The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-03
COUNTY COMMITTEE FIXES
 MARCH 14ASDATE OF PRIMARY

vOr. or course. giving the candidates aYla- pie time to develop their strength. but 1t is best to get rid of these matters as | soon as possible.
 "The next proposition is whether we shall have a separate primary or q State and county primary together. think the committee should insist on getting l rid of the matter as early as possible. l although it is more desirable to have the | two together. If the. primaries are held separately the vote will be small in both In a | county primary do not believe the vote | would be above 1000 and in a State cry county's vote would be over 1000. There has been a good deal of talk of the State committee ordering Sep | tember or August primary. but do not believe that the committee will do this. And I don't believe the State committee has right to pass on local matters un- less they are referred to the committee, It is possible for the State committee to order county primary. To avoid a con- fict we might name date in advance" Has 1t not been considered" asked MT. Pettus, that the Stateo Executive Committee gives the party law?" Mir. Rushton replied that this was not entirely so. He recalled the conflict in Madison county in 1892 during the Kolb- Jones campaign. between the State com mittee and the Madison county commit tee. MT. Rushton pointed out that the I county committee won out in the con- flict. c. P. Anderson suggested that the first | thing to be done was to decide whether l a primary or a convention should be held. | To settle the question he moved that a | primary be sheld for the nomination of county officers.
 The motion was adopted unanimously. Resolution by MT. Teasley. l To test the sentiment of the commit !, tee Mir. Teasley said he had drawn up a | resolution which he would offer. The committee. he said. could discuss 1t, and | act upon it as 1t saw fit.
 The resolution. he stated. met all the requirements of the State primary law. It was drawn up in accordance with that law.
 | The resolution in full was as follows: Resolved, By the Democratic Execu- | tive Committee of Montgomery County: 'First-That a Democratic primary | election shall be held in the several cleo tion precincts in this county on Monday, | March IA. 1904, for the purpose of nomi- | hating Democratic candidates for Pro- bate Judge, Tax Collector, Tax Assessor, County Treasurer, County Superintendent
 
 the Circuit Court, Coroner, one Justice of the Peace for Precincts Nos, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | and 6. and two Justices of the Peace for l Precincts Nos. 2, 8, 9, 10. Il, 12, B, IA, l5, Is. IT, IS, 19, 20 and 21, one Constable for | each precinct and one member of the Democratic County Executive Committee from each precinct; provided, however, l should the State Democratic Executive Committee at its meeting to be held on January 6, 1904, call a general primary election for the State to be held not later | than May 1. 1904, then the Chairman of | this Committee is hereby empowered and | instructed to change the date of the coun- ty primary to such date as may be de- | signated by the State Committee for the general primary.
 'Second-That every white qualified | eiector possessing the qualifications to be | fixed by the Democratic State Executive | Committee and who will be by law enti- | tied to vote in the next general election in
 the precinct in which he then offers to | vote shall have the right to vote at said i primary election.
 "Third--That said primary election shall
 be held and conducted in all respects in strict acordance with the general primary
 election laws of the State. | "Fourth-That all persons desiring to become candidates for any office must mo- | tify the chairman of this Committee of
 such fact in writing at least fifteen days prior to such primary election and at the
 same time pay to the Secretary of this
 Committee such amount as may be as- | sessed against him.
 | Assessment of Candidates.
 "Fifth-That the candidates for the sev-
 eral offices are hereby assessed the fol-
 lowing amounts for the purpose of de-
 fraying expenses of said primary, viz: | Each candidate for Judge of Pro l bate. .. .. .. .......................$1O0 $1O0 % | Each candidate for Tax Collector. 100
 Each candidate for Tax Assessor. 1OO.GC
 Each candidate for County Solicitor. 25.00
 Each candidate for County Treas | urer.. e. ........................ 1000
 Each candidate for County Superin- l tendent of Education. ............. 10 R
 Each candidate for Clerk of Circuit l court. ........:.--......... lu.V
 Each candidate for Coroner. .......... 5.OG | Each candidate for Justice of the
 Peace in Precincts to 6............ 5.0O Each candidate for Constable in Precincts 1 to 6....................... 2.JO | "Such assessments 10 be paid as here
 inabove provided.
 | "Sixth-That the polls at the several voting places must be open between and o'clock in the morning and remain open | until o'clock D. m., provided that m
 Precincts 1 to 6, inclusive polls shall re- main open until o'clock p. m. l "Seventh-That the Chairman of this 1 Committee shall prepare in suitable
 form full instructions to voters, mana
 gers and clerks of the election and ! shall also publish same in the daily pd- | pers at least fifteen days before such cleo | ton, and shall also send copy to each
 polling place on the day of the election. "Eighth-That on Thursday following | the primary election herein provided for | the County Democratic Executive Com mittee shall meet and canvass the re- turns from the several precincts of the county. The candidate receiving the hign' est vote for the office to which he as | hires shall be declared the nominee of the
 party for such office. Should any two | candidates receive a tic vote for any of- | flee, then second primary shall be held | between such candidates and no others. The same rule shall apply to the candi- dates for committeeman in the several precincts of the county"
 Discussion of Measure.
 John G. Crommein was of the opinion that March ii was a bad date for a pri- mary. He said there was liable to be bad weather in the middle of March. It was the usual time of the spring freshets. He suggested Monday, April Il, four weeks later, as a better date
 MT. Teasley said the March date was ramed for the benefit of the country vot- CTS. In the latter part of March and in
 the first part of April the farmers were
 planting their crops and they could not
 well afford to spare the time to go to