Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1890-03-27
RULES AND REGULATIONS
G0verning the Democratic Pri-
mary of Audrain County
Saturday, May "a.

the IolloW1ng plan Tor selecting tht
nominees for the various county
offices, and the choice of thu
county for Congress :
Be it resolved by the Democrat,
/ Central Committee Of Audrdia Co.
Mo.
That there be held in said county OIL
Saturday, the oath day of May, 1890
school district primary election fol
the purpose of nominating candidates
for the Legislature and the various
county and township offices, and also
for the purpose of expressing the
choice Of the Democratic voters Of said
county for candidates for Congressman
for this district; and that at said cleo
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, shall be entitled to vote and
are earnestly requested to do 90; and
all persons who shall vote at said elec.
ton shall be considered threby tc
pledge themselves to faithfully abide
the result and support the nominees
of the Democratic party, for the vari-
Gus 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 house In said district, except
where the same are located In towns
or cities, in which case 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 cor
porate limits of the said city of Mex
leo, and in the towns and cities the
polls shall be kept open from Z o'clock
In the forenoon to noon, and from
o'clock to in the afternoon, in coun-
try districts from to 6 p. m.
That as soon as may be, and not
later than the 10th day of May, 1890,
the committeeman from the respective
townships shall select and furnish to
S. M. Locke. the secretary 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 Sc
lect two competent persons to act as
clerks.
That the secretary of this committee
cause to be made out, suitable 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 coun-
ty and township offices, the Legisla-
ture, and Congress as shall, at least 10
days prior to the said primary election,
furnish to the secretary their names
and pay to him such sum as may be
assessed by the committee to assist in
defraying the expenses Of printing
tickets, poll books, etc., and distribut-
ing the same; and shall also contain
blank space for delegate to county
convention, in which names may be
written.
That the voter before dspositina 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 contain the
names Of two or more candidates 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 name of each voter to be
written on the poll book and number
ed, and number the ballot to corres-
pond Herewith; and at the close of the
polls the judges, together with the
clerks, shall count up the votes on
tally sheets and certify to the same
and deliver the said tally sheets, poll
books, ballots, etc., to the delegate for
said district, to be by him safely kept
and delivered to the chairman and
secretary of this committee, at the
City of Mexico, on or before Ii o'clock
In the forenoon of the following Mon
day.
That this committee shall, on receipt
of said tally sheets, poll books, etc,
add up the same, and ascertain and
declare the result Of said primary cleo
ton, and the person having received
the highest number of votes for any
office shall be the nominee of the DEM
ocratic party for said office; and the
person having received the highest
of votes for candidate for Con-
gress shall be the first choice Of the
Democrats of this county for the nom-
ination for said office; and the person
having received the next highest num-
Der of votes, shall be the second choice
and so on.
That at said primary election the
voters of each district Except the
towns of Vandalia, Martinsburg, Lad
donia and the city of Mexico) will vote
for and elect delegate to a county
to be held at the Court
House, in the city of Mexico, at one
o'clock in the afternoon of the Monday
following said primary election Lad
donia shall elect delegates, Martins
burg 2 delegates and the town of VAN
dalia shall elect delegates, and the
city of Mexico ! delegate for each
ward and one for that portion of the
Mexico school district lying outside of
Mexico to said convention, and said
when assembled, shall Sc
lect the proper number of delegates to
cast the vote of Audrain county In the
Democratic Congressional Convention
for this district, and the State nomin-
ating convention, which dele
gatcs shall, by accepting the position,
become pledged and in honor bound
to strictly observe the vote cast at said
primary election Saturday, May "a, as
an instruction to them, and to carry
out the same fairly and in good faith
and in case of a vacancy in either
delegation thus selected, the otl .sr
of such delegation shall fill
any vacancy In its own delegation,
and the person selected for that pur-
pose shall be bound by the vote east
at said primary election, in the came
as the original delegates.
That printed copy of these rules be
the Judges Of election of each
school district and published In tho
Democratic county papers of the eoun..
ty for general information.
That the judges and clerks above,
provided for shall be duly sworn and
qualified as is now provided by law In
with section 1896 Of the re-
yised statutes, to-wit:
81 do solemnly swear that will inn
partially discharge the duties of Judge
Of the present election, according TO
law, to the best of my ability, and
that I will not disclose how any voter
shall have voted, unless I am required
to do SO as witness In the proper
judicial proceeding, so held me God %
NJ. r. K. BIGGS, Ch'mn,
8. NJ. LOCKE, sec'y,
Officer Dobyns Friday night, while
walking on his beat, discovered a
couple of men trying to effect an
entrance tn the Residence of Hiram