The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-01-26
THE POLITICAL POT
" WI[[ SOON BOIL IN
S STATE AND COUNTY
THE PRESENT YEAR WILL BE
ONE OF ABUNDANT POL
tot rs iTlCS.
FROM APRIL q TO DECEMBER 9
Maury Countians VIII Have Part IN
Election of Ninety-three OFFICIALS,
Exclusive of Primaries and Con-
ventions.

Election of Nnety-three Officials,
Exclusive of Primaries and Con-
ventions.
The year Of 1912 promises
to be one of more than U.S.
ual the political interest and
political activity. The action OF the
state committees of the different fac
tions of the democratic party seems
to have warmed the official bee to a
buzzing temperature, and already the
candidates are beginning to make
their wants and wishes known. 1t
will be year of elections and prima-
ries and conventions and caucuses,
beginning with April 27 when the
state democratic primary will be held
under the pronunciamento of the re-
cent agreements, and will close with
the choosing OF an electoral messen-
ger in December. The intervening
time will be marked with all sorts Of
political maneuvers and agreements
within the recognized lines of both
parties.
Following the primary in April in
which will be selected democratic
candidate for governor, U. s. sena-
tor, state treasurer, comptroller and
railroad commissioner, will be the
state democratic convention on May
16 to nominate the candidate for gov
ernor and railroad commissioner, the
formulation of state democratic
platform, and as this is presidential
year, the selection of one elector for
each of the ten congressional dis
tricts and two from the state at large,
all to be voted for on Tuesday after
the first Monday in November. In
addition to these members of the
legislature and representatives in
congress are to be elected at this
time
At the August election which &C.
ours on the first, Tuesday, there
will he trustee, sheriff and tax as
SCISSOR, two justices of the peace for
each civil district, and one extra in
the seventh and third, and two in the
ninth, one constable in each of the
districts, and an additional one in
the ninth, five members of the coun-
ty board of education and three mem
bers of the district school advisory
board. The five school districts from
each of which one member of the
school board is to be elected are
made up of the civil districts. The
first school district comprises the
first and second civil districts: the
second school district the third and
fourth civil districts; third school
district, the fifth and sixth civil dis
tricts fourth school district, the sew
anth and tenth civil districts; the
fifth school district the eighth and
ninth civil districts.
In August there will also be elected
one member Of the supreme court to
succeed Justice Buchanan, appointed
to fl the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Beard, and one mem
Der of the court of civil appeals to
sue ced Judge Cate, who was appoint
ed to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Taylor.
So it will be seen that Maury ocun-
tians will have hand in the election
of IL electors member of congress, a
governor, a railroad commissioner, 2
members OF lower house, one senator,
judges OF state courts, sheriff, a
tax assessor, a trustee, "a justices of
the peace, II constables, 5 members
of board of education and 30 advisory
members, making a total of SO in all.
And this does not include the partic.
patton in state and county primaries,
district caucuses and political conven-
tons in general
/ There will be primaries a plenty,
conventions galore and delegates in
abundance Delegates to the nation
al convention, delegates to the state
convention delegates to congression-
al conventions and to the legislative
conventions if any should be held,
caucuses to arrange political elates
aEd back room meetings to manufac-
ture clubs with which to break them,
schemes evolved by which to make