The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-07-28
Sub Com. Submits Plan
Approved by Chairman.
SCHEME is OPTIONAL
But Counties Wishing to Hold AII.dal
Primaries Must Follow Instructions
of Committee or Fall Back on
Old Plan of Organ
izatiOn.


The subcommittee appointed Tues
day evening by the State Democratic
Executive Committee to draft a rlan
of optional primaries provided for by
resolution and to submit the same TO
Chairman Simmons completed it's
work by two o'clock yesterday after
noon.
The new plan must be followed in
all cases where primary is desired to
be held; if the plan is not adopted,
nominations must be made under the
plan of organization heretofore pre-
vail1ng, the provisions of which are
as follows:
%. AT every precinct meeting there
shall (before the delegates to the
County Convention are elected) be q
vote taken for the different candidates
Tor Office, whose names may be pre-
scented and the delegates shall vote in
the County Convention of their re-
spective districts in accordance with
this vote; that is to say each candi-
date shall. receive in the County Con-
vention that proportion of the vote to
which the precinct may be entitled
which he received in the precinct
meeting. The chairman and secretary
OF the precinct meeting shall certify
TO the County Convention the vote
received by each candidate at the pre-
cinct meeting.
81. Each precinct shall be entitled
to cast in the County Convention one
vote for every twenty-five Democratic
votes, and one vote for fractions of
thirteen Democratic votes cast by the
township at the last preceding guber i,
Material election: Provided, that every
voting precinct shall be entitled to
cast one vote, and each precinct may
send as many delegates as it may see
fit.
IS. The chairmen of the Precinct
Committee shall preside at ell pre-
cinct meetings. In their absence any
other member of said committees may
preside"
The new plan which has been FORM
ally approved by Chairman Simmoni
and is now part of the party law
is as follows.
"Plan for holding primary elections
for the nomination Of Democratic
candidates for county and township
officers and members of the Legisla-
ture and township executive commit
tee, in pursuance of resolution adopt
ed by the State Democratic Executive
Committed at it's meeting held in
Raleigh on the 26th day of July. 1904,
''At its meeting held for the pur-
pose of calling a county conventions
to nominate candidate for county Of
fees and members of the Legislature
the County Democratic Executive
Committee may, upon motion, determ-
inc the question of nominating such
candidates by primary election as pro-
vided for in the following resolution
of the State Executive Committee:
Resolved, That this committee will
a n TU fO
adopted by the executive committee
of any county desiring to nominate
county candidates and members OF the
Legislature by a primary. That the
chairman is authorized to appoint a
subcommittee to formulate such a
plan, and when approved by the chair
man the said plan shall become a
part of the plan of organization. Where
any county executive committee MAJ
already called a primary, such county
executive committee may formulate
and promulgate its own rules for such
election already ordered. The plan
provided for in this resolution will not
supersede the present plan, except in
those counties adopting this plan.
How Plan May Be Adopted.
''That if before such meeting is
held there shall be presented to the
chairman of the county executive COM
mittee a petition i'll writing, signed by
one-fourth of the members of such
executive committee, or a petition IN
writing signed by at least one hundred
known Democratic voters of sucf
county, asking that a meeting of thu
county executive committee be held
for the purpose of considering the adj
visibility of nominating such candi.
dates by primary election, then it shall
be the duty of said chairman forth
with to call g meeting of his county
executive committee within ten days
TO act uron the said petition. In any
county where it has been decided by
the majority of the executive commit
tee to nominate candidates by primary
election, said election shall be held
under the following rules and regula-
lions:
Plan and Machinery.
esq. The time of holding the primary
election shall be not less than thirty
days before the general election, and
not less than fifteen days notice shall
be given of the time and places when
and wherd such primary is to be
held. When a primary election under
this plan shall be ordered, notice
thereof, giving the date and the va
rious balloting places and the names
of the persons appointed to hold the
same. shall be published in the Dem
ocratic press of said county, and copies
posted at every balloting place in said
county and such other notice given
as the county executive committee.
may think proper. In such primary
.sncTETfeN,a ton When s.l'e i the