The Opelousas courier., 1894-09-29
a CANDIDATE BY PRIMARY.
The sixth District Executive Commit
zee Adopts This Plan.

Baton Rouge, Aug 27.-Thc sixth district
congressional executive committee met mere
to-day in the house of representatives. The
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, first. That the nomination OF a
Democratic candidate for Congress i'll the sixth
district be made by primary election, conduct
ed on the same day throughout the district at
the polling places established by Ia" Iii Tue
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 7 O'Clock
a. IN. and closed at s p. III.
TLjrd-Tnat the candidates for the Demo-
cratic nomination for congress DC voted Tor dt-
rect, each qualified voter casting one ballot for
the man OF his choice, and the candidate re-
ceiving the greatest number OF votes III the
district shall be declared the regular nominee
of the party for congress.
F0urth-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 sup
port the Democratic nominee for congress at
this primary election shall participate in this
primary election OF he voters thereat.
F~lftli-rhat the members of this coDSression-
al committee from each parish, with the chair
man Of the parish Democratic committee, shall
appoint three y. more commissioners of cleo
ton for each polling PLACE, provided that IN
amy p'rish T4sIs ....u may aS twe m ekefa9lye
shalt be AlYintcd y JFf H'5m5er Or members
of the confessional from said par
ishes. The members OF the congressional com
mittcc Sail have charge of the arrangements
for conducting said primary election in their
respective parishes, shall provide the ballot
boxeAand see 10 their transnltssloh to the poll
ing PAGES.
Sixth-TIlut iii tho choice Vi commissioners
of election the candidates for congress or their
friends shall be consnlted and a representative
of each app ill ted as Goa luIsslOLer at each poll.
Sevcitii-" II. ell i:o1o ct the LANES OF this
voting snail he Eept. numbered con6ecutlvely
in the order i'll wl,tA tLey vote.
Eighsh-Immedlate!y after the closing OF the
nnllS tl;, hnYfS Sha fS 0ueIltt AND the ballots
counted L in the presence OF the bystanders; a
tally OF the votes kept, and duplicate returns
made cut and signed % tue oTnllssloners n
any commissioner refuses TO sign, those who
sign shall state the fact aud the reason given
for not signing by the oae refusing.
Ninth-A sufficient return of the election
shall be the statement ID writing, signcdby the
commissioners, OF the total number OF votes
cast at the poll and the number actually east
for each candidate, accompanied by the tally
sheet aud list Of voters. This statement shall
be sworn to us correct by the commissioners ii
requested by any ono nt the candidates, or any
three Of their friends. In the absence of any
notary public OF magistrate, anT bystaI!dcr
may administer the oath, which must Be i'll
writing and signcd By the commissioners.
Tenth-One of the duplicate returns (thc one
having annexed to il the tally sheet and liSC OF
voters shall he delivered, together with the
box containing the ballots, to the congressional
committeeman for the parish The other re-
the chairman OF this congressional committee,
and a third copy be returned to the chairman
of the parish Democratic executive committee,
and that where dual committees exist enc copy
be sent to the chairman of each,
Eleventh-On Oct. u, at noon. itin gunGteas-
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 or their proxies
Of their respective parishes shall bring with
them the duplicate return tally sheets and list
of voters handed them by tine commissioners
of election at the various precincts or polling
places; the chairman of this committee shall
produce the returns NAILED to HIM. and the
votes shall he canvas :ctt and the result ascer-
tanned and formally announced.
Twelftli-At rho said primary election the
Democratic voters in each parish shall also
vote for a in"i.iHer to represent such parish on
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 and the results declared as in the
case OF the congressional candidates..
The thirteen members thus elected rcspec-
| lively from the thirteen parishes constituting
the Sixth district, together with three members
from the district at large, to he elected by the
| thirteen members elected at this primary, and
| that the chairman of this committee shall call
them together Tor this purpose and for the pur-
| pose OF electing the chairman OF the rev COM
| mittee, and the sixteen shall constitute tho
congressions, committee of the district for the
ensuing two years.
RESOLVED, That all Democratic newspapers
in the district be requested TO publish the reso-
lutions OF this III full in each issue
until the election shall have taken place, on
Oct. 6, 1894.
Be it further resolved, That Tie various
clerks OF court in tic 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 inprovise boxes. that in
parishes where there are two or 'EoIe execu'
tive committees it shall be permitted for them
to harmonic their difference ana form IA legal
committee for the parish.
That +, solution 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,