The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1912-05-02
NO EVIDENCE
Of DISCoRD
No Factional Feeling Shown
and Convention is Regular
Love Feast.
BIG DELEGATION NAMED
Delegates from this County Will
Go to the Nashville Convention
Unhampered by Instructions
and Will Cast Their Vote for
the Best Interest of Democracy.

Cooke county democrats met Satur-
day in mass convention and selected
delegates to the state convention which
is to be held at Nashville, May 15.
The Convention endorsed the editors
plan for harmony and the delegation is
sent un-instructed on all questions
save that of delegate to the national
convention from the first district, Z.
b. Minis being endorsed for that posit-
ion and the delegation instructed to
vote for him for same.
r. B. Hickey called the convention
to order and briefly urged that no dis
senting voice be raised in the conven-
tion to the haromy plan, that the time
was auspicious for harmony and that by
standing together, forgetting all past
differences, there would be harmony.
w. B. Robinson was unanimously
elected chairman of the conven tion.
T. H. Campbell was named as secre-
tary and B. 1. Susong as assistant Sec
retary.
The chairman appointed on COM
mittee of resolutions delegations, DR..
g. T. Burnett, J. A. Susong, A. j.
McMahan, l.. S. Smith and H. l.. w.
Taylor. Il. b. Hickey was elected
chairman of the new county committee
and J. F. Stanbery, secretary.
While the committee was deliberat-
ing there were speeches from Mr..
Hickey and w. o. Minis. Mr.. Hickey's
speech was mild in tone and urged
harmony. He had no censure for any
body or anything but expressed his
regret that through the foolishness of
the democrats of Tennessee Repub-
lican had been selected governor who
had been placed in position to put a
Republican in the United States sem
ate. He did not blame Mr.. Hooper
from being Republican and for his
ambitions, but he did blame the
democrats for their foolishness and
hoped that they would bury all party
differences and reclaim the state.
Mr.. Minis pointed 10 the fact that
the democrats of the state and nation
were opening their eyes, seeing the
situation, and realized that they conld
get together and win. He stated that
through the help of democrats, a
republican had been made governor of
this state and he denounced the COVER
nor in no mild terms, stating there
was never more bitter partisan as
had been proven here at home, and
that he and Sanders were building up
great machine; that he had made
Sanders senator even though it threat
ened his defeat, just for the purpose OF
strengthening the Sanders machine
that the desire of Hooper tor haromy
in Republican ranks and discord in
Democratic ranks was one of the most
amazing things he had ever seen; that
the governor had at one slice cut away
$4,000 appropriation for the widows
of confederate veterans on a plea OF
economy; that he is the most bitter OF
radicals and that he would even take
the power from the court to say when
court officials should not be removed
that while the whole state was shock
ed at the death of Senator Taylor that
he never even issued proclamation
that he never paid his respects to the
remains while they were i'm Nashville
but on the other hand he hid away in
seclusion i'm the penitentiary and
there issued pardons to criminals and
planned to put republican in the
United States senate and that while he
plead sickness, that if he was not toe
sick to plan for the appointment of Mr.
Sanders to help the strength of the
Sanders machine and to issue pardons
that he was not to sick too pay his re,
spect to the dead; that he hoped thai
the democrats would get together