The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-03
Fixed for August % by State
Democratic Committee.
MACON GETS CONVENTION
EaIIots to Contain Pledge from Voter
Declaring Himself an Organized
Democrat and Will Support this
Organized Democracy.

The Georgia state democratic prf-
mary will be held on August ~, 1906.
The state convention will be held in
Macon on September 4, 1906. The
county democratic committees will
meet at the court house On August %, {
at noon, to consolidate the votes cast
for the candidates. Voters will cast
their ballot direct for the candidates,
and the chairman of each county COM
mittee will appoint such delegates to
the state convention as the candidate
receiving plurality Of the vote in
each county shall name.
Each county shall be entitled TO
two delegates to the state conven-
tion for each member that it is en-
titled to in the house of representa-
tives.
Each ballot used in the primary
shall have as caption a pledge from
the voter in which he declares he Is
an organized democrat and promises
to support the organized democracy,
both state and national.
The word "align" is defined to
mean joining the organized demo.
cratic party and becoming a demo
crat in good faith.
All white democrats" as defined.
will be allowed to vote if they have
registered in 1905 or 1905.
Such were the main and most impor-
tant measures adopted by the Georgia
state democratic executive committee
at its meeting in Atlanta Monday.
Important features of the resoln-
tions adopted are the following para
graphs:
The official ballot to be voted In
said democratic primary election shall
have printed thereon the following
caption: 5
Estate Democratic Primary Election,
1906. M
"By voting this ticket, hereby de-
clare that am an organized democrat,
and hereby pledge myself to support
the organized democracy, both state
and national"
No ballot cast in said primary elec-
ticn without such caption and oblga-
ton shall be counted by the mama
gers.
While white voters, without regard
to past political affiliations, who de-.
sire to align themselves with the DEM
ocratic party, are hereby invited, In
good faith, to participate in said pri-
mary, this invitation Is extended only
tc such voters as accept it In the
same spirit of good faith In which It
is extend I'd.
Inasmuch as there has arisen con-
troversy Is to the intent Of the word
"align" in the foregoing, we declare
that, as herein dsed, it means to join
the organized democratic party and
become democrat in good faith.
In the event any ticket is voted In
said primary election with the name
Of any candidate for any Of the afore-
said Offices omitted therefrom, such
ticket or tickets shall be declared in.
valid, and shall not be counted.
No person shall have the right TO
vote in sad democratic primary cleo
ton whose vote has been purchased,
and no candidate who buys or pro-
cures to be bought votes In said pri-
mary shall receive the nomination OF
his party, and the democratic execu-
tive committee Of the county shall
have the power, and it is hereby made
it's duty TO throw out said purchased
votes, also all ballots which do not
contain tn, caption and pledge here
isbefore prescribed, and also to re-
fuse to declare as nominee any can
didate who purchases or procures to
be purchased any votes at said pri'
mary election.