The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-14
new PRIMARY LAW
OPERATIVE TO-DAY
Democratic Authorities Prepared
TO Comply With Act With
out Delay.
PUBLIC WILL FOOT BILLS
Candidates Will Hereafter Be
Limited i'll Amount They
May EXpend.

+ That a single day may not 20 down
upon the duty left unaonc tEc author
tiles OF the Democratic party IN Viz
sinia will comply this afternoon with
the conditions OF uhc new primary
( election law. which is effective to-day.
| The necessary notification concerning
the extent to which the party viii avan
Itself of the law will he signed amt
sealed by state Chairman j. Taylor
Ellyson and by Secretary J. " Brcna-
man, and Will be by them delivered to
/ Secretary OF the Commonwealth B. ..
James.
! by the terms Of the law, III shall lie
/ the duty of the chairman and secretary
of the state Central Committee OF every
! party, by a writing signed by them
selves, TO notify the Secretary Ct the
Commonwealth whether such commit
] tee has or has not adopted the direct
/ primary and TO what candidates such
adoption refers. In case the ,l!scre
tion of nominating local candidates be
vested in the local committees. then it
shall be the duty of the chairman and
! secretary OF such local committee TO
/ nptllS the secretary oil the Common
! wealth of the action laSen by them in
such regard. And the Secretary OF the
= Common wealth shall thcreupon order
| the holding Of primary election III
any county. city or other district Of
! the state in which he is so notified
that a primary is intended to be held"
List of Applications.
! Acting upon this section. Chairman
Ellyson and Secretary Brcnaman vii.
| notify the Secretary OF the Common
| wealth that the Democratic party in
I Virginia will use the direct primary
! in nominating its candidates TOR Tie
United States Senate FOR the House of
| Representatives, Tor Governor. Lieutcn-
! Governor, Secretary OF the Com
| monwealth. State Treasurer, Attorney
! General. Superintendent OF puIlic In
structon and Commissioner .! Agri-
culture and Immigration. Candidates
| Tor other offices may be named as tnc
local party authorities may deem best.
| and local committees in many parts Of
! the state must discharge their duty ia
! notifying Secretary James 1t viii
| also be the duty OF State Chairman C..
! Il. Slcmp and Secretary George l.. Hart
! TO serve notice that the Republican
| party does not nominate by primary.
| II seems that just such a form must
b" followed also by the State organi-
| cations Of the Prohibitionis;. Socialist.
Socialist-Labor ana Peoples party OF
there be onc).
! The Secretary OF the Commonwealth
must order primary elections held this
! Year in the First. Third. Fourth and
| sixth Congressional Districts and IN
the city o; Richmond for members of
| IN Administrative Board.
Public rnys Cost.
Beginning with to-day tho expenses
I f,f nd st,.s~
| Virginia will bc paid by the counties
! and cities. as in general elections. All
| provisions of the penal code OF the
state which now protect regular cleo
/ tons are to apply to primaries. but
judges are TO be named from lists FUR
nishcd by party committees unless
| more than one party takes part III III.
| primary.
y fec OF : per cent. OF the tirst years
salary is required OF each candidate, to
keep out the pikcrs. This is returned II
no opposition develops. Candidates may
not cNpcnd money to secure their cleo
ton save for travelling expenses, print
inS circulars and newspaper advertise
ments. stationery. postage, telegraph
and telephone tolls ana hiring OF rooms.
and halls for public speaking or as
campaign headquarters. Besides, no
candidate may spend sum equal to
more than 8 cents for each vote cast
for the candidate of his party receiving
the highest vote at the preceding CUB
ernatorial election. Paid matter in
newspapers in the interest of any can
didatc must be marked as such, and no
publisher or editor or reporter is per-
United to accept money or any other
valuable consideration to support any
candidate IN primary.
Qualifications of Voters
II is provided: NO person shall be
permitted to vote for the candidates
! of any party unless at the last next
I preceding general election he voted for
the presidential electors nominated bv
such party or for the nominee of the
House of Representatives. Of such party.
! or the nominee Of such party for Gov
| erhor. or tho nominee of such party for
! the House of Delegates. provided, fur
| ther. that If he did not vote at such
! general election. then. upon his dccla-
ration that he VIII support a, the en-
suing election the nominee of the party
in whose primary he wishes to vote.
he shall be allowed to vote"
In the meeting OF the resolutions
committee at the Norfolk convention
Representative W. y. Jones said this
| clause would permit negroes to vote i'm
| Democratic primaries. Senator r. C.
| f'olkes took issue with this, pointing to
| the Democratic party primary plan.
which provides only for the admission
| as voters of white Democrats"