The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-04
WILL BE BY BALLOT
REPUBLICAN CENTRAL COMMITTEE
ORDERS AN ElEOrION
Crawford County System Ordered TO Select
Candidate for District Judee-wilI be
Held August 22-Ali the Candidates
Names will be Printed on One Ticket
Candidates Must Pay Legitimate Ex-
penses of the Election or Get OUT of the
Recollection Laws Against Illegal
Voting will Apply.

| The Republican central committee
| held meeting yesterday in the board
| of trade rooms 10 consider the res;gna-
| ton OF Judge Reed as the candidate Of
| the party for district judge.
There was a full attendance of the
| committee and it Immediately proceed
ed to business Chairman Wilson an
| nounced that the committee was called
TO provide a way 10 fill the vacancy
| caused by the resignation Of Judge
Reed.
The recent recent Republican conven-
ton having voted to adopt the Crax-
ford county method of naming candi-
dates the committee We're unanimous
in their opinion that the decision of the
convention ought to be respected
The Crawford county system as it is
called was adopted number of years
ago in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
There had been trouble in party con-
ventions and accusations Of fraud had
been made.
To oviate these evils the plan was
adopted Of voting directly for candi-
dates TO a convention and the candi-
date receiving the greatest number of
votes was TO be considered the candi-
date of the party.
Inc INepuDllCdH central committee
voted to put this system in operation ;
instructed by the county convention TO
determine the choice of the party for
district Judge
Thursday, Aug. 90, was selected as
the day an which the election will be
held. The hours during which the polls
will be kept open will be designated in
the call Of the central committee.
The election laws of the state will he
nd he Of ~ 4 IN %
will be printed on one ticket and the
voters will place cross TO the left of
the name for whom he wishes to vote.
This will obviate the necessity of hav-
ing ticket peddlers al the polls for each
candidate and the result will probably
be the quietest primary election ever
held in county.
prominent attorney said last night
that the law of 1891 against illegal vot-
ing at elections would apply and per-
sons guilty of illegal voting could be
prosecuted under that law the same as
at county or state election.
The central committee voted to APP
point supervisors of election for each
township and ward and the central
committeeman were named as such su-
pervisors.
The votes will be counted at each vot-
ing precinct and the returns farward-
ed to the chairman of the central COM
mittee where they will be footed up and
the candidate receiving the greatest
number of votes will be declared the
nominee of the party.
The central committee also ordered
that the legitimate expenses of the cleo
ton which will be the preparation OF
the tickets and poll books shall be born
by the candidates.
After the number of candidates is de,
termined the central committee will
make an assessment on them to pay the
expenses of the election and any cam
didate failing to paw the assessment,
his name will not be printed on the
tickets.
So far as heard all the candidate ties are
pleased with the arrangement and each
one declares his intention to accept the
result OF the election gracefully and
work for the election OF the successful
man.