The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-04-21

Recurring All Who Vote in Waco in the
Democratic Primaries to Have Their
Names Registered.

i
mittee met this morning pursuant to
a call from Chairman James A.
Harrison. All were present except
l.. p. Field, of Bruceville. The
objects of the meeting were stated
and the chairman also said he I'M
derstood Judge Gerald had an
nounced that the committee had
agreed that he could go into the
primary and not pledge himself to
support legislative nominees. lie
wanted the committee to take 9th
cial action.
Judge Gerald addressed them and
said he did not propose to vote for
any candidate for the Legislature
that would vote for either Coke or
Chiffon. He said the committee
might rule him out of the primary
as to a vote, but they could not put
him out of the party and refuse to
allow his name to 60 on the ticket.
1t remains for the people to read
him out and he proposed TO have
his name on the Democratic ticket
A telegram from Democrats at
Lorena addressed to l.. p. Field was
read az follows "Stand by your
committees former action, if not
Democrats here will not go in the
primaries !" This is supposed to be
in reference TO clubs.
The matter of registration came
no for discussion and q list was pre-
scented signed by several candidates
agreeing to pay the expenses. Judge
Gerald explained that his name was
not on the list 1t would open a
new way for fraud and registration
certificates would be for sale in lots
of 100.
All present were allowed to ex.
press themselves. Mr.. j. w. Baker
believed accurate registration could
be secured by canvass of the city
by some man appointed as registrar.
Chairman Harrison believed the
books used in the city election could
be used for the primary and add.
tions made of those who have quail.
fed since that time.
Hon. Waller S. Baker being in.
vited to express his views denounced
the vice of the primary elections,
declaring that when he was county
chairman he voted against primary
elections single handed in favor of a
convention, to nominate county can
didates; that the people at heart
favored conventions; that the candi-
dates usually worked up the senti-
ment for the primaries; that the PEG.
pie ought to be governed by the in.
terests of the people in the selection
fit officers TO represent them, and
not by the interests of the candi.
dates, and if those running did not
come up to the measure, then resort
TO the Democratic doctrine that any
and every Democrat is the property
of Democratic convention. Elk
punge the primary system and you
obviate the necessity OF the registra
tion system now being considered
by you.
Mr.. M. r. Carroll offered III,
following:
Be it resolved, BY the Demo
cratic executive committee of Nc
Lehman county, that there shall be
registration of voters in the city o
Waco for the ensuing primary cleo
tion to be held on June %, 1894
under the following restrictions, tc
wit: The registrar and clerks to b
appointed by the authorized agen
of this committee shall make tru
and correct copy of the registratio,
made for the city of Waco unde
sanction of the law and used at tn
last municipal election; that thos
whose names are on said list neet
not register for the pri
mary election, but shall befor,
being permitted to vote, be required
TO take the pledge announced b,
this committee as q qualification 70
voting; that the registrar anC
clerks after making said above men
toned copy shall be and remain il
T. suitable place during the day
from s o'clock a. m. TO O'CLOCK
p. m. for period of three con
secutive weeks hepinninp IN IN,