The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-02-25
CANDIDATES TO GET
BACK NEARLY HALF
OF ASSESSMENTS
FORTY PER CENT OF AMOUNT
COLLECTED FOR PRIMARY
TO BE REFUNDED.
REPORT OF The SECRETARY
Primary Committee Has Final Meet
ing and Winds Up the Affairs OF
Recent EIections.-!What the Con-
testants Will Get Back.

Candidates for county Offices in the
recent primary will receive bach
nearly half of what they were asses
sed for the costs of the primary. TIC
be exact each candidate who quail
fed in the recent contests will get a
check for forty per cent of what they
paid in.
At a meeting of the Democratic
Primary Committee Monday a after
noon report was submitted by ]. /.
Finney, Secretary of the Committee,
OF his receipts and expenditures on
account of the two primaries and a
motion was adopted directing him to
refund the unexpended balance to the
candidates. They can receive checks
for the amounts due them by calling
at the Office of the secretary, Herald
building.
The committee met at the office Of
Chairman Smiser with Messrs Eng
lish, Looney, Smiser and F'inney pre-
sent. The Secretary submitted an
itemized statement to the committee
which was approved and he was dir
ected to have same printed and
copy furnished to each candidate and
each member of the county commit
tee.
The Secretary received altogether
from the candidates $1,025 but $25 of
this was over assessment upon four
of the candidates for Sheriff which
has been previously refunded, leav-
ing the net amount of the receipts
81, 900. The aggregate cost of the sup
pemental registration, printing bal
lots, rules, instructions regulations,
advertising, list of election officers
putting up booths where necessary,
rent of polling places where same
could not otherwise be secured was
$575. The balance was
therefore ordered refunded to the
Fro rata as provided in the
rules governing the primary.
Hardin W. Thomas and Dan Oakley,
the candidates for County Court Clerk,
will get back the largest sums. Their
assessments were $112.25 each, so
that they will receive in the neigh
Dorhood of $45 each. The candidates
Tor Sheriff will get back the small
est sum, their assessment being only
|25.
The only dissatisfaction connected
With the recent primary has been due
% the fact that the officers who held
he election did not receive any pay.
Under the law no provision is made
or their payment and it was stated
when the primary was called that no
PROVISION would be made for them.
his fact was repeated published dur |
ng the campaign, but notwithstand-
ne this fact several of the election
Ulcers have severely complained be-
ause they were not paid. To have
aid all of the officers in both elec-
ons would have required approxim-
tely $500, necessitating larger as
essment than was made and would
ave been violation OF the prim-
~ act. Furthermore it has been the .
UNIVERSAL rule of the Democratic Com
ittee for several years past In this -
,unty not to pay the officers OF pri- -
aries. Two years ago three prf- -
aries were held and in none of them =
d. the officers receive any compen- ~
tion. Members of the committee N
ated that they. regretted very much =
at the officers had been disappoint- -
, but they had done all In their ~
wer to give them notice that they :"
ed expect no pay.
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