The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1892-02-06
PRIMARY ELECTIONS,
AN ACT TO ELECT DELEGATES.

, An act TO elect Ave (5) delegate
and three (3) alterDates to dis
trict convention for the purpose o
electing two delegates and Two al
teTnate delegates to the NatioBa
Republican Convention to convene
in the city of Minneapolis on Tues
day the 7th day of June 1892, a
IL o'clock noon.
Therefore, by virture of the pow,
er vested in the republican central
committee of the District of Col
nmbia to designate the "modul
OperandI" by which delegates anC
alternates shall be elec ed in the
twenty-five (22) assembly districts
TO the local republic an cObyentiOn
do herebv req lest all male citizens
of the District 0t Columbia, over
the age of twenty one (2D years
who are in sympathy with the
principles of the National Republl-
can party. and WHO desire to par
ticipate in the elt ction of delegates
TO the local republican cOnven ion,
to assemble in their respective dis
tricts, at such places heTeaf er to
be designated 10y the chairman of
the republican Central committee,
OIL Wednesday The 10Th day of
February 1892, between the hours
of thre" aud seven O'Clock p. m.,
and vote for FIVE Gelega tes and thi e.
alternate delegates Mo shall as
sem ble, the next day. February IL.
1892, at 10 O'Cl )ck III some Iublic
hall be named hereafter by the
cbaiIm"n of the republican central
committee for the purpose Oi vot
ing for two delegates and two al,
ternate delegates.
I'D The delegates to be voted
for, to the local convention, in tIe
primary assembly districts shall
be by printed ballot, the size of
which must be three inches in
length and two inches in width on
white six cen lbs. cap paper, with
the Dames of The five delegates and
five alternate delegates printed
thereon in black ink.
3 d. The chairman of the rPpub-
llcan central committee shall ~.
slst III the temporary Organ'z'iOn
of the local convention, by an
Uounciug rnll and the election Of
temporary Cffirers, and proper in
stailing the TEMPORARY chairman.
4 b. The chairman is further i'll
stIucted to appoint three persons
of u questioned moral AMI honest
reputation WHO shall &C; as Judges
Of primary election and one person
Of like standing, agreeable to tht
persons selected as judges, who
-hall act as clerks of pr mary elec-
ton 10 eacl twenty-five (22) prim
airy assembly districts. That in nu
case, however shall the judges bt
sflected with ut at lest then (1O)
days notice; that suggestions cal
culated to aid id the proper selec-
ton be sol cited from interested
republican citiz rs.
5th. The judges of primary elpc
ton under this act shall nave pow.
er to challenge any illegal voter OF
voting where doubt exists TO re-
qnire Identification of the pefsOi
claiming the right to vote in ths
district in which he claims 10 live
6 b. All voting precincts and |
names IF j Idges and clerks for each |
primary assembly district shall be
advertised IN al least one or lw.
daily newspapers and shall not br
adjacent to any saloon where ill.,
tOXicants are sold.
CERTIFICATES F ELECTIONS, &c.
7th. The chairman of the repuIi-
tican central committee shall nOi
later than The morning prior to the
primary election, place in the hanG
of the presiding judge blank form
Of certificate to be agreed upon bl
II special committee OF three mem
bers appointed by the chairman OF
the re. ublIcan central committee
and be being an ex-GfficiO membe
of said committee. The certificate
shall be signed by not less than I,
maj 'rity of the judges and for
warded vi hOut delay to the char
man of the republican central com
mitteP, who shall refer all cprtif-
Gates to special committee of five,
from the rel uOlican central cOm-
mittee, who shall Oe designated a.
a committee on primary elect Oh
who shall make up the roll OF
delegates elected 10 the C INVENTION.
0,h. 1n Cases of contested elpc-
ton the chairman Of this Apecia
committee and his associates sbal,
be governed IN making up the roll
Oy certificates signed by the M jpl
tY of the judges, but in all cases
shall give proper notice OF the con-
est pending in writing.
9th. Resolved, That the Dietric
central committee in it's
abolishes all organizA
ions and laws created i'm ununi-
or hity of this act and Call upcn
III republicans to aid in it's unsel.
lSh desire, to make uniform and
lean, beyond aspersion t g repub
lcal organization of the District.
Resolved, further, That an ex-