Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1906-04-17
COUNTY COMMITTEE
IN IMPORTANT WORK
There Was q Great Deal Of Bust
ness at the Session Monday.
CANDIDATES WE'RE ASSESSED

County Are Made, and Lively Cam.
paign 10 Expected.
In compliance with the call, the
Democratic Executive Committee Of
Alachua county was held In the court
house at IL o'clock Monday morning.
the meeting having been called for the
purpose Of making the assessments Of
the various candidates, and otheTw lee
Arranging for the primaries to be held
on May 10 and June IL,
The meeting was called to order 1t
the proper time by Or. J. F. Nc
KiDStFy, chairman, with George Glib
bonS Of Archer, secretary, 10 HE usual
place.
The roll.csll showed the following
present;
District No. 2, Lacrosse, J, II. Ca.
son; No. 8, Alachus, jos. e. FUgaie ;
No. 4, Cow Greek, J, n OMeeD; No.
8, Trenton, A. Saunders; No. 7,
Gainesville, DR.. J. F, McKinStry, Jr.;
No. 10, MIcanopy, II. L. Montgomery
No. II, Archer, George Gibbons; M,
-, Arredondo, T. NJ. Venable; No.
Il, MelFose, John Fennell, by proxy to
A. W. Craig; No. 10, Windsor, J. X,
Feaster, by Captain j A. Tucker,
proxy; No, 10, Lake View, j. NJ.
Turner; No. II, Hague, W. A. Strlck.
land No. Is, OSceola. E. A. 0Steeu. by
proxy. Horace Osteen; No. 10, Orange
Heights, l.. II. Hall; No, 81, Bell, +,
H. Bryant
Chairman McKinstTy stated the
purpose OF the meeting. He said that
II was for the purpose Of making
arrangements for the holding OF the
primaries, and for determining the
amount to he assessed 10 the various
candidates for Office which would bs
included in the ticket for AlaohuA
county,
After Chairman McKinStry had eH.
planned the object Of the meeting,
there was expressed considerable en-.
thu1iasm on the part OF the candi-
dates There was difference OF opinion
% TO the matter OF assessing cAndi-
dates, bot Q motion prevailed that the
campaign committee be requested to
retire and make report, after due de-
alteration, OF the proper amounts to
DO assessed,
Chairman McKlnStTy, who 10 also q
member Of the campaign committee.
asked Hon. A, A. MeRas OF MelroSs
70 take ths chair. after which he re-.
tired With the committee,
The campaign committee returned
"a . few moments and made recon-.
msndation on the cost OF operating
che two primaries, The committee
stated that the coSI would ron close
into tefb. aud that II would BE- uscsS.
saTy 10 make The assessments 90 fol.
love-,
Rtats Senator, cal Legislature, ti6 I;
Treasurer, t7b; Collector, tooi AS,es.
soF, 900, Supervisor Of RegIStratioa.
el0i County Commissioners, tbi Mem.
beEs Of sehOo. Board, Is.
II vas ordered that this report be
received and adopted. and that cAndI.
dates bs required TO TcmIt Iho asseSs-
msaIs on or before the 96ih init. or
same Will not BE- entersd. Remit.
taEess shoald be made TO George CID.
bons, Archer, or J, y. MsKlhSISy, Jr..
Gainesville. chAirman Of The commit.
tee.
Chairman MsKlns,Ty was severe on
the state Executive Committee. lie
Ssated that the committee was sxsr.
elslnG evsry iuhussee 10 "Fua" the
people Of Florida. and that they had
gone TO woFk and demanded that oil
assessments should he paid the state
Committee By the ielh. Otherwise can.
dida,es Tor State oiKiees could not act
their names on the ticket, "Thh 10
absurd aud ridiculous" sald DR. Me-
Kin,,Ty "rhs State Committee masa
either ,Aks us for iools ~ good thiags,
bat they will BE- mistaken live In
Alaehua eouaII, bOI | ~oUh BE- the
same IL lived 10 another eoahly
How eau thpse people taks the right
aWay from " and mAAe 90 hold com
mittee meetings whenever they tesl
lihs eommAHdlnR Ne 10 do 80, The
pssii With the state Ccmmiilss. toe
&c are ,unAiaR thiaEs 10 sali The PEG.
pie Of The e0aAtry, Dot che STATE Com.
mittee.
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