Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1890-03-28

A'Sh % 9ih5iN WV was lNShiil NboN'
! Not solitary vote was taken in the
manner prescribed by the Primary
Election Act of 1881.
Even the call of Chairman Barker was
not obeyed. 1t declared that the polls
should be open from to o'clock and
none of the pretended polls were opened
before o'clock.
In order to stop frauds, and just such
wholesale steals as this one, the Leglsla-
ture of Pennsylvania in 1881 passed this
Act of Assembly;
An ACT
To regulate the holding of and to prevent
frauds in the primary elections of the
several political parties in the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania.
Section l. BE it enacted, ETC., That
| from and after the passage of this act it
shall be lawful, and it is hereby made the
duties of the judges, inspectors and
clerks or other officers of the primary
elections, meetings or caucus, held for
the purpose of nominating candidates for
State. city and county offices within the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, before
entering upon the discharge of their du-
ties, severally to take and subscribe to an
oath or affirmation IN the presence of
each other, in form as follows, namely:
81 do that / will as Judge, Inspector
or Clerk (as the case may be). at the en-
suing election, impartially aud faithfully
perform my duties in accordance with
the laws and Constitution of The Com
monweath of Pennsylvania and in ac-
cordance with the rules and regulations
adopted by the e---- party of the
county of -, for the government of
said primary elections, meetings or eau
Gus, to Tie best of my judgment and
Abilities the oath or affirmation shall be
first administered to the Judge by one of
the inspectors, then the Judge so quail
fed shall administer the oath or affirma-
ton to the inspectors or clerks and may
administer the oath to any elector offer
ing to vote as to his qualifications to vote
at said election.
Section 2. If any judge, inspector or
clerk or other officer of a primary election
as aforesaid, shall presume to act in such
capacity before the taking and subscrib-
ing to the oath or affirmation required by
this act he shall on conviction be fined
not exceeding 5000; and if any judge or
inspector of primary election as afore-
said shall knowingly reject the vote of any
person entitled to vote under the rules Of
said - Marty or shall knowinglv Ieceive
the vote of any person not qualified as
aforesaid, shall on conviction be fined not
exceeding 5000: and if any Judge, in
sPec!or' clerk or otner oilcer OF primary
any wilful fraud in the discharge of his
duties by DESTROYING or defacin9 ballots.
adding ballots to the poll, other than
those iawluily Votea, Dy stuhns The Daliot
ret,,rns % or h% aot ~ ,Sir ~ ~h MS
the person so offending shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-
VlcIlon shail De hneu not exceeding SoOo
both or citrr, -, ,., i i'''+ ,',.''.n ~ ,Gn
Court.
All acts or parts Of acts Of assembly in
s1 conslstent WIN '"IN at' are htret re-
sneciai acts mr., IN inrc, for tbe same mr..
pose:
PrOOtded, That the provisions of this
act snail entail no expense to the counties
Vi , er.les n. oo,, ,.oe1
1881. HpSRy NJ Hoyr,
THE scupve ~ ner.u
In his address before the Pennsylvania
Club, in speaking of the Republican voter
and his faults, Mr.. George w. Delamater
uttered these words.
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qu,e',' ant, oonS''n'iS uone MS l"uiVio-
uai uu'S' Neepl"s "orcas' ol .ne living
ques'ions oi the 'our' discussing 'nenh
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vi ''ie c''' "nu "o'.io h"Ve "'oiucu 'he
iaoor anu 'rouOic inciuen' 10 tue cure
wh'c" Is sonnet''hes even worse 'hah 'he
u'sease i'Soh.
inns SoonuS "ei'' "ul let Us see no"
MI. 'ei""'a'ei pr"c'iccS MS ooc'rines anu
ASSISTS 'ho sro"'" o' eV'i III inc party
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