Mexico weekly ledger., 1888-04-12
Democratic MASS Convention.

hAo5o ihCCtinS vi tlC O6ulOCTdtiC
voters of Audrain county, Mo-,
will be held at the Court House in
the city of Mexico ON Saturday,
May II, 1888, to appoint 10 dele
gates to attend the State Demo-
cratic Convention to be held at
Sedalia on Thursday, May II,
1888, as recommended by the
State Central Committee.
BY order of the County Demo-
cratic Central Committee.
J. J. STEELE, G. G. DANIEL,
Sec'y. Chm'n.
Be it resolved by the Democratic
Central Committee of Audrain Co.,
Mo-:
That there be held in said coun-
ty on Saturday the 9th day of June,
1888, a school district primary
election for the purpose ofnominat-
ing candidates for the Legislature
and the various county and town
ship offices, and also for the pur-
pose of expressing the choice of the
Democratic voters of said county
for candidates for State officers
State Senator and Congressman for
this district; and that at said elec-
ton, all Democrats residing in said
county. who have arrived at the
age of 21 years, or who shall have
arrived at that age prior to the next
general election, snail be entitled
to vote and are earnestly requested
to do So; and all persons who shall
vote at said election shall be con-
sidered thereby to pledge them
selves to faithfully abide the result
and support the nominees of the
Democratic party, for the various
offices voted for at said election.
That for the purpose of said
primary election, polls shall be
opened in each school district in
the county and at the school houses
in said district, except where the
same are located in towns or cities,
in which cases the polls may be
opened at such places as the judges
of election may select; but polls
shall be opened in each ward in
Mexico and there shall be like
vote taken in the school district
lying outside of the corporate
limits of the said city of Mexico,
and in the towns and cities the
polls shall be kept open from Z
O'Clock in the forenoon to noon,
and from 2 O'Clock to z in the after
noon, in country districts from 2 to
6 p. m.
That as soon as may be, and not
later than the 31st day of May, 1888,
the committeeman from the re-
spective townships shall select and
furnish to Jno. J. Steele, the Sec
retary of this committee the names
of two good Democratic citizens to
act as the judges of election in
their respective school districts and
wards; and if from any cause the
judges appointed fail to act, then
the voters present may select
others to act in their places; and
the judges at each voting place
shall select two competent persons
to act as clerks.
That the secretary of this COM
mittee cause to be made out, suit
able poll books and tally sheets
and cause tickets to be printed and
in due time transmit to the judges
of election of each district said poll
books, tally sheets and tickets for
the use of said district.
That the tickets shall be printed
on white paper in black ink, shall
be headed Democratic Primary
Election Tickets" shall contain
the names of such candidates for
the various State and county Of
fees, the Legislature, State, Senate
and Congress as shall, at least 10
days prior to the said primary cleo
ton, furnish to the secretary their
names and pay to him such sum as
may be assessed by the commit
tee to assist in defraying the ex-
penses of printing tickets, poll
books, etc., and distributing the
same; and shall also contain blank
spaces for names of candidates for
Justices ofthe Peace Constable and
delegate to county convention, in
which names may be written.
That the voter before depositing
his ballot, shall erase the names Of
the candidates for any office except
the one he desires to vote for, and
when any ballot is found to con-
tain the names of two or more can
didates for the same Office, it shall
not be counted for either, but this
shall not invalidate the ballot as to
other offices.
That the judges of the election
shall cause the names ofeach voter
to be written on the poll book and
numbered, and number the ballot
to correspond Herewith; and at the
close of the polls the judges, to.
gether with the clerks, shall count
up the votes on tally sheets and
certify to the same and deliver the
said tally sheets, poll books, bal
lots etc. to the delegate for said dis
trict, to be by him safely kept and
delivered to the chairman and
secretary OF this committee, at the
city of Mexico, on or before eleven
O'Clock in the forenoon of the fol-
lowing Monday.
That this committee shall on re-
ceipt of said tally sheets, poll books
etc. add up the same, and ascer-
tain and declare the result of said
primary election, and the person
having received the highest num-
Der of votes for any office Except
State, Congress and State Senate }
shall be the nominee of the Dem
ocratic party for said office; and
the person having received the
highest number OF votes for candi-
date for State offices, Congress and
State Senate, shall be the first
choice of the Democrats of this
county for the nomination for said
offices; and the person having re.
ceived the next highest number OF
votes, shall be the second choice
and so on.
! That af said ,,r;uaarv afantion the