Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-11
THE PRIMARY ELECTION
WILL NE THE METHOD or onoos-
ING CANDIDATES.


'N'NNiuaS HlttThpon IN the unuitOrium
of the city hail. Chairman Meade call
ed the committee to order, and Score
tary Early called the roll. There were
number OF absentees, The secretary
then read the call, after which the
chair called attention to the Importance
of determining the method of nominate
ing candidates for the several county
oiiices for the fall election and called
Tor an expression on the subject.
Mr. o. S. Kennedy moved that the
method Of nominating officers by pri-
mary election be adopted. There were
several seconds
Capt, Tom West said he believed It
imperative that the committee endorse
the plan. as the las; county convention
which had created tn. committee had
passed upon and endoi sed the plan by
resolution and therefore the execu-
tive committee had no choice but to
carry out the instructions of the con.
yention.
Secretary Early then read the res
olution introduced in theaAiay conven-
ton OF 1892, by Geo. w. Finger max
ing 1t obligatory upon the committee to
order primary election.
j. 4. Montgomery of the Fourth ward
did not thin the resolution obligatory.
but believed MIR Kennedy's resolution
covered the ground and expressed him
self as heartily in favor of the plan.
The chair then put Mr. Kennedy's
motion upon It's passage and It went
through without a dissenting voice.
Mr., W. D. Williams of the Second
ward then introduced and sent TO the
clerks desk the following series OF res
olutlons for the management and con-
troll Of the primary election They
We're read ana then upon motion OF
Mr. Kennedy, We're taken up section by
section for discussion and final dispo-
sition.
on the first resolution fixing a day
for the election there was considerable
discussion, but II was finally decided
that May 49, as suggested by MIR. Ken
nedy' was the proper date, and that
date was decided upon.
Following is the full text OF the reso-
lutlons:
l. Resolved that the nomination OF
Democratic candidates for the county
and precinct Offices in the county of
Tarrant at the ensuing election shall
be by a primary election to be held in
the voting precincts Of the said county
on the 18th day Of May. a. d. 1884, at
which time there shall also be elected
delegates from such precincts to a
county convention to be held In the city
of Fort Worth on the End day OF July.
a. D., 1894, for the purpose Of electlng
delegates to all conventions in which
Tarrant county is entitled to represen-
tation, and for such other purposes as
may properly come before said county
convention.
2. Each precinct chairman shall des-
ignate a place within his precinct at
which the primary election shall be
held, and shall also appoint presiding
officer OF such election. and two judges
and sufficient number OF clerks to
assist in holding the primary election.
Q, The polls OF the primary shall be
open from o'clock a. m, TO o'clock
p. m, in the county, ana from o'clock
n. m, to S o'clock p. m, in the city Of
Fort Worth.
4. The officers OF election shall keep
poll lists and tally sheets, and shall
number the ballots, and conduct the
primary as nearly as possible in the
same manner as obtains at general
elections in this state.
3. The names of all candidates for
county officers shall be handed in to
the chairman OF the county executive
committee and the names OF all can
didates for precinct officers shall be
handed in to the precinct chairman at
least ten fun days before the day on
which the primaries are to be held, and
It shall be the duty OF such precinct
chalrmen TO hand said names to the
chairman Of the county convention
within seven days before the day on
which said primaries are to be held.
and each candidate shall by that date
| pay his part Of the expenses Of hold
Ing said primaries as the same shall
be assessed against him by the county
executive committee. and the executive
committee shall cause tickets TO be
| printed with the name thereon OF each
Democratic candidate whose name
shall have been handed In and whose
part OF the election expenses shall have
been paid as hereinbefore provided,
not less than seven full days before the
day of the primary election, and the
election officers shall not permit any
other tickets to be used and voted ex-
cept such as shall contain the names OF
all Democratic candidates as aforesaid.
6. Voters shall mark out names OF
those candidates for whom they do
not wish TO vote. and shall leave the
names OF the candidates FOR whom they
do wish to vote not marked.
Z. It shall be the duty or each pre-
cinct chairman to appoint two or more
Democrats OF the widest acquaintance
I'm the precincts for which they are to
act, who are to serve as challengers,
and whose duty 1t rhall be to prevent
frauds upon the ballot and fraudulent
voting at the primary election by
challenging the vote OF every such per-
son as they. or either OF them. have
reason 10 believe are not Democrats,
or who do not reside in the precinct In
which they offer to vote. or who have