The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-24
Provision Made For Sec
 Ond Primary. MONTGOMERY'S ELECTION Candidates Assessed and Con-
 mitteeS Named. Democrats Provide for Two Polling Places in Ward Seven, and Agree to Meet Again Next Saturday
 Evening.

held last night at 8 o'clock, the thirty
 three candidates for places in the mu-
 nicipal primary election to be held April 10. were assessed $270 to cover the ex-
 penses of the primary. committees were appointed to fix rules and regulations governing the election and to select
 polling places and other unimportant business was transacted.
 It was determined that the success
 full candidate for the nomination as
 Mayor of Montgomery should receive a
 majority of the votes cast and in case no candidate received majority that second election be held on April IF, to
 decide the contest between the two
 candidates receiving the highest num- expenses of the second primary are to
 be borne by the candidates who are to
 be voted for at that time.
 Those Who Were Present.
 The meeting of the Central Council was hled at the office of its President, Colonel Charles P. Jones at 15 South Perry Street. and in addition to the members of the body number of can didates and their friends were present. The members of the Central Council
 who answered to the roll call were as follows:
 Ward 1-Joe Abraham and o. c. Dib- ble.
 Ward 2-D. W. Ford and W. c. Smith. Ward 3-Henry N. Hughes. Ward 4-C. P. Jones and W. M. Brow
 der. Ward 5-J H. Hardaway. Ward g. J. J. Farley and Lawrence | s. Harrison.
 | Ward w. T. Sheehan and Carl | Roemer.
 When President Jones called the
 Council to order Mir. Browder submit
 ted the skeleton of resolution cover
 ing everything for which the commit teemen had met, to be used as work ling basis.
 The resolution provided for the ma jority basis for candidates for Mayor
 which was objected to by MT Abraham.
 He said he failed to see any good req
 son why the plurality rule should not
 apply to candidates for Mayor as well las for Aldermanic candidates. MT. Ford. replying to MT. Abraham.
 said that a plurality vote for Mayor
 would not represent the sentiment of the people of Montgomery and he favor ed the majority plan. Otherwise, said
 Mir. Ford, an injustice would be done the people and the Democratic party.
 He said 1t was the duty of the Central
 Council to represent the party and not the candidates. a-. l Sneendn dBTeeQ Wlln rOTu He said candidate elected by the plu-
 rality plan would be a minority candi- Idate. He urged the Democratic princi- pie of majority rule.
 | The Central Council then took up for lconsideration the resolutions as pre-
 scented by MT. Browder and 1t was read
 and adopted seriatim. there being a few
 unimportant changes which were Iagreed to without division. Resolutions as Adopted. e l The resolutions as finally adopted by
 the Central Council were as follows: | Resolved by the Central Council of
 the Democratic Party of the City of | Montgomery,
 First-The president of the Central l Council Is hereby instructed to have
 prepared sufficient number of official
 ballots for use In the coming city primary. Said ballots shall comply with the election laws of the State and | shall contain the names of all candi-
 dates for Democratic nomination for Mayor. for Aldermen Large and Ward Aldermen for the City of Mont | gomery and of candidates for members | of the Central Council, who shall have
 complied with the following conditions
 on or before March :S. 1905, to-wit: | Any Democrat desiring to submit his name to the voters in the coming l lOE | nation for Mayor, Aldermen -at-L Large, | Central Council shall apprise the presi- dent of the Central Council in writing | of the fact that he Is such candidate l and shall pay to the treasurer the fol- l lowing assessment:
 Candidates for Mayor, $25. Candidates for Aldermen-at-L Large.
 $12.5O.
 Candidates for Ward Aldermen, $. hot date for Mayor receiving a majority of all the votes cast for that office in said primary shall be the nominee of the Democratic Party for Mayor. In the l event no candidate for Mayor shall re- | ceive a majority of the votes cast for | that office then in such event there shall | be held a second primary election for I Mayor on the 18th day of April, in which second primary the two candi- l dates who receive the highest vote for Mayor on said 10th day of April shall | be voted for for that office and no other ! candidate shall be eligible to enter said primary: provided, that if a second primary Is necessary the expenses Of
 the second primary shall be borne by
 the candidates in that primary. ''The three candidates for Alderman at-Large who shall receive the largest number of votes cast for such offices shall be the nominees of the Demo- cratic Party for Aldermen-a Large. As to AldermanIc Candidates. '"The two candidates for Ward Alder men Inthc several wards who shall re- ceive the largest number of votes cast in their respective wards for said of fees shall be the candidates of the Democratic Party for Aldermen from such wards.
 ''The two candidates for members of Central Council in the several wards who shall receive the largest number of votes cast in their respective wards | for said offices shall be members of | the Central Council from such wards; provided, should the vote for any two or more candidates other than candi- dates for Mayor be a tie, such candi-
 dates shall run over again for the of | fee for which they tied in a second primary to be held two days after the
 said primary of April 10th next. Resolved, third. That the managers, clerks and returning officers of the sev- eral wards for the aaid primary shall be selected from a list furnished by the several candidates and shall be ap- portioned between the several candi- dates as nearly equal as possible. That each candidate upon apprising the president of his candidacy is requested | to suggest to this Council a list of names from which the managers, clerks and returning officers of the several wards ir which such candidates arc to be voted shall be selected. Resolved. fourth, That each candi- daf in aafd election may papaA a