The Weekly Tallahasseean., 1900-08-30
RULES FOR PRIMARY
Adopted by State Executive
Committee Last Week.
CAMPAIGNS TOBE SEPARATE
Capital Contest and Stat& Officials
Canvass Not to be Mixed:

AN important meeIIn OJ lnG
Democratic State ExecUk i've Com
mittee was held in Jacks snville last
Friday morning, afternOOk and even
ing sessions being held. Che attend
ance was unusually large8 rs of the
81 members of the committee being.
present. The most impOk ktant work
of the meeting was the a&ion taken
upon the report OF the SI ecl&l COM
mittee selected at a preI ous meet
ING to formulate rules a i'd regula-
tions to govern the priR Rlary to be
held 10 determine the ST. ste Capital
location issue.
\ doubt having recentIt arisen as
10 the eligibility of Hon. &. NJ. Bars
as a candidate for Preside hltial Elec-
tor, on account of his beil City At
torney of Jacksonville, NJ Barrs,. in
order to settle all dOubtk rendered
his resignation as ca5didate for
Presidential ElcctOr, and Ion. S. j.
IIilburn, of Palatka, an alternate,
was elected to fiji the vacRlcy.
The following rcsOluts I'm offered
by Hon. j. Emmct WOlfE of Pen
Sacola was adopted:
"Rc>olvcd, That the htirmaE and
secretary and five other Il embers of
this committee, TO he ap tOinted by
the chairman. be cOnStitu4d a cam
paign committee TO manage all mat
terS pertaining to the elecKIOn of the
nominees of the State Con sentiOn."
Chairman Frank Clark kas not yet
announced who the five hppOintive
members Of the campaign committee
are TO be.
Mr.. Wolfe also offered he follow
ing resolution, which was tdopted:
'sResOlved, That the va ious cities
which are candidates fCIF ! the State
Capital site be allowed to make their
own campaign free from control of
this committee, and that she Capital
removal question shall NJ It be dis
cussed at any meeting helTunder the
auspices of this committed
After several hours of Interesting
discussion, at the afternoO1 and even
ing sessions, the following luleS and
regulations for the gov Brning of
primaries, were adopted:
Whereas, The D"mOcS bite State
Convention, held in Jackst lville, be-
ginning on the 18th day q June, A.
d. 1900, in its platform. u1 PnimOuSly
adopted, did declare and + fOvide for
the nomination of all canV idates for
office, both State and couI ty, and of
United States Senators, bk major
ity vote, in white Democ ntic prim-
ary elections, held under the pro-
visions of law. which shd = provide
all possible protection 2ga nst fraud,
bribery, intimidation al n other
vicions influences, said pr maries to
be uniform and held thrO4 4IhOut the
State on TIE same dayI and did
pledge the Democracy to e passage
of all laws to that end, s nd did in
struct the Democratic Stat commit
tee to provide for and s. kperintend
the holding Of and declare knd certify
the results Of such primary elections
wherever it shall become lecessary,
by end of tenn, death, seslk knation or
Otherwise, to elect or al point any
such officer; and,
Whereas, Said conve Elton did
Likewise order and provide that the
question of the removal OF he seat of
State government and tie uestiOn as
30 the holding of a Constitutional
Convention should be settk led by the
white Democratic electO1k Of the
Stale at primary election be held
at the time of holding the 2tate cleo
ton, November 6, 1900, be par
ticipated in only by white Democrats
who in said general elediOn shall
have voted for the candida les of said
Democratic State COn7en ion, and,
that the Democratic State Committee
sbalI provide for the holdir B, return
ing, carvassing and certifying of
returns Oh such primary election;
and
Whereas, Said DemocrEtie State
Convention did further O der and
provide that at said primary election
shall be nominated, by maj rity vote,
such appointive county off SPrs as it
may appear will be necesEtr Try to be
appointed during the next Wo years.
and have not heretofore bA EN- nomi-
mated; Provided, That if o candi-
date receives a majority vo1 for any
such office the two highest q ndidates
shall be voted for at a 81 7bsequent
primary.
CALL FOR PRIMARYf
Now, therefore, The D. nOcratic