The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-07-08
DOUBLE SET OF
ELECTION OFFICERS
ENTIRELY PROBABLE
CANDIDATES SLEEP ON RIGHTS
AND FAIL TO FILE
LISTS.
IS NOW UP TO The CHAIUMEN
Burns and emiser Have Equal Rights,
Ur5ar Tire Plan, and Both Can Go
Ahead ard Aake selectiono-How
the Elan Reads.


tt 5 candidates for Congress
Hon. L. P. padgett and Hon. Brady
Jones-haying slept on their rights
so far as furnishing names from which
10 select .the ulcers Of election for
the Congressional primary OF Aug. 4,
ii nov de,olyss upon the county chair
man 10 make lie appointments.
The county chairman has unlimit-
cd authority in the premises. He can
select rank partisans, men who are
known TO be in open sympathy with
one candidate OF the other, or he can
divide the officers equally between the
Two ,spirants for Congressional hon-
ors.
Another complication is that there
are two chairmen for Maury and as
each is entitled to half vote, under
the high-handed urinary scheme adopt.
ed by the Patterson crowd over the
protest of Chairman Smiser, it is en-
tirely probable that there will be two
complete sets of officers. Should such
be the case, it is not improbable that
some confusion would result.
Both Mr.. Smiser and Mr.. Burns,
when called over the telephone today,
stated that no names had been fled
with them. Mr.. Burns stated that he
did not have q copy of the primary
plan, and did not know that this Llan
specified that the names should be fl
ed thirty days prior to the election.
In inserting the thirty day clause
the Congressional Committee aimed at
fairness and the prevention of fraud.
The primary plan, so far as 1t per-
tains to the appointment of officers,
follows.
Section 5-officers Of EIectio1s
There shall be one officer, three
Judges and two clerks for each voting
place in the several counties who are
to be seleeted for the respective cOun-
ties by representatives of said coun-
ties. J. w. Lambert for Hickman coun-
ty, T. J. Whitby for Wayne county,
w. F. Beard for Lewis county, G w.
Turner for Humphreys county, j.
c. Hobbs for Houston coun-
tv. w. S. Rucker for Williamson coun-
ty, S. e. Hunt, Dickson county. J.
A. Smiser and John M. Burns for Maui
ry county, J. M. Harwood and J. F.
Campbell for Giles county from Lists
TO be furnished by the respective can
iidates, and said committeeman are
hereby instructed to select said cffic-
ers, Judges and clerks without discr1m-
nation in favor of any candidate, the
candidates to have as nearly as pos
;ible an equal division of said officers
If election at each polling place In
he district. The list of names from
which said officers of election shall
,e furnished by the candidates to the
of said counties respec-
lively at least thirty days prior TO said
ourth day of August, 1910, and If such
lists are not so furnished to said COM
nitteemen, they shall select from
lists of their own procuring
Democrats of integrity and good char
lcter to act as said officers of election
Is hereinbefore set out. The places
II each and all of said officers of cleo
ion, rho fail or refuse to act, shall be
supplied by those who do serve as
lbove set forth.
A list of the officers, judges and
clerks, selected as above provided,
hall be published in each county OF
he district ten days before the date
# the primary herein called. All Of
,oox. D., lxa cuyorn aud qualified "a re-