The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-06-19
THE ELECTION JUDGES


! The democratic executive commit
/ tee OF Ellis county was in session
nearly four hours yesterday after
noon arranging the details for hold
| ing the primary election Saturday
July rs About twenty members of
/ the committee were in attendance
Chairman J. C. Lumpkins presided
over the meeting.
The first matter to receive the
committees attention was the pre-
paration of the official ballot A
subcommittee, composed of w l..
Harding, O. A. Finley and T. A
Beatty, was appointed to take charge
of all certificates flied by candidates
and TO make up the ticket therefrom,
the places on the ticket being deter
mined by lot
While this committee wes out the
work OF the executive committee was
continued
The question as to whether one
or more primary elections should be
held in the county was discussed al
some length by the members of the
committee Mr.. Beck of Milford
moved that one primary be held and
that the candidate receiving plu-
rality of all the votes be declared the
nominee. The motion was adopted
II was moved that election judges
be paid s1.00 for holding the pri-
mary election and s100 to election
Judge for bringing in the returns of
the election. To this motion was
offered a substitute that the pay of
judges be 81 so and that they be al
lowed Sl.00 for returning the ballot
boxes. Several members of the COM
mittee spoke in opposition to the
original motion and to the substitute
Considering the great amount of
work imposed upon judges holding
a primary election it was urged that
$500 for these services was reas-
enable amount. AS substitute to
the substitute it was moved that the
pay of judges be fixed at $500 for
be allowed $500 for each voting boy
for bringing the returns to Waxa
hachie The first substitute wa
withdrawn and the second wa
adopted A vote was not taken OF
the original motion.
> j. r. Gill of this city was nomi
mated by the committee as candi
; date for chairman of the county exc
cutive committee for the next two
years, His name has been placed on
the ticket to be voted on along with
the other candidates.
The following committee was APP
pointed to look after the matter of
purchasing supplies for the election,
which will include rubber stamps,
tally sheets, etc. Walter Hamilton.
w. l.. Harding and o. A. Finley This
committee will consider bids and
award the contract for the above
supplies,
The following subcommittee was
Iappointed to meet in WaXahachie the
second Monday in July and make
final revision of the official ballot so
|
printer All candidates for district
county and precinct must pay to the
county chairman on or before Mon
day, June %. the amount assessed
against each by the committee The
candidate who fails to comply with
this requirement will forfeit the
right for his name TO appear on the
official ballot and viii be stricken
from same by the above committee
AT lis meeting the second Monday in
July Candidates who cannot see
Chairman 4 c. Lumpkius iu person
should remit TO him at once.
Presiding judges for holding the
primary election at the several yot-
ing boxes In the county were then
appointed These judges will select
their own associate Judges and
clerks The list is as follows.
North WaNahaghle q w. Broad
head West WaNahlshir. " p Mi
zell South WaNahachi, q r. Aday.
East WaNahachjr g. Is Cauthou,
West Ennis " vs. Briess North
east Ennis joe BuVk.us southeast
Ennis. Dr r. e. Mat Southwest En-
mis- Geo W Dordyn Forstou. Capt
IC Forrv-t Nash " U Williams
Ferris " " rdVeI Palmer ,
| " Forrhand BRISTOL WN ueuur,
LELAND s. Il Iaps-uu U.aHu. AieN
RABkiu Mlfnrd d. d. It'.- West
lIun lesI Wafd Eaal H3.r Fow
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