St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1892-03-05
RULES FOR THE PRIMARIES.


The Election 20 BE Conducted ON Lines
Laid Down in the General Law,
which the Committee Has Changed
in Part TO Suit the Occasion.
The committee 'of seven charged with the
conduct of the election on March ed, has is
sued the following:
NOTICE OF AN ELECTION FOR DEMOCRATIC NOM
INEEs.
BE it known that, under the authority con-
feIred upon the committee OF seven by the JOINT
resolutions of the State Central Committees of
the two factions of the Democratic party in tho
State OF Louisiana passed on the 2Oth OF Febru-
airy, 1892 an election will be held throughout
the State on Tuesday, I'D day of March, 1892.
l. The election shall be for the purpose Of de-
terlninIng as follows. viz:
First-Who shall be the candidates of the
Democratic party of the State of Louisiana for
the various State offices to be filled at the elec
ton to take place on April 10, 1892.
Second-TO choose members of the Democrat
ic State central committee for the several par
isles in the State and wards OF the city OF
New Orleans.
Third-To decide whether Or not the basis of
representation in all district, congressional
and State nominating conventions, up to and
including the next State nominating conven-
ton, shall be the total number OF votes cast
for the heads of the two tickets at the said
election of March %, 1892.
Be it further known, that said election shall
he conducted and held in conformity with the
tee:
FiRsT-LoCATlON OF POLLING PLACES.
The precincts established at the late con
gressiOnal election in 1899 in the City OF New
Orleans and ill the country parishes shall he
the precincts III which polling booths suall be
established at this election.
In the several parishes throughout the State,
the parish Of Orleans excepted, the two parish
executive committees shall agree upon and
nOunce the location of the polls. In the pal sh
of Orleans the chairman of the State executive
committee of each side shall perform that duty.
sECoND-sFLECTIoS OF COMMISSIONERS.
At each polling booth throughout the State
there shall he five commissioners of election,
two to each side, the fifth to be selected in the
manner hereinafter provided for. Said two
commissioners shall be selected by the chair
main of the parish committees representing
the McEnery and Foster tickets respectively
throhSh Out the State, and In the wards of New
Orleans by the chairman of the State executive
committees. Should any commissioner be alb
sent at the opening OF the polls, or be compell-
ed to leave tie poll for any length of time, the
vacancy shall be filled by the remaining COM
missioner for the faction which the absentee
i'll part represents.
The selection of the fifth commissioner shall
be determined by lot in the first instance, in
each parish OF the State aud ward Of the city of
New Orleans, by the chairmen of the respective
parish and State executive committees. The
chairman winning the lot shall have tie first
choice Of the polling booth, the loser the sec
Ond CHOICE the winner the next choice, an. SO
booths is exhausted, giving the odd poll, if any
there be, To tie chairman winning the first
choice. AT every poll the commissioners who
are i'll the minority shall name the clerk whose
duties shall be entirely clerical. In those par
isles in which there are 10 parish committees
representing either side,..the chairman of the
state executive committee shall des Snate an
individual to act in lieu Of the chairman Of the
parish committee
THIRD-lOURs OF VOTING.
The polls shall be kept open at each polling
place from the hour OF seven i'll the forenoon
until in the afternoon, except in the city of
New Orleans, where they shall be kept open
from O'Clock i'll the forenoon until o'clock in
the afternoon
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE POLLING PLA-
CEs AND COMMISSIONERS.
Notice. by publication, by the chairman of
the respective committees, liking polling
booths and designating the house in which the
voting shall take place and the election actu-
ally be held, and naming the commissioners in
the several precincts and the hours of voting
shall be given seven days i'll advance OF this
election.
FIFTH-sECURITY OF VOTERS.
In the city of New Orleans ropes or barriers
shall be run feet in front from each side of
the ballot box, making d rectang!e eight feet
wide and sixteen feet long, with openings of
lngreSS and egress, ana no person snail be al
lowed inside ot the ropes Or barriers except the
person voting, and no person who has already
voted shall be allowed to take place in the line
OF voters.
slXTH-F0RM OF BALLOT.
Tickets shall be printed Or written Oh white
paper Of uniform size and texture, without de-
vice, seven inches long and three inches wide
III the PAL ish of Orleans, white paper to be
agreed upon by the chairnen of tile reSDective
state executive committees, shall be used; and
i'll the parishes outside Of the city of New Or
leans all ballots shall be printed on white IA
per ordinarily used for printing purposes by
newspapers The tickets shall contain nothing
but the names of the persons nominated by the
conventions at Baton Rouge, known
as the Foster ticket aud the McEneiy ticket,
and the offices for which they are voted, and |
in addition thereto, the name of person to
the parish or ward upon the state |
central committee, and the word for the basis
OF representation, etc - or against the basis
of representation suggested by the state Cen
tral committees OF the Democratic party"
Each voter shall deposit his ballot in the box
with ms oW II hand. and in the city of New Or
leans ballots shall be stamped by the commits
soners representing each faction, and no bal |
lot unstamped shall be counted
Observation-Disclosures OF VOTERS
Qualifications of electors shall be as follows |
In parishes outside of the city Of New Orleans, |
CURED by law, except as to Registration. In |
the parish of Orleans, white Democrats regis |
tered at least ten days prior to the election, j. |
e. up to and inclusive Of the 18th day of March |
1892. The test in cases of challenge, when a
voters Democracy is questioned, shall be:
- Will you agree to abide by and sustain the
result Vi tuS cieCtiOn {! Ii lie answers affirma-
lively his vote shall be received and counted,
and if he answers in the negative it Shall be
rejected and he shall not be permitted to vote
EIGHTH-MANNER OF VOTING.
The commissioners of election at each polling
place shall keep a list OF the persons voting,
which list shalt be numbered from one to tile
end, and said list SO kept shall be certified as
correct by the commissioners immediately up
Oh closing the polls and before leaving the place
or opening the ballot box.
Each voter shall vote III the ward or precinct
in Which he Will be entitled to vote under the
law.
In the city of New Orleans the commission
ers Of election shall require every person offer
ing to vote to exhibit his certificate of registra-
ton, and when the vote of such person is re-
ceiyed the commissioners OF election shall
stamp the certificate OF registration
In the parish OF Orleans, the chairman of the
respective State executive committees shall
provide a certified copy of the registration
duly authenticated by the registrar of vot-
ers, which shall be usedi by the commission
ars of election in the same manner as the poll
list, required to be furnished by the. election
avs OF the State.
NINTH-CoUNT AND RETURN OF ELECTION.