The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-10-19
COMMITTEE Will
MEET HERE IN
NOVEMBER
To Draft Rules and Regula-
tons for the Primary
Election June A.

49, committee appointed by
the Republican State Committee al
the Charleston conference this week
to draft rules and regulations for
statewide primary election June
next to nominate state and other
candidates will hold it's initial meet
ing in this city early in November,
hoping to be ready to submit its re-
port at a meeting OF the state com
mittee In December. AS previously
announced, the subcommittee Is
comprised OF Samuel V. Matthews
chairman, Virgil L. Highland secre-
tary, E. W. Martin, l.. j. Forman
and Joseph S. Saunders.
One of the many attending the
conference and meeting of the state
committee states that the conference
and meeting of the committee were
called for the purpose of ascertain
ing how the people of the state de-
sired candidates for state offices to
be nominated, whether by a state
wide primary with the magisterial
district the unit, or by the old style
state convention or by a statewide
primary election with the state the
unit, every voter voting direct for
the candidates. The committee hal
invited more than 500 Republicans
of all shades of opinion and repre-
senting all elements of the party.
When the committee met there
were about 500 persons present rep
resenting almost every county in
the state. A roll call was taken in
alphabetical order in efforts to OBJ
tain the sentiment of the people of
the various counties of the state as
to what the voters wanted All day
Tuesday up to midnight was spent
in submitting and considering sug-
sestions. Sentiment was almost
unanimous for a statewide primary
and ninety per cent of the speakers
asked for statewide primary with
the state as the unit.
The majority of the committee
did not personally favor statewide
primary, but the sentiment was so
overwhelming for 1t that there was
nothing else to do but call state
wide primary with the state as the
unit, otherwise it would not have
been necessary to call the conference
at Charleston. If the committee did
not intend to take the advice OF the
people called on for expressions as
TO what is wanted.
The resolution adopted by the
committee provides for the nominal
ton OF the entire state ticket except
members OF the supreme court at the
primary election to be held all over
the state June next. 1t also pro-
vides for the election OF one mem
Der Of the state committee from each
senatorial district and two members
at large, to be colored, at the cleo
tion June A.
Supreme court nominations are to
be made at convention to name
delegates to the national conven-
ton, II the same can be held be-
fore May 10. If not held before that
time a separate convention Will be
held to select nominees for the SUI
preme court.
The committee recommended that
county. judicial, senatorial and con-
gressional committees hold primary
elections the same day as the state
wide primary and use the same cleo
ton officers, to be chosen by the
counties and not by the state com
mittee, or in other words arrange It
50 as to nominate all candidates
from governor down to constable
all over the state on the same day
and at the same election.
When the state committee receives
the report of the subcommittee or
rules and regulations. the state com.
mittee is to appoint sub-commit,
tee, mono of whose members shall
be members OF the state committee
TO harmonic differences in various
counties such as Mason, Marion and
others, where there are two county
committees.
The subcommittee appointed tc
recommend rules and regulations
for holding the statewide primary
was directed to invite suggestions
from any one who has plans to sub
nit for the conduct of the election.
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