St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-22
Primary Election.

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didate for
Congress.
Aspirants llust Stsnd Squazely On
the Democsatic Platio1D.
Rules Govesning The Election.
Resolved, I. That Tie nc0inatioa Of
. Democratic candidate for Coogreas In
the sixth Dicerict be nade By primary
election, conducted O the sa0e day
throughout the district, q tie polling
places established by law n the 10
rpective parishes.
3. That the primary electioa shall be
held on Saturday, the sixth day Il
October. 1884. and that the polls be
open not earlier than O'Clock Z m. and
closed ct 8 p. n
4 Thst the candidates for The Demo.
cratic no0lna&aoa toe C0oGIeso be voted
for direct, each 9asll1sd voese casting
ono balloe for the man 0e hls choice,
aud lie candidate receiving the great.
ese nu0be1 q votes IN Tie district
shall - declared the regular nO@iase
ol she party for CooeRsss.
Z. That oaly known white Do0ocfatic
citiasas q the district, who ere qualified
voters under the Law, o. Who will be
qualified voters ct the tine Of said
election, aNd who win support Tie demo-
cratic nOminee for C01gEo0o st this
primary electioa, ahall participate In this
primary electi0a or b v0le9o tAefeat.
8. That the nembess Of this e00Gses-
siOnal committee from each parish,
with the chairman Ut the parish Demo-
cratic committee, shall appoint three
Orm ore commissioners Of election for
each polling place, provided that In
any parish where there nay be two
executive parish committees. the
said commissioners shall b. appointed
By tAe member q ms0bess u the Coz
xressiOaal committee fro0 said parish.
es. The members Of the C0agFes.
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.
&. That in the choice Of commis-
si0ners Of election the candidates for
Congress or their friends shall be con-
suited and . representative Of each
appointed - cOmpisslOnef ct each
poll.
Z, A writtea list Of the names of this
voting shall be kept, numbered cOase-
cutiyely In the order In which they
vote.
. Immediately after the closing Of
the polls the boxes shalt 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
siRn shall state the fAct and the reason
given for not signing BY the one re-
lusing.
3 sumcent return Of the election
shall be stssenent In writing. slgaed
by the c0mmissioasrs, Of the total nun-
Der Of votes cast at the p0ll, and the
number actually cast for each candi-
dste. accompanied BY the tally sheet
and list of voters. This statement
shall be sworn to ~ coF1cct by the
commissioners II requested BY any 0ae
Of the candidates Or any three Of their
friends. In the absence OF asy notary
public or magistrate, any bystander
may ailminister the oath, which must
be in writing and si4aed by the COM
mieslOaers.
10 One II the triplicate returns (the
one having annexed to II the tally
sheet and list Of v0tefs) shall be de-
livered together with the box contain
ing the hall t., to the congressional
committeeman tor the parish. The
other returns shall be mailed by the
commissioners to the chairman oof this
congressional committee, and . third
copy be returned to the chairmsa 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. Il, ct noon, the c0agres-
siOnal committee shall meet ct batoa
Rouge for the purpose Of ascertainig
and declaring the result Of the primary
election. AZ this meeting the nembers
Of this committee Or the proxies Of
their respective parishes, shall bring
with them the duplicate returns, tally
sheets and list Of voters handed then
by the commissioners q electioa ct the
various preclncts or polling places.
The chairmoA Of this committee shall
produce the retuHne nailed % him ood
the votes shall b ca1vassed and the
result ascertAlned and formally IN.
nOunced.
II. At the said primary election the
Democratic voters In each parish shall
also vote for Q member to represent
such parish On the C0agFesslonAl Exc
eutive Committee 70 serve for the
ensuing two years; one member from
each parish 70 be voted for BY the
voters Of such parish, and returns Of
eIocti0a for sach me0ber shall be Dade
In the same manner - for the eoa8res-
si0nal candidates, and the votes be
canvassed and the result declared -
In the case Of the congressional caadi-
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 MEM
hers elected ct 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
mittee Of the district for the ensuing
two years.
Resolved, That al 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 II further resolved, That the
vaEions clerks Of court n the parishes
Of the district be requested 10 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 authorised 70 inprovise
boxes. That in parishes where there
are two or more executive commit
tees Il shall be permitted for them to
harmonic their differences and form