The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-19
TO Be BUSY WEEK
IN POLITICAL RANKS
IN THE CAPITAL CITY
BARTON AND HARMONY COM.
MlTTEES WILL MEET
WEDNESDAY,.
The FORMER WILL DISBAND
The vertrees Committee Also Sche-
duled to Meet in Near Future
Primary Headquarters Closed and
No Future Date Has Been Set.


No Future Date Has Been Set.
NASHVILLE, April 16.-Before the
week Is out developments are ex-
pected that will have decisive weight
in forming the plans of procedure Of
the State Democratic campaigns this
fall. The Democratic primary cleo
ticn set for May rs has been called
off by the Vertrees Democratic Exc
cutive Committee. Maj. Vertrees,
Chairman. and Eugene WINS, Secre-
tary, have been authorized to call an
otner meeting Of the committee to
determine course of future proce-
dure
The convention people are still
maintaining headquarters at the
Maxwell 1t was ascertained from
Editor Albright yesterday that open
house would be kept until after the
convention of May Is.
The thirteen members of the
Democratic Committee and the
twelve members of the Independent
Committee who have signed the call
for that convention will meet fere
Wednesday to formulate plans and
issue an official call for the conven.
ton On the same day the Barton
Committee will meet, endorse the
convention plan in session and dis.
band iteslf, thus RELOCATING all future
duties of such body to the Joint
Committee formed by those favoring
the convention.
The meetings of the Democratic
Committee, the Barton Committee
and the Joint Committee are the
things now attracting attention on
the political board. The movements
they take will be wotched with much
interest
Headquarters for the primary Of
May 25 will no longer be maintains
ed. The movement was rescinded
by the committee at its meeting FRI
day. Whether anyaction to this end
will oe taken in the future will be
determined by the committee a. ito
next meeting. As yet no date has
been set, but it is understood that
vertrees and WINS will do SO within
the next few days.
When the harmony committee
meets here Wednesday it is expected
that Official orders will be given to
Keep open harmony headquarters.
Until that time they will be in charge
OF Edward Albright, Henry Morrow
andIJ. D. G. Morton.
The business Of the harmony com.
mitee is to prepare for and hold the
State Convention of May Is. When
this is done their power and what
authority was given them ends. For
at that meeting new State Execu-
tive committee will be elected.
In addition to this, there will be
chosen Presidential electors, dele
gates to the Baltimore Convention
and candidate for the Supreme
Court and candidate for the Court
of Civil Appeals. For the Supreme
Court two candidates are in the field
Judge A. S. Buchanan of Memphis,
an appointee of Gov. Patterson to
succeed Judge Beard, deceased, is a
candidate to succeed himself. Judge
Farabaugh Of Paris, who has been
in Democratic circles fighting for the
party for years, is also a candidate
Both of these gentlemen are lawyers
and jurists who are considered by
their friends excellent judicial limb
er. The race between them is con-
sider,.d very hot one, but one that
is fought out all along on high
planes.
There are no avowed candidates
for the Court of Civil Appeals.