Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-09-01

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ELECTION or AND DUTIES or oHAmuAH.
.. The delegate elections and County Conven-
ton shall be governed and conducted strictly in
nccor anee with the following rules, and the
Chairman Of tho County Committee shall be an
nually elected by the County Convention and
shall be &c e6ieio, the President Of oil County
Conventions.
riME OF ELECTIONS.
L. The election for delegates to represent the
different districts In the annual Democratic Coun-
ty Convention shall be held at the usual place o {
holding the general elections for saeh district on
the Saturday preceding the third Tuesday ofSep-
tember, being the 18th this year. beginning at
o'clock, P. NJ, Of same day.
wHo 10 HOLD ELECTION
5. The said delegate elections shall be held by
an election board, to consist Of the member Of the
County Committee for such district, and two
other Democratic voters thereof, who shall be ap-
pointed or designated by the County Committee.
now TO PILL VACANCIES.
In case any Of the persons so constituting the
board shall bo absent from the place Of holding
the election for a quarter Of On hour after the
time appointed, by Rule First, for the opening Of
the same, his or their place or places, shall be
filled by an election to be conducted pivd uooe by
the Democratic voters present at tho time.
QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS.
G. Every qualified voter Of the district, who at
the last general election voted the Democratic
ticket, shall be entitled to vote at the delegate
elections.
NODE or yoriN0.
Z. The voting at oil delegate elections shall be
by ballot upon which ballots shall be written or
printed the name or names Of tho delegate or del
egates voted for, together with any instructions
which the voter may desire to give the delegate
or delegates. Each ballot to be received from
the person voting the same by member Of the
election board, and by him deposited in box or
other receptacle prepared for that purpose, to
which box or other receptacle no person but the
members Of the election board shall have access.
oF INSTRUCTIONS.
s. No instructions shall be received OF recog-
nized unless tho same be voted upon the ballot as
provided by Rule Seventh nor shall such in
struetions, II voted upon the ballot, be binding
upon the delegate, unless one half or more Of the
ballots shall contain instructions concerning the
same office. Whenever half or more Of the bal
lots shall contain instructions concerning any
Office, the delegates elected at such election shall
bo held to be instructed TO support the candidate
having the highest number Of votes for such
office,
That whom a candidate having received the
highest number OF votes In district Is stricken
from the roll in accordance with Rule Thirteenth
1t becomes the duty Of the delegates In said dis
trict to cast their votes for the candidate having
received tho next highest number Of votes in
said district, Proriisd, that such candidate shall
have received one-iourth tho number Of votes
polled for the candidates.
CONDUCTING THE ELECTION, RETURNS AsD BLANKS.
Q. Each election board shall keep an acuraie
list Of the names Of all persons voting al such
elections which iist Of voters together with a
full and complete return Of such election con-
tanning On accurate statement Of the persons
elected delegates and all instructions voted, shall
be certified by said board to the County Conyen-
ton, upon printed blanks to be furnished by the
County Committee.
cOSrgsriEG SEATS on DELEGATEs, FRAUD, BIC.
10. Whenever from any district, qualified Dem
ocratic voters, in numbers equal to FIVE times the
delegates which such district has in the County
Convention, shall complain in writing Of an un-
due election Of false return Of delegates or Of in
structions, In which complaint the alleged facts
shall be specially set forth and verified by the
affidavit of one or more persons, such complaint
shall have the right to contest the seat OF such
delegates or their validity Of such Instructions
"A COMMITTEE OF FrvE.
Such complaint shall DO heard By a Committee
Of Eve delegates to be appointed by the Pres.
dent Of the Convention, which said Committee
shall proceed to hear the parties, their proofs
and allegations, and as soon as may be reported
to the Convention what delegates are entitled to
- ,nI vrbn gng lfua H.
upon such delegates. Whereupon the Conyen !.
tion shall proceed Immediately, upou the call Of
the yeas and nays, to adopt reject the report Of
the contesting parties. In which call Of the yeas
and nays the names Of the delegates whose seats
are contested or whose instructions are disputed,
shall be omitted.
QUALIFICATIONS on NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IL. All delegates must reside in the district
they represent In case Of absence or inability
to attend, subslilutionE may he made from citi.
zens Of the district
MUST OBEY SsrRUcrIoSs, on M EXPELLED.
-. Delegates must obey instructions given
them by their respective districts and II violated
It shall be the duty of the President Of the Con-
voRton to cast the vote Of such delegate or dele
gates In accordance with the instructions; and
the delegate or delegates so offending shall be
forthwith expelled from the Convention, and shall
not DO eligible to any office or place Of trust in
the party for period Of tive years.
MAJORITY oF ALL NECESSARY TO NOMINATE.
13. In Convention majority Of all the dele
gates shall be necessary to a nomination and
no persons name shall be excluded from the list
Of candidates until after the SIXTH ballot or
vote, when the person receiving the least number
Of votes fhall be omitted and struck from The roll
and so on at each successive vote until nomlna-
tion Is made, Proridei, that If there shall be a
tie vote between two or more Of the candidates
for any office, during the balloing Of the dele
gates, then in that case the candidate having re
ceiyed the loves, popular vote shall be dropped,
md the ballotng proceed.
PENALTY ron COMMITTING FnAuDs ASD BRIBERY
"a, II any person who Is candidate for any
nomination before the County Convention, shall
be proven 10 bhve offered or paid any money, or
other valuable thing, or made any promise Of q
confederation or reward to any person for his
vote or influence, to secure the delegate from any
district, or shall have offered or paid any money
or valuable thing or promised aAy consideration
or reward, to any delegate for bis vote, or to any
other person with view Of indulging or secur-
ing the votes Of delegates, or II the same shall be
done by any other person with the knowledge and
consent Of such candidate, the name Of such
candidate shall be Immediately stricken from the
after his nomination 10 any Office, and before the
FINAL adjournment, the name Of the nominee shall
be struck from the ticket and the vacancy sup
piled by new nomination, and in either case
such person shall be ineligible TO any nomi.
nation by Convention, or TO an election as
delegate thereafter. And IN cato Il shall bo nj
legged after the adjournment Of the Convention
that any candidate put In nomination has been
guilty Of such acts, or any other fraudulent prac.
iices to obtain such nomination, the charge shall
be Investigated by the County Committee, and
such steps taken as the good Of the party may
require.
Is. II any delegate shall receive any money or
other valuable thing or accept the promise Of
any consideration or reward TO be paid deliv cred
or secured to him, or any person for such dele
gate as an indueement for bis vote, upon proof
Of the fact to the satisfaction Of the Convention
such delegate shall be forthwith expelled, an
shall not 10 received as delegate to any future
Convention, and shall be ineligible to any party
nomination,
RULES TO HAVE PRECEDENCE.
49, Cases arising under the rules shall have
precedence over all other business in Convention
until determined
NETTING or rHE CONVECTION
". Tho County Convention shall meet annu.
ally, in the Court House at o'clock p. NJ, on the
third Tuesday Of September.
AsSsuNcEuENI oF cASpipArEs.
ls The names Of all the candidates for Office
shall be announced at least three weeks previous
to the time Of holding the primary election.
j. p. BuAcHriEIp, Chairman.
Wh L. WALLACE, Secretary.