The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-21
FLORIDA PRIMARY LAW
COL. APPLEYARD TALKS OF
 POLITICS IN HIS STATE
us Lives at Lake City, is sssrssary of the Senate and is Widely Tn- formed-Formsriy Resid-
 ed in. Selma.

Col. T. J. Appleyard of Lake City. Fla. Secretary of the Florida State Senate. was in Montgomery between trains yes teraay. He is widely informed cn Flor ida political affairs and talked interest ingly of the primary election law of that State. and the working of 1t.
 Florida Democrats at the last State Convention" said Colonel Aapleyard, ''eecided in favor of primary elections. end appointed a committee to frame law. This was presented to the Legsla- ture of 1901 and rejected. But that body russed another law, that, with somc slight changes. will be about what we want. Its provisions are that whenever the Executive Committee of any political rarty in the State decides to take the expression of said party in the matter of the nomination of United States Sena- tor, Congressman, or State or county officers, the provisions of this law shall apply. Then follows the method of pro- cedufe. and the manner of making re- turns. The County Committees and the Congressional Committees make returns to the State Committee which declares the result and which acts as a board of appeal from the county and district com mittees''
 In reply to a question as to how the law was working. Colonel Appleyard said It WdS e4pefIIucuJdI, Dut H0 UcucNCu thC people would keep 1t with some changes. At present. it is contended that the State Executive Committee has too much pow CT, but this will be remedied at the next session of the Legislature.
 '"The plan Is that candidate must have a majority of votes cast" said Colonel Appleyard. when the gentlemen who are contesting for place would like ly be satisfied with a plurality. This necessitates two primaries. Our first one will be on July E. and the second on August 12. Of course. we will have a State convention every four years will have to be adopted, and delegates to a national convention selected. It would be impossible to do this by primary"
 Colonel Appleyard said his State had gotten over the effects of the last great freeze, and the taxable property of Flor ida was greater today than it was before that disaster He said Governor Jen- nings was giving the State an admirable administration of affairs, and was the representative of the young Democracy of the State
 Colonel Appleyard is very proud of the fact that Lake City. where he resides. has secured the State Fair.
 We've small town of 5000 inhabi- tants," said he, but every man is a hustler. We are building a large new hotel. and your people may be interested in the fact that a former Montgomery man. Mir. J. W. Chappel. is to be its manager He will open the hotel. about the middle of September.
 Columbia County, in which Lake City is located. is strictly an agricultural section. where only the finer grades of sea island cotton are raised. and it's ex- ports last year. with population of only about 2O.Oo0. amounted to over s3.250.- 000 One farmer at the State Fair last fall had on exhibition over ninety dif- ferent products from his farm-something that hardly another county in the South ern States could show. Over a half million dollars worth of new buildings are now under construction in Lake City, from additions to the State college, and a new court house costing S4O.00o, down to small cottages"
 Colonel Appleyard was formerly resi- dent of Selma. but has lived in Florida | for over twenty years. He is Secretary
 of the State Senate. and the Press Asa sociation of the State. and prominent in political affairs He left last night for his home.