Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-11
COMMITTEE ADOPTS
PLAN FOR PRIMARY
Voters win Put Ballots IN En-
Vs|ops Before Handing Them
to Judges.
WHAT II WILL COST CANDIDATES
rota, Amount Collected In Assess
ments Probably viii Exceed Five
Hundred acknowledgements OF
Committee Postponed Until August.
May Be Recensidered.

A nlan was adopted and arrange
ments In detail made by the city Detio-
cratic committee last night Tor the
urinary 10 be held on June IL fof
the selection OF nominees for local
ofices and the legislature. Chairman
Thomas. o: the plan committee, re-
norted the nian used in the primary
held last summer, with few MINOR
changes. The plan was ADOPTED al.ei
several other changes had been maae.
~, After considerable discussion IL
was decided not to reorganize the
committee until August. Secretary
Noteworthy insisted that the commit
feemen should be elected in the June
urinary and Mr.. G. W. Whitley, upon
beIng granted the floor. urged that
this he done. saving that he was
speaking for number OF people OF
the Third ward. Chairman Perkins
submitted a letter from State Chair
man Ellyson, In which Mr.. Ellyso,
gave an opinion to the effect that IL
would not be In violation OF the state
ulau to elect the committee In the
ruhernatorial primary in August.
After the meeting Chairman Per-
kips said that he was OF the opinion
that II would be better to postpone
the reorganization of the committee
because the voters are now so much
interested In the various contests TOT
Office that they would not pay proper
attention to the selection OF commit
teemen, and because TO add candi-
dates for the committee TO the already
long ticket would make the ballot en-
tirely TOO long. He went on to say,
however, that II majority OF the
people did not approve the commit
tees action, the matter can be taken
up again on Monday night.
The Assessments.
II was decided to assess the can
didates for the various Offices as fol-
lows:
Treasurer, 800.
City Sergeant. SIS.
Legislature. 500.
Commonwealth Attorney. s25..
Constable, SIS.
Justice of the peace. IS.
II is estimated that this will put
about s5f5 In the hands OF the com
mittee's treasurer. There is a debt
OF s65, so in reality the committee
viii nave ABOUT |ttV Win mh@Sh w
conduct the primary.
Candidates Heard From.
During the meeting the candidates
for Office were given the privilege or
expressing their views upon various
questions which arose. Among those
who were heard from were Messrs.
Berkeley. Moss and Christian, for
commemorative attorney. and Messrs.
Cox and Ballard, for constable.
The chief change in the old plan
Is a section which requires that the
voters shall put their ballots in en-
velopes before handing them in TO the
Judges. This Is done because there
has been some complaint against the
folding system. OH the ground that it
does not provide secret ballot.
The polls will be open from eight
o'clock a. m. to eight o'clock p m.
At first the opening hour was fixed
at nine O'Clock. but all OF the candi-
dates present objected 10 this. ana
the acticn was reconsidered.
The secretary was directed TO sit
at the CITY hall on May % and all
notices OF candidacy must be filed
with him before Ave O'Clock p. m
on that date. II was decided that all
notices Of contest must be fled before
i've O'Clock p. m. on June IA, and that
the secretary shall sit at the city hail
from . to 5 y. m on that date
to receive such notices.
Attending the meeting were Chair
man Perkins. Secretary Noteworthy
and Messrs. Henhoeffer. wilkins.
Newman, O'Hara, Charles. Rucker.
Branch. Thomas. Piland, Edwards,
Thornton and Adams
The committee meets again next
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