Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 21, 1912, Page 2

YAGE TWO —— s e—n - s e THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., FEBRUARY 21, 1912 OFFICIAL CALL FOR THE STATE DEMO- CRATIC PRIMARIES Following is the official call for the| democratic primaries to be held in April and May of this year, as is-| sued by the campaign committee of' tne State Democratic Executive Com-, mittee: | Official Call. ; Rules, regulations and list of of-| ficers to be filled, as declared by the, Florida Democratic Campaign Com- mittee, at. Jacksonville, Florida, on, the 7th day of February, A. D, 1912,1 under the call for state democratic primaries by the State Democratic, Executive Committee at Jackson- ville, Florida, January 16, 1912, The State Democratic Campaign (ommittee in and for the State of Florida, under and by virtue of the powers vested in it under the call made by the State Democratic Exec- utive Committee, in session at Jack- sonville, Florida, on January 16, 1912, met in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, on the 7th day of February, A. D. 1912, and thereupon adopted the following resolutions governing the primaries to be held in the State of Florida on the 30th day of April, 1912, and the 28th day of May, of said year, towit List of Offices to Be Filled bv the Democratic Primarv Election, Resolved, First, That each elector in the State of Florida, qualified to vote in said primary election, shall have the right to vote in said pri- maries for— One candidate for president of the United States. One candidate for representative to congress from the state at large. One candidate for congress from the congressional district in whica such elector may reside. One candidate for national mitteeman. One candidate for governor of the state of Florida. One candidate for justice of the su- preme court, One candidate state, One al. One com- for secretary of candidate for attorney gener- candidate for comptroller, One candidate for state treasurer. One candidate for superintendent of public instruction. One candidate for commissioner of agriculture, One candidate for railroad commis- sioner. IOme candidate for adjutant gener- al. One candidate for state chemist. One candidate for assistant state auditor. One candidate for state senator in en'eh odd numbered senatorial dis- trict. ' The number of candidates for mem- ber of the house of representatives to which the county in which such lector m: s i : e g Mool Mgl { Provided no fees shall be required One candidate for county judge. One candidate for sheriff. One candidale Tor clerk of the cir- cult court. One candidate for county asseasor of taxes. ‘ One candidate for tax collector. One candidate for county superin- tendent of public instruction. One candidate for county surveyor. One candidate for county treas- urer. One candidate for supervisor registration. Six delegates from the state of Florida at large to the national con- vention. Two delegates from the congres- sional district in which the elector resides to the national convention. Six candidates for presidential electors, Each elector in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh Jjudicial circuits shall have the right to vote for one candidate in his re- spective judicial circuit, for state at- torney for the circuit in which he resides, Each elector in counties having a criminal court of record, shall have the right to vote for: One candidate for judge of the criminal court of record. One candidate for solicitor of the criminal court of record. One candidate for clerk of criminal court of record. Each elector in counties having a county court and not having a crim- inal court of record, shall have the right to vote for One candidate for county prose- cuting attorney. Each elector in the county of Escambia shall have th eright to vote for: One candidate for judge of the court of record. One candidate for state solicitor of the court of record. One candidate for clerk of the court of record. Each elector in the respective of the board of public instruction for the _district in which he resides. ! Each elector in the respective jus-| tice of the peace district in the state shall have the right to vote for: One candidate for justice of the peace, One candidate for constable. Each elector in the several counties of the state shall have the right to vote for: One candidate for member of the state democratic executive committee | from his respective county. Each elector in each county shall ave the right to vote for: One candidate for member of the congresional committee of the con- gressional district in which he re- sides from his respective county, Each elector in each county, in a senatorial district composed of more than one county, shall have the right to vote for h. declare the result in like manner as the returns are canvassed and the re- sult declared by it as to other Stat> offices. Must File Ar-lications. Such applications of all candidates or county offices to have their names | printed upon the ballot shall be filed with the chairman of the respective executive committees in this State, on or before the 1st day of April, A. D. 1912, and such application shall be {companied with the amount required by the respective county committees in this State as to each candidate for any county office. All candidates for members of the Legislature and for | office of State Senator shall be requir- the chairman of the State Democrat- ic Executive Committee as that here- in provided to be filed with the Coun- ;ed to file a similar application with| Committee shall meet in the city of Jacksonville on the 9th day of May, 1912, at 10 o'clock a. m., and from the consolidated returns from the va- rious counties of the State, shall de- cide and declare what candidates have been nominated under the call for primaries as hereinbefore set forth, by a majority vote, and in what cases, if any, a second primary fis necessary. The decisions as to can- vass and rulings of the county com- mittees shall be final as to county candidates, including members of the