The Palatka news and advertiser., 1916-10-06

The laws of Florida provide that a
man can become candidate for pub
lie office and get his name on the tick
ct at general election on presenta-
tion of petition signed by a certain
number of electors. For county Of
flee the candidate must have 25 names
on his petition. For a State office
the law requires that at least 500
names must be attached to the petit
ton.
On Wednesday the board of county
commissioners was busy with these
petitions of independent candidates, as
well as Of those which were of party
men who had become candidates after
the primary because of the removal
from the county Of the regular candi-
date, or to fill vacancies on the ticket
occasioned through the failure of can
didates to properly qualify.
In the latter class were at least
three Of the Florida presidential cleo
tors for the democratic party. These
were named at the recent meeting of
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee in Jacksonville, and a petition
containing more than 500 names was
presented to the board by W. A. Rus
sell, member of the State Committee.
By resolutio of the board these names
will have place on the ticket.
Rev. Sidney j. Cats, aware that
his name is now "Mud" in so far as
the democratic nomination is concern
ed, is qualifying in each county of the
State as an independent candidate for
governor. His petition, signed in Du-
val county was received by regis
tered letter from the "Catts Club"
of Duval county and was duly
presented to the board, and of course
received favorable action.
Chas. 7. Clark, socialist for repre-
sentative in the legislature; E. Loom
is, socialist, candidate for justice of
the peace in district No. 8; L. L.
Moody, independent candidate for
county commissioner from the sec
ond, or Palatka, district; ]. F. Da-
wilson, independent candidate for
sheriff; H. S. Bennett, independent
candidate also for sheriff, and Henry
Hutchinson, independent candidate for
clerk of the court, were all acted on
favorably as they each had legal pc
titions.
F. V. Owen of Satsuma Nights
and W. F. Rogero, will by petition,
be opposing democratic candidates for
member of the county school board
from district No. /. DR.. Main Of
Welaka who was the nominee of the
June democratic primary, has moved
from the State, and the place on the
ticket had to be filled. Messrs. Ow-
en- and Rogers are both democrats,
and neither can be considered as in
dependent of party action as no par
ty action has been taken in either
case.
Henry Hutchinson for clerk was de-
feated in the primary by R. ]. Han
cock; he believes that in the cam
paign unfair advantage was taken Of
him and that in this work the cor
rupt practice act of the State was
violated. 1t is his intention to bring
this matter before the attention of
the court at its next meeting. If he
does not prove his case, it is whis-
pered he will withdraw, though Mr..
Hutchinson himself does not promise
this.
There is peculiar circumstance
regarding the strictly socialistic and
Independent candidates above noted,
their petitions are signed by practi-
cally the same set of men, and these
are well-known socialists and Cats
Club men here E. E. Dodge, c. A.
LeHardy, E. Madison, ]. A. Austin,
E. T. Lancaster, A. c. Lancaster, E.
o. Earls, w. W. Waters, E. Loomis,
are names that are attached to num-
Der of the petitions.
Later in the day E. ]. Price quail
fled as an independent candidate for
County Commissioner from the
Fourth district.
No, Without n Party