The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-04-19
LEXINGTON GETS
THE CONVENTION
Of Democrats Meeting In
State Capacity.
It WILL Be HELLO ON MAY "a
County Meetings To Select Dele.
gates Will Occur On Sat.
urday, May 20.
DELEGATE VOTE APPORTIONED

The Democratic State Convention
will be held at Lexington Wednes-
day, May "a, and county meetings
for the purpose of selecting dele
gates to the State Convention will
be held throughout Kentucky Satur-
day, May 20. This was determined
by unanimous vote of the members
of the Democratic State Executive
Committee at a meeting in Louis
vile Friday afternoon, James P. Ed
wards and James p. Reedy, both of
Louisville, voted for this city as the
place in which to hold the conven-
ton, but when all the other conf
mitteemen voted for Lexington, Ed
wards and Reedy changed their
votes in order to make the selection
unanimous.
There will be 2,191 delegates to
the convention, representation being
on the basis of zone delegate for ev-
cry 100 votes and a fraction over
fifty" cast in Kentucky for Woodrow
Wilson in 1912.
Soon after the State Central and
Executive Committees were called
to order in joint session James p.
Edwards, executive committeeman
from the State-at-large, made the
point that only the executive COM
mitteemen had the right to vote on
the proposition of when and where
the convention should be held, the
state central committeeman having
no voice in the natter His point
was sustained by Judge S. w. Ha-
ger, of greensboro, chairman of the
two committees.
After date for the county meet
ings and the State Convention had
been agreed upon a committee con-
'sisting of J. A. Goodson, of the Sec
ond district; Herbert Carr, of the
First district; w. N. Hind, of the
SIXTH district, and J. Norton Fitch,
of the Eighth district, was named to
draft the official CALL 1t follows:
Be it resolved, by the State Exec
utve Committee of the Democratic
DIRTY of Kentucky, in session as
sembled in Louisville, KY, on April
IA. 1916, upon a call of the chair
man of said committee, the Hon. S.
w. Hager "a quorum Of said COM
mittee being present in person.
that a Democratic delegate State
convention be held in the city of
Lexington, Ky.,, on Wednesday, the
Gath day of May. 1916, at IL O'Clock
noon, for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the Democratic National
Convention to be held at st. Louis,
Mo-, on June IA, 1916, and for the |
purpose of effecting the party organ
ization.
Delegates shall be elected to said
State convention on the basis of one
delegate to every 100 votes and a
fraction over so votes cast for the
Democratic party of Kentucky at the
Presidential election of 1912, which |
delegates shall be selected in mass
conventions to be held at the court
house in each and every county in
the State at the hour of 1880 p. m.
on Saturday, May 90, 1916, provid-
ed. however. that in counties having
more than one legislative district
they shall meet in mass convention
in their respective legislative dis
tricts at the hour of o'clock p. m.
on Saturday. May 20, 1916, at a
place to be designated by the chair
man of each legislative district. Said
convention shall be called to order
and held in the manner provided by
the party law.
All known Democrats and all mi
nors who will be legal voters at the
November election, 1915, and de-
clare their purpose to affiliate with
thu Democratic party are declared
eMible to participate in said mass
convention and to be elected dele
gates to said State convention.
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