The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-08-05
CONGRESSIONAL PRIMARY ELECTION
Rules to Govern the Eighth Congressional
District Primary, september 3.


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Rules to Govern the Eighth Congressional
District Primary, September 3.
CD We direct thata baUot-box shall be
opened in each voting precinct in said
Congressional District at 8 o'clock a, M,
and close at 8 o'clock p. m, September
-, 1892, for said election, and that the bal
lot-box be under thosuporvision and con-
troll Of three Judges, one officer ofelectiou
TO receive the ballots, and two clerks.
Said Judges, officers, and clerks to be Sc
lected 10y the Democratic executive com.
mittee of each county in connection with
the Congressional committeeman, and in
case no quorum is present, then those
present TO perform this duty. That the .
judges, officers OF election, and clerks .
shall reside in the respective voting dis
ticts from which selected
/ % That each voter shall cast his bal
lot in the ward or district in which he |
resides, but in case n ballot-box should |
not be opened in q ward or district, the
voters Of such ward OF district shall vote
in the nearest adjoining ward or district
and vote in person.
81 That all persons eligible to vote in
the general election in November, 1892,
shall be entitled to vote in the primary
election, provided they are also qualified
under the rules hereinafter adopted.
GA That the Judges and officers Of said
election must strictly enforce the rules
adopted 10y the executive committee, and
they have no authority under said rules
to receive the vote of any person not
in party accord and sympathy with the
Democratic party, and that each voter,
before casting his vote, if there be any
doubt of his Democracy, shall be requir-
ed by the judges to pledge his unquai-
fed support and assistance to the party
nominee.
o. That the action Of the executive
committee viii bear no other construc-
ton than that we have given it, and the
judges of election mereferred to the rules
adopted by the committee with instruc-
tions to enforce the same strictly. To
the judges and officers of the election is
committed the protection of the party,
and as true and loyal Democrats, it rests
with them to guard well the party's in
terests.
g. In case OF q vacancy in the office
| of the judges, officers, or clerks of said
election in any voting district, appointed
l as above directed, the remaining Judges
7 and officers of election shall appoint O
} substitute, who shall have all the power,
and upon whom shall rest all the duties
! of q Judge, officer Of election, or clerk.
% That no person shall be appointed
as Judge, officer Of election, or clerk
except a good and true Democrat, whose
q Democracy and integrity shall give am.
e. pie assurance Of free and impartial ex-
preston Of the will OF the Democracy by
!, the strict construction Of therules adopt.
ed by the executive committee.
, (6) That it shall be the duty Of the
judges and the clerks to count the bal
lots cast in the wards and districts il
i said election, make out tally-sheets show.
i mgthe number Of votes received by eacl
T. candidate and make certified returns Of
same to tho Congressional executive com
q mitteeman of their respective counties OF
or before September 10, 1892, who shall
receive, canvass, and certify the same &c
u the chairman Of the Democratic Execu
s tive Committee of the Eighth Congress
{. sional District Of Tennessee, on Septem
Der, u, 1892, when thoresultof thesamC
y shall be declared and published, and tn,
?, candidate receiving the greatest number
n OF votes in the primary election shall be
1 declared the nominee Of the Democrat,
- party OF The district. TOM G. RYE,
Chairman