Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-02-25
CARRARD. DEMOCRATS
RECOMMEND TICKET
Harmony Method Adopted in Ad-
joining County to Present
United Front to Enemy

Not to be outdone by their re-
publican friends, those Garrard
county democrats, have agreed
upon their ticket for county Of
fccs--another good example for
the democrats of Madison to fol-
low. The Lancaster Record
prints the following account, OF
the conference OF democrats,
which would be worthy OF the
democrats of this county who arc
anxious for party harmony and
party success considering care
fully. The Lancaster paper says: {:
The democrats OF Garrard
county had two meetings recent
~, the first one on February 9th,
an another on Saturday after
noon, last. \ regular meeting of
the Democratic County EXcCu-
tive Committee was called by the
chairman. in which all democrats
were asked to be present and adj
wise with the democratic authOri-
ties as to the best steps to be ia
ken to harmOnizc the party, and
with the view Of talking over the
proper steps and ways to have al
strong ticket III the field i'll No.
vcmbcr. At each OF these meet
ings more than one hundred dem
ocrats met with the committee.
At the first meeting it was the
universal opinion Of all d-s,no-
crata present that it was the best
thing ior the party at this time,
considering the republican major
ity in the county, not to have Il.
primary. The meeting for Sat
tlrlay the 10Th. was given wide /;
publicity and although the wealth |
cr WAS uniavorablc Il large crowd !
was present 1t had been an
nounccd at the former meeting |
that the wishes of those present |
as to who should be nominated |
for the various offices would be
called for. The nominee for cir
cult Judge was discussed and up
ON motion Judge Charles \. IIar
din was endorsed unanimously
Tor denomination for circuit Judge
and lion. T.. y. Purycar was en-
dorsCd Tor the nomination for
commonwealth attorney.
it was moved and seconded iii
the meeting that since Lincoln
county had been represented III
the state senate composing the
Eighteenth Senatorial District,
including the counties Of Lincoln,
casey, BOYLE and Garrard, by the
Hon. X. l.. Hubble, and Casey
county by Hon. Charles +. Mont
gomcry, and Boyle county
by Hon. Jay Harlan,
that 1t was now Garrard time
to furnish the nominee for the
Senate from this district. J. l..
Robinson, OF Garrard county, was
unanimously endorsed by rising
vote OF the convention for the
nomination and requested to be-
come Il candidate for the nomina-
tion for the Senate from this dis
triCt.
Several names were mentioned
as prospective candidates for
county Judge, but Mr.. X. T.. Nc
Roberts was endorsed for the
nomination Y. y. Lear was en-
dorscd for the nomination for
sheriff G.. {. Walker was cndors-
cd for county attorney; ID. c.
Sanders was endorsed for the
tax commissioner; David Ross
was endorsed for the nomination
for jailcr; Mrs. Noami Hamilton
was endorsed for the nomination
for county clerk; J. B. Woods,
Jr., was endorsed for the nomina !
tiOn Tor circuit court clerk, and
Mr.. Morris Todd was endorsed
for the nomination for reprcscn-
tativc. 1t was fully explained that !
the endorsement only expressed
the sentiment and wishes of those
present and was not nomination
for these various offices.
The primary law fixes the date
for the first Saturday i'll August
for determining definitely the
nomination for the various Off
ccs. These conferences and meet
ings are being held for the sole
purpose of promoting harmony in
the party and to permit the lead
ing democrats to get together
and to give expression as to who
could best serve the party at this
time and if possible to avoid fric-
tion that frequently results from
Il strenuous and hotly contested
primary. 1T was voted unani
mously that the chairman of the I
County Committee should invite
all good democrats to meet with
the County Committee on Satur-