The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-20
CITY PRIMARIES CALLED
THEY WILL BE HELD MONDAY
NIGHT, APRIL STR.
Places Designated for the Primaries
of Each Ward.-The Plan
Adnrfod

AdOpte0.
A meeting of the City Executive com
mittee was held at the Mayors office
last night.
Those present were
First Ward-L. S. Ellison, John $.
Riddle, c. +. Lumsden.
Second Ward--Graham Haywood and
f. w. Habel.
Third Ward-J. NJ. Norwood, NJ. Ro-
seminal and Josephus Daniels.
Fourth Ward-J. n. Holding, w. n.
Jones and G. e. Leach.
Mr. Holding, chairman of the com
mittee, presided and Mr.. Leach was Sec
rotary.
1t was decided to hold the primaries
to nominate aldermen and city officers
on Monday night, April 9TH, and to hold
the convention on Thursday night, April
8. There were some suggestions look
ing to holding the primary next Thursday
night, and to deferring it to 10th or 18th,
of April But the concensus of opinion
was that the date chosen was most suita-
BILE. 1t is about the same time it was
held two years ago, and almost the same
notice is given now as then.
The primaries will held at s p. m. at
the following places:
First metropolitan Hall.
Second Ward-Court House.
Third Ward-Academy of Music.
Fourth Ward-Mayor's office.
THE PLAN ADOPTED.
The plan Of organization adopted two
years ago, which worked satisfactorily,
| was re-adopted, and is as follows:
by order of the committee the follow
| ing method will be observed in selecting
delegates to represent the wards in said
convention: Ballots will be taken for the
various candidates for Mayer, Clerk and
| Tax Collector. for the purpose of ascer-
| tanning the numerical strength of each
candidate. and the various candidates
or their duly authorized representatives
| shall be allowed to name from the several
wards delegates to represent them IN the
| convention in proportion to- the relative
| numerical strength of such candidates
as ascertained by the primary ballots
upon the basis of one delegate for every
| fifteen votes cast for such candidate, and
one delegate for each additional ten votes
or more, under fifteen, which will consti
| tute the basis of the vote to be allowed
each ward in the convention.
In the convention the daEe
| gates of the various candidates
| for Mayor will be allowed to cast
| the vote of the ward they represent fol
| the nomination of Mayor only, and il
1 like manner the delegates of the various
| candidates for City Clerk and Tax Collec
l tor will be allowed to cast their votes.
AT said primaries there will also be
| elected or appointed in each ward three
| executive committeeman, TO compose the
| Democratic Executive Committee of the
| City of Raleigh. The chairman of each
1 ward primary Will certify to the conven
| ton the various delegates from such
| ward. naming therein the delegates sem
up to represent the wards in the conven
| ton on the vote for the nomination OF
| Mayor. ard likewise the delegates sent III
! to represent the wards in the conven
ton on the respective votes for the nom
nation of City Clerk and City Tax Col
aector.
THE CANDIDATES IN THE FIELD
| The candidates can now go to work
The candidates so far in the field are:
For Mayor-Mayor w. NJ. Russ an6
| ex- Mayor Thomas Badger.
| For City Clerk-Ham +. Smith and
1 al II. VI
| For Tax Collector-W. b. Hutchns
and Charles Il. Lumsden.
| For Chief of Police-C. ID. Heartt
J. NJ. Norwood. 4. HI. Brooks, c. NJ
| Walters, John Y. MacRae.
AN INDEPENDENT TICKET.
| There is also an attempt to get up an
| independent movement. This is headed
| by Mr. Frank Strenach, who proposes
| to be a candidate for Mayor on the indie
pendent ticket. Mr.. Joseph Blake will
be asked to allow his name to be used as
candidate for Tax Collector, and Mr..
James Forsyth will, it is said, be the
| candidate for City Clerk.
They have formulated sort of plat
form on which they propose to ask voters
of all political persuasions to give them
their support. 1t lis, as best l can find
out, about as follows:
L. There should be no connection of
city politics with National, State or
county politics. All men, regardless of
political faith, should try to secure an
honest and economical administration Of
the city's affairs.
2. No man should hold office more than
two terms in succession.
3. Taxes must be decreased. Expe1-
ditures must be cut down.
4. There are too many offices. Their
duties should be combined. This will
save the city much money.
5. Payers of back taxes should not be
charged "usury." They now have to
pay II per cent.
q. The money spent in street improve
ment should be divided up equally be-
tween the four wards and expended upon
the streets in each.
The makers of the above platform and
the promoters Of this movement claim
that they can take away some 200 regu-
lar Democratic votes, and by combining
with the Republicans, electe their ticket.
They claim, as an excuse for the weak
ness of the movement up to this time,
that they are waiting for the regular
nominations to be made II these are