The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-11-01
STATE PRIMARY ON DEC. 7TH
COUNTY UNIT AND PLURALITY
VOTE ARE BLENDED.
Committee Took the Precaution to
Save Its Own Bacon" by Refus-
ing to Call a Convention.

Save Its own Bacon Dy Itelus-
ing to Call a Convention.
ATLANTA.-State primary De-
cember 7.
No submission of prohibition or To-
cal option to the people.
County unit plan, with plurality OF
delegates in each county for the can
didate receiving the highest vote
based on two delegates for each rep
resentative. Plurality vote also gov
ems in state consolidation of county
vote.
Assessment of $3.50 for guberna-
toriaI candidates and $75 for candi-
dates for commissioner of labor, to
be paid to the secretary of the COM
mittee not later than November 10.
County executive committees meet
in court houses at noon December 8
to consolidate vote.
State executive committee to meet
in the senate chamber in the capital,
Atlanta, at noon December IL, to
consolidate the entire vote and de-
clare the result.
The above in effect formed the &C
ton of the state democratic executive
committee meeting today in the SEN
ate chamber at the capital.
No fixed schedule ever worked
out more to the dot than that of
the democratic executive committee
this afternoon when the rules and
regulations of the subcommittee of
seven were adopted without change.
Only one protest was offered, and
that came from DR.. Whitley of Doug
lass, who wished stricken from the
section relative to use of money,
liquor or any other thing of value by
candidates the words with his
knowledge and approval" but his
was the only voice raised to object,
and he was voted down unanimously.
The committee went further on
record as opposed to referring mat
ters back to the people by postponing
action relative to a vote on a presi-
Dental choice to December IL,
which of course will be too late for
any vote in the primary, which is
fixed for December Z. This action
followed, it is said, an extended con-
ference between Governor Smith and
committee leaders after the morning
session and before the afternoon
meeting.
When the question of submitting
the liquor question to the people
came before the committee P. A. Sto-
vail spoke for his resolution, but it
was turned down.
In the preamble to the rules adopt
ed it is set forth that the party is,
for the present at least, committed to
the unit system.
Provision by state enactment to
pay expenses of such elections is
urged. The rules contain sixteen
sections. The first simply provides
for the primary on December 7.
All white electors registered, who
are also democrats, shall be entitled
to vote by pledging themselves to
support the nominee.
Here is the unit plan as set forth
in section 10:
ANY candidate for either of the
offices before mentioned governor
and labor commissioner who re-
ceives the largest number of votes
cast in any county for the particular
office for which he is a candidate
shall be entitled to the entire vote
of the county; that is to say, two
votes for each representative to
which such county is entitled in the
lower house of the general assembly
according to the new apportionment
based on the census of 1910"
The county executive committees
meet at the county site the day fol
lowing the primary, consolidate and
declare the result and transmit the
full returns to Chairman Wright. The
state committee will convene al