The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-01
PATTERSOEMEN
OPPOSE PRIMARY
GOVERNORS LEADERS WOULD
DENY PEOPLE RIGHT TO
MAKE NOMINATION.
EXPERIENCE OF OTHER STATE!
some iHtPcsstins Positieal Gossip
Frsm the caVstAi u
Tennessse.

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. a6.-Ths
tne Patterson forces viii resist tn
Carmack demand for a gubernatorIs
primary is becoming more evider
every day. Several Of the administr,
tfon leaders here have been int,
viewed duing the last wsek. an,
while, for obvious reasons, they vii
not consent to be quoted. without eS
ception they have announced their on
position to the primary plant Man
arguments are advanced against til,
plan, but the principal reason is tina
convention win be necessary TO form
ulate a platform. This objection. ha,
however, been answered by Senator
Carmack, who has suggested that the
delegates to the convention be elected
from the several counties on the day
that the primary for governor is held
In this connection the Carmack PEG.
pie are preparing some facts on the
plans which obtain In other states
which they propose to submit to the
state committee when that body meets
to take action-in support of the de-
many for primary. 1t has developed
from this investigation that the pri.
mary plan now obtained in nearly all
of the certainly democratic states Of
the union.
In Virginia the present governor
was nominated in a democratic pri-
mary as were the other officers who
are now serving in that state. The
primary rule has obtained in South
Carolina for many years although the
party holds regular convention in that
state to make the platform and in
presidential years to elect delegates
to the national convention.
Until 1900 the convention system
had obtained in Florida, but in that
year the state convention formally
adopted resolution providing that
thereafter all candidates for office. in
Guiding delegates to the national con-
vention. the electors and the members
of the state committee should be |
named in primary This plan was
followed for the first time in 1904 and |
gave general satisfaction. The pri-
maries were all held on the same day
the state, and the state OH
GERS, members Of congress, a United
States senator and county oficers and
delegates to the national convention
we're chosen.
tioke Smiths Nomination.
Hoke Smith was nominated for gov
,rnor of Georgia in. a primary and at
he same time delegates were elected
O "a state convention. In Alabama
he primary plan is now generally |
dhered to all the state officers, sena-
ors and members of congress being
in that manner, AS is well /,
nown the primary system has been {
opular in Mississippi for several
ears, and three years ago the dele +
ates to the national convention we're 1
ominated by primary. "A
Louisiana has alternated between d
le primary and the convention plan, S
ut the former has grown in populari- !,
: until nearly all of the members OF e
,ngress and other officers are nomi- c
ated in that manner. Last year the a
smocrats of Texas nominated their D
indicate for governor in primary "
I'd at the same time elected dele q
ties TO a state convention. pI
Kentucky last year adopted the pri- in
ary plan and all of the present nomi-
es of the democratic party for the
nate were named. There has been CT
complaint that the will OF the vo- tr
rs was not correctly ascertained. in
In Arkansas sthe lprimary prlan oof aht
the governor and United lie
ates senators by primary has OBJ on
ned for several years. However, tn
e Mississippi Texas and Georgia, be
, state convention has not been ST
minated that body converting as ev
-etofore for the purpose Of adopting tn
platform.
rhus the supporters Of Senator Car tel
ok will show the committee that $4'
every one of the states commonly da
ssed as the solid south with the 0ot
eption of Tennessee alone It is the out
Tom OF the democratic party to bee
innate its candidate for governor TIL
direct vote Of the people. Answer. a q
the objection that the primary Oct
, will tend to disrupt the party mo
' will insist that in not single the
q where the primary plan obtains for
The election Of the candidate for T
ernor have the democrats lost a cou
lie contest. It should also be re- liqr
arked in this connection that the cre'
alan for the nomination or ly l