The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1911-10-12
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i: Primary !!
AGREED ON BY STATE COMMIT
TEE WITH RIGID RULES -
TO GUARD RESULTS. ";
June: 9TH Is Date
Set for Naming Candidates for State
Offices and Members of New
State Committee Two Of Whom
are to BE Negroes. ,..

After giving out a statement cover
ing their action, the members OF tie
Republican state committee departed
for their homes Wednesday and. In
general, satisfaction is expressed over
the action Of the committee in calling
a primary. Many details, however,
were left to be disposed of at a later
date, some. Of which would doubtless
have been acted upon had not some of
the members been requested to leave
before tn full committee went into
session this morning to discuss further
the preliminary steps taken by the
committee after the midnight hour
last night. .%>
The statement given out by the
committee through a person delegated
and is as follows:
Detail of Plans. = =
At the request OF the press for: q
statement the following was given out
covering the action of the state CEN
tral committee. The state commit
ed state wide primary election to
be held June 4th, 1912, to nominate.
by direct vote Of the people, all can
uldates for state Offices, except mem
Ders OF the supreme court of appeals. ,
At the same time there ST to7ty,ses :.
elected by the voters of the several
senatorial districts one member of the
Republican executive central commit
tee, and two members are to be eIct-
eel at large by all the voters of the
state, the two members at large to be
selected from the colored race. . .'..>.
consisting Of Samuel V. Matthews.
Chairman, and Virgil Highland. Sec
retary, Judge Jos. M. Saunders, Sena4
tor l.. j. Foreman and. e. w. Mar
tin, for the purpose of drafting ana
reporting rules and regulations IN de-
tail for conducting the primary. Tho
primary election is to be held through
out the state ON the same day. The
congressional, judicial, senatorial and
county comittees are requested to
provide for the nomination or cam
dldates to fill the Offices for which
they respectively act at the same
primary election and by direct vote
or the respective districts and courf- Z
ties, and all of the election officers
and machinery for conducting the.
election are to he selected by the sew
eral counties and not by the state
committee. =
Sub Committee Named. *:
This subcommittee is requested to
consult the leading jurists and men
Of the state and with their assistance
to devise the best rule possible for an
absolutely fair primary election, as
soon as the committee Is ready to re-
port another meeting Of the atatef
committee will be called and the re-
port acted upon by the committee as
whole. The members of the Re
publican editorial association unanf.
mously requested the committee to ex-
clude from the general primary elec-
tion' the selection Of the candidates
fef-the supreme court of appeals, q nd
in response to this reiuest and in de- .
ference to the general sentiment pr-
Vailing throughout tn state anG in
deed the entire country, that the Sc
lection Of candidates for judicial ON"
ceS, should SO fas as possible, he
eliminated from politics, the commit,
tee decided that the nomination Of the
members Of the supreme court Of an.
peals should be made In convention
to be hereafter called.
The comittee expressed in the reso-
lutfU1 desire for all members
throughout the entire state to cooper
state.
The members OF the committee
holding federal and state officesfi
viz: Samuel V. Matthews, Chairman, r
Mr.. s. y. Denham, of Clarksburg,
Mr.. \, Howard Fleming, OF Fair
mont; Mr.. Robert Hazlett, OF Wheel
ing, and MIR. James L DOYLE, of Nc
Mechen, placed In the hands Of tDg
secretary Of the committee their set-
eral designations as members Of tho
committee to take effect fter the In
coming Of the report Of the sub
committee and the working out and
adopting Of rules and regulations Tor
conducting the primory election,
which the committee has called.