St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-01
Primary Election
ORDERED
To nominate a can.
didate for
Congress.
Aspirants Must Stsnd Squarely on
the Democratic Platform.
Rules Governing the Election.

Executive Committee met at Baton
Rouge last Monday, august p,
Hon l.. u. Claiborne in the chair,
and all parishes represented After
organizing, the Committee proceed
ed as follows:
Judge Il. r. Reid offered reso-
luton providing for nominating
convention, to he held III Baton
Rouge, Sept. 20.
Mr.. ]. 4. Daries offered the follow
ing AS a substitute, seconded by Mr..
W. B. Chamberlain:
Resolved, i. That the nomination of
a Democratic candidate for Congress IN
the Sixth Dictrict be made by primary
election. conducted on the same day
throughout the district, at the polling
places established by law in tue re-
spective parishes.
.. That the primary election shall be
held on Saturday, the sixth day OF
October. 1894. and that the polls be
omen not earlier than O'Clock Il IN. and
closed ut p. m
3. That the candidates for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress be voted
for direct, each qualified voter casting
one ballot for the man of his choice,
and the candidate receiving the great
est number of votes in the district
shall be declared the regular nominee
of the party for Congress.
1. That only known white Democratic
citizens of the district, who are qualified
voters under the law, or who will be
qualified voters at the time of said
election, and who will support the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress at this
primary election, shall participate i'll this
primary election or be voters thereat.
). That the members of this congress
sional committee from each parish,
with the chairman of the parish Demo-
cratic committee, shall appoint three
Orm ore commissioners of election Tor
each polling place, provided that IN
any parish where there may he two
executive parish committees. the
said commissioners shall be appointed
| bv the member or members Of the con-
grcssional committee from said parish
es. The members of the Congress
siOnal Committee shall have charge
of the arrangements for conducting
said primary election in their respective
parishes, shall provide the ballot boxes
and see to theiI transmission to the
polling places.
6, That i'm the choice of commits
sioners of election the candidates for
| Congress or their friends shall be con-
suited and a representative of each
appointed as commissioner at each
poll.
Z, A written list of the names of this
| voting shall be kept, numbered conse-
cutiyely in the order in which they
vote.
$ Immediately after the closing of
the polls the boxes shall be opened and
the ballots counted in the presence OF
the bystanders, II tally of the votes kept
and duplicate returns made out and
signed by the commissioners. If any
commissioner refuses to sign, those who
sign shall state the fact and the reason
given for not signing by the one re-
fuSing.
"a sufficient return of the election
shall be statement i'm writing. signed
by the commissioners, of the total num-
her of votes cast at the poll, and the
number actually cast for each candi-
date. accompanied by the tally sheet
and list of voters. This statement
shall be sworn to as correct by the
commissioners if requested by any one
Of the candidates or any three of their
friends In the absence of any notary
public or magistrate, any bystandcr
may administer the oath, which must
he in writin: aud signed by the COM
missiOners.
10 One Of the triplicate returns 1.-THE
one having annexed to it the tally
sheet and list of vOters) shall be de-
lIvcred together with the box contain
iny the ball Is, to the congressional
committeeman tor the parish. The
other returns shall be mailed by the
commissioners to the chairman sof this
congressional committee, and a third
copy he returned to the chairman OF
E. the parish Democratic executive com
ntittcc. and that where dual com.
miteeeS exist, one copy be sent to The
chairman of each.
Ill. Or. Oct. u. mt noon. the congress
Sional committee shall meet ut BatOI
Rouge for the purpose of ascertainia
and declaring the result Of the primar.
election. At this meeting the members
of this committee -or the proxies OF
their respective parishes. shall brin.
with them the duplicate, returns, tall!
sheets and list of voters issnded then
by the commissioners of election at the
various precincts or polling places
The chairman of this committee, shall
produce the returns mailed to him ant
the votes shall he canvassed and tlit
result ascertained and formally an.
nOunced.
II. At the said primary election tllt
Democratic voters in each parish shall
also vote for a member to represent
such parish OIL the Congressional Exc.
cutive Committee to serve for thu
ensuing two wears: one member from
each parish to be voted for by til,
voters of such parish. and returns O
election for such member shall be mad,
in the same manner as for the congress.
sional candidates. and the votes b,
canvassed and the result declared a!
in the case of the congressional candi.
dates.
The thirteen members thus elected
respectively from the thirteen parishes
constituting the sixth district. togethe
with three members from the district a
large. to be elected by the thirteen mem
bers elected at this primary. and that tn
chairman of this committee shall cal
them together for this purpose and TO
the purpose of electing the Chairman
of the new committee. and the sixteel
shall constitute the congressional com
mittee of the district for the enSuin:
two years.
Resolved. That all Democratic news
; papers in the district he requested I,
publish the resolutions of this conmitsc,
In full in each issue until the electio,
shall have taken place on Oct. &. 1894
Be it further resolved. That til,
varions clerks of court in the parishc
} of the district be requested to furnish
the regular ballot boxes used in tn
general elections to the commissioner
of the primary, but in the event o
their failure to comply with this reques
that they be authorized to improvis,
boxes. That in parishes where ther'
are two or more executive commit
tees 1t shall be permitted for them I,
harmonic their differences and form
loyal committee for the parish.
That the resolution shall be SO amend
ed that no man shall be considered ;