Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1916-04-05
TWO CONVENTIONS
HELD SATURDAY
Republicans and Democrats Hold Mass
Meetings. ResoIute and Instruct
Hooper for Senate, Overall
for Goy.Burnett FIoater

The republicans of the county held
mass convention in the court hous
Saturday at one o'clock. A. L. CARR
son was chosen chairman and S. Z
Bishop secretary. The usual commit
tees on resolutions and delegation were
appointed and made their reports.
! The resolutions re-affirmed the allie
glance of the party IN the county to the
} principles of the national party, con-
demned the democratic party in both
state and nation for the course they
have pursued.
Former Gov. B. W. Hooper was en-
dorsed tor the United States senate
and John W. Overall for governor. AS
there may be other candidates IN the
field for the guberratorial nomination
and 1t might not prove best to adhere
to Mr.. Overall unoer all conditions,
there was a qualifying clause added
! which read "to vote for him so long
as 1t may seem best to them and the
republican party of the state to do so.
Senator Newell Sanders and John
j. Gore were instructed for as dele
gates to the National convention. that
meets in Chicago IN May. While the
state IS allowed four delegates at large
il was deemed best not to bind this
county to more than the two gentlemen
named and await developments as to
the other two.
AS delegates to the National conven-
tIon from this congressional district, l.
J. Human, OF Morgan county, and W..
A. Smith, of Macon county. were ia
vsiiSa siiaSags .ts.ef thls szntx.
and Robert Thonpsof. Of Wilson couf=
ty, received the Instructions for State
Committeeman, and J. Q. Mcdonald,
OF Pickett county, was endorsed as
elector from this district.
John J. Gore was endorsed tor Ma
tiona Committeeman and J. Will Tay-
lor, of Campbell county, for State
Chairman. The convention also IN
for Judge &. z. Burnett for
fioater from this eleventh district.
The committee on delegation brought
in list of nearly rs names of known
over the county and closed
their report with the further declara-
tion of land all other known republ-
cans of said county. The list of
names Is too lengthy for publication
and IS rendered unnecessary by the
final declaration of the committee.
The delegates named are to act at the
Senatorial and Congressional
when and2where called.
The delegates were bound by the
unit rule in all their voting at the sew
eral conventions.
COUNTY COMMITTEES.
The county executive committee was
reorganlzed with A. l.. Garrison, chair
man, and S. &. Bishop, secretary. Ow
ing to the fact at times there has been
some trouble IN getting together ma
iorty OF the committee to form quo
run for business, 1t was decreed by
the convention that nine members
shall constitute quorum. Following
are the members OF the re-organlZed
Sampson DeRosset, q. A. Smith,
Jere Morrow, Jas. DAYTON, Theodore
Hedg gecoth, j. l.. Anderson. Clay Sells,
J. d. Wyatt, Francis Myers, Sam Mel
son, A. l.. Potter. F. L. Handy, K. F.
Rose, H. Handy, j. W. Hayes, j.
|. Ashburn. John Manning, NJ. S.
b. l.. Garrison, j. l.. Brown.
J. A. Hale, j. s. Wyatt.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Following the adjournment of the
republican convention the dem ocrars
net and elected Davidson Southland
chairman and Litton Thurman secre-
IarY
The resolutions contanedg very
strong endorsement of the democratic
party IN the nation and state and ea-
1eclalIy the foreign policy of President
Woodrow Wilson. They declared that {
1ov. I. c. Rye had kept every pledge l
o his party and the people and took a :.
ling at those political bosses who
would oppose his nomination and cleo .
ION.
Congressman Cordell Hull was COM :
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