s. z. Hunt, Of Dick.