The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-09-22
PRIMARY BALLOTS
WILL Re PRINTED
BY The SECRET / AIRY
NAMES ONLY OF CANDIDATES
QUALIFIED UNDER RULES
CAN BE VOTED FOR.
QUOTES PLAN OF Till Cum NlTTtE
Thomas Y. English Makes Plain State
ment of What Will be the Ruling
With Reference to Questions Con-
corning Official Ballots.

In order to explain fully the pro-
visions of the primary plan under
which on next Saturday the primary
to elect delegates to the coming legis
lative convention will be held, Secre-
tary Thomas Y. English, of the county
democratic committee, this morning
made the following statement:
"The primary will be held between
the hours of l o'clock and 4 o'clock
on next Saturday. All known white
democrats, qualified voters, or who
will be qualified voters at the Novem-
Der election, will be eligible to vote.
Neither poll tax receipts nor registra-
ton certificates will be required. Vot-
ers shall agree to support the nomi-
nees of the legislative convention.
"Now any democrat, under para
graph of the primary plan OF Aug.
Ia, last, qualified to vote in the pri-
mary shall be qualified to become a
candidate for delegate therein but the
names of all candidates for delegates
shall be filed with the secretary Of the
committee not less than ten days be-
fore the primary and the secretary
shall cause to be printed ballots for
each district to contain the names Of
all qualified candidates for delegates
therein. 1t is also provided that the
voter shall mark a cross mark OPP
posite the names Of the delegates of
his choice but should he vote for more
delegates than the district is entitled
to such vote shall be void
"Under the plain instruction of the
committe, about which there can be
no sort OF Misunderstanding, I will
have provided in sufficient numbers
and at the various voting places, the
official ballots for the primary. They
will be the only ballots that will be
recognized therein and will contain
the names of qualified candidates for
delegates.
ANY deviation from this plan would
be a violation of the primary rules
and is not to be considered. Every
one had an equal opportunity to quail
~. | remained in Columbia on the
final day of qualifications to the last
minute, in order to serve every one.
There is no provision for writing in
names of candidates on the ballots
and all democrats are warned against
such attempts, because their ballots
would thereby be invalidated and the
persons who were elected under that
plan, would certainly not be qualified
delegates within the meaning of the
primary plan above quoted. l shall
try to see that every man has square
deal, that the ballots are properly
printed and distributed according to
the primary plan, and trust that every
democrat in the county will recognize
the rules of the party and be governed
accordingly.
"The primary plan is as plain as
human language can make it. The
plan says: The names of all candi-
dates for delegates shall be filed ten
days before the primary. There is no
room for technical hair splitting. And
/ here and now guarantee that the
names of all candidates so filed will
be printed upon the ballots, unless
such candidates shall instruct me that
they are not candidates and insist