Legislature, before such primary. THE MUSIC HOUE is the most charming jia:+ gy, Its charm will reach pors 4 Becker piano is which the music con - “etiog 1 Lhe nstr Members of a democratic senator-/ty Democratic Executive Committee ‘jal district committee; the number on or before 1st day of April, A. D. whereof to be voted for shall be one member for each two hundred votes, or major fraction thereof, cast by the .members of the democratic party at the general election of 1908, as pre- scribed by chapter 5613 of the Acts of 1907, Each elector in each voting district within the state shall have the right to vote for one member of-the coun- ty democratic executive committee 1912, but the assessment required of such candidates for the offices of member of the Legislature and State | Senate shall be made, as herein pro- {vided, to the respective county ex- ecutive committees. Congressional Committees. Fourth—The Democratic Congres- sional committees in the State are hereby respectfully invited to co-op- said election. Upon the final canvass of votes . Come cast in said primary, ife it shall ap- listen to its rich, sweer 1y, e pear that by error or fraud more Ly g Al votes have been cast in any county e ““"""‘ You s permanen or precinct for any state of National Becker is not a piano ior ¢ vear qp office than could legitimately be cast i TS ; in such county or precinct, the State, It is an ms"fi‘“’" DU hat mens g Executive Committee shall have powd- time of musical pleasir g, er to correct the returns from sai / Fatin county or precinct as to such office, our partial payment 1., g so as to justly declare the result of us for sheet music a: (1i.r P merchandise. Watchers Are Allowed. Eighth—Each candidate for office being voted for shall have the right to place one watcher and challenger iin the polling piace at each precinct in every county, which said watcher and challenger shall be entitled to be present during the entire time the polls are open to challenge votes and also to witness the counting of PERRY-THARP-BERR MUSIC CO. from the voting district in which erate with the State Democratic kx- such elector resides, ecutive Committee, in the hold- Each elector shall have the right| i, o brimary and the chairman of to vote for one candidate for any i B other county office either elective or the State !Jemocratlc ijet}{liVB‘Comt appointive not herein named, where, |nittce shall, upon request of any under the law or the constitution .chairman of any Congressional com- 2 “ .| mittee, cause to be published and cer- of the state of Florida, an election i/ yi504 to the chairman of the county required to be held to fill such office | 00 v the names of all candi- by reason of death or resignation ati guies for nomination for Congress the person elected by the general el-| ection of 1910, where such office 13 now being filled by appointment, and | the commission of such person so holding said office expires under the law or constitution of this state dur-| ing the years 1912 or 1913, i Rules for Candidates. Scecond—That each erson desiring to have his name printed on the pri- mary election ballot as a candidate for any state office, congressman -.n§ large or tor presidential electors, delegate to the national convention, or as a member o fthe national deb- ocratic committee, shall file with the chairman of the state democratic ex- ecutive committee, on or before the I1st day of April, A, D, 1912, his no- tice of candidacy and application to have his name so printed upon the| official ballot; such notice of applica- | tion shall be upon a printed form to be furnished by the chairman of said committee upon the request of any person, and such application and no- tice shall be accompanied with an amount of money equal to five (5) (the national committee, which shall be certified to him by such Congressional committee, Fifth—The chairman of the State! { Democratic Executive Committee shall, immediately after the 1st day of April, A, D. 1912, furnish to at i least one newspaper published in the county a list of all names which have been so filed as candidates for all State offices, as well as national, in- cluding the names of candidates for delegates to the national convention, Presidential Electors and members of and shalil certify to the chairman of each county committee a list of all such | candidates. The chairman of the State Demo- cratic Executive Committee shall al- 50 cause to be printed in each county within this State a notice of the hold- ing of the primary elections set forth in the call made by the State Demo- cartic Executive Committee, such no- tice to be given by him as required under the statutory law of the State of Florida. Provided, that should there be any county within the State that has no newspaper published per cent of the annual compensation | therein, then, in such event, such no- of the office for which he is a candi-|tice of election shall be given by date; and no name of any such candi- | causing to be posted in each precinct 'date shall be printed upon the official | within such county a notice of the ballot, or counted or returned is 30|holding of such primary elections as ‘such candidates shall be paid printed, unless this provision shall be complied with. of any candidate for presidential electors, delegates to the national convention, or for national commit- teemen. Third—That each person who is a 'candidate for any county office, or who is a candidate for member of the legislature, or for state senator, and who may desire to have his name printed on the primary election bal- lot, shall give notice of his candidacy, and make such application to have his name so printed, to the chairmau of the respective county executive committees, and shall accompany such application with such an amount of money as shall be prescribed by the respective county executive com- mittees, not exceeding (5) per cent. of the annual income of the oftice for which he is a candidate. Provided, that the assessment of the State Senators in districts con- stituting more than one county, where there is no Senatorial