The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1912-02-09
Up to the Governing Body.


1t is now up to the State Central
Committee to decide whether or not
there shall be a primary in the Seven
tn District on March 16. The call for
meeting to be held in Frankfort last
Monday only brought out four men,
bers of the committee, those who were
opposed to Congressman Cantrill, his
five coherents absenting themselves for
the sole purpose of breaking quorum.
1t was noised about by the politicians
here that there would be no meeting of
the committee and the prophecy came
true in the extreme. The Cantrill co-
herents wanted the call to stand and
as their presence would have made a
quorum they remained away for no
other reason other than to prevent tn
meeting.
The anti-Cantrill members of the
committee, sent on the wild goose
chase to the Capital. made something
of their trip when it became apparent
there was nothing else to be done
adopted resolutions condemning the
action of the members of the commit
tee in calling the primary, and appeal
ed to the State Central Committee,
as last re sort to take action.
The action of the Cantr.l Commit
teemen in failing to respond to the
call, was purely a POLITICAL trick Of
which no doubt Canril is at the
head, and we can see but the one OF
ject, that being to let matters stanu
as they are, and let the primary be
pulled off at the time scheduled and to
suit the Scott county candidate.
The matter will be put up to the
State Central Committee and it's action
will be awaited with great deal of
interest. Whichever course they decide
upon must be acceptable to the Demo
Gratis in the Seventh District. How
ever, 1T is the earnest hope that they
will annul the call of the District Com
lutions adopted at the meeting of the
four a6ti-Cantrill members of the Com
mittee held in trankfor Monday are
as follows;
Whereas, the Democratic District
Committee for the Seventh Congress
sonal District of Kentucky, at a call
ed meeting held in Frankfort, Ken
lucky. on the 18th day of January
1912, for the purpose of nominating a
Demo cratic candidate for Congress
therein, to be voted for at the regular
Novembr election 1912; and,
Whereas, such call was only made or
issued by virtue and because of the
participation and vote as member of
this committee. of one who while form
erly the member from Oldham county
of such committee, had, prior to the
date of such meeting vacated under
the laws of the party, his office and
position as member of this commit
tee by accepting and qualifying under
an appointment as state officer and.
Whereas, such pretended call was
made and issued in plain defiance of
the mandatory provisions of Section
1863 of the Kentucky Statutes in that
the committee. before entering upon
the discharge of it's duties, was not
sworn to faithfully and honestly dis
charge it's duties imposed upon it by
law, thereby rendering its act illegal
and such proposed primary Intellectual
to entitie the person named thereat to
a place as Democratic nominee upon
the official ballots to be used at the
regular election; and,
Whereas, the General Assembly is
now in session and has before it bills
which in some form appear reasonably
certain to become laws, whereby the
counties composing this. the Sevnth
Congressional District, will be in
creased in number, a compulsory Pri-
mary Election law at public expense
become operative, and Corrupt Prac.
tice act go into effct rendering it in
advisabls, improper and unfair at this
time to select nominee for the dis
trict until the counties to compose it
are ascertaihed and permitted to have
a voice in the selection of represen-
tatlve and the enormous expense set
out in such pretended call being so
great as to prevent many worthy pers-
ons from offering as candidates who
will be able to do sow without expense
when such compulsory primary act is
enacted; and,
Whereas, such a call was hastily
promulgated at meeting of which
reasonable notice was not given, and
such notice did not definitely specify
the. place of meeting and twas barren
at any intima tiOn as to the purpose or
action to be taken at such meeting.
resulting in there not being a full
meeting of the committee and in de-
priving the committee OF the benefit of