The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-03-26
Tranquil Meeting of Gen.
 tral Council. PRIMARY ON APRIL 10 No Trouble in Selecting Men
 For Polls. Aldermanic Candidates Yielded to Judgment of Candidates for Mayor of Montsomery-PoIIing
 Places are Chosen

With tranquility that has marked few | of the meetings of the Central Council or montgomery before a city primary the Central Council met last night in | the office of Colonel Charles P Jones It's President, and selected managers and clerks and adopted rules for the primary of April 10. when nominees fol Mayor and Aldermen will be chosen There was absolutely no discussion Ward candidates, candidates for Alder. | men-at-large and Mayoralty aspirants alike believed that they would get. fsil play in the coming primary and the
 unanimity of the meeting was surpris. ing.
 Several aldermanic candidates had submitted names for managers and clerks, but in every case, for the sake of harmony, they withdrew their rec concentrations and allowed those rec commended by the mayoralty candidates to stand.
 The meeting was called to order al
 o'clock in the office of Colonel Jones The following members of the Council were present:
 Ward 1-Joe Abraham, O. c. Dibble Ward 2-w. c. Smith and Dave Ford Ward 3-Henry N. Hughes. Ward 4-Charles P. Jones and W. M Browder Ward 5-J. H. Hardaway and John Corners.
 Ward 6-John J. Farley and Law renee Harrison.
 Ward 7-C. M Roemer and Will T. Sheehan.
 Rules of Election. Colonel Jones immediately>su Submitted the report of the Committee on Rules, composed of Charles P. Jones, D. w. Ford and w. T. Sheehan.
 The report was as follows:
 Be Is resolved by the Central Coun- cil of the Democratic Party of the City of Montgomery that the following rules be Adopted for the conduct of the pri- mary election heretofore called by this Council to be held on April 10th, next, for the purpose of selecting Democratic nominees for the several citiy officers to be elected in the regular election to be held in May next, and for the election of members of this Council
 "First-Said primary election shall be held under and pursuant to the gem eral primary election laws of Ala bama
 Before entering upon their duties. the several officers of election and watchers shall take the following oath. to be administered by one of them to the others:
 I soIemnly swear that l will per form my duties as an officer of this election according to law, so help me God
 "second-The polls shall be opened at each of the voting places at o'clock a. m. Monday, April 10. 1905. and shall remain open continuously until o'clock D. m. on said day when the same shall be closed. No ballot shall be re- ceived or cast except within the above stated time and during such time no
 hal fha nff1Nnfq Of the election and such voters as are actual ly engaged in preparing or casting their ballots. shall be permitted in the voting places.
 Qualification of Voters.
 ''Third-The following and no oth- CTS shall be entitled to vote in said primary: All white Democrats who are qualified electors under the general election laws of Alabama who will be legally entitled to vote in the regular city elections to be held in May next, and who have been legally registered by the city registrars, who will sup port the nominees of the party.
 "The fact that a voters pane ap- pears upon the official oity registration list furnished by the election mana gers shall be sufficient evidence of the registration of such voter and prima facie evidence of his ward residence.
 Each voter shall cast his ballot in that ward in which he will be legally entitled to vote in the next general city election to be held on May End. next.
 s'Fourth-The ballot of each voter shall be cast by a printed ticket pre- pared under the supervision of the Central Council. The managers shall furnish each voter that presents him self to vote with one of such printed tickets after one or more of the man agers shall have written their names or initials on the stub thereof, there upon such voter shall retire and forth