The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-01-29

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throughout the state on the same day,
and We pledge the Democracy to the
passage of all. laws to that end, and
instruct the Democratic state commit
tee to provide for and superintend the
holding of and declare and certify the
results Of such primary elections,
whenever it shall become necessary
by end of term, death, resignation or
otherwise, TO elect or appoint any such
officer"
Section 33 of said platform request
ed three Democrats to prepare and
present for passage by the legislature
a proper primary election law"
Section 255 of the General Statutes,
taken from Sec l of Chapter SOFA,
Acts of 1901, provides:
Whenever the state executive or
standing committee of any political
party in this state or any COMPRESSION
al district or county of this state,
shall decide to take by primary cleo
ton the sense of the members of said
party as to the proper persons to be
made delegates to any convention to
be held for the purposes of that party,
or to take the sense of the members
United States senator, or as to the
proper person or persons to be pre-
scented on behalf of that party to the
voters Of the state, congressional dis
trict or county, as the case may be,
at any election to be held in the sew
eral counties under the laws of this
state, at least thirty 500 days notice
shall be given in some newspaper pub
lished in the county or counties in
which such election is to be held, or
by posting, a notice of such primary
election in each ward or precinct of
the county, if there be no newspaper
published in said county, of the place
where the voters belonging to that
party are requested to meet for. the
purpose OF acting in relation to the
nopination of delegates or candidates
as hereinbefOre stated"
Section 16 of Chapter 1929 of the
Acts of 1909 provides:
That where the payment of poll or
capitation tax is necessary to qualify
voters for participation in the pri-
maries herein provided for. that such
poll or capitation tax shall be paid not
later than the second Saturday in the
month preceding the month in which
such primary is held"
At a meeting of the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee held in
Jacksonville January 18th, the follow
ing was adopted:
The Democratic State Committee
of the state of Florida hereby call and
provide for the holding of a Demo
cratic primary election, to be held in
with the laws of Florida,
said primary to be SO held in each
county of the state of Florida. at the
legal polling place in each election
district, during the hours fixed by law
for the holding of elections, on Tues
day, the 10th day of May, A D. 1910,
for the nomination of all Democratic
candidates for Office, state and county,
to be voted for by the Democratic
electors at the general election 10 be
held November 8th, 1910, and 10 be
appointed by the Democratic governor
Of the state for the ensuing two
years. including the state auditor, and
excepting circuit judges of the re-
for said circuits"
who have paid their poll taxes legally
due, not less than ten days before
oAtII pi lilIdIy tltCLIOH Is HtIu.
SUBJECT REMOVED.
Examining section 255 of the Gen
eral Statutes above quoted. it will ap-
pear that this is intended as q limita-
ton upon the notice TO be given. It
also refers to the action of any political
party in the state. 1t also refers to
the state executive or standing COM
mittee of any political party in this
state, or any congressional distric, or
county Of this state" which shall de-
eide to take by primary election"
Some might decide that the Democ-
racy in convention assembled, having
already decided TO take by primary
had removed this subject
from the discretion of the committee.
Examining Section - of the state
Democratic platform adopted IN 1900,
above quoted, the following appears:
we believe that true Democratic
require that the people be
in all matters where prac-
ticable, and that they, as directly as
possible, be permitted 20 make known
their wishes. We therefore favor the
nomination of all candidates for Office,
both state and county, and OF United
States senators. by a majority vote in
white Democratic primary elections"
Examining the call for the primary
made by the State Democratic Eexcu.
tive Committee on January 18th, 1910.
it appears that the nomination Of cir
cult judges of the respective judicial
circuits and the states attorneys for
said circuits" are specifically except
ed.
A Question Arises.
The question IS, the people of any
party. acting through convention hav-
ing provided for certain nominations,
whether any less authority could abro-
gate its provisions or, in other words,
could an executive committee, of its