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State Democratic Primary August 2.
The state democratic ¢xecutive
cominittee, at a regular meeting
Monday Jualy 8 held in the city of
Atlanta, bereby adopts the follow
ing rules and regvlations to guvern
the party primary election to nomi
pate a candidate for the office of
governor, United States senstor
and other candidates herein-after
named, to-wi:
1. Ordered that a democratic
primary election be held on the
21st day of August, 1912, in cach
of the counties of this state for
the purpose of nominating demo
cratic candidates for the following
offices, to-wit: Governor, United
States senator, uattorney general,
secretary of state, comptroller
general, treasurer, commissioner
of agriculture, state superintend
ent of education, prison commis
sioner, two candidates for railroad
commissioner to succeed Hon.
George H., W, Hill, now being
filled by Hon. Paul B. Trammell
under appointment; two candidates
for full term of supreme court
justices to succeed Justices Lump
kin and Atkinson and one candi
date for supreme court justice to
fill the unexpired term of Justice
Holden, now being filled by Jus
tice Hill under appointment; a
candidate for judge of the court of
appeals for full term to succeed
Judge B, H. Hill acd one for the
unexpired term of Judge Arthur
Powell now being filled by Judge
Pottle under appointment; demo
cratic candidates for congress
from the various congressional
districts in this state aua such
candidates for judge of the superi
or court and solicitor general, as
are required by law to be elected
at the next general October elec
tion; state senators from the vari
ous senatorial districts in this state
and members of the lower branch
of the general assembly and candi
dates for such other offices as are
to filled in the said next general
election.
2. All white electors who are
democrats and duly legistered ac
cording to law and qualified to
vote in the general election who
in good taith will pledge them
selves fo support the democratic
nominee of said primary as well as
the democratic nominee for coun
ty offices and for president and
vice president of the United States
are hereby declared qualified to
vote in said primary election.
3. 1t shall be the duty of the
county democratic executive com
mittees of the several counties and
especially the chairmen thereof to
furnish to the election managers
of each district or voting precinct
a list of all white registered and
legally qualified voters in tue re
spective districts of such managers;
to see to printing and the proper
distribution of all necessary blanks
and tickets and to make all neces
sary provisions: for holding such
primary election in their respective
counties, including the appoint
ment of election managers at the
various voting precincts.
4. The chairman of this com
mittee shall prepare an official bal
lot with the names of all candidates
thereon, except local candid .tes,
and forward a copy of same to the
chairman of each county demo
cratic executive commiftee at least
10 days before the date of said
primary.
No person shall be deemed a
candidate so as to entitle his name
to be placed on said official ballot
unless the assassment hereinafter
prescribed shall be paid by him by
the time hereinafter named. The
voter shall erace from said ballot
the names of those candidates for
whom he does not desire to vote,
leaving on said baliot only the
names of those candidates fori
whom he wishes to vote and iOl
case where more than one candi
date is to be nominated for a par
ticular office each voter shall vote
for as many candidates as there
are pominations to be made for
such office. No ballot shall be
counted which does not conform
to the official ballot.
6. In the selection of managers
the county democcratic executive,
coromittee shall, so far as practi
cable, give recognition to the
friends of the various candidates.
7. The candidate tor United
States senator who receives the
largest number of votes, in the
entire state, in said primary, shall
be declared to be the democratic
nominee for United States senator
and entitled to the support of the
democratic members of the general
assembly and the party as such,
8. The candidate for governor
and candidates for various state
house officers, as well as justices
of the supreme court, and judges
of the court of appeals, who re
cewve. respectively the highest
number of votes in any given
county, shall be considered to have
carried such county and entitled to
the full vote of such county, on
the county unit basis, in the con
vention hereinafter provided for,
and the county democratic execu
tive committee shall, from among
the known friends and supporters,
in their respective counties, of the
succeesful candidates, a ppoint
delegates to said convention and
shall be entitled to so appoint
twice the number of delegates
as such county is entitled to mem
bers in the lower house of the
general assembly and no more,
and such committees may appoint
an c¢qual number of alternates.
Said delegates shall be thereby in
structed to cast the vote of such
county for such successful candi
dates.
9. All candidates for suparior
court judges and solicitors general
are to be voted for only in the
counties of their respective circuits
and the candidates for judges who
receive the highest number of
votes in the entire circuit in which
be is a candidate shall be the
democratic nominee for the office
of judge in said circuit, and the
same shall be true as to candidates
for solicitors general. -
10, 1n so far as this primary
relates to the nomination of canai
dates for congress from the vari
ous congressional districts, such
candidates shall be voted for only
in the counties comprising their
respertive congressional district,
and it shall be left to the congres
sional democratic executive com
mittee in each district to determine
whether the county unit or popular
vote plan shall prevail and the
senatorial democratic executive
committee in the various senatorial
district shall likewise determine
which of said plars shall prevail
in the nomination of state senator.
