St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-09-29
Primary Election.

To nominate q can.
didate for
Congress.
Aspirants Must Stsnd Squarely on
the Democratic Platform.
Rules Governing the Election.
Resolved, /. That the nomination Of
q 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. and that the polls be
Open not earlier than O'Clock q m. and
closed at 8 p. m
J. That the candidates for the Demo-
cratic nomination for Congress be voted
for direct, each qualified 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 the law, or who will be
qualified voters at the time Of said
election, and who will support the Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress at this
primary election, shall participate In this
primary election or be voters thereat.
5. That the members of this congress
sional committee from each parish,
with the chairman of the parish Demo-
cratic committee, shall appoint three
Orm ore comm :ssiOners of election for
each polling place, provided that In
any parish where there may he two
executive parish committees. the
said commissioners shall be appointed
bv toe member or members Ut the con-
gressi0nal committee from said parish
e.. The members Of the Congress
slonal 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.
6. That in the choice of commits
siOners of election the candidates for
Congress or their friends shall be con-
suited and . representative of each
appointed rs commissioner at each
poll.
Z. A written list of the names Of this
voting shall be kent, numbered conse-
cutiyely in the order in which they
vote.
Immediately after The 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 In 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
and list of voters. This statement
shall be sworn to a. correct by the
commissioners II 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 aud signed by the COM
MissIOnegs.
10 One Of the triplicate returns (the
one having annexed to 1t the tally
sheet and list Of v0ters) shall be de-
ilvered 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 )of this
congressional Committee, and third
copy be returned to the chairman Of
the parish Democratic executive COM
mittec, aud that where dual com.
nittees exist, one copy be sent to the
chairman of each,
IL. On Oct. II, At noon, the coasr0s.
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 at 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 q 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 SUCH member shall be made
In the same manner a. for the congress
sional candidates, and the votes be
c4pv9ssed 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 men,
hers 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
mittee of the district for the ensuing
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.
he 1t further resolved, That the
varions clerks of court In 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 impr0vise
boxes. That In parishes where there
are two or more executive commit
tees it shall be permitted for them to
harmonic their differences and form
q loyal committee for the parish.
: That the resolution shall be so amend
ed that mo man shall be considered .
candidate in this district who does not
stand squarely on the national Demo-
cratic platform.
Resolved, That . committee. COM