The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1912-04-24
FIX MAY % AS
CONVENTION DAY
For Kentucky Democrats
To Select Delegates
TO THE BALTIMORE meeting
County Mass Conventions To
Be Held on Saturday,
May 18th.
FULL TEXT OF RESOLUTION

Louisville gets the Democratic
State convention, to select delegates
to the national convention at Balti-
more.
The State convention will be
held on Wednesday, May 20.
The delegates to the state con-
vention will be selected as follows;
In all counties excepting those
containing first and second-class OK
ties, mass county conventions VIII
be held on May %.
In counties containing first-ciass
cities. precinct mass convention
will be held on May 25, to select
delegates to a county mass conven-
ton on May 81. which in turn Will
select the delegates to the state
convention.
The counties affected by the pre-
cinct meetings are: Jefferson
Gouisville), Kenton (Covington),
Campbell (Newport. Fayette LEX
ington) and McCracken (Paducah)'
The basis of representation OF
each county to the State convention
is one delegate for each 200 votes
and fraction cast for w. j. Bryan
in 1908. The new county OF NC
Creary Is given one vote.
The resolution fixing precinct
meetings in the counties having the
large cities received every vote but
one, that OF w. P. McDonogh. the
member from the Fifth district
who protested that II was unfair
He emphasized the objections pre-
viously made by Mayor Head to
discriminating against Louisville.
Mr.. McDonogh, OF Louisville, Of
fered a resolution exactly worded
like the one adopted by the COM
mittee for the last State conven-
ton, calling a State convention In
June and providing that the dele
gates be selected at mass county
conventions in every county. The
McDonogh resolution was voted
down by the same vote the Law
renee resolution carried.
Text OF Resolution.
The Lawrence resolution. In
full, follows:
BE It resolved, That . delegate
convention be held in the city oil
Louisville on Wednesday, the goth
day of May, 1912, for the purpose
of selecting delegates to the Ma
tional Convention to be held In
Baltimore, Maryland, on June 20
1912, and in order that said dele
gates may represent as nearly as
possible the will of the people.
BE it further resolved;That said
delegates be selected as follows: In
all counties in which there is a city
of the first or second-class, the
Democrats of said counties shall
meet in their respective voting pre-
cincts on Saturday, the 25th day of
May, 1912, at 2 o'clock p. m, and
at such meeting shall select one
representative Democrat, resident
of such precinct, as its delegate to
n county convention; and the Dem
ocrats so selected at these precinct
meetings shall meet at the county
seat on Monday, the 9th day OF
MAY, 1912, at o'clock p. M, for
the purpose Of selecting the dele
gates to represent their county at
the State convention. The precinct
mass meeting shall be called to or
der by the member of the Demo-
cratic County Executive Committee
for said precinct, and in the event
such precinct committeeman fails
TO attend the mass meeting, then
the Democrats shall select one of
their own number who shall pre-
side as chairman until temporary
organization is perfected. When a
vacancy for the Office OF precinct
committeeman exists in any pre-
cinct. the chairman of the County
Committee shall designate in writ
ing Democrat, resident of such
precinct, to call said precinct meet
Ing 10 order and to preside until a
temporary officer is selected. Al
ter the meeting is called to order
by the chairman, a secretary shall
be selected by the assembled DEM
ocrats, and he and the chairman
shall sign certificate, In sub