The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-10

to require each and every voter to produce his
state registration paper of 1878 or 1s79-uo vote
to be received unless the eleeLor is Legally reg @
istssed under the State Law The Wqrd .bs y2ed
huLE 5. Itshall be the duty Of the commits, nm, !,
aionsrs In charge Of each t to Keep
ber of the registration paper. the names,
precinct, residences and age Of each voter which
R1 s aer e sznsa hs y e Of
before thaVpening Of the ballot-box, and shall
constitqte part of the returns to be f9rWaraefd1
proceed to count and tabulate the votes, and be-
fore leaving. the polling booth. Tally sheets
kept In duplicate. shall be signed by The. com,
mtsstoners, a maj ority of whom having signed
the said tally Sheets the same shall be, prlna
facie evidence for the. parties declared elected:
al returns to be filed with the SECRETARY OF the
Parish Committee before IL In. on the day after
The election.
g. All protests must be fled in writing with
the commissioners Of election Immediately
after the votes shall have been counted, and
said protest must accompany and be trans
mitted with the returns to the parish commit.
must be filed within twenty-four hours after
the close of the count.
10. Each faction shall appoint q challenging
committee. whose duty shall be to challenge
any person who may attempt. to vote frandu.
leRtly or may be connected with any political
party o'hnr than he e 10 Hs
the commissioners. When avote is challenged
and the commissioners fail to agree to bis rig ht
tp cast his vote the shall I've
back Of said ballot the number OF registration
paperr. tbs name Of, the voter and bis residence:
also the names and residence Of the ehallenR
Ing party. The commissioner keeping the poll
list shall mark In the column Of remarks. oD-
posite the name Of the, party challenged the
word challenged" Said challenged votes sha
be counted last and placed separately on the
tally sheet. n case the result, OF the election
should be affected by the challenged votes the
contest, If any. so far as the election for officers
of the central clubs aud delegates to the parish
committee, shall be RENTED to the newly
ana ol hs an9 o o f
State convention the same shall be remitted to
the State convention for settlement.
Rules II and IL are In substance and effect
the same as Nos. Is and IA Of existing rules.
RULE 49, 1t shall be the duty Of each of the
two factions to provide one ct their commits ON
shall stamp each ballot before it leaves the hand
Of the voter and is deposited In the box. and on
the counting of the votes the ballots not STAN ped
as aforesaid shall be rejected and not counted.
Rule IA is the same as existing rule II.
RULE 15. All sieketslmnst be printed or writ
ten on mhite ne,n paper. the width Of which shall
be three inches. said tickets to have no device
or distinguishing features on the back.
On notion the communication was formally
received.
President Shields called attention to the
fact that the existing rules for the govern
ment of the primary election had been finally
adopted. and that the rules governing the
committee would have to be suspended before
any action could be taken on the request con-
tanned in the letter, and 1t would take two
third vote to suspend.
Delegate Labrano moved suspension OF
the rules, and the roll was called with the fol-
lowing result: Yeas, Il; nays, IL. And the
rules we're not suspended.
The impression among majority OF the
delegates, formed from the wording Of the
letter and substitutes, seemed to be that the
parties authorizing the com munleation had
sent 1t with the Intention Of placing the com
mittee, In the event OF the suggestion being
considered and rejected In the attitude OF
Ing It as part OF political ring, and with
this idea the action was prompt and for the
time being, decisive
There were other members, however, who
took O. calmer view OF the matter and among
the number Delegate Lionel g. Adams, of the
fourth ward, who took the floor and urged
that the hasty action just taken be reconsid-
cred. He thought that the communication
had been looked at from the wrong stand
point.
The persons sending The letter represented
O body Of the people, be 1t large or small, who
claimed to be Democratic Conservative voters.
and as such they had a perfect right to make
to the Parish Committee of the
Conservative party, and their
suggestions were entitled to calm eonsidera-
tion. He looked upon the rules submitted as
nothing but suggestions, and they should be
referred to O committee.
Mr.. Armbruster objected to the title OF the
association at the head Of the letter.
He did not think that any document which
spoke Of rings and antl-rings should be con-
sidered. He did not represent any ring, nor
was the committee the representative of a
ring as the nature OF the demand would imply
President Shields suggested that the atteIl-
tion Of the correspondents might be called to
the cause OF complaint ana an e8plana-
tion asked, In the answer which would
have to be returned to them.
Delegate Labrano called for Delegate Ad-
ams's motion.
Delegate Reilly moved to adjourn, and the
roll, by a vote of 16 nays to yeas.
Delegate Reilly said he did not consider the
organization which the signers OF the COM
munieation represented as party. II they
could show that they we're elected by any
body to act for any Ons he would favor q con-
ference, but not otherwise.
Delegate Adams said he regarded the docu-
ment as If it had emauated from one OF the
primary clubs. They claim to be Democratic
voters and were entitled to q
hearing. Even one voter had q right to make
and expect them to be eonsid-
cred. He did not propose conference, but
only that the rules submitted should be re-
ferred to committee, and If there was any
thing in them to secure fairness at the election,
those things, he believed, should be adopted
His motion was amended SO as to make the
to the committee on rules, and thus
was adopted.
The committee adjourned.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.