Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-08-17
Called to Meet in Louisville on
Tuesday, August
31St.
STANLEY WAS PRESENT
Conceded That The Platform
Will Declare Against
Statewide.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 16.-For the
purpose of adopting a platform OF
pr nciples, Democrats throughout
the State will hold convention IN
Louisville Tuesday, August 81.
This was decided upon Saturday
afternoon at a joint meeting OF the
Democratic State Central and Execu-
tive Committees held on the third
floor of the Gait House. The meet
|i-g was presided over by Rufus ID.
Vanssnt of Ashland, chairman, and
was harmonious from start to hnlsn'
Just before the meeting adjourned,
a resolution naming Judge >. w.
Hager, of Owensboro, chairman OF
the Democratic Campaign Commit
tee, with power to appoint Execu-
tive and Advisory Committees,
secretary and other assistants, and
to select headquarters, was adopted
unanimously.
Representation in the platform
convention will be on the basis OF one
delegate for every 100 votes and ev-
cry fraction thereof over fifty cast in
the last presidential election, the del
Iegates to be selected in mass conven-
lions to be held in all counties Sat.
urday, August %, beginning at /
lo'clock in the afternoon.
1 CONVENTION CALL.
i The formal call, as issued. by the
committeesinj joint session, Saturday
flor mass conventions and the Safe
lconvention, follows.
i Be it resolved by the State Contra
land Executive Committees of the
Democratic party of the State o.
Kentucky, in Joint session assembled
in Louisville, KY, en- August IA
1915 "a quorum of each said commit
tees being present IN person.. Thai
Democratic delegate State cOnven
ton be held in the city of Louisville
on August 81, fsa5. at l o'clock p
M, for the purpose of adopting ant
promuigat ngaplatform fpr. n ,iple
for the guidance of Democratic off
GERS and of the party in Kentuck,
and for the consideration thereof b.
the people in the approaching cam
paign, to be followed by the Novem
Der election of 1915, at which thu
State ticket and members of the mex
General Assembly are to be elected
= Seeend-Delegates shall be select
ed to said convention on the basis Of
one delegate for every 100 votes and
every fraction of 100 over fifty votes
cast by the Democratic party OF
Kentucky at the presidential election
of 1912, which delegates shall be Sc
lected in mass conventions held ir
each county in the State; provided
that in case Of counties having two
or more legislative districts, separate
conventions shall be held in each Of
said districts as aforesaid, beginning
at O'Clock p. m. on Saturday, Au'
gust %. 1915. and said convention;
shall be called to order and held in
. the manner provided by the party
laws.
/, Ihird-All known Democrats, all
independent voters and all minors,
who will be legal voters at the No
vember election. 1915, and voters
who desire and purpose to affiliate
withthe Democratic party in the next
State election Of 1915 are declared
eligible to participate in said mass
conventions. and to be elected dele
gates to said State conventions.
Fourth - Said mass conventions
shall be held at the courthouses in
the various counties constituting one
or not more than two legislative dis
tricts; in all other counties the chair
man shall designate the place of
meeting.