The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1914-05-28


Third Congressional District will
contest for supremacy in primary
to be held on August 19, in accord
ance with the date that was fixed by
the Third District Congressional
Committee at its recent meeting in
Americas. The regulations for the
conduct Of the primary are also in
cluded in the minutes Of the recent
meeting, which are as follows;
Be it resolved by the Dem.
Executive Com. of the Srd Congress
sional Dis. Of Ca, regularly assem-
bled, and it is hereby resolved by
authority of the same: That a dem
ocratic primary be held in eachcoun-
accomplishing the Third Congression-
al district Of Georgia, on the 18th
day Of August 1914 for the purpose
Of nominating-a congressman to rep
resent said district in the congress
Of the United States.
2 Be it further resolved and it is
hereby resolved BY authority afore-
said that said primary shall be held
under and governed by the same
rulBs and regulations fixed by the
state Democratic Executive Com
miItee, to control the nominations
Of sstate house officers, except as
heEsinafter provided,
) Be it further resolved that the
candidate receiving the plurality Of
votes cast in said district shall he
the nominee.
lussEer resolved and it's
hereby resolved hy the authority a.
foresaid, that each candidate for
congress iii saig aistrictand running
insait primary slaisiay called, shall
par sTis.lI rEefssto the chair
man Of the various County Demo-
cratic Executive Committees as said
committees may make against him,
and the chairman of the 3rd District
Congressional Committee shallfugn-
ish said candidates names to the
proper authority in time for it to
appear on the official ballot to be
used in said primary election. Any
candidate failing to comply with
these requirements. on or before the
4th Of August 1914 shall be inelligi-
Bile to run insaidpEimary, and votes
cast for such candidate shall not be
counted.
5 Be it further resolved and tits
hereby resolved by the authority a.
foresaid, that the successful candi-
date ia said primary III said district
Immediately upon consolidation Of
the returns shall select delegates
from each county Of the district,
each county to be Untitled to twice
as many votes in convention as it
has representatives in the Lower
House Of the General Assembly Of.
Georgia. It shall be the business
OF the delegates so selected to repre-
sent their respective Counties in the
consolidation Of returns of said con-
gressional primary in convention
hereinafter called, and to declare
the result of same.
6 Be it further resolved and it is
hereby resolved bysauthority afore-
said, that the delegates so selected
shall assembly in convention at A
mericus Ga. on 18th day of Aug.
IA at ten thirty O'Clock A. Nj, and
proceed to consolidate the returns Of
primary from the various counties
of the district declare the candidate
receiving the largest number Of votes
in the district to be the Democratic
Nominee for the 64th congress in
the Ord congressional district of
Georgia; provided. however. that
such successful candidate has COM
Piled with the rule prescribed by
the lat eongressions convention with
with respect to campaign expenses.
Z It shall be the duty of ;he a
hove mentioned convention TO elect
a new Democratic Executive Com
mittee for the Third Congressional
District Of Georgia and transact