The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-10-16
BUDGET OF LIVE
NEWS FROM BARLOW
Telegram's Special Correspondent
Gives Interesting Items Of Do
ings i'll Capital City.

busy day for the Democrats OF Polk
county. Early in the day numerous
kilograms began to pour in to differ
ent citizens advising that objections
to the printing of the nominees of
the Democratic party for State and
federal Offices on the official ballot
had been lodged by the Bull Moosers
with the secretary Of State and the
board of county commissioners in
each county. In the morning mail,
A. b. Ferguson, clerk for the COM
mlssioners, received a formal dOcu-
Ment from Herbert L. Anderson
chief Bull Moose of Florida. object
ing for himself and on behalf of the
nominees of his party to our COM
n;issiOners printing the names OF the
Democratic nominees for state and
federal offices on the official ballot.
This document boiled down. the OBJ
lection was seen to be that the nom
lneeS We're not certified to the see
rotary Of State by the canyassins
board and that the certificate was
not acknowledged by one Of said
board.
In the face of this document ana
o. these kilograms the Polk county
Democrats got busy in the circulat-
ing OF petitions. addressed to the
different candidates and asking them
to become candidates for each Of the
offices to which they had been nom
rated in the spring primaries. and
the commissioners were hurricdlv
reached by phone and asked 10 meet
here last night. The law provides
that when petitions addressed 10 any
persons and signed BY 900 electors
are filed with the county commits
S'onerS Of any county askin. sucn
persons To become candidates for
State or Federal Offices then tha
names o! such persons are TO be
printed on the official ballot Petit
tons Of this character must be lll,l
at least twenty days before the clcc-
ton. and Yesterday was thoush, to
be the last day on which such 4 pc.
tition could be filed.
The commissioners with all nom
h'fs present met last night after
supper in The mids, Of ncttions
Hon. stephen VI Sparkman came
over from Tampa With a petition,
with over $40 names on il. anothr,
one WAS received from Jackson, illt
with more than the required number
OF siguaifras. aud the petition rw
culated in Polk county was shown
to have on il the names of 500 rle6-
tors. Armed by these petitions thu
commissioners then passed the nee
cssary resolutions placing on the Of
fetal ballot all the nominees for
State and federal Offices.
Even before this row was raised
by the Bull MOosers the ballot ha
been made up and ordered printed.
and even if these petitions had not
been gotten up the commissioners
would not have left off the names o.
the Democratic nominees III the be-
hest Of the Bull Moosers. But now
the candidates will feel donbly sur".
and il goes without saying that here
after all executive committees viii
follow the law strictly.
No objections were made TO the
printing of the names of the candi-
dates for county Offices on the Off
cial ballot.
The commissioners are in session
again today 10 revise the rcgistra
ton list and make il ready for pub
LEGATION.
Hon stephen NJ. Sparkman. our
congressman. came in on the six
clock train last night to be pres
ent and to be one of the speakers at
tie Democratic rally here today. II
il MOI known yet who will speak be-
sides Mr.. Sparkman. Mr.. Sparkman
will also speak in Lakeland at tho
rally thern tonight