The Opelousas courier., 1894-09-08
A CANDIDATE BE PRIMARY.
The sixth District Executive Comsnit-
tee Adopts This Plan

Baton Rouge. Aug 2T.-Thc sixth district
congressional executive committee met here
to-day IN the house of representatives. The
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, first. That the nomination Of a
Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth
district BIO made by primary election, conduct
ed on the same day throughout the district at
the polling places established by law in the
respective parishes.
second-That primary election shall be beld
on Saturday, the 9Th day OF October, 1894, and
that the polls be open not earlier than ] o'clock
a. N. and closed at s p. ~,
Third-That the candidates for the Demo.
cratic nomination for congress be voted for di-
rect, each qualified voter casting one ballot for
the man OF his choice, and the candidate re-
ceiving the greatest number OF votes in the
district shall be declared the regular nominee
or the party for congress.
Fourth-That only known white Democratic
citizens Of tho district who arc qualified voters
under the law Or who Will be qualified voters
at the time of said election, and who will sup
port the Democratic nominee for congress at
this primary election shall participate Ill this
primary election or be voters thereat.
Flrth-That the meNbers of this Congressiou-
al committee from each parish, with the chair
man Of the parish Democratic committee, shall
appoint three or more commissioners Of cleo
ton for each polling place, provided that in
any parish where there may he two executive
parish COMMIT tees, the said commissioners
shall he appointed jy the member Or members
OF the congressional committee trCm said par
tshes. The member OF the congressional COM
mittee shall have charge OF the arrangements
for conducting said primary election in their
respective parishes, snail provide the ballot
boxes and see to tne!r transmission to the poll
ing places.
~slxth-T1at in the choice Of commissioners
of election the candidates Ior congress or their
friends shall be consulted and a representative
OF each appHinted as con- missioner at each poll.
seventh-Wrttten lists of the names of this
voting shall be kept, numbered consecutively
In the order IN which they vote.
Eigh,h-Imrnediately after the closing Of the
polls the boxes sha | be opened and the ballots
counted In the presence of the bystandersi a
tally OF the votes kept, and duplicate return.
made out aud signed by the commissioners. II
any commissioner refuses to sign, those who
sign shall state the fact and the reason glveu
for not signing by the one refusing.
N1nth-A sufficient return Of the election
shall be the statement In writing, signed by the
commissioners, OF the total number of votes
cast at the poll and the number actually cast
for each Candidate, 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 bystander
may administer the oath, which must be in
writing and signed by the commissioners.
Tenth-One OF the trlplicate returns tthe one
having annexed to it the tally sheet and liso of
voters) shall be delivered, together with the
box containing the ballots, to the congressional
committeeman for the parish. The other re.
turn shall be mailed by the commissioners to
the chairman OF this con gressional committee,
and a third copy be returned to the chairman
III III phElsu bcuOcElIlc executive pOlDIllttco,
and that where dual committees exist one copy
be sent to the chairman of each.
Eleyenth-On Oct. IL, at noon, the congress,
ional committee shall meet at Baton Rouge for
the purpose OF ascertaining and declaring the
result OF the primary election. At this meeting
the members OF this committee or their proxies
OF their respective parishes shall bring with
them the duplicate return tally sheets and list
OF voters handed them by the commissioners
OF election at the various precincts or polling
places; the chairman OF this committee shall
~-n fho nty1yr, ,tt - H.. -I a.
votes shall be canvassed and the result ascer-
tanned and formally announced,
Twelfth-At the said primary election the
Democratic voters in each parish shall also
the congressional executive committee, to serve
Tor the ensuing two years, one member from
each parish to be voted for by the voters of
such parish, and returns OF election for such
member shall be made in the same manner for
the congressional candidates, and the votes be
canvassed aud the results declared as in the
case OF the congressional candidates.
The thirteen members thus elected respec-
lively from the thirteen parishes constituting
the Sixth district, together with three members
from the district at large, to be elected by the
thirteen members elected at this primary. and
that the chairman OF this committee shall call
them together for This purpose and for the pur.
EOse OF eieptlng the chairman OF the new com.
mittee, u the sixteen shall constitute th5
congressional committee OF the district for the
ensuing two years.
Resolved, That all Democratic Lewspapers
IN the district be requested to publish the reso-
lutlons OF this committee in full in each issue
until the election shall have taken place, on
Oct. 6, 1894.
Be 1t further resolved, That the various
clerks of court in the parishes of the district be
requested to furnish the regular ballot boxes
used in the general elections to the commission
ers of the primary, but in the event Of their
failure to comply with this request, that they
be authorized to improvise boxes. That in
where there are two or .Eore execu-
tive committees 1t shall be permitted for them
to harmonic their differences aud form a legal
committee for the parish.
That resolution shall be SO amended that NO
man shall be considered a candidate in this
district who does not stand squarely on the
national Democratic platform.
judge NCLawrasOn sought to modify the sub.
stltute resolution by an amendment providing
that a majority vote at the primary be required
to nominate, and In case no candidate receives
such majority at the first election, that o sec
Oud election Or held ut which only the two
candidates receiving the Inquest number OF
votes shall be voted for.
Mr.. Barrow moved TO table, and the vote on
this resulted as follows:
Yeas-Blouin, Jones, Earnest, Wharton,
Chamberlain, Burrls, Dayries, Barrow, Thomp.
son and Rubertson-1o.
Nays-Chevis, Cannon, Stone, Womack, Reid.
McLawrason and Kemp-7.
The chairman did not vote.
Judge McLawrason suggested the need OF n
plan by whicn candidates shall be
nominated IN the future and to this end moved
that the CHAIR appoint a committee, composed
OF one committeeman from each parish, to
formulate such plan and it to the
newly.elected executive COMMITTEE. This was
and the chair was granted time to ap-
point the committee.