The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-21

old Club or otherwise, shall be recognize
ed. Respectfully,
JoEN l.. M. IRBY,
Chairman State Democratic Executive
Committee.
G.. DUNCAN BELLINaER, Secretary.
The rules to govern the primary cleo
ton are as follows:
The following rules shall govern the
membership of the different subordinate
Democratic Clubs of this State, the quail
ification of voters at the primary elections
held by the party, the conduct Of the pri-
mary elections to be held on the last
Tuesday (the 3Oth day. of August, A. D.,
1892, and the second primary held two
weeks later, if one be necessary:
RULE 1. The qualification for member
ship in any subordinate Club of the DEM
ocratic party of this State or for voting at
q Democratic primary shall be as follows,
viz: The applicant for membership or yo-
ter shall be 81 years of age, or shall be-
come 80 before the succeeding general
election, and be white Democrat, or o
negro who voted for Gen. Hampton in
1876 and who has voted the Democratic
ticket continuously since. Every MEM
ber of subordinate Club OF voter in a
Democratic primary shall pledge himself
to abide the result of the primary and to
support she nominees of the party. APP
plication for membership or offering to
vote in primary election shall be deem
ed equivalent to such declaration and
pledge. Every voter in a Democratic
primary election shall take the following
oath, viz: 81 do solemnly swear that /
am duly qualified to vote at this election
according to the rules of tho Democratic
purity, and that have not voted before at
this election"
RULE 2. Every negro applying for
membership in Democratic Club, or Of
fering to vote in Democratic primary
election, must produce written state
ment of ten reputable white men, who
shall swear that they know of their own
knowledge that the applicant or voter
voted for Gen. Hampton in 1876, and has
voted the Democratic ticket continuously
since. This said statement shall be placed
in the ballot box by the managers and re-
turned with the poll list to the County
Chairman. The managers of election
shall keep separate list Of the names Of
all negro voters, and return it with the
poll list to the County chairman.
RULE 8. Each County Executive Com
mittee of the Democratic party in this
State shall meet on the second Monday in
July of each election year, and shall ap-
point three managers for each primary
election precinct in their respective coun-
ties, who shall hold the primary election
provided for under the Democratic Con-
stitution in accordance with the Act of the
General Assembly of this State regulat-
ing primary elections, approved Decem-
ber %, 1888, the constitution of the DEM
ocratic party of this State and the rules
herein set forth. The names of such man.
ayers shall be published by the chairman
of each County Executive Committee in
one or more County papers at least two
weeks before the election.
RULE 4. Each voter in said primary
shall vote but one ballot, on which shall
be printed or written, or partly written
and partly printed, the name of the per-
son or persons voted for by him for each
of the Offices to be filled, together with
the name of the Office. The tickets to be
voted shall be in blank in the following
form, with spaces to suit the different
counties: Delegates to the State Conven-
ton; for Congress, - district; for So
licitor, judicial district; State Sem
ator, House of Representatives, Sheriff,
Judge of Probate, Clerk of Court Coun-
ty Commissioners, Coroner, School
Commissioner, Treasurer, Auditor, Trial
Justice.
RULE S. The managers of election
shall open the polls at s o'clock a. M, and
shall close them at o'clock, p. m. After
tabulating the result the managers shall
certify the same and forward the ballot
box, poll lists and all other papers relat-
ing to such election by one of their num-
ber to the chairman of the respective
Demcratic County Neutrality-suspicious.
within forty-eight hours after the close of
the polls.
RULE g. The County Democratic Exec
utiye Committees shall assemble at their
respective Court houses on the morning
of the second day after the election, at II
o'clock a. rn., to tabulate tho returns and
declare tho result of the primary, 50 far
Us the same relates to delegates to the
Convention, members of the General AS
sembly and County officers, and shall
forward Immediately to the chairman CT
the State Executive Committee at Colum-
bia, S. c., the result of the election in
their respective Counties for Congressman
and Solicitors.
RuLE7. The protests and contests (ex-
cept in the election of Congressman and
solicitors) shall be filed within five days
after the election with the chairman Of
the County Executive Committee, and
said Executive Committee shall hear and
determine the same. The State Executive
Committee shall hear and decide protests
and contests as to Congressman and solic-
itors, and ten days shall be allowd for
filing the same.
RULE s. Candidates for the General AS
sembly and for County Offices. shall, ten
days previous to the primary election, file
with the chairman of the County Execrl-
tive Committee pledge. in writing, to
abide the result of the primary and sup
port the nominees of the party. Canai-
dates or other offices shal D.
pledge with the chaii iEsItsa