The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1920-10-22
.L00NEY IS GIVEN
PARTY LABEL BY
COMMITTEE HERE
COUNTY BODY DECLARES THAT
HE is THE NOMINEE FOR THE
SENATE OF STATE.
BUSY SESSION ON THURSDAY STATE COMMITTEE DON'T ACT
Higher Body Declines to Decide Which
Was the Regular Choice of the Par
ty in This District-Asked Both to
Run. a. .s.t. t.ag ), u
(From Mondays Daily Herald. }

(From Mondays Daily Herald.)
Maury county's much tangled polit
ical situation was still further mud
died today when the county democrat
ic committee adopted a resolution de-
claring Judge E. D. Looney the demo-
cratic nominee for the state senate
although the state committee had de.
cined to interfere and declare either
Looney or Wigs the nominee but in
effect requested both of them to carry
the contest to the polls in November.
The committee, ION motion of T. B.
Forgey, adopted resolution that re-
cites the so-called Hohenwald agree
ment that had been relied upon be-
fore the state committee as the ground
for its declaration that Looney is the
regular nominee for this district.
The adoption of the resolution is
taken tatmean that despite rumors to
the CONTRARY that have been in circu-
lation FOR some time the contest for
the senate will be carried to the No
vember election in this district 1t is
understood that both candidates are
planning an aggressive campaign in
Maury county.
The committee met today OH call of
Judge Looney, the chairman. for the
purpose of organizing for the cam
paign. 1t was slow to convene and
only by the use of proxies was a quo.
rum secured. The seventh district
was not represented either in person
or by proxies and less than half of
the members of the committee were
present in person.
There was some discussion of the
plans for the campaign and 1t was
finally agreed that the members of
the committee should be responsible
for getting out the votes in their dis.
tricts. They can appoint any assist.
ants that they desire. i.
1t was then that Mr.. Forgey offered
his resolution. Hugh Lee Webster
took the chair and the resolution,
without debate, was adopted.
The resolution, of Mr.. Forgey, adopt
Cd by the committee, follGYss-~a
Whereas, by resolution duly adopt
ed by the democratic senatorial con.
vention assembled at Hohenwald IN
1912, the candidate for senator was
conceded to Maury county for the year
1920, said resolution providing, among
other things that the candidate be Sc.
lected under that agreement should
be selected by the county under the
same in any manner that the demo
cratic executive committee of such
county may direct, and that when
nomination is made by such county
as aforesaid, said nomination shall be
for the entire senatorial district and
be asquiesced in by the other coun.
ties of the district, and
Whereas, in the recent primary
election two candidates for nOmina-
tion for senator were furnished by
Maury county in accordance with the
provisions of the above resolution and
Judge E. l.. Looney, one of the can
didates, while running on the demo
cratic platform received majority
of the votes polled in said primary
election in Maury5 countyIoVer his OPP.
ponent, but'J9 A! Wigs, Of Perry coun-a
ty, one Of the 'signers Of said rosolu.
ton, and at that time chairman of the
democratic executive committee of
Perry county, disregarding the provi
sions of said resolution, also entered
said contest from Perry county, and
denies the right of Maury county to
select such candidate, and contends |
that such selection shall be left en-
tirely to Perry county, and is now re-
fusing to accept the verdict of the |
democratic voters of Maury county, |
and is making the race for senator as
an Independent from the county of
Perry, against Judge e. D. Looney. the
duly nominated democratic candidate
for Maury county.
Therefore. be it resolved by the
democratic executive committee of
Maury county that Judge e. ID. Loo
ley be, and is hereby, declared the
July and regularly elected democratic
nominee for state senator from the
10Th senatorial district, and is hereby
recommended as such nomi-
lee to the democratic voters of this
senatorial district in the coming No
7ember election"