Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-03
THE MUNICIPAL PRIMARY
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
MEETING LAST NIGHT.
A Call Issued For O Democratic
Primary Election For Mayor and
-Four Aldermen For the City Of
Asheville.

Primary Election For Mayor and
-Four Aldermen For the City oi
Asheville.
AT a meeting of the city democratic
committee held last night, March 2, pur'
suant to call of the chairman, it was re-
solved to order primary election as the
fairest and most satisfactory method
generally OF nominating candidates for
mayor and aldermen to be voted for at
the approaching municipal election. On
motion the following call for the primary
election was unanimously adopted:
Notice is hereby given to the demo
cratic voters of the city Of Asheville that
the executive committee has ordered q
primary election for the purpose Of
nominating democratic candidates Tor
the Offices of mayor and four aldermen to
be voted for at the regular municipal
election to be held in this city on the 4th
day of May next. The said primary
election will be held at the two usua
polling places in the city, to-wit: In the
court house for the East ward and in the
Buncombe warehouse for the West
ward, on Wednesday, the Sth day OF
April. 1891, the polls to be kept con
tinuously open from a. m. until 8 p. m
Democrats living in the East ward will
vote at the court house; those living in
the West ward, at the Buncombe ware.
house.
All democrats, of voting age, residing
in Asheville, will be allowed to cast one
ballot for candidate for mayor and
four candidates for aldermen.
The executive committee will provide
one box at each polling place in which
the ballots for candidates for mayor ant
aldermen shall be deposited, and ap
point three good democrats at each poll
ing place as Judges of said primary elec
ton, whose duty it shall be to decide al
to the qualifications of all persons offer
ing to vote, and to determine all Other
questions that may arise during the pro
gress of said primary election.
| The candidates tor the nomination fol
mayor and the four candidates for thu
nomination tor aldermen receiving ma
jOrity Of all the votes cast at said pri
mary election, shall be declared the dem
ocratic nominees for said offices res
pectivcly.
In case no candidate at said primary
election on the Sth day of April, shall re
ceive majority of all the votes cast fol
the office OF mayor, or majority of al
| b., &C. <Nt th,
offices of aldermen, no candidate 81
failing to receive majority of all thu
votes so cast, shall be declared the Hpmi
nee of the democratic party for any o
said Offices as the result of said elec
ton.
In the event of no nomination for an,
OF the Offices being made as above pro
vided, the two candidates receiving TIN
highest number of votes for the Office o
mayor, and the two candidates receiving
the highest number of votes for each o
the offices of aldermen, and who still de
sire said nomination, shall be entitled t
be candidates for the nomination for tn
Offices to which no nomination shal
have been made as above provided, at I
second primary election to be held in tn
court house and at the Buncombe ware
house under the same rules and regula
tions as the first, on the 18th dav q
April, 1891, and no other person shall b
allowed to be candidate for the nomi
nation to any of said Offices at SAT-
second primary election.
All persons participating in said pr
mary election will be considered honor
ably bound to support the nominees, 8
made, OF the democratic party at tn
regular municipal election on the At
day OF May, 1891.
The certainty that the candidate
nominated by the democratic party a
its primary election will be elected i
May to the Offices of mayor and aide
men makes obvious the duty OF all goo
democrats to attend and participate
said primary election.
Upon the selection of honest, reliab
and efficient candidates will largely d
pend the vote for the appropriation {
$640, 900 for street and other conten
plated municipal improvements.
BY the committee.
GEO. S. POWELL, Chairman.