The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-24
PASSED SAME RESOLUTIONS.
CHATHAMs TWO EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEEs ACTED HARMoNIoUsLY.


Primary of June CIVIL BE Held at
the Court House and Both sides
VIII Be Represented-A Little
Hitch over One Point, But 1t Was
Soon Settled.
1t begins to look as IL Chatham's two
contending factions were going to get to-
gether on harmonious basis sure enough.
The first step in that direction was TAX
en- yesterday afternoon when meetings
were held at the court house by the two
executive committees. DR.. William Dun
can presided over that elected al the mass
meeting, in the Superior Court room, while
that elected at the primary was presided
over by Chairman duBignon in the City
Court room.
To all intents and purposes the two
meetings were practically one. They
passed identically the same resolutions
with regard to the coming primary. There
was little hitch upon one point, raised
by the primary committee, but that COM
mittee gave in and harmony was thereby
assured.
Both meetings were called at $50 o'clock.
There were nineteen members of the pri-
mary committee present, and fourteen
members of the mass meeting
committee. The resolutions which
had been prepared were read by
Secretaries A. L. Alexander and j. F. Sui
Ivan about the same time.
When the discussion of the resolutions
by the primary committee began, com
mittee from the mass meeting, composed
OF Messrs w. NJ. Dixon, John Power and
A. s. Guckenheimer, appeared. Col Dixon
expressed on behalf of his committee a
desire for harmony, and said he sought to
ascertain the sense Of the other committee
with regard to the resolutions. His COM
mttee, he said, was practically unanimous
in favor of them and would adopt them
If the other committee did the same
Chairman duBignon informed him that
the committee was about to act, and would
notify the other committee as soon as the
matter had been considered.
One or two amendments were then
made, the word white being substituted
before the word Democrats in the state
nent OF the qualifications of those voting
in the primary, and the hours being
changed so that the polls will be open
from o'clock a. m. to z p M, instead of
p M, for the purpose of giving laboring
men every opportunity.
The resolutions as amended were then
passed and a committee, composed of
Messrs. A. N. Manucy. John Schwarz and
George w. Wylly, was appointed to notify
the mass meeting committee of the action
taken. AS soon as this was done the res,
olutfons were adopted by the mass meet
ing committee. The resolutions adopted
by both committees are as follows:
Whereas, At a meeting of the state Dem
ocratic executive committee held in At
lanta on March II last, primary election
was ordered in the several counties of
the states for June for the purpose of
nominating a candidate for Governor and
other state house officers, not judicial,
Therefore be 1t resolved,
First, That a primary election be, and
the same is hereby, ordered to be held in
Chatham county on the 9th day of June
next, between the hours Of clock a. m.
and O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for Governor and
other state house officers, not judicial;
Second, That the matter of voting In
said primary shall be that prescribed by
the state Democratic executive commit
tee; that the various candidates sSlall be
voted for by name and that the delegates
to said con vention shall be selected from
among the friends and supporters of the
successful candidates as prescribed by
said state executive committee:
Third, That athe qualification for voters
in said primary shall be that the voter
shall be whiAs Democrat, and shall
agree to abide the result of said primary
and to support the nominees thereof at
the general cleo lion:
Fourth, That the said primary election
shall be held at the court house in said
county and that there shall be al least
six boxes to which the voters shall be
apportioned, as. near as possible, in al
phabetical order;
Fifth that said prin lary election shall
be under the control an d direction of two
managers at each boxv4 one of whom at
each box shall be selected by this commit
tee to act in concert witch a like number
to be designated by the executive com
mittee, of which DR.. William Duncan is
chairman.
Sixth, that, in addition to voting Cor
Governor and state house o. Ecers, as above
prescribed, there shall be Sn election at
said time and place of a d Hnocratic OK
ecutive committee for Chatf nm county.
and for this purpose TWEEN W-four (24)
names shall be voted for at So vi primary,
twelve of whom shall be design tted by the
representatives of each of the lSctions in
tne DemocrdUc party OF ChatAalQ county.
The friends of each faction, with view
of uniting the party, are to vote Sfor the
twenty-four names thus selected,N who,
when elected, shall constitute the >emo-
cratic executive committee in and foa said
county, and who shall have power "a Sc
lect their own chairman either from "a ler
number or from the party at large In q aid
county, and who shall hold their office 3 n
two years next ensuing, and until th,A r
successors are elected.
Seventh, that ii shall be the duty of the.
committee elected, as herein prescribed, on
the day following said primary, to canvas
the result of said primary election, to de-
clare the result and TO select delegates to
the state convention, as prescribed by the
action of the state executive committee,
to wit, from among the friends and sup
porters of the successful candidates in
said primary.
Eighth. that the executive committee,
elected as herein provided, shall meet st
the court house at 10 o'clock on the morn
ing of June z next, and receive from the
manager 1of said primary election the re-
suit, shall then elect their chairman and
proceed to canvas the votes cast in said
primary, to declare the result thereof, and
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