The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-05-06
A GENERAL PRIMARY.
THE TIME OF PREPARATION FOR
WARD PRIMARIES TOO SHORT.

w AE1O AAAhlbo tOO O1OhIs
| The Plan the Democratic Campaign
Club Will Recommend to the County
| Executive Committee-A Primary at
the Court House for the Entire
County the Only Practicable Scheme.
May 10 the Probable Date.
"A meeting of the executive committee of
the Democratic Campaign Club was held
at the Office Of the president, Col. George
A. Mercer. yesterday afternoon ct O'Clock.
The object Of the meeting was to formulate
or put 10 shape the ideas OF the Democratic
Campaign Club with regard to the holding
Of the primaries to select delegates to the
approaching convention.
This action was, by request Of the COM
mtttee appointed by the chairman of the
democratic executive committee, to ascer-
tain the views OF the democratic voters as
70 the manner OF holding primaries, The
committee has only short time In which
to work. and requested that prompt action
be taken. sva,t
ONE PRIMARY FOR THE COUNTY.
The subject was discussed in detail and 1t
was agreed that owing TO the short time
allowed IN which to make the preparations
for the primary that IL will be best to hold
general primary at the court house for
this election with sufficient number of
polling boxes 70 accommodate all the
voters. Some favored establishing polling
places in the county, but this was"deemed
inadv1sable. The reason the committee did
not favor holding the primary by districts
or wards was on account Of the short time
allowed In which to make arrangements and
the extra expense that would be entailed by
such an arrangement. This recommended
ton applies only to the approaching
primary. Regulations for future primaries
will be decided upon by the next democratic
executive committee.
THE PLAN AGREED UPON.
The following resolution was drawn, to
be presented TO the special committee on
primaries at Its meeting Tonight, as ex-
pressing the sense Of the Democratic Cam
paign Club upon the subject:
ReSoEved That. owing to the limited time in
which to make arrangements for the primary
to select delegates to the approaching conven-
ton, that IL is the sense of the Democratic
Campaign Climb that primary be held at the
court house on the - day of May Tor the
selection of such delegates and alternates to the
convention, and that such primary be held in
accordance with the provisio ms of the act of the
general assembly approved Oct. 81, 1891.
That ssid election be presided over as required
by section 1882 of the Code of Georgia. and that
the votes OF white democrats only be received.
1utt dll HHltc uoIHOCTdts B06ll Dc entitled 10
vote at said primary who are males have
reached the age of 81 years, have resided in the
state OF Georgia for one year next preceding the
election and six months 10 the county of
Chatham and shall have paid all state and
county taxes agreeably to law except for the
year OF the election.
THE COMMITTEE ON PRIMARIES.
President Mercer, Chairman D. l. Mao
1ntyre of the executive committee and G.
d. Russell and Raymond Judge were
named as the representatives of the club to
appear before the special committee on
primaries. They were instructed to state
that the Democratic Campaign Club would
pay its proportion Of the expense of holding
primary on conditions that other clubs or
persons making nominations bear q proper
tionate share Of the expense.
The Democratic Campaign Club will
favor a Btraightou5 delegation of its own
choosing, and will make no compromise or
division of the spoils. It will win or lose on
its original platform of an unInstructed
delegation to select the best man available
for the place.
Chairman Cam has called a meeting of
the special committee of the democratic
executive committee on primaries at the
court house Tonight at 8 O'Clock TO confer
with representatives of the various clubs
| and formulate some plan to recommend to
the executive committee for the conduct OF
the primary.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
The democratic executive committee will
meet at the court house tomorrow night to
receive the report of this committee and
finally decide upon the manner in which the
approaching primary shall be conducted.
The Democratic Campaign Club will hold
| a meeting Friday night of next week, IL not
called together earlier, to take action &C
cording TO the plans laid down by the DEM
ocratic executive committee. Next week be-
ing Merchants week will greatly interfere
with political operations, as Monday, Tues
| day, Wednesday and Thursday are taken
up entirely with exhibitions and attractions
OF one character and another As the
primary will probably be called for Mon
| day, which will be May 10, the delegates
elected will only have one day IN which to
make their preparations and take their de-
parture for Atlanta. Chatham county will
| be one of the last to act