com- mittee, shall be paid in equal amounts to each county executive committee in such Senatorial district, and notice of his application to have his name printed on the ballot as a candidate for the office of State Sen-l ator in such district shall be by such candidate filed with the chairman ot the county executive committee of each county within said district. If, however, there should exist a Sena- torial committee in such district, such notice and application to have the name of such candidate printed on said ballots shall be filed with the chairman of such Senatorial com- mittee, and must be accompanied by the fee prescribed herein, and it shall be the duty of such chairman to duly certify to the respective county ex- ecutive committees in such Senatorial ,district the names of all persons who may qualify as candidates for such office, and the fees received from in equal amounts to each county com- mittee in such Senatorial district by Vthe chairman of such Senatorial com- mittee. by statute required. Form of Ballots. Sixth—The voting in said primary election shall be by ballot, in accord- ance with the provisions of the State primary law as enacted in 1909. Said i ballots shall be printed and distrib- uted under the directions of the re- spective county committees of the several counties, and on said ballots shall be printed only the names of such candidates for State and nation- al office as may be certified by the chairman of the State executive {committee, and the chairman of the !State Congressional Committees, ar- {ranged in alphabetical order; and next in order shall be printed the names of the county candidates, and in such order as may be prescribed by the respective county committees. Canvass of Returns. The Democratic County Executive Committee of the various counties shall, at noon, on the sixth day after each of said primaries are held, or sooner, if the returns are in, meet at the county court house of the respec- tive counties in the State, and public- Iy canvass the returns, and declare what candidates have been nominated | by a majority vote for each county of- |fice, and in what cases a second pris mary will have to be held; and the chairman and secretary of each coun- |ty committee within the State shall, jwithin two days thereafter, certify to the chairman of the State commit- tee, and to the members of said com- mittee, the result of said election as to each office, State and National, ex- cept as to candidates for Congress, and shall also certify the result of said election as to delegates to the National convention, presidential electors, and National Democratic Executive Committeemen. They shall also certify the result of the district senatorial committees, where such committees exist, within two days from the date of such canvass, as to the office of State Semator, but in senatorial districts comprising more than one county, where there are no senatorial committees, such certi- ficate as to result as to the office of State Senator, shall be made to the \ county commissioners districts of the| Provided, further, that in Senator-| chairman of the State committes; state shall have the right to vote ial districts which comprise more and shall also certify to the chairman for: (than one county, where there is no|of their respective congressional com- One candidate for county commis- Senatorial committee, that the re-|mittees such results as to the candid- sioner of the district in which such turns of such primaries, as to the of- |ates for members of Congress; such elector may reside. {fice of State Senator, shall be certi- | certificates from the chairman of said Each elector in the respective fied by the respective county execu-|county committee shall show the re- county sehool board districts of the tive committees in such district or|sult of said primary election in each state shall have the right to vote districts to the State committee,|and every precinct within said coun- for {which said committee shall canvass|ty. One member of the county school the sald returns so made and shall' The State Democratic Executive the votes and certifying of the re- sult after the polls are closed. The! ballots, poll list, returns and other records of the electicni shall be pre- igerved by the Countv Executive oC'm- mittee after th2 primary has been held. Qualifcation ¢f Electors. Ninth—Those, and only those, per- sons shall be permitted to vote at or participate in the management of said primary election who are white Democratic electors, who declare their adherence to the principles and organization of the Democratic party, national, State and county, who are by the laws of the State lawful elec- tors of the district in which they offer to vote, who have paid their poll taxes legally due within the time required by the law of the State regulating primary elections, and who shall, when challenged by an elec- tor, make in writing his oath before an inspector that he did not vote against the nominees of the last Democratic primaries for national, State and county officers, and that he will support the nominees of this primary. Time in Which to Pav Poll Taxes. Tenth—That, whereas, under and by virtue of the provisions of section 16, chapter 5929, Acts of the Legisla- ture, it is provided “That where the payment of poll or capitation tax is necessary to qualify voters for par- ticipation in primaries herein provid- ed for, that such poll or capitation tax shall be paid not later tkan the second Saturday the month preceed- ing the month in which such primary is held;” and, whereas, some discus- sion has arisen as to the correct con- struction of said provision of law, {t is deemed advisable by this committee to express its views that under said statute, in order for an elector to qualify or as to participate in the primaries heretofore called by the State Democratic Executive Commit- tee, he must pay his poll taxes legal- ly due on or before the second Sat- urday in March A. D, 1912, the same being the 9th day of said month. 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