The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-23
THE NEW PRIMARY ELECTION
DATE.

At meeting OF the Executive com |
mttec Of the state Central Commit. |
tee. held at Oklahoma City on April
18th. the date Of holding the demo.
cratic primary election was postpon-
cd from May 23rd TO the sth day OF
June. Chairman J. u. Thompson las
given a statement TO the press settling
forth the reasons which necessitated
this action. To the end that the dem.
ocrats may be informed about the
matter. Chairman Thompson's state
ment is published. 1t is as follows:
THE executive committee decided
In view Of the decision rendered by
Judge Burford in the case OF Joseph J.
Adams VS.. ID. NJ. Robb ana others con.
stiiuting the Supreme Election Board
for the state Of Oklahoma. that 1t
would be impossible to hold legal
primary, under the primary election
laws Of Oklahoma, May 23rd, 1907, as
was decided by the State Central
Committee at Tulsa
After the meeting at Tulsa on
March 26th MIR. Chapman. the secre.
tary and myself busted ourselves TO
get the party organized In all of the
counties OF the state. and In this We
succeeded We then set about the
task Of getting in touch with the com
mittees and securing meeting for
April 18th. when the Judges and
clerks would be named and the mo-
tices for holding a primary election
gotten out and published for thirty
days preceding May 23rd, as requir-
ed by the primary election laws.
The County Central Committees
throughout the state responded splen-
didly. and We would have succeeded
I'm holding the primaries on the date
named had 1t not been for the decis-
ion In the Adams case. Mr.. Young,
chairman of the Supreme Election
Board was ready to get the board to-
gcther and lay out the precincts when
he was tied up by an injunction which
rendered II necessary for the consti-
tutional convention to entirely change
the election ordinance and create en-
tircly new election machinery in the
new counties Of the state This de-
layed the laying out OF election pre-
cincts in all new counties ana render.
ed It impossible TO name the Judges
and clerks for the primary election by
the county central committees. and OF
course. NO judges and clerks being ap
pointed, no legal notices ~ the pri-
mary election could be published as
required
We Were also mp against the pro
visions OF the primary election law in
the matter OF registration. The law
provides that in all cities or districts
where registration is required for q
general election. no person shall be
entitled to vote al a primary election
unless registered In the last preceding
elections, or shall have registered ait.
or such preceding election and prior
to such primary election. Section
five and six Of the Oklahoma primary
laws provide that Il shall be the duty
OF any clerk OF all cities OF the first
class 10 keep his o'ice open from nine
a. m 90 six D. m. ON the first Monday
ard Tuesday after the primary is call.
ed and on the second Monday and
Tuesday Of the month next preceding
the month in which the primary elec-
tion shall be held for the purpose Of
registering the legal voters OF said
city, ard make It the duty Of the city
clerk TO furnish each election board
Of each ward list giving the names
OF the voters having registered from
that ward, which list shall be kept AZ
the voting place for inspection and
examination. and TO voter shall be
permitted to vote In said ward who
has not registered as herein provided.
In view OF these conditions over
which the committee had no control.
and which could not be foreseen at