11, Each. candidate for gover
nor and United States Senator lis
hereby assessed the sum of $2OO
and each candidate for a state
house office and for supreme court
justices and appellate court judge
is hereby assessed the sum of $5O
which shall cover all assessments
against said candidate in said pri
mary, and no other assessments
shall be levied or collected from
!tlxem.
12 The payment of said assess
‘ment shall be made to the secre
tary and treasurer of this com
‘mittee not later than roon on the
Ist day of August, 1912 and no
candidate’s name shall be placed
on the official ballot who fails to
pay the required assessment by
the time before named.
- 13. The congressional, scna
torial and county democratic ex
ecutive committee shall levy such
assessments as to them may seem
proper on candidates for congress
superior court judges, solicitors
general, state sepators and mem
bers of the house of represepta
tives as are to be nominated in
such primary. The name of no
candidate shall appear on the
official ballot who fails to pay the
assessment as required of him on
or before said August 1, 1912. |
14. On the 22nd day of August
1912, at noon, the democratic ex
ecutive committee of each county
shall assemble at the courthouse
1n said county and consolidate the
vote of such county and declare
the result of such primary, and
the chairman of each county com
noittee shall certify the result and
THE LEADER-ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY JULY 12, 1912.
transmit same to the chairman of
this committee at once, except in
case of contest as herein-after
provided, in so far ss said result
relates to candidates fer governor,
United States senator, statehouse
officials, supreme court justices,
appellate court judges, superior
court judges and solicitors general
and it shall be the duty of the
chairman of this committee to
present said returns to the con
vention hereinafter called,
15. Should anv candidate de
sire to contest the result of the
election in any county, he shall
file with the chairman of the coun
ty executive committee in such
county notice of contest and the
grounds thereot, by noon on the
day following the holding of such
primary, and it shall be the duty
of said county executive committee
to proceed at once to hear and de
te.mine the same, and to deter
mine the same within no more
than tao days’ time and such
county chairman shall certify the
returns and results in such county
as to governor and United States
senator and statehouse officers to
the chairman of this committee as
soon as such contest is determined,
in so far as it relates to any of
sfid last named officer.
416, No cand'date in said pri
mary election shall be declared
the nominee of the party for either
of the offices named if it shall be
made satisfactorily to appeuc to
this committee that he has used
money, liquor or other thing of
vilue to employ workers at the
polls, or that he engaged in pur
chasing votes to secure his nomi
nation, or used money, liquor or
other thing of value illegally for
the purpese of securing votes in
his race, ard this provision shall
apply even where such improper
use of money, liquor or anvthing
of value is made by the friends of
such candidate with his knowiedge
and approval. Nor shall_any can
didate receive the nomination who
violates the provisions of the
statute of this state regulating the
holding of primary election.
17. The words statehouse oflic
ers as used in this resolution in
clude governor, attorney general,
secretary of state, eomptroller
general, treasurer, commissioner
of agricuiture, state schocl super
intendent, pension commissiouer,
railroad commissioners and com
missioner of commerce and labor.
18. Any candidate who shali
enter the office for railroad com
missioner, supreme court justice,
or judge of the court of appeals,
shail specify on or before the time
of his assessment the office to
which he aspires by naming the
imncumbent now filling the office
and ticket shall be printed accord
ingly.
19, In each and every county
in this state, where any party
maintains an organization and runs
candidates in opposition to the
nominee of she democratic party
for state senator, representative
or county officers; in such coun
ties full power is hereby delegated
to the county democratic executive
committee to pass such rules ard
prescribe such regulations as will
prohibit anyone from voting ex
cept white democrats.
20. A state democratic conven
tion is hereby called to assemble
at 10 o’clock a. m. in the auditori
um in Macon, Ga., on the 28th
day of August, 1912, in which
convention each county shall be
entitled to twice the number of
votes it has members in the lower
branch of the general assembiy
and the majority ruieshall confirm
the result of said primary in so far
as candidates for governor, state
‘house officers, justices, judges and
solicitors general aforesaid are
concerned and duly nominate can
didate for such offices and confirm
the nomination of United States
senator in said primary nomina
tion under these rules.
21, In estimating the county
unit vote to which each county is
entitled the apportionate based on
the census of 1910 shall govern,
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Announcement
To the Voters of Ben Hill County:
I am a candidate for the State
Senate as the representa.ive in
that body of the Fifteenth Sena
torial District, subject to the com
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to this office, I will appreciate the
honor of the position and will en
deavor to realize its duties and re
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position as a public trust, and wili
be untimne in my efforts as all
times to discharge the obligations
of the trust in such a mannper as
will be to the credit of the Dis
trict, of Ben Hill couuvy, and
of myself. I will be very grateful
for ail support given me,
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