The St. Lucie County tribune. (Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Fla.) 1905-1920, 1910-11-18
PRIMARY FOR
4 SfNATORSHIP
Cato Democratic Executive Com
mittee's Regular Meeting
JANUARY 10 AND 30
ro.o,, Committees Must Hold Primary
without Cost Committee Makes No
Provision for Poll Tax Qualification

Tho State Democratic Executive
rommittee met in Jacksonville last
Erday. and the following resolution and
all for the primary, was adopted and
becomes the official action of the com
mittee legally and regularly assembled
Whereas, the death Of Napoleon B..
proward has rendered it necessary to
select another candidate of the Demo
cratic party for the office of United
States senator, to be voted for by the
Damocratic members of the next legis-
ature of Florida.
Re- il resolved, That the following
cali be and the same is hereby adopted:
That the Democratic executive com
mittee of the state of Florida hereby
eaI for the holding of a Democratic
urinary election to be held in compli-
snce with the laws of Florida in each
county of the state of Florida at the
leral boiling place in each election dis
irict during the hours fixed by law for
the holding Of election, on Tuesday, the
10th day Of January, 1911, for the nom
nation of Democratic candidate to be
voted for by the Democratic members
ofthe legislature of the state of Flori-
da to be held in the year 1911. -.
Provided that a second primary, If
necessary under the provisions of said
laws, shall be held on Tuesday, the 3lst
day of January, 1911, to choose between
the two highest candidates, if a nomin.
alton shall not have been made by a
majority vote in the first primary
election, and at such primary election
ouly such electors as were qualified to
vote at the first primary election shall
be permitted to vote.
The Democratic committee calling
said primary election. in compliance
with the laws of the State of Florida,
hereby declares the terms and condl-
tons on which legal electors offering to
become candidates or to vote at such
election shall be regarded and taken as
proper members of the Democratic
party, and therefore entitled to partlci.
pate in and be candidates before and
vote at such elections, as follows:
Those, and only those persons shall
be permitted to become candidates be-
fore or to vote at or participate in the
management of any primary election
held by the Democratic party in Flori-
da, who are white Democratic electors,
who declare their adherence TO the
Democratic party--natiOnal, state and
county-and who are by the laws OF
the state lawful electors of the district
In which they offer to vote.
Each elector in the state qualified to
vote, in said primary elections shall
have the right to vote for one United
Mates senator.
Each person desiring to have his
name printed on the primary election
ballots shall file with the chairman OF
the campaign committee on or before
the 10th day of December. A. D., 1910,
bis notice of candidacy and application
% have his name so printed, upon T.
blank in the usual form: /
The application shall be accompanied
BY the sum Of three hundred and sey-
nty.fve dollars. No name of any
candidate shall be printed upon the
ballots or counted or returned unless
this provision has been complied with.
Said chairman shall. furnish to one
newspaper in each county in the state
q Florida not later than the first day OF
december, A. D. 1910, notice Of sad
primary election to be published for
the period of days, according to law:
The Democratic COUNTY executive
committees of the various counties
snail, at noon, on the first Saturday
alter such primary, or sooner, II all the
returns are in" meet at the county
court house and publicly canvass the
returns, and the chairman and secre-
AIRY Of said committee, within TWO
@ys thereafter, shall certify to the
enslrman of the state executive com
mlttee, and to the members of the state
executive committee from their re,
1pective counties, the result OF salo
Urinary election In their respective
Dunties, showing the result OF each
feclnct, and from the consolidated re-
Yms from the various counties the
snte executive committee shall, at IL
ocsock noon on the 18th dey OF Jann'
meet in the city of Jacksonville
70 decide and declare what candidate
- been nominated, if any, and whetn-
~ Or not second primary is necessary;
Each candidate for office being voteu
!oE shall have the right to place one
escher and challenger Ia the polling
'Pece at,each precinct in every county,
Snlch said watcher and challenger
Span he entitled to be present during
re entire time the polls are open 10
Qa'enge voters and also to witness
%e counting of the vote and certiIylns
~ the result after the polls are closed.
re ballots, poll lists, returns and otneI
teeords of the election shall be preserves
y tne county executive committee ~
~ the primary has been held.