The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-03-20
ONLY WHITES To
VOTE IN PRIMARY
STATE COMMITTEE ADOPTS RES.
oLUTIoNs GIVING ouALiFlcA-
TONS FOR ELECTORS.
NO ITINERARY FOR THIS YEAR
Candidates viii Not Be Assessed by
Committee, as No Funds Are
Needed.

Jacksonville.-Noneb but white Demo
Gratis will be permitted to participate
in the coming Democratic primary IL
June. This decision was reached al
the annual meeting of the State Demo
cratic executive committee, which was
held here. There was a short discus
sion upon the question in regard tt
the wording of the resolution. The first
resolution was introduced by Amos
Lewis, and because of the wording g
substitute, offered by ]. w. Burton Of
DeSoto county, was adopted as fol
lows:
Whereas, section 16 Of chapter 6469
acts of 1918, laws of Florida, provides
the state executive committee of each
political party may by resolution de-
clared the terms and conditions on
which legal electors shall be declared
and taken as proper members of such
party; therefore,
BE 1t resolved by the state Demo
cratic executive committee That, in ad-
dition to the qualifications specified
In said chapter 6469, only white legal
electors shall be permitted to vote the
Democratic ticket in the ensuing pri-
mary"
During the discussion upon this
question it was stated that the COM
mittee should have met and so declar-
ed for white voters before the registra-
tion books were open. Chairman
Fearnside stated that he did not over
look the point, but thought the law
dangerous, and believed it would be
safer to act now.
A resolution adopted by ]. B. Horne
of Jefferson, praising Governor Park
Trammell for his work in securing the
passage of the corrupt practice act
was adopted. w. B. Crawford moved
to lay this resolution on the table, but
his motion was lost, and the resolu-
ton was adopted.
L. w. Duval, of Marion county, in
troduced bill to assess United States
senatorial and all state candidates one
per cent. An amendment was offered
by Frank Walpole of Manatee county
to make the assessment one-half of
one per cent. This brought on dis
cussion in which 1t was pointed out
that as the committee had no use for
the money there was no necessity Of
making the assessment.
1t was suggested that the committee
would need money if an itinerary was
to be made out by the committee.
Judge John w. Dodge had laid res
olution on the desk which provided for
the making out of an itinerary, but it
was never read. During the discus
sion Frank Walpole moved that it was
the sense Of the meeting that the com.
mittee make no itinerary. This mo-
ton was carried After this had been
done it was decided that for the first
time in history the candidates should
go through the campaign without an
assessment by the state Democratic ex-
ecutive committee. At this time mo-
ton prevailed to pay the secretary of
the committee a salary of 800 per
year.
A resolution introduced by G. P.
Rainey of Hilsborough county, provid-
ing for the nomination of candi-
dates of the Democratic party for non
elective offices in the regular primary
to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in June, A. D. 1914"
This resolution brought on some dis
cussion, but it was adopted unani.
mously.