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STORMY MEETING LAST SATURDAY.Ohio County Democrats at Each Others Throats.Alledged Unfair Rulings Cause Sen*ng Two Delegations to Henderson Convention.For some weeks a Democratic county mass convention had been called to meet at the court house las’ Saturday afternoon for the purpose of selecting thirteen delegates to the first district Railroad Commissioner Convention at Henderson. The various candidates had been here and quietly presented their personal claims, but no one seemed to care much about the contest. At hast on the surface there appeared no Indication of seething, boiling turbulence jut below, and wiiich was soon tobivak u in all its fury. Saturday dawned clear and cool, the ideal day i»r g *od »1.1-per and cool blood. When Chr irm? ’t Fulkerson rapped tin* eonvenion order, he looked out on 150 B m crats and 3 Republicans, who had Jr.? 1-cd to get tickets to tin hall gume.f reasons which they ref us* ■ to giv**, bu they were destined to (wi! in-ss a sTu»a which wciuld have m jd»* those « u’ ;« the ball game turn green eyed wi h jealousy.The chair announced nomination!* for chairman In order, whereupon • Finn supporters placed !n noinini i :i Judge John B. Wilson and Furguson adherents put up Hon. R. E. L. 81mmerman. Judg** Wils n was declared elected by about three m;i-of the committee Finn men While the committee was H. F. Taylor, G. B. Likens spoke in the interests of pective candidates. Mr. Llk ed that Ferguson was b purled by the railroads, u to the fact that all the ri torncys in town were lin him as well as he ciupio new road under construe was the beginning of the w wiiich follow* il. When ho to lake the count, the Finn instructed to line up on o the lilt, ; : d I* rgu* .n ihe other. During this great* si disorder prevailed, pull* d and hauled about 1 0:» promiuein Democrat ft loss of his ell’ire shirt fr the despoiltr of the shirt,oq iiieut, was struck in the falt; four times. During this sclt; order a half dozen fights * minent. Knives were drawn were on guns, but some hoi chance than anything els w* s ser ously hurt. All sor were na.de about how the The F* rgustm men cb inr.ii SO to 70 in their favor,and support* rs made a mo-ion uniij'im us. T* lh rs were o irlt;ke this vote and it whereupon the chair declar* vent ion !u»d instructed for brought strong protests Ferguson nu n, but to no a’ had be* n put out at first with no other alternative organiz*d a bulling convem court house yard, electing Sim merman chairman and 1 secretary. This convention for Ferguson. Mr. Ma »1 retary cf the Finn convent ed to sign the report as d : he chairman. It is underMr. Malt lews made out a r
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Hartford Republican
Hartford, Kentucky, US
Fri, May 24, 1907
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