The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-09-25
PRIMARY PLAN
OF COMMITTEE
CONTINUED From First Page.l

around said election al Of the lega
resuictions AMI sale guards that ar
J BIZ law thrown around and safeguard
elections for state and county officers
y l. That the officers for said pr
mary election shall be appointed ii
The manner provided by the primary
election law aforesaid at a meeting
OF this committee which Is hereby
called for Saturday. October II. 1905
at 10 O'Clock a. N. al the court house
in Columbia AT said meeting the
officers for the several voting pre-
cincts shall be nominated by the mem
bers representing said districts and
approved by the entire committee. and
in addition every candidate for mem
Der of said committee TO be voted for
shall have the right TO appoint a
watcher TO witness the casting and
counting of the votes.
5. That no supplemental registra-
ton for said primary election shall
be necessary for the reason that the
books viii be open twenty days be-
fore the November election, which will
afford every Democrat an opportunity
to register and will be a strict COM
pliance with the law.
6. That when the votes at the
several polling places shall be count
ed the returns. that is the poll books,
tally sheets and ballots shall be trans
mitted to the Chairman of the Pri-
mary Committee at Columbia so as TO
reach him not later than noon on Fri
day following said primary.
I. That for the purpose Of carry
ing into effect these resolutions, pro
viding the ballots. obtaining the
requisite expenses of the election and
giving attention to such other neces-
sary details of said primary, a Pri-
mary Committee is hereby created.
Said Committee shall be composed of |
the Chairman and Secretary of this
committee and three other Democrats |
(who need. not be members of this |
Committed to be elected by this COM
mittee. Before entering upon the dis
charge of their duties all the members
Of said Committee shall take an oath
TO well and truly perform the duties
ievolving upon them.
s. That this Committee shall meet
At the court house in the city of Co
umbia on Saturday, Nov. at 10f
o'clock a. m. for the purpose of can
7assing the vote of said primary and !
Iscertaining who has been elected
herein. At said meeting the Chair
nan of the Primary Committee here
" created shall present the returns
i said primary and from said returns (
t shall, be the duty of this committee
o make up the roll of the committee
0 serve the ensuing two years.
9. That the members of the Com
littee elected at said primary on Nov.
and given certificates of election by t
MS committee as provided in Para S
raph s hereof, shall convene in the Y
ourt house in the city of Columbia at a
o'clock p. m. on Saturday, Nov. III
,r the purpose of affecting an organ c
alton. u
10. BY the term "o1d districts" 81
erein is meant the civil districts of p
aury county as the. same existed
'ior to the passage of the redistrict-
g act of 1908. fl
IL. That the qualifications for 81
tiers in said primary election shall E
}: All known white Democrats, D,
herwise qualified voters.
Delegates to HohenwaId. r
The following resolutions offered by =
r. Smiser with reference to dele
ties to the Hohenwald convention
ire unanimously adopted:
Whereas on Aug 6, last, delegates IN
re elected by the Democrats OF
ia NAuhNy W a COhFO@t IOA
cLnate candidates to represent
'ur! county in the General Assem-.
: of Tennessee" in said primary 70 Gu
ct said delegates more than $500 CO.
participating, which is al be
st the full voting strength of the CHI
al Democratic voters of Maury vii
lnty; sid
Whereas said delegates, elected as me
resaid, were chosen by the voters for
said primary for the express pur- mi
IS Of nominating candidates for the the
ieral Assembly, and said delegates 7
ng commissioned by largely more thr
re than, half of the legal Democrat SUI
voters of Maury county are espe- on
ly qualified to discharge the du- day
reposed in them; 7
Whereas said delegates elected as hol
-esaid at meeting two days urd
-eafter, when fresh from the peo- s
ala lnrtu~n 4huA Trnr TaA- tim