The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-10-16

With 360 names above the soc
necessary to clinch the petition before
them, the board OF county commits
sioners met In special session last
night at the court house and adopted
unanimously resolution offered by
Commissioner NJ. o. Baggett to the
effect that the names comprising the
national and state Democratic ticket
be placed upon the ballot for the
coming general election.
The meeting was the result OF a
hurry call issued by voters in Escam-
bia yesterday and was necessitated by
the action OF the third party men
Monday, when they made protest
against the acceptance of the Demo.
cratic nominees for representation on
the ballot on the ground that their
nominations were not properly certif-
ed to the secretary OF state.
IL seems that the nominations should
have been certified to and filed by the
canvassing board of the old executive
committee. The protest OF the Roose-
velt men alleges that the certificate
flied was executed by the chairman
and secretary Of the new committee.
They also charged that the certificate,
contrary to law, Is I'm the form of an
affidavtt and not properly acknowl-
edged.
DID NOT ARGUE MATTER.
Without waiting to argue the cor
rectness or the incorrectness of tho
Progressive party's allegations. the
Democrats in this county went right
to work to take advantage OF another
provision in the law which gives a
party opportunity TO erase any such
errors as the Bull Moose charges has
been made. That clause provides that
the board OF county commissioners IN
each of the counties affected by such a
protest as has been made can, upon
the petition Of 500 voters in the county
in which they sit. order the names
placed upon the ballot
That clause may be taken advantage
of any time up to within twenty days
prior to the date Of the election. With
yesterday and today still to work after
they learned of the Bull Moose pro-
test, the Democratic voters got busy
early yesterday morning with their
petitions, secured 760 names by s
o'clock last evening and saw their pc
tition adopted on the resolution OF MIR.
Baggett at . o'clock last night.
The resolution was prepared by
County Attorney r. P. Reese and set
forth, when stripped of it's legal
phraseology, that the commissioners.
having received the petition OF a
requisite number of voters, adopt the
ticket as filed and place it upon the
ballot.
Whether the protest of the Bull
Moose has merit or not was a minor
and practically unconsidered matter
for the time, 1t having been deemed
best to offset it in haste and debate
it at leisure. Mr.. Reese did, however,
venture the opinion that the laws con-
fict-
TO PREPARE BALLOT.
Besides attending to the work which
brought them together. the commits
sioners. through Chairman Joseph 7.
johnson, appointed Mr.. Reese and
County Clerk James Macgibbon "A
committee to fix up the ballot
It was decided to meet again this
morning at Q o'clock at the court house
and revise the registry lists and an
point inspectors and clerks for the
election.
Bonds of surety for Fank Maura AZ
registration officer and for S. A Gain
er, of Goulding, as naval stores in
spector, were received and accepted.
Lee Daniel and Alex Lschkoff appear
as bondsmen for Mr.. Maura and the
Fidelity and Deposit Company Of Bal
tinore for Mr.. Gamer.