The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-18

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aecept'ar reject the W to, thus oifcm.d
, IN either case it shaiE bes tiiGe1flutV of fhS ~
managers to have entered on tlelr.nnlI
iista statement Of the circumstances !
nna OF their action therein, and nlst,
the names Of tho candidates voted fir
or 0itcfed 10 De voted for. by the party
cm!lcnEcd. The matter Shall then hc
decided by the County Executive Com
mlttee, whose decision shall be iiuul.
IL. On the close OF the uolls tho
managers shall proceed, immcdintrIv
ana continuously. 70 count the votes.
III t'ic same manner and under tho
same regulations as are prescribed bv
law FOR general elections.
10. " hen tho votes shall have been
counted, the managers shall make out
III duplicate, returns showing tie
number 0fvOtcs cast for each pcrson
voted for. the office for which he is
voted toy, and the total number. Of
votes cast. One Of these returns shall
DC deposited in the ballot box, and the
other shall lac delivered to the sccrc-
tary OF the club. to be by him filed
with the records Of the club. Tho rc-
turns Shall be signed by all the man
ayers, who shall likewise certify to thc
correctness ofthc same.
10. The ballot box containing thc
ballots, the poll list and the certified
return oftlle nlallagcrS-togcthcr with
any other papers they may deem proD,
er to lllcfluc-shall be forthwith for
Wardnd, securely locked, to the sccre-
tary Of tho County Executive Com
mlttcc. For the purpose Of this for
Warolng the president shall select and
appoint some discreet and otherwise
sult6blo person TO act as messenger.
IL. On the Tuesday next followinn
the day on'whiUh tic primary clcctioII
is he ld, the County Executive Commit
tee <Stiali meet at Wimsboro, at ~
O'Clock, III, The secrpt0.v shall pro-
ducc t he certified returns from thc an.
icrcht clubs, and shall open and pub
llsh tile same in tho presence of thc
Committee. Thp Committee shall
then cause to be- aggregated the totnl
vote OF all the clubs and tho vote for
each candidate. They shah, without
debate, determine ;Il appeals. and
shall add or deduct all thc votes allow
ca or disalloWed, as tie case may Lc.
TIC final result shall then be summed
up and declared.
Is. IT. any person shallbavc received
u majority of al the .rotcs; cast for. tho
office for which he isn candidate, he
small DC declared to be The nominee of
the Democratic party for such olscc.
Ihls declaration shall be commitment
ed to the president Of each township
club, and shall be likewise published
III some newspaper issued at tic coun-
ty scat.
10. If tor any Office it be found that
no candid atc has received II majority
OF all tle.votcs cast at the nrimnrv
election, for such Office, the County
Executive Committee shall forthwith
communicate the rcsult:to tho several
township clubs, and, in like manner as
hcrcinbctorc prescribed, order u sec
ond primary election to be held on thc
Saturday next succeeding the mcctiue.
OF the Committee. This second cleo.
ton shall be held under the same rrm,I-
lations as tho first.
20. At such second primary clcca
tion only the two candidates Still vof-
icring who received tho highest mum
Der ot votes at tho former election
shall be voted for: Prorttlcd, TLnt il,
casos where more than one person. are
to be selected for the. same Office. tIIc
Executive Committee shuall select, nc
cordinG totho'numbcr of vote. .nrr-
vlously received, twice us many Dor
sons us there arc official positions to
DC iliieu. In the case Of County Com
miSsloncrs and members of the House
ol representatives, the six Cor less
number still oflGrin@) recciriny'' iiio,
n1Sicst' 'numIcr'of votes shall be sent
back. ;t1'2riGted:' ;Fhat if any still of:
icrinS shtHf tic with those thus scnt
pack, they too shall be sent back. {
II. AT such second primary election
the two or moro candidates this an
mo"nccd Shall be voted for,>hll votes
ior other parties being considcrcd* Us
scattering and not cpulNCu. The, re-
turns Of this election sl4ll be made in
INC same nanncr asEis hcrcinbctorc
prescribed for the first.
~. IN the second PRIMARY election a
plurailty of tho volcs cast for any office
shall be sufficient Kr choice. In case
OF tie arising at this second election.
the County Executive Committee Shall
haE2 INC casting vote and ucclaEo the
candidate.
23. The persons receiving tho plu-
.rallty of votes ut this second election.
or chosen BY. the Executive Commit
tee, shall be the nominees Of the Demo
cratic party.
2i. No votes shall be counted for
any, candidate unless hG shall first have
pledged himself in writing TO the
County Chairman TO abide by and sup
port the nominations Of the Democrat
ic party and not to accept either a
nomination oran Office from any source
other than the regularly constituted
Democratic organization. The pledge
thlls made Shall be filed with the Sec
rctnry OF the County Executive Com
mittce at least five days before tho day
liked forthc primary election.
. a BooMER>NG.-.Scveral prominent
Grccnhackcrs in Maine, notoriously Il
certain Deacon Cove, were induced to
join the Jim Blaine chorus, but this
proved. q boomerang>. The other night,
addressing Il Republican meeting, trail
tor Cove dwclt ut some length on the
history of the Democratic parry, and
charged it with all the silis in tic dccu-
lognc. Then he began to culogizc the
Jim Blaine party: "What has Inc Re-
publican party doncw be shouted.
One of the auditors quick;as ai,stsh re-
N)rfph. tFChn Pn,,,ll;,,,, SAUDI.