The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-05-10
POLITICAL DOUBLE
HEADER PULLED OFF
BY c. O.P. SATURDAY
wa. BARKER AND ROOSEVELT
BADGES OUT NUMBER THEIR
OPPONENTS.
TWO SETS DELEGATES NAMED
Taft Followers Claim That Democrats
and Minors Were Allowed to Vote
and Refuse to Abide by the Action
and Bolt,

The republicans of Maury county
met in mass convention to name del
egates to the state convention at the
court house Saturday afternoon at /
o'clock subject to call issued some
time ago. The convention was called
to order in the circuit court room by
Chairman Derryberry and on a call
for The will of the convention DR..
Sheldon nominated William Barker
for chairman, and John W. Jackson
nominated =. W. Foster Upon a dis.
cussicn of how to take the vote Bar
ker read the call for the convention,
and stated that all, regardless of past
affiliations, would be allowed to par
tlcipate if they would agree to sup
port "the nominees of this conven-
ton" That let all in on the voting
as there were to be no nominees
made by the convention. There were
a Large number of democrats present
and in the court room and Mr.. Jack
son asked that the democrats and re-
pubiicars be separated, but the chair
man refused to undertake this and
asked the democrats not to partici-
pate.
At this point there was some con-
fusion and bolt was apparently inn
minent, but R. S. Hopkins, a dele
gate to the Chicago convention, came
forward and made short speech, and
insisted that there ought to be way
to settle the trouble without divis-
ion, end suggested that the count be
made by appointed tellers, the crowd
passing through the door. This was
agreed to and matters went smoothly
until the administration side begun
to question the right of some to vote,
charging that they were either too
young or were democrats. This, how
ever was passed over to be embodied
in the report OF the tellers.
After the count had been made DR..
Sheddan, who was the teller for Bar
ker, made his report to the chair, and
when the result was announced John
W. Jackson, teller for Foster, protest
ed and offered his report, which was
ignored by the chairman, who never
as much as recognized Jackson while
he was speaking. The report of DR..
Sheddan was 1873 for Barker and "a
for Toster. Jackson claimed that
there were only Sc for Barker and "a
for Foster, his result being reached
hv the elimination of democrats and
minors. Being refused a hearing on
his report the adherents of President
Taft assembled in the same room and
called their convention TO order by
announcing that they were ready for
business, and the bolt was complete
and double header was on in ear
nest
E. H. Foster was elected chairman
and Phinneas Murphey chosen secre-
larry. These officers having been Sc
lected the work of the convention
was almost as quickly over as was the
Barker convention. The committee
on resolutions was appointed and re-
ported as follows, which resolution
vas adopted:
W., the Republicans Of Maury
county, in convention assembled, do
hereby reannounce and reaffirm our
allegence to the National Republican
Party,
We heartily endorse the honest,
busincss-like, wise and patriotic adj
mnisCratior of the Hon. William
Howard Taft. We favor his renom-
ination and his reelection. We en-
dGrse the clean and business like adj
mlniStration of the Hon. Ben. w.
Hooper, Governor of Tennessee. and
call upon all Republicans and all citi-
2ens, regardless of party name, who
believe in good government and a
business State administration. to
Join lis in an effort to re-elect him.
We heartily endorse Hon. ]. is.
Beasley, of Centreville, and Hon. &c.
Nj. Mount OF Franklin for membefs OF
Inc Republican State Executive Com
'nittee, for the seventh congressional
district, of Tennessee, for the next
TWO Years; and we therefore In
struct the delegates selected by this
conyertioen to the Republican State
convention which convenes in Nash
Vile May the 14th to vote as a unit
Ior the election Of said Beasley and
Mount, for said offices.
We endorse the Hon. ]. s. Deas-
ley OF Cenreville. for the Chairman.
snip VI the State Republican Execu-
i've Committee for the next two