The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1918-05-17
POLITICS TO BEGIN
ACTIVITY WITH CALL
COUNTY COMMITTEE
TO MEET SATURDAY, MAY 1s, TO
NAME MEMBERS OF COUNTY
PRIMARY COMMISSION.
LONG BALLOT FOR AUGUST
Besides Regular Election of County
and judicial Officers There VIII be
First LOCALIZED Primary for Other
Offices.

for meeting on Saturday, May Is, Of
the county Democratic executive COM
mittee for the purpose of recommend
ing to the state primary election COM
missioners five members of the coun-
ty primary election commissioners, in
compliance with the legislative act
establishing compulsory system Of
legaliZed primary elections, politics in
Maury county will begin to take on
more signs of life. Chairman w. c..
Whitthorne has called the committee
to meet at IL o'clock Saturday, May
Is, in the circuit court room, which
will be the first proceedings under the
new law.
At the first legalized primary to be
held on Thursday, August l, which is
the same day for the general election
of county officers, the voters of both
parties will nominate candidates for
governor, United States senator, Rep
resentatives in congress, one railroad
commissioner, and members of the
state general assembly, besides elect
ing from each congressional district
two members of the state executive
committees, who shall also be mem
bers of the state primary election
commission, and members of the state
general assembly, besides electing
from each congressional district two
members of the state executive com
mittees, who shall also be members of
the state primary election commits
sion
In the regular election on August /,
the people will elect constables, jus
tees of the peace, county judges,
trustees, county court clerks, regis
tiers, circuit court clerks. attorneys.
general, circuit judges, .ehSpfellors,
five appellate judges and five supreme
court judges.
For the primary n0minations, :, no NJ!
Republican candidates have been an
nounced for this cohnty. - This: thly
Democratic candidates that have an
nounced are for governor, Judge A.
H. Roberts, Austin Peay and Clyde
Shropshire, VITA T. Edgeft1n ana
George Berry as prospective candh
dates; for the United States SEN
ate, Senator John X. Shields and Gen.
Charles T. Gates, with Governor Tom
Rye as a prospective candidate; for
congress Representative. r., ,Rs Pad
gett is without opposition. No candi-
dates have announced for the nomi-
nation for railroad commissioner or
the state general assembly, and none
for election as members from the
Seventh congressional district of the
State executive committee. With but
little more than two months to inter
vene before the election, it is prob
able that announcements for these po-
sitions soon will begin to appear.
In the regular election of county
and judicial officers the following
nominations have already been made
by the Democratic party: county
Judge. J. T. Mcknight; trustee, J.
Ross Burns; county court clerk. Arch
W. Lipscomb; register, J. ]. Pogue,
circuit court clerk, 5ohn Anderson;
l.. B. White; sheriff
G. X. Houser; circuit Judge, w. B.
Turner; chancellor w. S. Bearden,
court of civil appeals, Sid r. Clark, W.
A. Owen, s. F. Wilson, Walter w.
Faw, r. H. SAMSON; supreme court
F. p. Hall, Collin p. Mckinney, Graf
ton Green, d. l.. Lansden, N. L.
Bachman.
For constables and justices Of the
peace there have been no announce
ments, but it is assumed that most
of the present incumbents will be can
didates for reelection 1t is known
that there will be several vacancies
in the county court and few of the
present constables may not stand for
reelection.