The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-08-03
THEY MUST COME IN.
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party is a bigger thing than any of
the candidates. Let the committee of
the party call a primary election ami
ieI those VINO are Democrats enter it,"
Present Rules Won't Work.
Mr.. Willink did not see how a prim-
airy was to be conducted, with eight
candidates in the race, under the pres
ent primary rules of the party. These
rules contemplate a contest between
TWO factions and provide that each fac
tion shall have the right to name two
managers and one clerk at each box
MI. Wlllink was unable to see how the
selection of managers was to be made
IN such manner as to give all the can
olQates representation.
Then Mr.. Lawrence withdrew a mart
OF his motion. that part of it which
named day for holding the primary.
ana lett 1t so that it provided simply
that primary should be held and that
committee should be appointed to
confer with the County Commissioners.
ma out when the regular election will
take place and report back TO the ex-
ecutive committee the information thus
secured
Mr.. John Juchter managed to at
tract the eye of the chairman at this
Juncture He said he did not want to
Vole lot primary unless he was ad-
Vlsed beforehand what sort of a pri
mary it was likely to be.
L don't want any more primaries"
ne said, like that we had last year.
don't want to see the scenes that
were witnessed on that occasion .e-
peated. Vote buying, and, what is lust
as bad, the driving of poor laborers
to the polls and making them vote.
ought to be stopped. It's time they
were stopped
Il will say for the information of
Mr.. Juchter," SAID the chairman. that
no primary has ever been held under
the rules at present in force in the
party in this county. AS for vote buy
ing and selling the state law looks after
that"
Well, it never has looked after it."
retorted Mr.. Juchter.
why don't you join the Law and
Order League, Mr.. Juchter?" Mr.. Law
renee queried, and quiet laugh went
through the court room.
The Primary Approved.
Mr.. w. T. Leopold said that the
County Commissioners seemed to have
practically decided. though they have
taken no official action on the subject.
that the regular election will not be
held until October. There was no use,
he thought. of holding the primary too
far in advance of that time, as there
were very many residents and voters
of the county who are away and
would be away until the last of Sep
TENDER or the early part of October.
Mr.. Willink then moved to amend
Mr.. Lawrence's motion. by striking out
that portion of it which called for a
primary and adding a provision for the
appointment of a committee of four,
two from either faction of the party
represented on the committee, to draft
rules for a primary and report at
subsequent meeting. This amendment
was lost, the vote being eight to eight
and the chairman voting against it,
thus breaking the tie and defeating the
motion.
The original motion of Mr.. Lawrence,
that primary should be held and that
a committee should be appointed to
confer with the County Commissioners,
touching the date of the regular cleo
ton, was then placed on it's passage
and carried by vote of ten to six
This committee the chairman will APP
point before the meeting of the COM
on next Thursday. This ac-
ton taken, the committee adjourned.