Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1882-06-17
PROCEEDINGS COUNTY DEMOCRATIC
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
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Causland was appointed temporary secretary
Saturday, July %, 1882, was designated fol
holding the primary election for county officers
and to elect delegates to a county convention to
| select delegates to the state convention on the
18th fully, 1882.
The special committee, W. G. McCausland
| appointed at the last meeting of this
to prepare rules for governing the primary cleo
ton, made the following report, which was
adopted, viz:
L. That the nomination by the democratic
| party OF Lafayette county OF candidates for the
| various county. district and township Offices to
| be filed at the next general election, be made by
primary election.
>. That sand primary election be held on the
3 That The vote Of said election shall be by
| ballot, and shall be taken at the usual places Of
qualified voters may vote in other than their own
townships or at other than their own precincts,
provided that the. judges at such precinct shall
swear the person proposing TO vote that he has
not voted and will not vote at any other precinct
and that he is not voting for township officers, in
cases where the voter proposes to vote outside
4. Txat an persons ,rAo are knopn as
democratic. or rho rots0 Jo,. H6I7ezd s.
Anneock. for president, ana sho sAaH &c
be entitled to role at such primary election.
D. That the ballots to be used ut said election
s ne ,af on plessa sS Sf t Ms,, sG papst. WITH IN sbe s tIsie Of Of
each officer to be nominated printed thereon. in
the order in which they are hereinafter named.
ed thereon, all the names to be erased but the
one which the voter desires to vote Tor.
q. That the officers to be elected are Represent
Clerk. Circuit Clerk. Recorder. Prosecuting
Attorney, Assessor, Probate Judge, Public Ad-
miI.str1tor: Coroner, rressIding Judge. ,n As
western district. Justices OF the Peace and Cons
tables of The various townships.
Z. That there shall be appointed by this COM
mittee four judges for each voting precinct, and
that these judges shall select four clerks ut
each precinct.
8. That each precinct be provided, by this
committee. with two ballot boxes. Que oil which
shall be numbered No. /. and one Of which shall
be numbered No. 3; and it shall be the duty of
judges VINO shall he known as receiving Judges,
and Two who shall be known as counting judges
The receiving judges shall receive the ballots.
and the counting judges shall count the ballots
ballot box No. l being turned over to them by
the receiving judges at the expiration vi the first
hour hou line me S ooao box 6Sne 81 being exchanged every AVER
clerks shall attend the RECEIVING Judges, and two
CLERKS shall attend the counting Judges. Two
shall be furnished by this committee.
8 That the polls shall be opened at Z O'Clock
u M. or as soon thereafter as may be, and ahall
be Kept open for the reception of votes until the
setting OF the sun.
10. That should the Judges or either Of them
not be present at the time appointed Tor opening
1 ttG fioit6s III uCthk ltCotut lEinsE v aGls Tic y
tiers present. to the number vi !. or more, may
proceed TO elect u judge or judges. in his or their
place. in such manner ~ may be determined
shall proceed with the election Us II he or they
had been appointed by this commlttee-
II. That the candidates for nomination are
requested not to have any private ticket to be
used at said primary election, but TO use only
those furnished by the committee, who will pro-
vide q sufficient number for every proper
IL. That each ballot shall he numbered by
one Of the recelving Judges i'll the order III which
they are voted and placed in the ballOt-bOx, and
rs the same are voted the clerks shall each re-
cord, in separate poll-b00ks, the numbcr ofeach
ballot. and the name Of the person voting the
Is. That as soon as the polls are closed, the
Judges. assisted by the clerks. shall proceed to
count the ballots and cast up the yotes fof each
candidate, and shall certify under then. hands.
attested by the clerks the result OF the epunt.
and the number of votes received b. every can
to be transmitted. without delay. to ahIs com
mittee. g.
II. That the ballots shall be strung on a
they are counted, and shall be securely tied or
sealed W, and sent to the along with
the return of the judges.
Is. That one Of The poll-books shall be kept
by the judges Of the election, and the other sent
to tins eomlniitee. Fs :. SssEA
Is. That the commlttee shall be ii session in
Monday the 24,h day of July. 1882. and shah
continue In session until all the returns are
sent IN.
IL. That Immediately upon the receipt of the
returns this committee shall proceed to cast up
the whole vote II the county Tor every candi-
dale for every office. and the whole vote ofesch
district separately for every candidate Tor every
district Office; and the perron receiving the high
est vote Tor any Office shall be- declared 10 he tue
nominee OF the democratic party for such office,
and this shall, us soon as practicable
thereafter, cause to be published the particulars
and result OF their action.
ls. That IN all particulars not herein specially
nrnVI1en fnr Rnch nlpIfInn ShoI III la phninnfoh 90
near as may be in accordance with the laws of
this stpte regulating popular elections.
