Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1906-07-31
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Lad the date of the state primary, would be
~ bpted, as it would save the extraordinary ex-
5 1Nnse that every election costs the people who
raj Eend elections, especially the farmers. 1t is
id expensive luxury for the average farmer.
AtNho lives say five miles from his polling place. to
u6Etend an election. His time and the time of his
lam is worth two or three dollars at least and
Yo& here there is anything like thousand voters,
n amounts to quite an item.
u There seems to have been no earthly ex-
cuse for setting the primary for the selection OF
The sheriff and treasurer on date other than
the date of the state primary, all the candidates
have been in the race several weeks, there was
quite ample time for a thorough canvass and, so
far as we are advised the candidates were
willing to have the primary set about Aug 22nd.
Then nobody was prepared for turbulent
meeting of the executive committee.
But state politics had crept in.
Solicitor of the city court, A. ]. Mcdonald,
had secured proxy. Nobody knows why the
solicitor of the city court would want proxy on
the county committee, and probably none would
deny him the right to hold one if he could Sc
cure it. Sol. Mcdonald who by the way is
Howell man, (most solicitors are they tell u.s.
held the proxy of Tax Collector w. w. u.
Branch. We do not know who Mr. Branch tav-
ors for Governor, but everybody knows how Sol.
Mcdonald stands. Committeeman II. L. Fletch-
Ell was present. Mr. Fletcher is rather favor
able to Estill, but tells the Enterprise that he
will vote for Hoke Smith. Mr.. E. ]. Hogan was
present, he is another Hoke Smith man and he
held the proxy of J. W. Hanlon, an Estill man
who will probably vote for Hoke Smith, Cor that
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o. Sutton held the proxy of Mr. Moses Daniel,
both are strong Hoke Smith men. ]. H. Dormi-
new and Mr. Dickson, both Hoke Smith men were
ruled out and did not act with the committee.
Mr.. David Clements represented County Judge
J. B. Clements Clark Howell man (nearly all
the county judges are Clark Howell mem.
chairman Ryman is said to be a Clark Howell
man.
So we have the spectacle of an executive
committee with virtually nine members to wit:
RYMAN, CLEMENTS?BR FETCH
Err? HANLON? HOGAN? DANIEL? DICK
SON and DORMINEY, two of whom are favor
able to Clark Howell attempting to perpetrate
scheme (to use mild term) by which it was
hoped to help that candidate, in setting the
date for the county primary. 1t was contest
between the lawyers, who usually fix" things,
and the farmers, who seem to have made up
their minds to vote, this time 1t was argued
by the lawyers, the solicitor and the county
judge, through his proxy, that some other day
besides that of the state primary should be Sc
1ected for nominating the candidates for sheriff
and treasurer, but the farmer members of the
committee thought it would be unnecessary
tax on their time to arrange for two elections,
and for nearly two hours the contest was
warm one'' as one of the participants charac-
terized it. Dickson and Dorminey having been
ruled out the contest stood with the chairman,
the county Judge and county solicitor on one
/ side and four nervey farmers on the other.
motion TO reconsider the date first adopted, Aug.
22nd was up when adjournment for dinner was
taken, and the solicitor took one of the good old
farmers to dinner with him, which he had
perfect right to do, but the status not
changed by the incident and a few minutes
after the committee convened it was evident
that the farmers had won out, as they will do on
the 22nd. of August.
We do not know the motive that actuated
the solicitor and county judge in their effort to
set separate date for the county primary, but
one OF the committee suggested that it was with
the view of having the farmers as little interest
ed as possible in the Aug. 22nd primary that
if the county primary was held a few days be-
fore the state primary that possibly many
farmers would lack interest enough to turn out,
and thus the election be left largely to the
town people and politicians We don't know
about that, but we know that the Hoke Smith
sentiment with the committee and with the
people throughout the country is strong enough
to make good counting on Aug. 22nd
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In order to be qualified to participate in the
gubernatorial primary of August 22d, il is es-
sential that you shall have registered. The
books are now open for that purpose, and will