St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-10-06
Primary Election.
To nominate q can.
6idate for
Congress.

TO nominate u CAM
didate for
Congress.
Aspirants Must Stsnd Squarely on
the Democratic Platform.
Rules Governing the Election.
Resolved, 1. 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 the re-
spective parishes.
2. That the primary election shall be
held ON Saturday, the sixth day OF
October. 1894. aud that the polls be
Open not earlier than O'Clock . III. and
closed at q p. IN
3. That the candidates for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress be voted
for direct, each quilted 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 tie law, or who will be
qualified voters ut the time of said
election, and who will support the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress ut this
primary election, shall participate In this
primary election or be voters thcreat.
5. That the members of this congress
sional committee from each parish,
with the chairman of the parish Demo-
cratic committee, shall appoint three
or IN ore commissioners Of election for
each polling place, provided that in
any parish where there may be two
executive parish committees. the
said commissioners shall be appointed
by tne member or members Ut the con.
yressiOnal 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 their transmission to the
polling places.
6. That In the choice of commits
sioners of election the candidates for
Congress or their friends shall be COLI
suited and . representative of each
appointed as commissioner at each
poll.
I. A written list of the names of this
voting shall be kept, numbered cOnse-
cutiyely In the order in which they
vote.
Immediately after .he closing of
the polls the boxes shall be opened and
the ballots counted in the presence Of
the bvstanders, tally of the votes kept
and duplicate returns made out and
signed by the commissioners. II 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-
Der of votes cast at the poll, and the
number actually cast for each candi-
date. accompanied by the tally sheet
aud 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 bystander
may administer the oath, which must
be in writing and signed by the COM
missi0ners.
10 One Of the triplicate returns (the
one having annexed to 1t the tally
sheet and list of voters) shall be de-
llvered together with the box contain
ing the ball Is, to the congressional
committeeman tor the parish. The
other returns shall be mailed by the
commissioners to the chairman eof this
congressional committee, and .. third
copy be returned to the chairman Of
the parish Democratic executive COM
mittee, aud that where dual com
mittees exist, one copy be sent to the
chairman of each.
IL. On Oct. II, at noon, the congress
sional committee shall meet at Baton
Rouge for the purpose Of ascertainig
and declaring the result Of the primary
election. At this meeting the members
of this committee or the proxies Of
their respective parishes, shall bring
with them the duplicate returns, tally
sheets and list of voters handed them
by the commissioners of election 1T the
various precincts or polling places.
The chairman of this committee shall
produce the returns mailed to him and
the votes shall be canvassed and the
result ascertained and formally an
nOunced.
II. At the said primary election the
Democratic voters in each parish shall
also vote for . member to represent
such parish ON the Congressional Exc
cutive Committee to serve for the
ensuing two years; one member from
each parish to be voted for by the
voters of such parish, and returns of
election for snch member shall he made
In the same manner "a for the congress
sional candidates, and the votes he
canvassed and the result declared as
in the case of the congressional candi-
dates.
The thirteen members thus elected
respectively from the thirteen parishes
constituting the sixth district, together
with three members from the district at
large, to be elected by the thirteen menu
bers elected at this primary, and that the
chairman of this committee shall call
them together for this purpose and for
the purpose of electing the chairman
Of the new committee. and the sixteen
shall constitute the congressional COM
two years.
Resolved, That all Democratic news
papers in the district be requested to
publish the resolutions of this committee
in full in each issue until the election
shall have taken place on Oct. 6, 1894.
Be it further resolved, That the
variOns clerks of court i'm the parishes
of the district be requested to furnish
the regular ballot boxes used In the
general elections to the commissioners
of the primary, but in the event of
their failure to comply with this request
that they be authorized to improvise
boxes. That in parishes where there
are two or more executive commit
tees it shall he permitted for them to
their differences and form
= loyal committee for the parish.
That the resolution shall he 20 amend
ed that no man shall be considered q
In this district who does not
stand squarely ON the national Demo-
cratic platform.
Resolved, That \ committee, COM
posed of one member from each