The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1908-02-28

the a00Ve resolution into effect, the
State Committee is hereby vested with
full power and authority to later ar
range the necessary details for hold
ing said primary"
Primary Plar Rejected.
This resolution was offered as a sub
stitute to the one before recited. and
the convention refused to consider it,
so that the body created the State
Committee, not only passed the reso-
luton first quoted above as an in
struction to the Democratic State
Executive Committee, but refused to
consider the other resolution quoted,
which sought to adopt the general
primary plan or method Of nominat-
ing candidates in Tennessee.
This committee considers this ac-
tion as binding upon it and upon all
other Democrats, and in addition rec
ognizes the necessity of party plat
form and that other duties devolve
upon it other than providing for the
nomination for Governor, among these
being the nomination for Judge of the
Supreme Court, two Judges of the
Court of Civil Appeals and a Rail
road Commissioner also the selection
of Presidential, State and District
Electors, and the selection of a new
State Executive Committee, all of
which cannot be done satisfactorily
under general primary plan.
The committee further realizes that
it is charged with the duty of pre-
serving party organization so as to Sc
cure Democratic victory in Novem-
Der, and that its powers and functions
are to provide uniform and fair
method Of nomination under which
no candidate shall have an advantage
over the other, and at the same time
give to the people the right to make
the election Of their nominee for
Governor and other elective State |
and to instruct their counties |
and delegates from the various coun-
ties of the State to the State conven-
tion how they shall be represented in
said nominations.
Therefore, your subcommittee rec !
that, for the purpose of al
lowing the people to express their
,hoice for Democratic nominee for
Governor, Judge of the Supreme Court,
Judges of the Court of Civil Appeals,
ind Railroad Commissioner, and for
,he purpose of having the expression
# the voters in the various counties
made binding as instruction TO del
gates. and for the purpose of provid-
ng a uniform method of selecting
elegates to the State Convention,
hereinafter called, to nominate. can
idates for the various offices before
eferred to, vote of the State be ta-
en- under the following rules and
lethods prescribed as guidance to
he voters in the various counties in ,
he State, and as direction to candi-
ates:
Time and Place of Voting.
That vote shall be taken in all the
0unties of the State on Saturday,
he 9th day of June, 1908, at the
sual voting places in the various (
ards and districts of the various {
ounties Of Tennessee, from the hours {
am. to 4 pm except in the cit
IS of Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, !
and Jackson, in which \
ties for the convenience of the large (
lmber of laboring men who cannot J
'uveniently vote between the hours {
am. and 4 p M, the voting shall !
, between the hours of IL O'Clock a. }
+. and 8 o'clock pm. The ballots }
led shall be deposited in a, conyen- (
Mt and safe receptacle for that pur- {
'se. Aud every county in the State !