The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-10-21
ELECTION FOR
j. s. SENATOR
f;rcular letter From Chairman
Mate Executive Committee
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS
.l.formation is Desired Before November
Meeiing Expense Estimal's for State
Primary Are $4,000 to $4,000

w n. Price, chairman of the State
nanocratc COMMITTEE, has sent a
Ireular letter to the chairman of each
II the forty-seven county executive
sommittees in the State, of which the
following is copy:
D,ar Sir: Owing to the death of
Han. Napoleon B. Broward, who was
,ecently nominated for the position of
limited States senator as successor to
Hon. James P. Taliaferro, it will now
be necessary to reconvene the State
eommittee for the purpose of determin-
inc some method of selecting success
a for this important position.
h In the last primary the people of this
State, by their vote expressed them
selves as being heartily in favor of the
urinary system for the purpose of
nominating candidates for office, and it
3 nv view, if it can possibly be ar
ranged, that this means should be
adopted for nominating some one to fill
the position to which Governor Brow
ard was nominated at the last primary.
Should the respective counties. how
ever, if primary should be called,
make the usual charge for holding a
urinary election, that is, if the county
sommittees. inspectors and clerks are
70 be paid. it will require large
amount of money to hold such an election.
There are now four candidates for the
Office of United States senator, and
probably others will enter the race.
The probabilities are that no election
will be had at the first primary, If it
Aould be called, and that second
primary will therefore, be necessary.
There are. fOrty-seven counties in the
State of Florida, and if the usual
charges are made for holding primary
election to nominate a United States
Senator, it will require at least 5000 in
each county to detray the expenses Of
such election. or in the aggregate, 49,
400, and if second primary should be-
come necessary, it will require approx
imately $40, 200 to defray the expenses
Of both primaries. The State com nit
tee has In its possession between five
and seven dollars, and has no method
by which it could raise the necessary
funds to defray this large expense
which would be absolutely necessary.
There is no method provided by law
to require the candidates for the Office
Of United States senator to pay more
than per cent of the first years salary
which would be 1915 each, and to re-
guest them to put the large amount of
$4,000 it seems to the. writer would be
unfair and unjust and would have a
tendency to eliminate from the race all
candidates not possessed OF great
wealth. do not think such arr ange-
ment would be just, as some OF the
brainiest men We have in the state are
men who are not in affuent circum'
stances, and to request them to put ~
i've or six thousand dollars for the pnr-
pose of holding primary would be All act
Of great injustice, and probably would
eliminate them entirely from the RAGE,
although they might be better qualified
Tor such position than those who might
aspire to such position who had sulh-
Gent funds to pay their pro rata to de-
Tray the expenses OF such election
Without serious inconvenience.
1t seems to me, however, that there
Y one way by which this expense can
be avoided; therefore, this letter writ
zen to you, and that is, Cor each county
committee to guarantee to the CHAR
man of the State committee that such
county will hold such primary or pr'Io,
eries, as the case may be, without cost
% the State committee, the State COM
mittee to furnish ballots and stationery
such county in making the guarantee
% the chairman of the State committee
should oblige itself to hold SUCH pri-
mary or primaries, as the case may De-
~ each ard every district or voting
precinct. This can be done by the
county committee in each county II II
~! procure inspectors and clerks VINO
WI DO the work for them in each Vot'
lng district without charge-the county
committee itself acting in similar manner
/. The State committee will De calieu
ttcgether in November, and in order
mat this committee may act intelli-
gently when 1t Assem- bles. 1t IS neces-
Sary that hear from you with. REFER
'snce to the matter at your earliest con-
venience. -,
Trusting that you can arrange 70 hola
soch primary without expense 10 tne
state committee, or to the candidates
LOT the position of United States sen
sstor, the State committee to furnish
blanks and ballots aforesaid, and tnat
you will so advise me, thereby givlns
NE citizens of the State an opportunity
% expressing their choice for the nom-
nation Of successor to succeed Sena-
sor ,Taliaferro, l am, n
Very respectfully, WILL H. PRICE,
Chairman State Dem. Ex' oo"'
10 st. Lucie County Voters:
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