Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-05-02
THIS PRIMARY FOR DEMOCRACY

The State Executive Committee
has met and acted in behalf of the
democratic party of Georgia, and
not at the dictation of it's enemies.
The man who votes ticket in the
state primary must be bona fde
democrat or perjurer. 1t is to
be a white mans primary, in the
interest of the democratic party of
the Empire State of the South.
The Executive committee named
August 22nd as the date of the
state primary for Governor, state
house officers and members of Con-
greSs, and selected Macon as the
place for holding the State Con-
YentiOn and Sept. 4th as the date
there for.
Such was the action of the State
Democratic Executive Committee
in Atlanta on Monday.
Under the rules adopted by the
committee all white Democratic
voters who have registered in 1905
or 1906, not less than ten days be
fore said primary, shall have an
opportunity to cast their votes for
Democratic candidates and the
Democratic executive committee
in each county is thereby directed
to prepare and furnish to the man
ayers of each Democratic primary
a list of the qualified voters in
said county under the terms pro
Vided.
That the Democratic executive
committee of each county shall
consolidate the vote and declare
the result, and where candidate
receives plurality of the vote
cast the delegates selected to the
state convention shall be consid-
cred as instructed to cast the votes
of said county for such candidate
in the state convention.
The chairman of the Democratic
executive committee of each coun
ty shall appoint as delegates from
said county to the state conven-
ton such Democrats as the candi
date for governor entitled to the
vote of such county shall desig-
nate in writing. Each county
shall be entitled to two delegates
for each member that it is emit
tied to in the house of representa-
tives.
The official ballot to be voted in
said Democratic primary election
shall have printed thereon the fol-
lowing caption.
Estate Democratic primary cleo
ton 1906" "By voting this
ticket | hereby declare that I am
an organized Democrat, that I
hereby pledge myself to support
the organized Democracy both
state and national" No ballot
cast in said primary election with
out such caption and obligations
shall be counted by managers.
While white voters without re-
gard to past political affiliations
who desire to align themselves
with the Democratic party, are
hereby invited in good faith to
participate in said primary, an in
Vitation is extended only to such
voters as accept it in the same
spirit of good faith in which it is
extended.
Inasmuch as there has arisen a
controversy as to the intent of the
word "align" in the foregoing, we
declare that as herein used, it
means to join the organized Dem
ocratic party and become a Demo
crat in good faith.
The chairman of this committee
shall prepare form of official bal
lot to be used in said Democratic
primary election, containing the
caption prescribed above and the
names of all candidates for the of
fees named in paragraph /, and
shall furnish the same to the
chairman of each county Demo
cratic executive committee in the
state, at least ten days before said
primary election.
In the event any ticket is voted