Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-03-29
WANT A PRIMARY
Reform League Committee Be.
fore City Executive Committee.
Ask For Primary to Select a Council Ticket
Assessments Upo. Candidates For
salarlcd Offices to Pay Expenses of pri-
mary April 18th, and 10th.

The City Democratic Executive Com
mittee held q meeting last night at
Chairman Dey's Office. at which mat
ters of Importance TO the party were
| considered
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of fixing the assessments upon the
various municipal salaricd offices to
raise fund for conducting the pri-
mary. April 18th and 18th, but a COM
mittec from the City League for Good
| Government took advantage to go be-
fore the Executive Committee and ask
| for a primary for the selection of can
| didates for the Councils. This matter
was first considered by the committee.
Colonel C. A. Nash. chairman. and
Messrs. G. Taylor Gwathmey and Chas.
1. StengIe, Executive Committeeman of
| the City League for Good Govern
ment. composed the committee from the
| league. Each OF these gentlemen ad-
| dressed the committee briefly. stating
| in substance. that they came to ask
that primary for the selection of a
| Council ticket be ordered and a date
fixed therefor The City League for
| Good Government, they said was COM
| posed of Democrats who, besides dcsir-
| ing to promote harmony i'm the ranks
! of the party, were endeavoring. as were
the members of the City Democratic
| Executive Committee. to bring about
| good government in municipal affairs
| TO that purpose the league wanted to
| act in conjunction with the committee
| y letter from the Good Government
League. requesting the primary. which
| was sent to the committee several days
ago. was read.
| After discussion OF the matter. Mr..
t. j. Randolph. secretary of the COM
mittee. offered the following resolu-
ton. which was adopted:
Resolved. That in reply to the let
ter received from the City League for
Good Government. the City Democratic
Executive Committee desires to say
| through the committee which has adj
dressed them this evening that the
| Executive Committee will fix the time
when they will discuss with the league
the question of holding a primary for
the Councils and will communicate the
| same 10 them in due time"
A DATE SUGGESTED.
During the discussion, the sense OF
| Whlch was favorable to n primary, it
| was suggested that the night of ADril
18th. the date of the second days pri-
mary for salaried Offices. be fixed as
| the time for holding the Councilmanic
| primary. The primary law makes night
| ward primaries for Councilmen legal.
IL was stated that the expenses of the
primary would be borne by individual
| contributions.
THE ASSESSMENTS.
The subcommittee. consisting of
Messrs. w. II. Jaques, w p. Obern-
dorfer, James II. Hill, r. NJ. Dozier. w.
| IL. johnson and Thomas 7. RandoInh
| 10 report III,
the primary for salaried officers. made
It's report. IL recommended that 81. 700
be raised by assessing the candidates.
| IniS amount is about $500 higher than
has been raised in the past for pri-
maries. 1t is TO be raised by assess
ment against each office, to be borne
equally by the candidates, as, for in
stance, $500 being assessed against the
| city TreasurerS Office. each of the two
candidates for that Office will pay 500.
The assessments are as follows: Of
lice OF Mayor. $50; City Sergeant, $3.50;
City Collector sl75; City Attorney. SIS;
Commonwealth's Attorney. $50: Clerk
of Market. $50; Keeper of Almshouse,
$50; Keeper of Cemeteries. $40: Sealer
of Weights and Measures, S25; City
GuaSer, $40; Street Inspecto tor, $40: Ply
eician to Almshouse, SIS; City Treas
urer. 5000; Clerk of Courts, $3.50; Com
missioner of Revenue, $3.50.
CANDIDATES. PAYDAY.
The committee decided that the can
didates should pay their pro rata share
Saturday. April 7th, between the
hours of 10 and p. M, at such place
as the treasurer of the committee, Mr..
w. P. Oberndorfer. should name. 1t
was also decided that the candidates
must pay down the full amount in cur
| rency or certified checks on city banks.
The judges of election at the pri-
| mary are to receive $40 for the first
days work and So for the second, and
| the clerks So per day
It is said that some OF the candi-
dates are dissatisfied with what they
claim is an excessive assessment, the
| primaries held in the past having cost
| several hundred dollars less.
| Rishop RandoIpn's AppoIntments