Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1921-10-19
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
70 BE- HELD NOV. rs
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Rules Of Two Years Ago Adopted
With Proper Name and
Date Changes.

The committee appointed to draf
resolutions for holding the Republical
primary election for nominating :
candidate for Sheriff, Trustee, Reg
ister, Circuit Court Clerk and Count,
Court Clerk, completed its labors ant
was ready to report to the Sub Com
mittee consisting of Chairman J. w
Dorton Judge S. n. Smith, Jere
Morrow, c. B. Turner and d. w. Lun.
dy at noon Monday. Court being il
that a quorum was secured. Chair
man J. w. Dorton Judge S. N. Smith
and Jere Morrow, which constituted
majority of the committee, met il
the office OF the County Court Clerk
and after the rules were read by 5. c
Bishop. who was selected by the
Rules Committee to read them they
were unanimously adopted, except
Section g. which was disapproved
The rules asa adopted were the rules
Of two years ago with the proper
date and name changes.
| Section 9, which was eliminated Is
| is follows:
| No. 9 Should any candidate receiv-
ing the nomination in said pri-
+hasanfta~ h,@,,
herself in such a way as to rem
der them unworthy of the sup
port Of the voters at the regular
election, upon written complaint
being made by any known Repub-
licanno the Chairman OF the Ex-
ecuLyk committee, setting out the
specific acts I .colnpIained oysthes1e
Chairman shall calf the Excgutive
committee together for the pur-
pose Of hearing such. charges and
complaint, and it, ke1
said committee zlf l9S flse M
right to declare lhe noniina tioafhi Z I
of such candidate Z void and shall
order anotIier nominations made
in such manner as may seem
proper by said committee.
We only give it here for, the benefit
of those who may wish to know OF
what il consisted. 1t, is in no way a
part Of the rules that,will govern the
election and should receive no weight
or consideration by the election board
or Judges of the primary election.
when held. y 4.
Jere Morrow suggested that the
tickets for the several candidates be
printed all alike and that in voting
the voter shouldz designate the per-
son for whom hehwished to vote by
placing an x opposite the name he
wished to vote for. That no booths
be required, that any person be at
liberty to mark any ticket for voter
and that the voting be conducted in
he same manner as primary elections
in the past, with that single exception.
MIR. Morrow presented the matter on
he grounds that it would always. be
possible for any person to vote for
any candidate they Night choose and
that by This. means no candidate
would be liable to lose any votes De-
cause he or she had no personal tick
cts at any particular precinct AS the
Sub Committee was not empowered
to take action on any matter other
than the Rules as submitted by the
Rules Committee, the ticket matter
was not acted upon but3was left for
solution by the candidates.
Since by an act of the last legisla-
ture the Dortch Law has been ex-
tended to every precinct in the sta:e,
it will be necessary fir ALL persons
who vote in ANY tegular election
hereafter to vote in booth and un-
der the Dortch Law Regulations, it |
was felt by Mr.. Morrow that to mark |
an x after the name of the person for
whom any voter might wish to vote
in the coming primary would be
something of training that would
enable them to vote with more ease
and certainty of voting for the per-