The Lamar register., 1918-07-17
Is Politics ADjorfNEpe
And Do The Democrat ray ANY Al
tention To The Recommendation
of Their Pre- ,drnt2

assembly of Prowers county and by
very emphatic vote Owing to the
recent statement of Tho President lbat
politics is adjourned The chairmon
of the republican and democratic com-
mittees in Prowers county called thar
committees together ON tbe Same day.
These committees called tuo county as
semblios for the saiue day with the
understanding that conference com-
mitlees would be apl a;oI ror the
purpose Of trying 10 find omc ground
by which conflict could be avoided
at the election this year aui tho one
tire attention Of the people IN Octob,,
and November be devoted TO tha work
of successfully pitting over The big
Liberty Loan and Y. NJ. g. A. drives
billed for those months.
The assemblies met last Friday, the
democrats at the court house and the
republicans at the X. r. Temple. AS
soon as a permanent organization W.ls
effected in the republican assembly.
Chairman McMilhu OF tho county c0m-
mittee moved the appointment OF a
conference committee and il WAS un-
animously adopted. The chair APP
pointed NJ. J. MeMillin, A. r. knuckcy
and Ray Strain as tine committee
They visited the democratic assembly
and found that Attorney Arthur Cor
don had made a similar motion iu that
body and had been voted down 20 to
3. Some Of the leaders, however,
promised that they would take tine
matter np again after the noon lunch.
The republicans waited patiently until
nearly three O'Clock when Mr.. Fergu-
son appeared as spokesman FOR the
democratic body and announced they
were sitting rs q committee Of the
whole and If a committee Of the repub-
lican assembly wanted 90 appear be-
fore them and make proposition,
they would listen 20 it and then do us
they pleased.
After this open insult many Of tle
delegates wanted 90 go ahead and pay
no further attention to body that
would thus deliberately insult another
body after their own county chairman
had been party to the invitation for
a conference However. by a vote VI
% to . the republican assembly voted
to send their committee back with The
message that while the matter could
not be considered in committee Of tile
whole, they were lill ready 60 meet
a similar committee in conference.
This proposition was declined by d
vote Of 20 to b and after such sn
emphatic slap ia ,be face the repubii-
an committee returned TO their ls-
sembly and reported that there was n,
possibility Of an agreement
The republican then proceeded at
nee to the work VI nominating their
candidate. and bad nominated several
and were preparing to take a ballot
on sheriff when % committee headed
by Judge Roger was announced. They
were seated and the Judge immediate
y given the floor The Judge being
courteous gentleman himself fully
realized just how gross and uucaIlcd
for had been The insult to the repubi-
can committee and assembly. and tried
20 apologize for iL. tie made such
good staeger at u hard and painful
job that the anbly through sym
pathy gave him q very hearty round
Of applause at the close Hc explain
cd that after due consideration the
democratic assembly had decided that
hey had made @ mistake in tho sum
mary manner in which they had dis
posed Of the matter, and had recon
sidered and while they could promise
nothing with regard to acccptanee by
the democratic embly their conf
mittee was rcajy now to confer The
republican assembly decided that as
they only had two checks aad bo.l
had been slapped they had no othci
to turn. They had also proceeded too
far with their nominations to turn
back. so there was nothing 20 do bat
proceed with the regular work.
While as a rule The Register is op-
posed to any kind of combinations that