Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-04-26
MEETING ON MONDAY
WILL DE OF GREAT rMronrAScn
TO oFFIcEas.
Question to be Considered and ON
err Matter. TO be Decided that
rhey should he Wen Posted on
All Those Called should Attend.


Bowlln. OF the city Democratic execd-
tive committee. said concerning the
rumors OF trouble circulated around as
having arisen between the campaign
committee and Mr. Pucket, the reg
istrar for the coming primaries. ut
has all been adjusted and the cam
paign committee has charge Of the
registration books, and are having
copies mad0 and indexed for USE In
each ward. 1t was occasioned by n
disagreement between Mr. Pickett and
the committee as 10 the compensation
TO be paid Mr.. Pickett for some work
he had done In copying at night The
committee hsd made arrangements to
have all the work done at the rate OF
81 per day, and had made an estimate
or the expense OF holding the primaries
for which the candidates had been as
sessed, on that basis. Mr.. PucSett con-
tended that he should be paid for the
extra work he had been doing on the
opinion OF experts ms to what the work
was worth. Mr.. Pickett viii be paid
at the rate Of 81 per day for the work
he has done, and the committee IN
having the balance OF the work done
at the same price.
"'rhe difference between Mr.. Pickett
and the committee was matter OF no
Interest 70 the public. and was only q
private matter between him and the
committed The action taken by
Messrs. Gillespie and Bowln In the
matter was done under the direction
OF the whole committed"
In an Interview with Judge Cum
mings In regard to election matters,
he took occasion TO say.
Il wish to say that the preparation
OF the finishing strokes Of the regis
tration is progressing satisfactorily TO
the committee. There Is the utmost
harmony among all the members OF Il.
fhs. 1.a f..as a..
paign committee for Mesars Bowlin
and Gillespie TO take charge OF this
finishing work, on q motion made by
myself, for reasons entirely sauHfac-
tory to every member Of this commit
tee. Anything further on this subject
would be purely OF n private nature,
and unnecessary 10 be made public,
but I cannot leave this branch OF the
work without saying that both OF these
gentlemen have been unremittnR In
their labors with the committee for the
best Gnterests OF the trusts In our
charge. In fact do not know how I
could fill their places II the committee
should be deprived OF their services,
AT a meeting of the officers TO hold
the election In the city. which meeting
Is to occur at the court house next
Monday afternoon at o'clock. the
chairman OF each ward Is requested TO
announce the place at which he Will
hold the election Yn his ward. so that
II may be published hve days as re-
| CURED under the general law. Each
| chairman In also requested to revise his
list at the time Of the meeting, or be-
fore lifetime II he sees fit. aud drop
any officer and substitute any one ho
may see nj in his atead. for any good
cause made known to him from any
| reputable source, the object being to
get officers that are enurely unbiased.
or who might be considered as such by
any one interested In the results. In
| one OF two Instances there have been
suggestions made to me that the Sc
| lection of officers to hold the election
has been confined too narrowly to
certain spots In the ward, and that
having them located more generally
would serve the best interests OF all
| concerned.
Here " an important point on the
ballet question which will come up for
/ discussion Monday that Is. when an
ill'terate person presents I'd the mark
| ing judge Il ticket already marked Off
| by some one outside for him and re-
| quests the marking judge TO prepare
| his official ballot In accordance with
| that. would this be In accordance with
| the law which says, In effect. that the
marking Judge shall prepare his ball
| lot. The contention ~ that the marking
| judge does not, under this case, pre-
pare the ballot. hut some one on the
outside. In other words, should not the
| illiterate voter have sense enough to
tell the judge who he desires TO vote
for, instead of having an outsider to
assist him. This is n matter OF Inn
| portance- SuppoHe there are certificates
purchased on condition that the voter
will vote the ticket desired. The law
allows an outsider within six feet az
the voter and he can thus see the
goods delivered.
There are many other points to DO
discussed Monday; for instance--sup-
pose they smuggle IN ballot not Of
fciai under the rule that the officers
rhall not open the ticket OF a voter
| until II is counted"