The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-12-03
JOHN N. GRAHAM
for Treasurer ut To
days Meetin8 Of the Executive
Committee

Committee
The Marion County Democratic Ex-
ecutfve Committee met today at the
court house at II a. m, with % out
Of the 80 precincts represented OF
these there were three proxies. On
the seventh ballot the committee rec
TO the governor that John
NJ Graham. Of Oca1a. be appointed to
the office of county treasurer for the
short and long term. The session last
ed two hours and at times was
quite entertaining.
The candidates before the commit
tee were John II. Graham, J. p. Phil
lips. Ocala: Jim D. Thomas, Spar:
John T. Lewis, Oklawaha; William NJ
Gober Dunne1lon; f. G. Mcleod, Ken
drick. H. ". Long, Martel. and Nor
man f. Fort, Lynne. After the third
ballot no vote was cast for Long and
on the fifth ballot Mcleod and Fort
dropped out. On the 5th ballot Ora
ham led with II votes, IA votes on the
sixth and on the seventh ballot receiv-
ed Is votes while only Is were neces-
sary for a choice.
Phillips highest vote was five;
Gober's, four: Lewis, four; Thomas
seven: Forts, two; McLeod's, one. On
motion Of Rogers, Graham's election
was made unanimous. Chairman Duval
presided and stated the reasons for the
meeting Miss Laura Norwood served
as secretary.
Mr.. Graham, who represented the
Kendrick precinct, read a statement
from Mr.. f. c. Mcleod, saying il he
got the office he would give $1,000 of
his salary a year toward the mainte-
nance of the county poor farm Mr.. Ed
Rou OF Reddick, nominated Phillips;
Neal Mathews of Pennington, nominal
ed Gober. by request, saying Dunnel-
lon never had a county plum and was
hungry for the teat; ]. W. Davis OF
Summerfie1d. nominated John NJ. Ora
ham; Albert Fort, of Moss Bluff, NOM
mated John T. Lewis; John Rogers. Of
Lynne. nominated Norman A. Fort; ].
w Stevens Of Fort Mccoy, nominated
j. D. Thomas Of Sparr, and paid the
young man a high tribute for charac-
ter and capability; D. A. Clark of Mar
tel, nominated H. w. Long.
T. F. Morgan was proxy for J. T.
Hutchins, Of district No. S. In the case
Of each proxy Mr.. Titcomb Of Dunnel-
lon. desired to know If the proxy was
a resident of the precinct represented,
and all were. Stanton precinct was
not represented at the meeting. Alex
McClain of Gambler. was proxy for Tom
Pritchett for that precinct: Ivey
Whisenant was proxy for his father,
Joe Whisenant, from Belleview pre-
cinct. Shady had no representative.
Jim Knoblock of Martin, was seated
as committeeman named in the No
vember election and the following new
members took the oath at the secre-
tary's desk. namely: Knoblock Harp of
Orange Springs; Ned Williamson, Lake
Kerr.
The meeting Of the committee today
was an adjourned meeting called Nov.
25th, at which time there was no
quorum. The purpose of this meeting
was to arrange for the January pri-
maries for United States senator, to be
held January 10th and 31st. Ed Rou
of Reddick. made motion to the Of
feet that it was the sense of the meet
! ing that Marion county hold pri-
mary and it was so ordered. A list OF
/ inspectors was then called for. which
were supplied and will be published in
due time
J. w. Stevens asked the chair what
were the responses received in answer
| to a letter he had addressed to the
! committeeman, requesting them to ex-
press themselves on the primary. Mr.
Duval said IS were in favor Of holding
the primary, three were non-commit-
/ tai and one, who had not replied, had
been heard from today, favoring the
same.
| In the cases where there were NO
committeeman present to name inspec-
tors and clerks, Ned Williamson made
the motion that the old November cleo
tion officers be named. Motion car
ried.
The campaign committee appointed
by the chair is composed of the fol-
lowing: Messrs: D. A. Clark, Martel
Ed Rou, Reddick; Neal Mathews, Elem
ington.
The chairman said he reported the
death of Mr.. T. E. Pasteur to the gov
ernor. who said the county committee
should recommend a successor and he
would appoint. The question before
dation be for the short or long term
or for both.
| Mr. Stevens moved 1t be for both
terms. John Rogers of Lynne, said as
we were to have a primary for United
States senator, he moved a substitute
to this motion, that we have a primary
for the election OF county treasurer
to serve the long term. Titcomb ap-
proved, and said of the many candi-
dates not one would feel he could af-
ford to give bond for so short time
as week or two. Walter Huffman
Sparr. said the people of Marion had
spoken in no uncertain terms about the
primary principle in the late election
500 voting to sustain the custom as
against 22O who were opposed to it
His district Instructed him for a pri-
mary for the long term and he approx
| ed it. Titcomb said he was misunder-
stood That the expression on the
primary at the late election was on the
question to substitute a state conven-
ton for primary. He said no nomi-
nee would give a 100000 bond for a
few days office. He believed the gov
ernor would accept the recommends.
| ton for both terms. DR.. Snow was OF
| the same opinion as expressed by j
: w. Stevens. a recommendation for both
| terms.
The question on Rogers substitute
only received nine votes and the orig
inaf motion carried with 20 votes. The
votes were rising ones.
! On motion of how to make nomina-
tions. whether by roll call or secre,
ballot, chairman said as committeeman
| from Ocala he would know how to
nominate and vote and SuDposed every