The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-03-02
PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA,
Obnoxious Resolutions Rescinded


The State Democratic Execu
tive Committee, at special meet
ing held in Jacksonville on last
Thursday, by a vote of Is to II
"abrogated and repealed" sec
tons 4 and 5 of the qualification
resolutions which were adopted
by the committee at the meeting
held on Jany. 9th.
At this last meeting, AZ counties
were represented, and the propo-
sition to rescind the obnoxious
resolutions of the January meet
ing was debated for nearly two
hours. The Times Union says that
it was heated debate, but it
gives few details of the actual dis
crssion
Hon. Forrest Lake Of Seminole
county, introduced the following
resolutions, which, after two
hours debate, were adopted by
the vote named above:
"Be it resolved by the state
Democratic executive committee
that a legal elector shall be de-
clared, taken and held as men,
Der of the Democratic party upon
the following terms and condi-
tons in addition to those required
by the general primary election
law:
First, that he is white man.
"Second, that he believes in the
principles of the Democratic par
ty and that his party affiliations
are with the Democratic party.
Third, that he intends in good
faith to support and vote in the
next general election for all can
didates, national, state and coun-
ty, nominated by the Democratic
party, and so pledges himself.
Fourth, that only those who
come within the provisions of this
resolution shall be accepted as
Democrats with the right to par
ticipate in the general primary as
Democrats.
Fifth, that sections 4 and 5 of
certain resolution adopted by
this committee on January 6,1916,
wherein certain terms and condi-
tons were prescribed for those
who were therein declared as
members of the Democratic party,
be, and the same are hereby abro-
gated and repealed. "
The vote on the adoption of the
Forrest Lake resolutions was as
follows: For Bay, Baker, Brad
ford, Citrus, Clay, Columbia,
Dade, Gadsden, Holmes, Lafay-
cite, Lake, Lee, Levy, Manatee,
Monroe, Nassau, Osceola, Palm
Beach, Polk, Seminole, st, Lucie,
Sumter, Taylor and Walton =
against-Alachua, Duval, Escam-
bia, Franklin, Hamilton, Herman
do, Hillsborough, jackson, Jeffer-
son, Leon, Madison, Marion, Pas
co, st. Johns, Suwannee, Volusia
and Washington.
1t seems that DeSoto was not
represented.
The action of the committee will
go far towards restoring party
harmony, which was seriously
disturbed by the so-called Sturkie
resolutions, though the Times
Union thinks that the "devil will
be to pay" 1t says;
I'VE may now look for the
naStiest, most abusive campaign
that Florida has ever known, and
it will probably be attended with
the loss of life. We have had
what were considered bitter cam
paigns in the past, but nothing to
compare with what we will have
this year. Perhaps this is well.
Some men and some organizations
deserve the bitterest denuncia-
ton. The people of Florida will
decide, and we have enough con-
fidence in them to believe that af-
ter a full discussion they will de-
eide wisely"
Well, that starts out with o
awful prediction and closes with
a lovely one. What really fright
ems the Times Union is the i'm