The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-01
REGULARS
POSTPONE ACTION
AS TO NOMIEES
SAY THE COUNTY NOMINATE ONS
SHOULD BE MADE BY
PRIMARY.
SIMPLY PLAYING WAITING GAN
Judge Gordon Got Members In Hurry
to Adjourn When He Wanted the
Committee to Go on Record Re.
garding Temperance Legislation.

ana also for the legislature recon.
mended to be made by primary.
Resolutions passed regretting the
action of Congressman Padgett, and
another regretting that the state pri.
mary board did not organize, and an
agreement to divide officers of cleo
zion with the independents.
Adjourned without day or date.
Such was the action of the "regu.
lar" democratic county committee at
the meeting this morning at the court
house.
The meeting was called to order
by the secretary, Wills Williams, and
IT. H. PEBBLES was designated AS the
presiding officer. On a call of the
roll it was found that there were sew
enteen present in Pc, son and by
proxy, seven of them being in per-
son.
The committee composed of Mat.
thews, Russell and Williams TO sug.
gest plans for nominations for 1oun-
ty officers reported as follows, ana
the same was adopted:
eve your committee on nomina-
tons beg leave to report as follows:
Il. That it is the concensus OF
opinion among the democrats of this
county, that whatever nominations
shall be this year made, shall be by
primary.
2. That nominees for representa-.
tives and State senator should not
be chosen until after the Nashville
convention has perfected it's work.
g. That there is now no demand
either from the people or the candi-
datse for primary for county nomi.
nees.
"a. That nc action be taken at
this time by this committee calling
primaries of any kind but thai the
same with reference to all offices be
defer ed to some later meeting of
the committee, when such ction with
reference to primries may be had as
dates for primary for county nomi-
tim desire.
Immediately on the adoption of the
foregoing Thos. H. PEBBLES called
Senator Brown to the chair, and in
the following resolution admitted
that Mr. Padgett haa been "yoked''
and regretted that he had not borne
the ycke uncomplainingly:
BE it resolved that this committee,
as such, interested in the general well
fare Of the party and DESTROYS of as
complete and full vote as possible in
all democratic primaries, hereby ex-
press our regret that the Hon. l.. P. |
Padgett, who has on many occasions
been given the democratic nomina-
ion for representative in congress
,or tine seventh congressional district |
mas seen fit to refuse 10 enter the |
primary of April 81, 1912, for the rea.
sen that his failure so to do will dis |
many democrats and lessen |
heir interes, in the primaries and |
prevent the party from polling the |
ull vote in this district at said date. |
His wearing the yoke accomplishing
y would doubtless have increased |
he vote in the senatorial and guber-
latorial primaries many thousands
If votes"
AS resolutions seemed to be the or.
Ter Judge Gordon then introduced the
,ollowing:
Resolved by the committee that |
We regret that the primary commit
zee named by Mr.. Barton has failed
n refused to organize the primary
Joard as indicated and instructed by
he two committees at the time of |
heir meetings at Nashville, and we
it'll hope they will act and complete
ne board.
1--WE endorse the action of the con-
,ressional committee taken at Frank
in, and we further state that in the
lope of still organizing we agree to
liyide all the officers to hold the pri-
nary called for April 81 just as if the
agreement between the. committees
lad been carried out"
This was adopted as we're all the
'thers without a dissenting voice,
nd the judge then began a discus
ion that was about to run afoul of a
ock, and Senator Brown came to the
escue and successfully guided 1t
round any disastrous results. The
Judge was OF the opinion that 1t was
ime that tho county committee put
tseli on record regarding temper
nee legislation. Instantly there was
pricking OF ears. He favored the
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