REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS.
Saturday in Precincts and Monday in County Meeting Will Name Candidates.
Saturday is the day on which the Republicans of Hopkins county will meet in precinct conventions to send delegates to the county convention at Madisonville the following Monday, July 29th, to select candidates for county offices.
The spirit of self sacrifice for public good seems to be abroad and no great number of office seekers are announced. The ticket, whoever is chosen promises to be a good, clean, strong one.
Among those known to be in the race are H. F. Porter for County Judge, Thos. E. Finley, for County Attorney, L. F. McLaughlin for Representative, C. H. Murphey for County Clerk, Robert Morrow for Sheriff, W. H. Lynn for Assessor; Miss Story and Professor Lutz for Superintendent of Schools; G. W. Gower, Henry Johnson, B. F. Young, J. T. Harris, Mr. Barnes, of Nebo for Jailer. There may be others, but they have not announced in the newspapers.
The following official call was published recently in The Bee and we republish it for the benefit of those who may have mislaid their first copy:
The Republicans of Hopkins county are earnestly requested to meet at their several voting precincts on Saturday, July 27, 1901, at 1 o’clock p.m., to select delegates to the county convention to be held at Madisonville the following Monday, July 29th, 1901 at 1 o’clock, p.m. In addition to nominating a county ticket, the delegates chosen from each magisterial district will choose candidates for magistrates and constables. The basis of representation will be one delegate for every fifty and a fraction over twenty-five votes cast for President McKinley at the last November election, which will entitle each precinct to the following number of delegates:
White Plains, 2; Nortonville, 1; Mortons Gap, 3; St. Charles, 4; Lake, 5; Northeast Earlington, 5; Barnsley, 1; Courthouse, 2; Elk, 3; Cotton, 2; East Hanson, 3; West Hanson, 1; Oak Wall, 2; North Nebo, 3; South Nebo, 2; Dalton, 2; Silent Run, 1; Charleston, 2; Dawson, 3; Ilsley, 4; Kitchen, 3; Manitou, 1; Richland, 2.
J. B. Harvey, Chairman.