The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-05-28

CCuIIN0 COIuLllCC0G.
Mr.. R. L. Demilly of No. moved that
the selection of county officers, includ-
ing county commissioners, be referred to
primaries.
Mr.. Henderson of No. 13 asked if there
were vacancies on the board of county
commissioners. and moved that the con-
vention authorize the holding of prima
ries to select candidates for all county
officers about to become vacant.
Mr.. Demilly withdrew his notion and
Mr.. Henderson's motion was unani-
mously adopted.
Mr.. Demilly of No. 8 moved that the
county executive committee be author
lied to select a central executive COM
mittee, which should cease to exist after
the election in November.
Mr.. Rawls of No. 13 offered the follow
ing resolutions, and Mr.. Demilly with
drew his motion
WHEREAS, 1t seems to be the prevail
ing sentiment and judgment of the ma
.jority of the people that our county Off
GERS should be nominated by direct vote
of the people in primary election and
whereas, this method of nomination IN
surcs free and untrammeled expression
of the choice of the ma jOrity of the peO-
pie by the direct vote of each individual
democrat
Therefore, it is hereby resolved
lst. That it is the judgment and desire
of this convention that all Of our county
officers and members Of the legislature
shall be nominated by primary election
to such nomination. Such primaries to
be ordered and held at such time as the
central executive committee to be ap-
pointed may designate.
2d. That at said primary election none
but white democrats who have been well
and publicly known to have heretofore
voted the state and county democratic
ticket, and who have qualified them
selves to vote by registration as required
by law. or those democrats who will be-
come qualified at the tine of the state
elections, shall be allowed to vote at said
primaries.
Sd. That the central executive COM
mittpe shall adopt such means and regu-
lations for the conduct of such primary
election as they may think best calcu-
lated to insure a free and fair expression
Of the popular will.
4th. No voter shall be allowed to vote
in any precinct except the one in which
he is registered. and in which he will be
entitled to vote at the general election.
5th. The managers or inspectors and
!. .cleslts of said primary election shall be
! appointed by the central executive COM
mittee, having regard to their disposi-
tion to deal fairly and impartially with
all candidates.
9th. The precinct managers of said
primary election in the canvass of the
vote shall count the ballots cast, and
com pare them with the number of the
names on the poll list to be kept Of the
persons voting; and if the ballots exceed
the number of names on the poll list.
enough ballots shall be drawn out and
destroyed, without inspection, as will
make them correspond with the number
Of persons voting, as shown by the poll
list.
7th. The ballots shall be printed, or
written. on plain white paper.
Sth. The chairman of this conven-
tion shall appoint central executive
committee consisting of five members to
tee.
be made up in writing and signed by the
inspectors and clerks. and shall contain
the whole number of votes cast for each
candidate for each Office, to be written
at full length in words and figures.
And said precinct returns shall be sealed
up in an envelope, endorsed in such man.
ner as to designate to which precinct it
belongs, and shall be delivered by one of
the inspectors, or clerk, of the election
to the chairman of the central executive
committee together with the original
poll list.
10th. The central executive commit
tee, Or a quorum thereof, as soon as
possible after the returns from all the
precincts are in, shall publicly canvass
the vote solely and entirely from the
precinct returns, and shall publicly de-
clare the result: and shall publish the
result in both Of the newspapers pub
lished at the county site; and shall also
publish a certificate i'm such newspapers,
to be signed by such executive commit
tee, Or a quorum thereof, showing which
candidate for each county office has be-
come the nominee of the party, by hav-
ing received the highest number Of votes
at such election.
18th. Resolved further, That this con-
vention, and each and every individual
member thereof, hereby pledges itself
heartily and ardently to support the
nominees of the party to be chosen at
such primary electiod.
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Rawls
were unanimously adopted.
The chairman of the convention ap
pointed the following named gentlemen
as the Central EXECUTIVE Commit,
George III. Gwynn, III. T. Felkel, Il. b.
Carpenter, Hugh Black and w. M. Nc
Intosh, Jr.
On motion, the convention ad djourned.
j. B. WHITFIELD,
Chairman.
J. r. COHEN.