The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-06-05


working on the matter for over
three hours, they made report
which was adopted by the commit
tee. r. H. Vansant was named in
the resolutions as chairman of the
State Central and Executive Com
mittees; w. B. White, of Mont
gomery, member of the State Cen
trail Committee, and A. G.. Rhea, of
Logan county, State Executive Com
mittee from the State-at-large. An
amendment to the party law made
three instead of two members in
addition to those elected by con-
gressional districts.
Delegates and alternates from
the State-at-large to the Baltimore
convention were named as follows:
Gov. James b. McCreary, dele
gate; Walter S. Hawkins, alternate.
Ollie James, delegate: AID. Mar
tin, alternate.
J. CIV. Beckham, delegate; B.W.
Bradburn, alternate.
John C. c. Mayo, delegate; Ben
V. Smith, alternate.
Allie w. Young, delegate; M. NJ.
Redwine, alternate.
Ben Johnson, delegate; N. w.
Utley, alternate.
Justus Goebel, delegate; Herman
Southall, alternate.
A. o. Stanley, delegate; j. A.
Donnelson, alternate.
The following were named in the
resolutions as electors for the
State-at-large: Robert Harding. of
Boyle county, and H. V. McChes-
ney, of Franklin county. Assistant
electors were named as follows:
H. NJ. Merideth. of Muhlenberg
county, and Charles Montgomery,
of Casey county.
The party law was practically un-
changed in the report of the COM
mittee, the only appreciate change
being elimination of sections that
are covered by the primary law and
allowing appeal of contests to the
State Central and Executive Com
mittees in joint session.
The third Saturday in January.
1918, is named as the date for
electing precinct committeeman.
Henry DeHaven Norman, of
Breckenridge county, and Bob Lay
man, of Elizabethtown. took charge
of the Fourth District Convention
soon after it was called to order by
State Executive Committeeman Sam
T. Spalding. There was but the
slightest suggestion of a hitch in
the program and the administration
forces, after taking the first hurdle
the race for delegates to the Ma
tional Convention--in easy fashion.
were never headed.
The only attempt at resistance to
the program as mapped out by the
administration leaders, came in the
race for National Committeeman, in
which John C. C. Mayo defeated
Urey Woodson by a vote of 81 to
35. Meade, Washington. Larue
and Ohio counties stood firmly for
Woodson.
On motion of Layman, Judge
Dave McCandless was made chair
man of the convention, with c. p.
Bradbury, of Bullitt county. secre-
tary. When the race for delegates
to Baltimore was called, Layman
nominated ]. L. Drum, of Nelson
county, and Morris Beard, of Breck-
enridge, ]. ID. Wilson, of Green
county, was nominated by ]. R. San
ders, but after four counties had
been called, the latter asked that
his name be withdrawn in the in
terest of harmony.
When Layman introduced a mo-
ton to instruct the delegates to the
National Convention to vote for
Mayo for committeeman, a motion
was made by former Congressman
Dave Smith to substitute the name
of Urey Woodson. A motion to
table both the motion and amend
ment was lost and the vote by coun-
ties called. w. b. Hill, nominated
for the Credentials Committee,
withdrew after four counties had
been called. The following were
named:
Convention Vice President-Will
Jackson, of Taylor county.
Delegates National Convention
J. L. Drum, of Nelson county, and
Morris Beard, of Breckenridge
county.
Alternates-W o. Jones, of |
Grayson county. and c. ]. Hub
bard, OF Larue county.
Presidential Elector-R. L. Dur
ham, of Green county.