The Green Forest tribune., 1900-05-31

say ClefoDy that the voters mean to affiliate with the Democratic party and vote the Democratic ticket, and if they are not hypo- crits they will act in good faith and vote with the Democrats in the coming election, and support the Democratic nominees; who says they will not ;? If it was not a legalized election then the com mittee can open the tickets and count and publish just how every Republican voted and how many voted who had no right to vote in a Democratic primary. Come, Professor, we will count. Don't get your zeal and imagination worked up to such pitch, don't be so selfish; quit kicking, crying and pleading the baby act.
 There will be another chance for your man or men, who, I un- derstand, do not indorse your course and your weak effort to cause dissatisfaction in the Demo- cratic party and thereby to strengthen the opposition and try to effect the defeat of some of our County Democratic nominees, which cannot be done. I tell you here and now that they will all be elected.
 Now, as to the certificate that should have been filed 20 days be- fore the primary. It was the committees business-all of them-to see to this, but the Chairman and Secretary should have attended to this as we'll as all the other details entrusted to them by the full committee. We overlooked and did not think of this certificate until a day or two after the time to file with County Clerk. Then we did think of it. We did not Intentionally overlook itor forget it as the Professor will have you believe. The certifi- cate two years ago was filed back, and two years before that, none was filed, is my recollection.
 The primary election this year was held just as legal as a Pri- mary ever was held in this county or as the same can be held, ex- cept the Judges ought not to have allowed illegal votes. They should not have permitted Repub- licans or Democrats or any other man to vote who would not sup port and vote for the nominees voted for at the Primary on 21st of last month, for County, State and United States nominees. Such were the printed instruc- tions, in all the county newspa- pers, in the call of the Central Committee for the County Con- vention and primary election. Now, if the Judges failed to com ply with these instructions-and some of them did, I am informed and believe, but not many of them. This I do not indorse but condemn as much as anyone.
 The law of 1895 regulating pri- mary elections is defective and not binding. I hold that no pri- mary can be held as legal gen. eral election under the acts of 1895.
 The law should be amended so that sworn officers of the law can hold the primary elections.
 Hence we have to rely upon party patriotism, honesty, and fair dealings, and have to correct errors that may occur in the par ty, not out of it.
 Now as to the Judges that Prof. Burney seems to think such a bad lot of men, who were appointed by me, as Chairman, and Reid Goudelock, as Secretary of the Central Committee, as instructed by said committee.
 We made the list of Judges not thinking of any candidates in terest. It was hard to think them up. A number of lists had been :; sent to us from from some town ships and we did the best that we could. The candidates were, all our friends and are yet, so far as I know.
 We have naught against them, any of them, and we have not heard any of them kicking or be- ing sore except one or two who have gotten ever it and are now