Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1907-07-20
DEMOCRATS"


qualifications of voters in primaries as
follows:
Code Sec. S7l7. Who are eligible to
participate in primaries; persons offering
to vote may be challsnged.-No person
shall be eligible to participate in any
primary election unless he be qualified
to vote in the election for which such
nomination is to be made, intends to
support the nominations in which he
participates, has been in accord with
the party holding such primary within
the two preceding years, and is not eX-
cluded from such primary by any regu-
lation of the state executive committee
of the party holding such primary. Any
member of the party holding the pri-
mary, or any primary election officer,
may challenge any person offering to
vote and cause him to answer, under
oath, questions relating to his qualitica-
tions. Any election officer of the re-
cinct may administer oath to such chal-
lenged person; and false testimony Civ
en- upon such inquiry shall be perjury
and punishable as such nor shall any
elector be allowed to vote who has sold
or offered to sell his vote or influence,
directly or indirectly, for the support
or defeat or any candidate or measure
voted on that year; nor any who that
year has paid or offered to pay any
thing for another S vote or influence for
or against any candidate or measure.
The only regulation prescribed by the
State Executive committee is that a
voter must be white democrat.
The Noxubee County Executive COM
mittee at its meeting Thursday passed
resolution, which will govern the
managers of elections in this county.
The resolution is as follows:
RESOLVED, That it is the sense
of this committee that no voter is
a DEMOCRAT" within the meaning
and intention of the law and the
regulations of the State Democra-
tic Executive committee, and eligi-
BILE to vote in DEMOCRATIC prima-
ries, who did not in the last election
support, or does not intend in the
next election to support, all DEMO
CRATIC nominees in district and
NATIONAL elections.
The resolution was not the result of
any hasty action. On the contrary the
question was brought up two weeks
ago and laid over for consideration, anC
was debated at the meeting at which it
was passed. Much kind feeling was ex-
pressed for northern men living in our
county who vote with US in state and
local elections, but support the ma.
tional republican ticket. Native demo.
Gratis who intend to vote the nationa
republican ticket were also considered
The BEACON believes the resolution
of the NoXubee county committee tC
be plainly right and justin fact the
only just policy. On many occasions
its editorial columns have welcomed
northern men tothe county and augureC
well of their settling here. Nor does
this paper censure them for still voting
the republican national ticket. 1
pleases them and certainly does US o.
the democratic ticket no harm.
But so long as they so vote they ar,
essentially REPUBLICANS and not DEMO
GRATIS. And the harm and iniustic,
will come in this way, Suppose Their
ale two candidates in a primary TO
local office. One is an arden
democrat and IN national and dis
trict campaigns makes speeches for hi
party. In these speeches he criticize
with severity republican officials AM
candidates and inveighs with great We
hemence against the iniquity of tn,
tariff, pensions, the ship subsidy ant
other republican policies. The othc
candidate, while good enough demo
crat, makes no such speeches. He doc.
nothing to antagonize republi ans o.
republican sympathizers. Now in Thu
democratic primary are not the yer,
efforts made in behalf of the democra
tic party and candidates by the first
candidate likely to turn these LOCALLY
DEMOCRATIC, but NATIONALLY REPUBLI
CAN voters against him? Will not hi.
services to Democracy incline these
voters to support his opponent who di,
not fight, criticize or censure republi
can men or principles ? There is only
one answer to these questions, and thai
is Eyes, very, very probably they will.
And it is not right that a democrat bC
injured in democratic primary BE-
cause of services to his party.
No legally qualified voter who will
pledge his support to the national am
district democratic candidates in thu
coming national election is cut out of :
vote by the resolution of the NoxubeC
County committee. He will be wei
come. But it is whole hog or none, AM
rightfully so. The BEACON knows tn,
sentiments of the committeeman VIII,
wrote and introduced the resolution ur
der discussion and knows that he wa
actuated by no unkindly feeling towar,
the voters affected, but solely by hi
idea Of fairness to all. 1t is sincerel,
hoped that all the white voters of Nox
ubee will get together and vote to
gether in the primaries and in all reg
ular elections, local, state and national
The principle is just one, and not un
wise,