The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-21
A BIG POLITICAL MACHINE.
Heavy Work on Hand for the Exec
utiVG Committees.

Three Conventions to Be Held This
Year Besides the Primaries-An the
Nominations Likely to Be Made by
One Convention, However-The Pri-
maries to Be Held the Last of July
or First Of August.
Hon. Walter G.. Charlton, chairman of
the democratic executive committee of
Chatham county, was asked yesterday
what steps, if any, had been taken by the
committee to arrange for the selection of
delegates to the various conventions which
will be held this summer, and how these
delegates are to be selected.
Mr.. Charlton said that there has been
no meeting of the committee as yet and
probably will not be for some time. as
none of the conventions to which dele
gates are to be selected have been called
When the time for holding the conven-
tiOn IS announced, he said he thought it
would be time enough to call the commit
tee together to decide upon the manner
of selecting the delegates.
THREE CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD.
There are three conventions to be held
for which delegates will be selected, the
gubernatorial, the congressional and the
senatorial. In addition, there are the
three candidates for the legislature
from this county to be nominated
and the county democratic execu-
tive committee to be selected
All these elections will probably be
held on the same day, as was done last
year Mr.. Charlton said that his idea
individually, without having consulted
any of the other members of the com
mittee, is that all the delegates and can
didates should be selected at one primary.
The committee found the primary last
year to be very labOri Gus as we'll as an
expensive Job, and it desires to econo-
mize labor and expense as far as posi-
BILE.
MUST BE BY PRIMARIES.
Under the present rules of the demo-
cratic executive committee, based upon
the instructions of the mass meeting by
which the last primary was ordered, all
the party nominations are required to be
by primaries. This includes the county
executive committee as well as the candi-
dates and delegates. The number of
names which are required to be placed
upon the tickets in the pri-
mary election by this rule is
four members of the executive committee
to begin with, FIVE from each of the four
city districts, two from each of the county
districts, five from the county at large,
and the chairman.
Mr. Charlton was reelected chairman
by the mass meeting two years ago, as a
special compliment for his long and dis
tinguished services in that capacity
This year, however, the chairman will be
elected by the primary.
A BIG TICKET.
AS the members Of the committee are
elected by districts, this will require the
placing of the names of the five district
! candidates, the five candidates for COM
mitteemen at large, and the candidate for
chairman, upon each ticket That is
eleven names to start with Then there
are six delegates to the gubernatorial
convention and six alternates; six more
to the senatorial convention. and their al
| ternates and six to the-congressional con-
vention and their alternates.
Then there are the names of three can
! didates for the legislature to be placed
| upon each ticket.
This makes fifty names to be placed
upon each ticket If the same set of del
! egates should be named for all three of
| the conventions this would cut down the
number of names by one-half, or if the
election of alternates should be done
away with and each delegate be
| given the power to select
| his own alternates the ticket
| WOulu D6 Cub uOWu more IMAM One-JnlrQ.
! These points will probably be considered
| by the executive committee
MUST PRINT THEIR OWN TICKETS.
AS it is not likely that any of the con-
Ventions will be held before the middle of
! August, Mr.. Charlton said he thought
the primary will very likely be ordered
for the latter part of July or the first of
August.
! Mr. Charlton said the clubs or tho cap-
didates will have to print their own
tickets, as the executive committee will
not shoulder this expense. AS clubs are
! prolific this year, each club will probably
nominate its own set of candidates for all
| the positions named.
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