The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-08-13
SENATORIAL COMMITTEE
MET HERE ON SATURDAY

from the cOuntleS IN the district.
Cherokee County, Messrs. A.
V. Jones and j. w. Chamblee.
Douglass County, Judge j. H.
McLarty and w. |. Doris
Cobb County, R. d. Moon, H. S.
Willingham, R. L. Mcmillan. Mr..
VIM. CAN'T, also a representative
of Cobb was not present.
The meeting was called to order
by Mr.. c. w. DuPre, chairman of
the Democratic Committee Of this
county, and Mr. H. S. Willingham
was unanimously named chair
man and j. R. Miller was appoint
ed to act as clerk.
The following resolutions were
reported and adopted:
By Judge McLarty-
Be it resolved, That Cobb County
shall have the senator for the 39th
Senatorial District this year, that
Cherokee County shall have the
same for the year 1922, and Doug
las County in 1924, and that same
shall be rotated thereafter that
each of said counties shall have
the senator in the order named
above every tWoo years.
Resolved,2: That in the selection
of the senator only the county en-
titled shall vote in the nomination
By Mr.. Mcmillan
Be it resolved by the Democratic
Senatorial Committee of the 39th
Senatorial District, in session this
day, as follows:
First. We recognize that under
the rotation system it is Cobb
County's time to name the senator
for the said district for the ensu-
ing two years, and only the uali-
fled voters of Cobb County shall
participate in the nomination
thereof. In future the regular ro-
tation system of two years each
county in the district shall be en-
forced.
Second. Resolved further, That
as soon as the vote of Cobb Coun-
ty for the senator shall have been
consolidated by the executive COM
mittee of Cobb County, the result
of such vote shall be Immediately
certified to the chairman Of this
committee by the chairman CT the
County executive committee, but
the county executive committee
shall have no authority to declare
the nominee. Their authority shall
be to certify the result.
Third. Resolved further, That
this committee shall re-convene on
the tenth day of September 1920
for the purpose of canvassing the
result of said primary, hearing
any contest that may be filed IN
connection Herewith as relates to
the nomination of senator, and to
declare the result thereof, and an
nounce who shall be the Demo
cratic nominee for senator for
said district.
Fourth. Resolved further, That
that a copy of these resolutions be
signed and certified, and furnish
ed to the chairman Of the Demo-
oro+;o ovacutiva Of Cohh County.
By Mr.. Moon
Whereas, The Democratic Execu-
tive Committee for the 39th Sen
atorial District wishing to secure
in the coming state primary, a
free fair and full expression OF the
district in the selection of Dem
wishes of the white voters of the
ocratic candidate for the state
senate. and wishing to remove as
far as possible charges heretofore
brought in reference to methods
employed at certain voting pre-
cincts in said district in the en-
ployment of unfair and illegal
agencies: 1t is
Resolved. First: That the use of
carriages or other conveyances,
either directly, or indirectly, by
candidates, or by their open and
avowed partisans, on the day OF
the said primary election for the
purpose of conveying voters to or
from the voting precinct, shall be
prohibited. This rule Of course not
to apply to individual voters u.s.
ing their own private conveyance
es. for their own personal use.
Resolved, Second: That it shall
not be permissible for any candi-
date desiring to be voted for IN
said primary for the nomination
of state senator, nor by any par
tisan friends in his behalf, to en-
i FL h