The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1906-03-02
PRIMARYDATE
HAS BEEN SET
Meeting of State Democrat Com
mittee Held in Jacksonville.
THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY
Date Set for First Primary May t5--SecOnd
Primary June 2 Qualification of
Voters and Candidates.

The Democratic State Committee of
the State Of Florida hereby call and
provide for the holding of Democratic
primary election, to be held in compi-
ance with the laws Of Florida. said
primary election to be so held in each
county of the State of Florida at the
legal polling place in each election dis
trict, during the hours fixed by law for
the holding of elections, on Tuesday the
18th day of May, A. d. 1906, for the
nomination of all Democratic candidates
for office, State and county, to be voted
for by the Democratic electors at the
general election to he held on November
q, 1906, and to be appointed by the Demo-
cratic governor of the state between
the date Of the holding Of said primary
election and the time for holding the
primary election in A. ID. 1908.
Provided. That Il second primary,
where necessary under the provisions of
said laws, shall be held ON Tuesday, the
18th day of June, a, d. 1916, to choose
between the highest candidates where
nominations shall not have been made
by majority vote in the first primary
election and at such second primary
election onl y such electors rs were quail
fled to vote at the first primary election
shall be permitted to vote.
The Democratic committee calling said
primary election in compliance hereby
declares the terms and conditions on
which legal electors offering to become
candidates or to vote at such election
shall be regarded and taken as proper
members of the Democratic party, and
therefore entitled to participate!and be
candidates before and vote at such clec.
tons, as follows:
Those. and only those persons shall be
permitted to become candidates before or
to vote at or participate in the manage.
ment of any primary election held by the
Democratic party in Florida, who are
white Democratic electors, who declare
their adherence to the principles and
organization Of the Democratic party
National, State and county who are
by the laws of the State lawful electors
Of the district in which they offer to
vote. who have paid their poll taxes
legally due not less than ten day before
such primary election is held, and who
shall when challenged by any elcctor
pledge in writing upon oath before an
Inspector his honor to abide by and
support the result of such primary and
vote for the nominees thereof.
Each eector in the State qualified to
vote in said primary elections shall
have the right to vote for one candidate
for Representative in Congress. Two
candidates for justices Of Supreme
Court for term of six years, two candi-
dates for railroad commissioners, the
number of candidates for members of
the House of Representatives to which
his county is entitled by law, one candi-
date for county assessor of taxes, one
candidate for tax collector one candi-
date for county treasurer, five candi-
dates for county commissioners, three
candidates for members of the board Of
public instruction, one candidate for
supervisor of registration of electors.
Each such electOr in the Fifth, Sixth
and Eighth Judicial Circuits shall have
the right to vote for one candidate for
States attorney for his Judicial Circuit.
The voting in said primary election
shall be by ballot prepared and used in
accordance with the provisions of the
State election law, and shall be printed
and distributed under the direction of
the Democratic county committees of
the several countless and on said ballots
shall be printed the names Of all candi-
dates for State and national offices, ar
ranged in alphabetical order as fixed by
the Campaign Committee, and, next, in
the order which may be prescribed by
the respective county committees, the
names of all candidates for each county
oflice-al substantially in conformity
with the ballots used in general cleo
tons. DUNCAN y. FLETCHER
Chairman Florida State Dem. Com,
II. l.. DODD, Secretary.