The following was adopted:
Resolved. That each and every candidate for
every county office shall be assessed five dollars
to defray the expenses of the primary election,
and that the name OF no candidate shall be print
ed onsthe tickets for said primary election until
his assessment is paid.
w. G. McCausland was elected treasurer of
the COMMITTEES.
For the purposes of this election Lexington
tow nship shall constitute but, one precinct, and
the poll will be opened only at the courthouse,
in the city of Lexington.
The committeeman were instructed to nomi-
nate judges for the several precincts IN their
townships. and in the absence of the COMMITTEES
men from Dover and Freedom townships Capt.
W. A. Thornton from Freedom. and Wm. N.
Saunders from Dover, were requested to make
the nominations for them. The following NOM
nations were made and on motion they We're
confirmed, viz:
hiddleton-Waverly-J. n. Hopkins, "A. L..
Hawkins, DR.. j. NJ. Warren and A. H. Ofutt.
Aima-Jas. w. Goodwin, Jno. T. Goodwin
Robert Neil and Chas. j. Lewis.
Freedom Aullvii!e -JnO. Brown, James
Wiley, ST.. JnO. COOksey and S. j. Fitzgerald,
Concordia Henry Miller, Henry Bodeustab
Henry Filing and Charles Bergman.
Dnvis-HlsgMsville-A. s. Higgins, W. C..
Beatie, K. Il. Conn and n. Wade. Schooling
viiie-Geo. r. Gordon, Jackson Corder. b. F.
Shelter aad j. Nj. Livengood.
Observation-Disclosures. L. Russell, VIM.
Harris. F.. E. Barnett and Thos. NJ. McChesney.
Ferguson's choolhouse-Jonas 7. Ferguson, A.
q. Phillips, John Bledsoe and John. Kelly.
Clap-Wellington-Geo. W. FerreIl, Thos. w.
Rulings, WIN. COrse and Luther Marshall,
NapoleOn-F. L. Fishback, Il. A.. Hudneli, Al.
Il. Jacobs and Joseph Lightner. Bates City
Charles Ward. K. Dillingham;. Aaron G. Camp
bell aud Robert Saunders. Greenton-C. Y.
Ford. C. j. Miller, e. NJ. Beale and John
Gibson. Fairview = Cyrus Osborne, Samuel
Hammer. Chap. Campbell and Alfred King.
Doyer-Dover-Allen Harwood, W. b. VIM,
Nelson Fox and Lewis Cox Page City,. II.
Page, Geo. Hall, Alfred Downing and John
Walker. Gorder-Jas. W. Lewis. Wm.v N.
Saunders. Frank Burton and Matt Davis.
Washington Ma view = Hez. Waierhonse,
Arthur Brown. Taylor Benning and o.. H..
Builard. Centerview-GranvilIe Jones, Henry
McilvAin. Mason Fry and Oliver Whits.tt.
Woiirnbarger's SchOOlhouse-J. j. Brow ming.
Green Scott, Rob. TT Patterson and Daniel
Wilson.
Lexington-John Afford, James Peak. Chas.
Il. Allslatit and /. o. Hays.
Inc chairman. secretary and treasurer were
appointed Il committee to prepare ballot-box.s
poll books and tickets Tor the primary election.
W.. Ii. AcIansiand fled his certificate Of Cleo
ton as committeeman from Lexington township.
The following, presented by W. A.. Redd, was
unanimously adopted:
We, the executive ot the l.no.r.,i,
party, OF the county of Lafayette, deem IL i,i-
Visable to urge the democratic voter. Of Ih.
county TO be careful aud prudent IN all actions
thry may take with the view OF expressing their
choice Tor The nominees of the party in ifr N
surg TALL election. The mode vi selecting en-
didatrs has already been determined upon in az
c0ruancr with the known views of The marry
and IN u Way that gives every Individual demo,
Graf the power oil expressing his will un.eterre.t
anu untrainm.le'i ut the primary election. VT.
think itunWlse anu irauXhL with danger to tie
party Tor any combination TO he made within
tLr party to Influence or forestall the will OF the
party ~ H. shall then he made known. AS dem
0crats let us act tremendously and lie united i'm
the one purpose only Of presenting to the voters
OF Lafayette county IL list of candidates for IN.
various county Offices, which will reflect the
carahi!ity, fidelity and honesty of the party.
anu Command the RESPECT. lfnOt the supuort. Of
deep interest in the welfare anu prosoerIty of
the county. 81 ?
The following address to the voters of the
county Was also adopted:
Address 6F THE COMMITTEE,
feAIOW democratic If LafayeHe caunly:
In adopting rules IOr conducting this election
your mmi have sndravOred TO make then,
conform us nearly AS practicable TO the law of
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