The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-05-03
SaturdaY's Primary.

TO the District C0nanaaftenaen ana fhesr
Assistants:-
Should any man who offers to
vote with the democratic primary
May 9th be challenged as to his
right TO do so, either by the COM
mitteman, the judges OF any other
democratic citizen, it is clearly
competent tor the official holding
the election to ask him such ques-
tions touching his competency as
are suggested by this resolution of
the committee:
ssResolved, That no man be permit
ted to vote in the primaries who has
not uniformly voted the democratic
ticket, or would have done SO had he
been at the polls and eligible, and who
does not promise to abide the result of
the primary and vote for the nominees"
Whether or not he is competent
voter will then clearly appear. The
election returns are to be made IN
der the following rsolution:
sResolved, That the committeeman
who hold the election shall be required
to make returns of the result to the
chairman OF the committee in Pulaski
on Monday following who will canvass
thevote in conjunction with the secre-
tarT and Mr.. II. Arrowsmith and de.
clare the result at a meeting OF the
whole committee at o'clock on thai
day."
The word returns" here does
not signify simply the sum total il
| figures, but it means the result al
shown on the face Of the poll books
together with the poll books them
selves, which must be preserved
and returned. The Tennessee code
| says:
SIC. 1865. "When the officer receivc
the ballot he shall call the name of thu
voter in distinct voice, and the clerk
of the election shall take down, on sep
crate lists or books, the name of ever,
person voting, and shall attest the cor
rectness of the same under their hands.
SEC. 1915. "The judges at every cleo
ton shall preserve the poll books o
lists of names of voters kept by the re
spective clerks; and said judges, or
majority of them shall certify that tn
same do contain true list of the voter
at the respective places of holding cleo
tions, which certificate shall be atteste
by the clerks and officer holding tn
7 election"
These sections lay down the safes
rule. l suggest the following forr
of certificate:
, "To the Chairman of the Giles G.
! Dem. Elk. Committee I'VE the under
e signed committeeman, judges and clerl
j. of the democratic primary election hel
D on May 9th, 1888, IN district No. -
, do hereby certify that the foregoin
poll book contains a true list of til
democratic voters voting that day
n said district at - in said distric
e that the result shown by the said pc
q book, and the count of the ballots
correct and that said election was he
in accordance with the Requirement
e prescribed by the committees resoll
!. tions.'
If The committeeman will be ez
,. pected to provide stationery an
l. writing material for use of tt
g clerks.
II 1t is TO be hoped that each cor
e mltteeman will provide himself wi,
d copy of the minutes of the la
o committee meeting and be guide
thereby, because In mn other We
can confusion, vfsngHng, unce
tainty and Dissatisfaction be avoi'
: ed. Above all things let this ele
b ton be so held that nobody can a
d forwards complain of unfairness I
l. injustice.
j. FLoURNoY RIVERS, Chm
l. Giles Co, Dem. Elk. Com.