The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-09
NOW FOR THE FIGHT
Democratic ProvisionalCom-
mlttee Completes It's
Work.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS
Heavy Vote Expected at To-
morrow's Primaries to Nom
mate a County Ticket
Michael ]. o'Donnell Sure
Winner = Doings Of the
Republicans,

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primaries. They distributed the para
phernaiia of the primary, conslselhs oi
t,clxats a needle and string, on which to
string the ballots, tally sheets, anu an ",
fcial envelope directed to Geo. w. Z.
ITo,Tenbeimer. Secretary, in which to
place the returns
The Committee heard protest from
Enhert Carey, of Greenville, who COM
,,1oired that seyenty-five names were ex-
cI,aea from the enrolment of last week.
TTnan;mously the Committee decided in
favor of the protest, and the County Com
-o;+tea from that district was instructed to
nlace the names on the books. This con-
cluded their labors.
This morning members of the COM
mittee are making all preparation loi tiie
distribution of primary tickets, SO that no
hitch will occur in the test OF tne ne"
way of running primary.
The rules to the primary officers as
tributed by the Provisional Committee
are as follows
RULES AND INSTRUCTONS FOR
PRIMARY OFFICERS.
There shall be three primary oHlcers,
one of whom shall act as judge, one as
clerk and the other as Inspector. .s
9-When a vacancy exists IN the podfa
of urinary officers at the time OF open
ing the primary, such vacancy shaii pe
filled by the Democratic voters present:
3-Refore entering upon their duties the
urinary officers shall each make odtn pc
fore some person qualified to admlnlsIef
the same. to impartially and falthIuily
perform the duty OF primary onleer'
which oath Shall be taken on blanks fur
nished by the County Committee ana al
tached to and returned with the can
tarv of the County Committee The prim-
ary officers are by law authorized to ad-
minister the oath TO each other
4-No candidate for once shail pe d
member of the primary election board.
5-No ballots shall be received OF count count
ed. except the official primary ballots
printed by authority OF the county CoAi-
nitttee. ,,4 49,
6-When voter presents his ballot, the
Judge shall ask his name and ADDRESS,
and if found on the enrolment DOCKS;
aud no challenge is made, the ballot shall
be deposited in the box and the clerR OF.
Inspector shall check the name on the en-
shall be entitled to vote. In case of chal-
-lenge for cause, majority OF the election
board can either receive or reject the pal
AT the end of the balloting the board
shall Immediately and without adjourn
mont proceed in public to canvass tne
votes as follows:-Ihe Juage snaiI taHe aa1i
one ballot at a time from the box ana can
of the names voted, the clerk shall tally
the vote and the inspector shall num-
Der and string the ballot. All rejected
ballots shall be separately strung and
numbered. AT the completion OF the
count the result of the canvass SHAH be
made out in DUPLICATE on the blanks
furnished by the County Committee, and
signed by the primary officers. One copy
of the canvass. with the oaths of the
primary officers shall be at once depos-
tary of the County Committee. The
other copy of the canvass, together with
the ballots and enrolment books shall.
within twenty-four hours, be delivered to
one of the members of the County Com
mittee from the district.
SIWhere two or more oallots are I0unn az
be rejected. Where more names are
marked on the ballot for any particular
elected for that office, the ballot shall be
rejected as to that office, but shall be
counted as to all other offices.
9-Any person exhibiting a certificate
of appointment as watcher, signed by A.
Q. Garretson, President, and William c.
Heppenheimer, Secretary, shall be entl-
tied to be present and watch the primary
voting and the canvass of the result.
Attention is called to the following pro-
visions of the statutes governing primar-
les supplement to Revision, page 2Sg:n
vote at a primary who Is not a legal
voter in the ward, township or district
where the primary is held.
SEC. 2. Provides that any person who
shall Illegally vote or offer to vote at a
primary shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and on conviction shall be. punished by
ment at hard labor, or by fine not ex-
ceeding one hundred dollars, or both.
SEC. 8. Provides that primary officers
must take oath before entering on their
duties.
SEC. A. '1f any Judge Inspector and
clerk, or other officer of a primary elec-
tion as aforesaid, shall presume to act in
such a capacity before the taking and
subscribing to the oath or affirmation re-
quired by this act, he shall, on convic-
ton, be fined not exceeding two hundred
dollars; and if any judge, inspector, clerk
or other officer, when in the discharge of
his duties as such, shall wilfully disre-
gard or violate the provisions of any rule
duly made by the party of which he is a
member and for whom he is acting, for
the government of the primary elections
of the party, he shall, on conviction, be
fined not exceeding two hundred dollars;
and If any judge or inspector of any
primary election as aforesaid shall know
ingly reject the vote of any person enti-
tied to vote under the rules of the said
party, or shall knowingly receive the
vote OF any person or persons not quail
flied as aforesaid, he shall, on conviction,
be fined not exceeding two hundred dol
lars; and If any judge. inspector, clerk, or
any other officer of a primary election as
aforesaid shall be guilty Of any wilful
fraud in the discharge of his duties, by
destroying or defacing ballots, adding
ballots to the POLL by false counting. by
making false returns, or by any act or
thing whatsoever, the person or persons
so offending shall be deemed guilty of a
nlisdemeanor, and, upon conNlytion, shall
De luIG0 not GACEcui1lS 1--WE HuuQT6Q OOl-
lars, or Imprisonment not exceeding one
year, or both, or either, at the discretion
of the Court.
A. @. GARRETSON,
President.
WILLIAM c. HEPPENHEIMER,
Secretary.
The Democratic enrolment books have
been taken in charge by the Provisional
Committee. Reports reached the Com
nittee that three instances of alleged il
legal enrolment are known.
To prevent fraud men have been en-
gagged to go from house to house and YER
ify the lists. 1t is probable that a few of
the enrolled men will be challenged at
the primaries.
Assenlblyman Michael J. Coyle told a
reporter of 1.-The Jersey City News this
morning that he had withdrawn from the
race for Freeholder nomination, There
are four other contestants for the place
from Hoboken, viz.:-Ex FreehoIder An
drss < Cullen. Cs1-~-ius J. Donovan.