The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-03-29
THIRD CONVENTION
CONTINGENT ON THE
COMMITTEES ACTS
MEETING Is ATTENDED BY EDl.
TORS, POLITICIANS AND
OTHERS.
WILL ACTION Be RATIFIED?
If Not by April 5 Another Meeting
Is Called for April IL for Reorgani
zatIon and Convention to Follow
on May is.

NASHVILLE, March 23.-Fully de-
termined to secure democratic har.
mony in Tennessee, sixty editors and
several hundred representative dem.
ocrats from all sections of the state
met Friday and adopted resolution
providing for state convention to be
held in Nashville on May Is for the
purpose of nominating a candidate
for the supreme court, Judge Of the
court Of civil appeals, the nomination
Of presidential electors, the selection
of delegates to the national conven-
ton, and the selection of new state
committee
It is further provided that in the
event a majority of the members OF
the two state committees ratify the
proposed plan by April 5, that they
shall constitute the harmony demo
cratic state executive committee, to
direct party affairs un.il their success
scrs are elected. In the event that a
majority of each committee declines
to ratify the agreement, another con.
ference of democrats Is to be held in
Nashville on April IL for the purpose
of calling the convention and to ef-
feet the reorganization Of the party.
| The following COMMITTEES were
named to call upon the members Of
the Vertrees and Barton committees
for the purpose of securing their sig
natures to the agreement:
For the editors-Rob Roy, of the
Alexandria Times; W. B. Rominn, Of
the Pulaski Citizen; Edward AL
bright, of the Sumner County News.
For the conference-R. E. l..
Mountcastle, of Knoxville; Judge
Floyd Estil, of Winchester; Gen. D.
]. Caldwell, of Union City.
The resolution adopted by the edi-
tors, which is the same in verbage as
the resolution adopted by the confer
ence, in full follows:
Whereas the good tidings are daily
coming to us from our sister states
to increase our energy and brighten
eur nope for the national democratic
victory which now seems within our
grasp; and,
Whereas, Tennessee appears to fur
nlsh the only discordant note to the
tune with which democracy is pro-
ceeding on her march to victory;
nd,
Whereas, the democracy of Tonnes
see cannot afford to allow the unfor-
tunate and deplorable differences
within her own household to cause
the vote of Tennessee to be cast for
any republican for president over de-
mocracy's standard bearer; and.
And whereas, the factions of our
party and the committees represent
ing them seem to be unable to agree
or any plan that will harmonic our
party, and which is acceptable, and
which will be participated in by both
factions and insure our party's sue
cess, and instead are proceeding
along separate lines to certain de-
feat;
Therefore, irrespective of effilia-
ton with either faction, we, demo-
Gratis of Tennessee, preferring party
success to that Of either faction, sub
init the following to both factions
and their committees and to the DEM
ocrats of Tennessee:
Be 1t resolved, That convention
is hereby ordered and called to con-
yene in Nashville on the 18th day of
May IL. 1912, for the purpose of nom-
mating a candidate for supreme
Judge and a candidate for the court
of civil appears, nomination of presi-