The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-04-26
Meeting of City Demo-
cratic Executive Com
mlttee is Held.
MUST QUALIFY BY
NOON OF MONDAY
In Order to Have Name
Appear Upon the Bal
lot to Be Voted.
ASSESSMENTS ARE PLACED UPON
CANDIDATES TO DEFRAY Ex-
PENSES OF THE SPECIAL PRI-
MARY-THREE INSPECTORS FOR
EACH PRECINCT ARE TO BE
NAMED MONDAY NIGHT.

Arrangements for conducting a
special primary for the selection OF
| nominees for those offices recently
made elective, were made last night.
when an adjourned meeting of the City
| Democratic Executive Committee was
/ held in the council chamber. at which
| there were present many candidates
! for the new Offices. Assessments
were placed upon the candidates TO
defray the expenses OF the special pri-
mary, which is TO be held May =,
| and Monday at noon was fixed as the
! last hour in which candidates can
/ qualify by making application for
| their names 10 be placed upon tho
| ticket and paying the amount of the
| assessment.
The committeeman present were
| Dr.. Warren r. Anderson. j. y.
! BrOughtOn and Ed Gale Quina The
| latter called the meeting To order and
| stated that the election of "A chair
| man TO fill the place of Chairman
4 Jones. resigned. would DC the first
/ order of business. Dr. Anderson was
| unanimously elected. The matter OF
! selecting a successor 10 Mr.. Jones
! from precinct Is was deferred until
the next meeting on account OF Ine
| absence of Mr.. Aiken, whose father is
quite sick.
Candidates Present.
| The candidates present and who
| participated in the meeting were:
Drs. +. F. Bruce, J. Harris Pierpont,
! s R. Mallory Kennedy and {. W.
! D'Alemberte for city physician; John
| r. Jones, for city attorney: John
! Burns and W. H. Hutchinson for
| street superintendent: Jos. o. Walker,
! TheO. Weber and Gus SOderind for
/ Board of Public Works: p. K. Nielsen
and }. d. GOss for registration officer;
| ThOs. Johnson for tax assessor; Len
LeBarOn and w. c. Walker for cleo
| trician and Abe Daniels for the Board
of Safety.
Assessment Made.
The committee decided upon as as
Sessment upon the various candidates
in order to defray the expenses of the
primary, and also decided that three
inspectors at each precinct would be
a sufficient number to conduct the
voting. The assessmenpts were placed
as follows: For candidates for Off
ces where the annual salary is 81 900
or more, $40; for candidates for Off
ces where the salary is under $1,000,
So, and for Offices where there is nc
In making these assessments Chair
man Anderson stated that the COM
mittee had gone carefully into the
matter and had estimated the expense
as closely as possible. The candi-
dates present seemed satisfied with
the assessments of the committee.
Must Qualify by Noon Monday.
The committee announced that the
candidates for any of the offices to be
voted for in the special primary could
qualify at any time between noon to-
day and noon Monday by calling upon
Secretary Quina, filling out the appIi-
cation blank and paying the amount
of the assessment. Those who are
candidates or anticipate becoming
candidates should can and attend 10
this important matter for unless they
do their names viii not appear upon
the ballot.
inspectors and Clerks.
There was some discussion regard
ing the matter Of selecting clerks and
inspectors, and in this the committee
suggested that the candidates hand in
to the secretary the names of parties
whom they would like selected as in
spectors in the various precints and
from these lists the committee will
select those who are to serve in the
primary. There were d number Of
names submitted and others who
were not present were given until
noon Saturday 10 hand in names, it
being the understanding that the com
miJtee would announce the inspectors
at another meeting to be held Mon
day night. when final arrangements
Will be made.
Qualifications of Voters.
While nothing definite was decided
at the meeting Chairman Anderson
stated that it was possible, in order
10 vote in the special primary, that
the voter must first vote in the
second primary and afeT so doing
would be entitled 10 vote in the
special primary. The ballot boxes
and tickets viii be separated and SO viii
be the voting booths. but in each pre-
cinct they Will be in the same build
inG.
The committee then adjourned &c