The daily banner., 1919-07-30

| ceSSfulIy wherever IEACu-EAStf-
mony The Keynote of Largely At
tended Meeting Yesterday
At meeting of representative
Democrats from all over the county,
held yesterday afternoon in the new
Armory. resolution was adopted
calling upon the State Central Com
mittee to hold an unofficial primary
election in the county on Saturday,
August 9Th, to be followed by a
county convention to be held in Cam
bridge the following Tuesday, Au-
gust 18th.
Yesterdays meeting was the result
of a call issued by the Democratic
State Central Committee, asking Dem
ocrats of every element to meet for
the purpose of having an open, frank
discussion of party affairs to the end
that divisions IL the party might be
ended and a ticket representative of
every element be nominated. The in
tention of the call, it was reported,
was to get the judgment of the rank
and file of the party as to the ques-
ton of avoiding primary fight, to
see if a ticket could not be agreed
upon that would be acceptable to ey-
cry element in the party, and be-
hind which a united party might
make successful fight in November.
The meeting was called to order
by Chairman w. H. Spedden, of the
Central Committee, and P. Watson
Webb was elected as chairman OF
the meeting. Mr.. Leroy L. Wallace
was elected secretary. Mr.. Frank
Robbins moved that representatives
from every district get together for
the purpose of discussing the make
up of a ticket, and after some dis
cussion the plan of an unofficial pr1-
mary, suggested by Mr.. George w.
Woolford, was adopted without a
dissenting vote.
In support of his plan, Mr. Wool
ford stated that it had been success
fully tried out in New York State,
working so well that Notwithstanding
the fact that Governor Whitman, the
Republican candidate, had been cleo
ted in his first campaign for Cover
nor by majority of nearly 100000,
in the November election, Governor
Smith, the Democratic candidate, was
successful By means of the unofti-
cial primary it is possible for tic
ket to be nominated that will give
proper geographical representation
to the various sections of the county.
stronger men can be gotten too on
the tickets, as many able and strong
men refuse to put themselves up as
targets of factional differences, be-
lieving that the bitterness engender-
ed in such campaigns nearly always
means certain defeat, in addition to
this fact, it is possible to so make UP
ticket as to give recognition to ev-
cry element.
In addition to these aud other
advantages, especially that OF avoid
ing a bitter personal controversy, no
candidate is prevented from running
before the people if he SO desires, as
the primaries and convention will be
held early enoughs for any candidate
who feels that his claims have not
been properly recognized. to file his
papers of candidacy with the Election
Supervisors and enter the official
primaries, as polvfded by law.
The suggestion of the unofficial
primary seemed to meet the ideas of
those present, as with but single ex
ception, those who spoke for the diff
ferent districts thought it was just
the thing needed at this time. All of
those present seemed to be imbued
with the idea Of harmony, that now
is the time to sink differences and
stand united behind the great Demo-
cratic President, whose services in
the interest of mankind are being i'm
perilled as the result of the most
bitter partisanship.
After the adoption of the plan OF
the primary, resolution was adop-
ted requesting the State Central
Committee to issue a call for such a
primary election, to be held In each
election district of the county, on
Saturday, August 9th, the polls to be
open from 2 p. m. to p. M, and
eight delegates to be elected to at
tend a County Convention to be held
in the New Armory, at Cambridge,
on the following Tuesday, August
18th, at 2.30 .. III. The hope was
expressed that ali contests at these
primaries would be avoided and that
by the election Of eight delegates 1t
would be possible to represent every
faction, element and interest in the
districts, and the hope was further
expressed that all of thoss partici-
pating in such primaries would make
every possible effort to avoid dis
1utes Or contests in order thas the
party may be united for the Novem-
bar election.
Upon every side there was a feel
ing of optimism; Democrats from all
over the county stated it to be their
opinion that the party could win
easily il the factional fights could be
avoided; men of every shade OF opln-
ION. who have differed openly and
secretly in the past, gave public ex-
preston to the belief that now was
the time, for the present, at least, to
lay aside differences, personal and
otherwise, and to unite soiidly In
order that the sleat work in the ma
ton and in the world undertaken
under the administration OF Fresl-
dent Wilson may not sufftr on ac-
count of individual grievances. Tne
T1rde