The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-12-19
DISTRICT
PRIM AIRY
SYSTEM
CRISP COUNTY WILL FURNISH
FIRST SENATOR

composing the Forty Eighth Senatorial
District, meeting was held at Able
vile. at the COURTEOUS, yesterday, for
the purpose of deciding the plan to
be used in nomination of senator
from the district, the order Of rota-
ton among the counties, the election
of district executive committee, and
such other business as was proper
The meeting was called to order,
and the object thereof stated by A. S.
Bussey, and upon call for nomination
for officers of the meeting, Judge ID.
A. r. Crum was elected chairman,
Nhitenurst secretary, and E. l.. Kiker
assisted secretary who reported the
proceeding of the meeting.
Among those present we're deIagat-
cs rom Dodge county viz: Judge C.
w Griffin, j. F. Coleman, Geo. w.
Ryals, Grif Mizell, Jr.; from Crisp
county, d. A. r. Crum, w. p. Fleming
L. NJ Summer, w. H. Doris, E. L.
Klker and A S. Bussey, Wilcox county
having !ailed to elect delegates upon
motiuIl. all citizens of Wilcox county
present were enrolled and authorized
to act frothat county, and among
those present we're: L. j. Whitehurst
G. S. Mccall, II. A. Gooding, ]. A. Nc
Call, DR.. J. D. Maynard, N M. Patten,
II A. Hodges, e. D. Wynn, M w.
Hutchinson, J. r. Monroe, Clerk Han
cock and Ordinary Warren.
1t was decided that the vote be by
counties, and each county to have two
votes in the meeting.
Upon motion Of Judge Griffin of
Dodge, it was unanimously decided
that the rotation system of furnish
ing the senator be established for the
district, in the following order, Crisp
county first, Dodge county second
and Wilcox county, third.
After considerable discussion, part
icipated in by Judge Griffin, Judge
Crum, Messrs Gooding Bussey. Mon
roe and Hodges All of the counties
unanimously voted that the district
primary system of nominating the
senator be dopted,-that is to say
while the senatorship should rotate
from county to county in the order
named, yet the candidates should be
required to run in a primary to be
held throughout the entire district
Among the points of argument adj
vanced in favor of this system were;
that it was right, just and democratic
Tor the people of the entire district
to participate in naming the party
nominee; that senator so nominal
ed would meet people throughout the
district would becomed acquainted
with the political situation of the en-
tire district and be better qualified
to represent the whole district. and
more interested therein.
Perhaps the strongest argument for
the district primary system was that
advanced by Judge Crum. that it
would be harder for the great inter
ests which employed lobbyists and
advanced large sums Of money for
political purposes to secure the cleo.
ton of senator favorable to their in.
| tcrestS. and would cost them more
where they did succeed in securing
their favorites; that it would make
II harder for such interests to secure
control of a majority or of a consider.
able number of senators for their
purposes, than under the old system
where they had to spend money in
only one county instead of three to
secure the nomination of their man.
that under the old system it would be
possible for big interests to secure a
majority of the senator's by merely
looking after their interests in some
twenty odd counties of the state. That
the tate as whole ought not to sub,
NIT to legislative domination of the
state in the senate by senators nomi.
mated from merely twenty three coun.
ties as heretofore. or twenty six coun,
ties hereafter as wOuld no +be foot