The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-02-27
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/. The ticket nominated by the

/. The ticket nominated by the
conventions which met in the city
of Baton Rouge on the 10th day OF
December, 1891, one in Pixies Hall
and the other in the Statehouse'
one headed by the Hon. Samuel u.
McEnery as governor and the other
by the Hon. Murphy J. Foster as
governor, be placed before the
white Democratic voters OF the
State at a primary election to oe
held prior to the general election
in April next. The persons there:
on receiving the highest number OF
votes for their respective offices
shall be the nominees of the Dem:
ocratic party of Louisiana and
shall receive its united vote.
2. The basis of representation In
all district, congressional and State
nominating conventions, up to and
including the next State nomina-
ting convention, shall be the total
vote cast for the heads of the two
tickets at said primary election,
and all ballots cast at SAID primary
election shall, in addition to the
names of the candidates voted for,
contain the words ''for or against
the basis of representation sug-
gested by the State central COM
mitees of the Democratic party"
i 3, All ballots shall be printed on
white paper Of uniform size and
texture without device; the cleo
ton to be held on the same day
throughout the State.
4 Said election shall be held on
the 22d day of March, 1892, and
! the conduct Of the same, the ascer-
tainment and PRONUNCIATION OF the
result thereof, and all details nee
. essary to carry the above plan into
= execution shall be formulated by q
T committee, composed as follows:
Three members to be chosen by
the committee of which the Hon:
Leon Jastremski is chairman, three
by the COMMITTEES of which the
Hon. Theo. s. Wilkinson is chair
: man, and the Hon John S. Young
: is hereby designated as the seventh
2 member and chairman OF said
committee.
1t is hereby made the duty OF
J said committee to accord each side
= equal representation in the COM
d missioners of election at each poll
Il ing place throughout the State,
. and an odd man TO he selected al
: ternately by each faction, under
20 such rules as may be established
y by said committee of seven, and
said committee of seven shall give
at;least fifteen days notice of saic
election by publication.
.. 5. All white Democratic voters
sr shall have a right to vote at sale
81 election, provided that said voter
:. in the parish of Orleans shall have
ct been registered, at least ten day
ce prior to said election. :.
l. 6. There shall be as many poll
ing places at said election through
IT. out the State as at a general cleo
Wy ton, the location Of said pollin
ny places to be fixed by said commit
ng tee of seven.
it Z. The central committee shal
ate be reorganixed after said electio
t" as follows. viz: By the election {
ct one member from each paris
en- throughout the State and one frol
to each ward in the parish of Orleans
ing to be voted for at the same tim
me aud upon the same ticket as tn
all State ticket. In addition to sal
members so elected, in the eve1
that the Hon. Sommuel d. M
Emery be elected, the Hon. Lex
g Jastremski shall be ex-ofiicio
member of said State central cor
of mittee, and shall appoint twent
four other persons to be membe
'm- at large; and the Hon. Loen ia
ing tremski, if the McEnery ticket
ned elected, is hereby further enpowe
e+e ed to convene said State cent?
~, committee; and the Hon. Theodo
Tue S. Wilkinson, if the Foster tick
atlc be elected, is in the same mann
hat empowered to convene said Sta
eld. central committee. The said Sta
ont central committee, when organic
as above, shall adopt such rules
lac may seem to them most expedite
!. to harmonic party differences
~: listing in the various parish