Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1902-11-28

the whole dlgeSuVe sySb5in'
the various Offices aud that
fair, honest and econom-
ical primary may be held, sub
committee consisting of three mem
bers of this committee, the chair
man and two others to be appoint
ed by him with the approval of the
committee, is hereby appointed and
given full power to act and do all
things necessary in the premises.
SAID committee shall make all nee
essary arrangements tor said pri-
mary and report its action at as
early date as it can, considering
the nature and extent OF the bus.
ness to be done, not later than jan
uary IS, 1908.
Third-That at said primary the
candidate receiving the highest
number of votes cast in the race for
the Office for which he is running
shall be declared the pahy nomi-
nee for that Office, and in the event
Of a tie vote for any Office, then the
same shall be determined as the
law directs.
Fourth-In said primary election
all known Democrats of lawful age
and such Democratic youths as will
be of lawful age at the regular Nc
vember election, 1908, shall be en-
titled to vote.
Mr.. Ringo pleaded for later
date and while looking for calen-
dar Chairman Young said "any
date will do" intimating that no
change would be made. Ringo and
Meacham voted for August and
finally against the whole thing.
Jones, Ayers, Higgins, Lasslng,
Lee, Morgan, w. A. Young and
Roark voted for the primary. Mr..
Roark said he was opposed to the
primary, but his constituents de-
manded his vote for it. Others
whose constituents opposed it unan-
lmously made no explanations.
Chairman Young, Lassing and
Ayers were named as a sub.com-
mittee to do the rest.
The primary plan was opposed
by all of the candidates except
those who expect to get on the ma
chine slate. Where the slate is
lacking. new men will be brought
out, notably for Lieutenant Cover
nor and Attorney General.
The committee refused to fix a
limit of $4,000 on the expense, al
though they claimed S16,1OO DIS the
maximum expense, or $500 to the
precinct. The officers are allowed
under the law IS for serving and
the sheriff 81 mileage, (average)
this item alone exceeding the entire
allowance.
The qualifications clause permits
all good Democrats to vote,
whether they are registered or not,
thus coming in conflict with the
State laws.
1t provides for the use of the coun-
ty ballot boxes, when they cannot
be lawfully emptied of their contents
in time for the election to follow. In
other words, it is not six months
from May to November 3, and the
boxes used are to contain the ballots
for six months after May 9. This
will make it necessary to get 1862
boxes at somebody S expense.
Other legal reasons why the pri-
mary cannot be lawfully set forth
are contained in the restraining or
der elsewhere in this issue.
The primary, if held. will be an
der the entire control of Beckham
partisans, backed up by the most
unscrupulous political buccaneers
in Kentucky. They will travel
over the State at public expense tc
fix up things, distributing money
and patronage wherever needed tc
carry out their plans to force Beck,
ham on the Democratic ticket and
invite defeat for the party. The
, plan may or may not succeed,