Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-04-20
PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY, may 6
People viii Then Vote For Their
Choice For The Presidential
Nominees

Presidential primaries will be held
throughout the State on Monday. May
9th. The Democrats will have an OPP
portunity to pick their choice from three
and maybe four candidates. 1t seems
sure now that Clark, Wilson, Harmon,
and perhaps Underwood. will be on the
ballot. 1t will be finally settled today.
when the nomination papers must all be
in. The delegates from Worcester
County to the State convention to select
delegates to the National convention
will be Marion T. Hargis. William Lee
Carey. John w. Station and William T..
Landlord. These gentlemen are the
only Democrats who filed nomination
papers with the Supervisors of Election.
and as they had no opposition, certif-
Gates of election will be issued to them.
There is fight on in this county
between the Taft Republicans and the
Roosevelt Republicans which promises
to be warm. II is not unusual to hear
Republicans say that under no condi-
tons will they vote for Taft If he is
nominated, and others are just as free
10 say they will not vote for Roosevelt.
The ofiiceholders are for Taft, for they
realize that rebuke for his admins
tration is rebuke for the whole Repub-
lican party. Mr.. Taft represents the
high tariff principles of that party more
solidly than any other man they can put
up. Governor Goldsborough. National
Committeeman Jackson. and in fact the
entire party organization. has declared
for Taft, but they are trembling in their
boots for fear he is going to get licked
to a FRAGILE. The only silver lining
they see in the cloud which envelopes
them is that the fight will be so hot
that another candidate other than Taft
or Roosevelt will be picked out at
Chicago to insure the least bit of har-
mony in the Republican party. Many of
the Republicans throughout the country
have already given up hope of electing
a Republican President this year. believ-
ing that the people are SO DESTROYS Of a
change in the national administration
that they will sweep Democrat into
the Presidential char with tidal wave
majority.
Two lists of delegates were filed by
Republicans in Worcester County, there
fore the Republicans must select their
choice at the polls. The Taft delegates
are: Edward S. Furbush and Charles C..
Mumford. Berlin. William Schoolfeld,
Pocomoke City. and James E. Wimbrow,
Snow Hill. The Roosevelt delegates
are: James NJ. Vincent and DIR. K. Lee
Hall. Pocomoke City; George w. Truitt
and James NJ. Wilson. of Snow Hill.
To get ready for the primaries the
last Legislature created new regis
tratlon day for the city Of Baltimore and
the several counties of the State. This
was done so that all persons who were
entitled to registration or transfer
before the day of the primary might
have an opportunity to qualify, as no
one can vote at this primary election
unless his name is on the registration
books, the primary being held in all
respects just the same rs a general cleo
ton, with all its safeguards. The new
day of registration Is Wednesday. May
LIST. from eight O'Clock in the morning
until eight O'Clock at night. New Reg
istration books are now being made out
for every district in the county and all
names on the old books are being
carried to the new books. which are
provided with columns into which shall
be noted the party utilization of the
voter. When a man presents himself
to be registered hereafter he will be
asked to ''what party do YOU belong?''
and his reply will be noted in the space
provided for il. Ii he saws he is a
Democrat, he is permitted To vote in the
primaries of that party II he says he
is Republican he is permitted to vote IN
Republican primaries. This is done "a
prevent the voters of one party voting
in the primaries of the other party. and
saddling upon their opponents men who
are not worthy representatives.
The ballot this year will be very simple
and will give every voter an opportunity
10 say who he wants for President.
Candidates are permitted 10 have all
the sample ballots they want. but these
sample ballots must be like the official
ballot, and must be obtained from
the Board of Election Supervisors, as a
guarantee that voters shall in no man
ner be deceived. The ballots so dis
tributed By candidates can be voted
Just the same as those given out by the
Election officials, but ii is unlawful, for
electioneering to be done within one
hundred feet of the polls, this is to pre-
vent surveillance Of the voter. leaving
him unmolested in the right TO cast his
ballot as he sees fit. His ballot must be
placed in the official envelope handed
him by the Election judge before it is
voted.
The first thing on the primary cleo
ton ballot will be the names of the can
didates for President in alphabetical
order. with a space following these
names in which appears For an Unin-
structed Delegation. after which will
come the squares opposite the names of