The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-09-13
KhOTTY PROBLEMS
FACE CREDENTIALS
COMMITTEE MONDAY
POST MEETING CALL OF REGU.
LARS RAISES INTERESTING
QUESTIONS.
WHAT IS The REAL BASIS?
is II One Delegate for Thousand
Votes In County Or In the State or
The Nation?--Task II Former VIII
Be stupendous onA

ooiHe Interesting qucbIlOHS are
likely to be presented to the commit,
tee on credentials, il there is any. OF
the so-called convention here on
Monday to nominate Patterson candi-
dates for the Legislature. Among the
latest issues to be raised Is the con-
struction to be placed on the post
committee "call" which pretends to
fix the basis of representation az one
delegate for every zone thousand
votes cast for Bryan in 1905"
Now the question Is does this
mean, 1000 votes cast in Maury
county? If so there will be two dele
gates and three-tenths of delegate
in the convention? This would some
what limit the membership of the
convention. Lets see, there would
be one for chairman and another for
secretary, but the burden OF serving
as committee on resolutions, commit
tee on credentials, committee on per-
manent organization, to say nothing
of a permanent chairman and per-
manent secretary, would all devolve
upon. the threetenths of one dele
gate,
In addition, assuming that one
delegate was chairman -and another
secretary, this same three-tenths OF
delegate would have to make both
nominating speeches as well as at
tend to the other manifold duties
above enumerated. It would be up
to him. and he only three-tenths of
a whole to laud the liquor plank Of
the Patterson platform, extol the vir-
tues of Patersonism In Tennessee
and point with pride" to the race
made by one OF the prospective nom.
inees two years ago and likewise
view with alarm the result Of that
effort to break into the Legislature.
Then he would have to do the same
stunt for the young barister who Is
simply dying to hear his voice be-
meath the eagle that surmounts' the
speakers stand in the house Of re-
personalities at Nashville. Verify
this would be some job for a full
grown man to say nothing Of the
task it would impose on one, seven
tenths stunted.
However, it Is insisted by some
that the call means one delegate for
everyone thousand votes cast for
Bryan in Tennessee. That would
make approximately 1876 delegates or
about one-tenth the number cast in
the June bug primary of two years
ago in this county. 1t would be
somewhat less than one-tenth the |
number cast in the McMillin-P atter-
son-Back Tax primary on last Aug
ust. 1t would leave about 300 So
called regulars" in the county out |
in the cold and without representa- |
ton. Since about that number voted |
for Preston and Preston is per soma |
non grata with the back tax machine
it is not unreasonable to assume that
they were Intentionally slightly.
But then there are others who
make a rather plausible argument
that the call means one thousand
votes cast for Bryan in the whole
United States. II the credentials
admits the force of this
we should have something
like 5000 delegates in the conven-
ton. Now that is about four times
the strength Of the regulars" in the
county, but this could be remedied
by allowing every delegate to cast
four votes. And there Is precedent
Tor this as for returns sof the recent
primary for governor show that
there were number Of regulars"
in the state capable of casting at
least two votes. Viewed from any
angle the credentials committee Ii up