The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-09
WARD { RACE IS ON
CENTRAL COUNCIL FINALLY AN
 RANGE THE PRIMARY.
Three Candidates for Alderman f"s Their Assessments--Polls 10 oe Open From 8 q. m., to p' m.
 Next Monday.

T I,oe Holloway and pr. S. H. Saul of Cloverdale and N. w. l.. thompson of Highland Park last night paid the s10 assessment required by the Central rouncil from Aldermanic candidates from tbe new ward, and are in the ward race to the end
 Yesterday was really the first active day of the Ward campaign. The can- didates had previously announced ans had discussed the situation with their friends. Yesterday they began agres- siye. systematic work The ward IS being thoroughly canvassed and all the voters now know that three cor nered fight for two places is on.
 The Central Council met last night to further arrange the details of the primary. The principal business transacted was the selection of the managers of the two boxes and the fix = ing of the qualifications of the voters who are to take part in the primary. All three candidates with several friends were present at the meeting.
 The primary is to be held on Mon day August 15. As soon as the mana gers count the votes they will certify to the Central Council and the Central Council will in turn certify to the City Council which will formally elect the two nominees of the primary.
 At the meeting of the Central Coun- cil which was held in the office of Chairman Charles P. Jones the mem bers present were:
 Ward 1-Joe Abraham.
 Ward 2-Dave Ford and w. c. Smith.
 Ward 3-Not represented.
 Ward 4-Charles P. Jones and Will liam Browder.
 Ward 5-John Connors and J. Il. Hardaway.
 Ward 6-J j. Farley and Lawrence Harrison.
 The report of the special committee named to secure correct list of the voters of the ward for use by the managers was presented by MT. Ford. The committee had been informed by the county officials that it would be inn possible to secure an absolutely cor rect list of the voters living in the new ward. The ward was made up of ter ritory taken from Beats 3, 4, 17 and 21 and no reliable list could be secured. The committee recommended that the managers be required to ask each voter as he presented himself q series of questions which he was to answer under oath He is to be asked if he is a resident of the territory embraced in Ward ', if he is a qualified voter
  to February 1, 1904.
 Before the report of the committee was adopted it was so amended that persons who had moved out of the ward in the past three months should be entitled to vote. This amendment was made after it was shown that the constitution made explicit statement upon this question. The committees report was then put in the form of a
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 There was some discussion as to the location of the two polling places. but the matter was again left to the presi- dent and secretary to decide. They will make it public through the paper.
 The selection of managers gave the committee no trouble. The following list of managers was handed in as hay ing been agreed upon:
 For the Cloverdale box w. T. Shee- han. W. T. Hodges and J. l.. Walker.
 For the Highland Park box, J. NJ. Stuckey, Carl Roemer and L. A, Baarcke.
 MT. Thompson. the Highland Park candidate, asked the committee to change the hour for closing the polls from 5 D. m. to 6:30 D. m. The closing hour originally agreed upon, he said, would prevent a number of voters in the ward from casting their ballots. The council readily agreed to the re- quest. The polls will be open from 8 a. m. to p. m.
 Treasury Hardaway announced that the assessment of each candidate to nay the expenses of the primary would be $l0 and that what remained over would be prorated among the candi- dates Each of the three candidates stepped forward and paid their assess ments.
 The Council adjourned to meet again Monday night at o'clock.
 The time in which candidates might file their names with the secretary of the Central Counvcil did not end last night as was enormously supposed The candidates may enter their names c L. ar.r