Citizenship Part 6

COMMITTEES.

The national committee of each party is formed of one member from each state, who organizes the national convention of his party.

The chairman of this committee of each party calls a meeting of his committee in the spring before the presidential election and decides when and where they will hold the national convention.

This year the Democratic convention was held in San Francisco, beginning on 28th of June.

The Republican convention was held in Chicago on the 8th of June.

Each convention adopted its own party platform.

DEMOCRATIC.

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF KENTUCKY.

The State Central Committee is the party organization in control of the party in the State. It is composed of one man from each of the eleven congressional districts elected by the people and a member at large.

MEMBERS OF STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE FROM KENTUCKY.

State at Large--George B. Martin, Catlettsburg.

State Executive Committee from State at Large--J. A. Robinson, Lancaster.

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE BY DISTRICTS.

1st District--Arch Nelson Marshall Co. (Benton)

2nd District--Ira D. Smith Christian Co. (Hopkinsville)

3rd District--T. P. d.i.c.kerson Barren Co. (Glasgow)

4th District--W. C. Montgomery Hardin Co. (Elizabethtown)

5th District--Henry J. Tilford Jefferson Co. (Louisville)

6th District--Judge Otto Wolfe Campbell Co. (Newport)

7th District--Thos P. Middleton Henry Co. (Eminence)

8th District--J. H. Nichols Boyle Co. (Danville)

9th District--Foster B. c.o.x Jessamine Co. (Nicholasville)

10th District--J. R. Johnson Pike Co. (Pikeville)

11th District--Edward Gatcliff Whitley Co. (Williamsburg)

DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

1st District--Thomas Turner Trigg Co. (Cadiz)

2nd District--John L. Dorsey Henderson Co. (Henderson)

3rd District--Dr. Joe M. Ferguson Muhlenberg (Greenville)

4th District--Chas. Hubbard Larue Co. (Hodgenville)

5th District--Fred Forcht Jefferson Co. (Louisville)

6th District--W. N. Hind Kenton Co. (Covington)

7th District--W. T. Klair Fayette Co. (Lexington)

8th District--Dr. T. R. Welch Jessamine Co. (Nicholasville)

9th District--Dr. J. D. Whitaker Morgan Co. (Whitesburg)

10th District--Bailey P. Wooten Perry Co. (Hazard)

11th District--Cecil Williams Pulaski Co. (Somerset)

Chairman Democratic National Committee, Homer S. c.u.mmings, Baltimore, Md.

REPUBLICAN.

STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF KENTUCKY.

Chas. H. Searcy, Chairman Louisville, Ky.

R. W. Hunter, Vice Chairman Providence, Ky.

Lilburn Phelps, Secretary Louisville, Ky.

Mrs. Lillian Davis, a.s.sistant Secretary Louisville, Ky.

Elliott Callahan, Treasurer Louisville, Ky.

NATIONAL COMMITTEEMEN.

A. T. Hert Louisville, Ky.

At Large--Maurice L. Galvin Covington, Ky.

At Large--R. W. Hunter Providence, Ky.

At Large--Mrs. John W. Langley Pikeville, Ky.