The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-29
| First District
Holds Convention
Here March 8th
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II EtpuDiiEtsh MtAtfltt fuk4kEnliDi
fof the first eongr rssssonaI district, u
select two delegates and two alter
mates I'd the republican national con
vention at Chicago June 8, end q re
publican presidential elector Tor iii,
iirst congressional district will be helS
at the court house " Crsenevills
March .. This was decided at III meet
ing of the repub.can district com
mittac IN acnsion lit Greoneville Sat
Eurday morning.
| Following the sraRsaetifg Of The
regular business and advisement oi
the committee, the audience, com.
posed Of about 400 representative re-
1 publicans, listened TO addresses By
Hon. w. R. Allen, Capt. w. H. Mel
SON, Percy Julian, ]. N. Edcns, Judge
Grant Trent, Congressman Sam r.
Sells and others.
Following an address byk Judge
George &. oBren, Of Carter county,
those attending the meeting voted to
TASK Congressman Sells to stsnd for
prediction, after having endorsed his
record as congressman.
The following resolution was un-
animously adopted BY the meeting
Text Of Resolution.
"Be it resolved, that convention ii
hereby called to meet at the court
house in Greeneville on the 9th day Of
March, 1920, at IL o'clock, for the
purpose Of selecting two republican
delegates and two alternates to the
national republican convention to be
held In Chicago on the 8thAday Of
June, 1920; such convention to be
composed of delegates from the coun-
tiles composing the first congressional
Edictrict Of Tennessee; said convention
also to select republican elector for
Isaid congressional district, and per-
form such other business as may
properly come before che convention.
Each county in said district shall.
be entitled to one delegate for each
200 votes cast for Hughes in 1916, or
each fractional part thereof over one
hundred.
"Said delegates shall be chosen at
mass conventions called at the re-
|spective county seats, by the repub-
|lican voters Of said counties, snch
county conventions to be called by the
county member Of this committee on
due notice. said notice to be publish
ed Is days before said date in issues
of two of the county papers in coun-
ties where papers are published !;
otherwise to be posted in front OF the
court house for Is days. Each coun-
ty convention to be hvstr any time af-
ter the 18th day Of January andwat
later than the 2Sth day Of Fcbr,i
1920. All bona fide republican voters
of the various counties or republi-
cans who will be entitled to vos In
the November election, ~ ,urd,ess sc
sex, shall be entitled to participate in
said county conventions. Such con-
vention shall be cales 10 order BY the
county member of this committee,
who shall preside until such conven-
tons shall have perfected permanent
organization.
I'm case Of contest from any
county such contest shall be filed with
the secretary of the committee with
in FIVE days after the county eonven-
ton, such setting forth the grounds
Of contest. Each convention through
its chairman and secretary, shall cer-
tify to the secretary OF this commit
tee within five days from the holding
Of such county convention. list of
teethe delegates selected at such con-
vention. and the secretary of this com
mittee, not later than the 9Th day Of