The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-05-24
DEMOCRATS PROPOSE
members OF COUNTY
PRIMARY COMMISSION
MULLENs, HARRIS, HATCHER.
PlckARD AND SHELTON RECON-
MENDED TO STATE BOARD.
GENERAL SATISFACTION GIVEN
Each Candidate to Have Even Distri. |
button Of Members of New LEGAL. |
lied Primary Board in Maury
County.
Saturdays Daily Herald.)

county Democratic executive commit
tee In session this morning for the
purpose OF selecting five members to
be chosen as the county primary
board performed it's duty, gave vote
of confidence to President Wilson and
adjourned. Those who have attended
political committee meetings in Co.
lumbia in the days gone by took note
OF the change in conditions and OBJ
served how the committee meeting to.
day attracted but little attention out
side of its membership and few
leaders who were representing the
various candidates for governor and
United States senator, while there
was a time when such a meeting
would have found the courthouse
crowded with men from all sections
of the county eager to participate in
political combat.
The committee unanimously recon-
mended Ben Mullens of the First dis
trict, Wingtield Harris OF the Second
district, c. p. Hatcher and Hugh T.
Shelton of the Ninth district and Har-
dy Pickard of the Seventh district to
be chosen by the state primary board
as the Maury county primary com
missioners.
Chairman w. G. Whitthorne called
the meeting to order at few minutes
after IL o'clock pursuant to instruc-
tons of the state committee, and
without formality the business of the
session was taken up. The roll call
showed that there was not quorum
present, but in few minutes other
members struggled In and the pro-
ceedings began.
G. P. Hatcher moved that commit
tee of five be appointed to nominate
five members of the committee to be
recommended as primary commits
sioners. His motion was seconded by
II. M. Polk. Being granted the floor
T. H. PEBBLES protested that this &C
tion was not in harmony with the pri-
mary law and j. A. English of the
Seventh district moved that Mr..
Hatcher's motion be tabled. The mo-
tion to table failed and the Hatcher
motion carried.
Chairman Whitthorne then read a
communication from the state com
mittee announcing that the only can
didates who had qualified were Se1a-
tor John X. Shields and Gen. Charles
t. Gates for the senate, Hon. Aus tin
Peay, Judge A. II. Roberts and Hon.
Clyde Shropshire for governor. and
Gen. Harvey H. Hannah for railroad
commissioner, each OF whom was en-
titled to representation on the county
primary board He then appointed G.
p. Hatcher, Hugh T. Shelton. II. II.
Hill, H. M. Polk and w. j. Maxwell
on the committee to nominate NOM
bers of the primary board.
The committee retired and after re-
ceiving the names of members pre-
ferred by the various candidates re-
ported that the following had been Sc
lected:
Ben Mullens. representing Austin
Peay.
Wingfield Harris, representing John
X. Shields.
C. P. Hatcher, representing Charles
T. Gates.
Hugh T. Shelton, representing A, II.
Roberts.
Hardy Pickard, affiliation unknown,
but selected to represent any other
candidate.
The selections of the committee
we're unanimously endorsed by the
committee with only the protest by
]. A. English that Roberts man from
the Seventh district should be named
In the subcommittee meeting 1. H.
PEBBLES took the position that only
the committee as whole should Sc
lect the primary board, but finally
made recommendation for Peay rep
resentatives. To avoid any possible
ity of a technical flaw. c. p. Hatcher
for Gates proposed the entire county
committee as being satisfactory 10
his candidate and Mr.. PEBBLES con-
Cured in the proposal as a represent
alive of Peay.
There was general satisfaction eN-
pressed upon the selections made IL
being ascertained that aside from
their selection as representatives OF
individual candidates, the primary
board would consist of two supporters
of Shields, two supporters OF Caies'
two supporters of Peay and two sup
porters of Roberts. with the affiiia'ion
of the fifth member unknown.
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