The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1895-10-31

IL o'clock a. m. at the respective
Court House towns of the respective
parishes, and to the members of this
for each parish at said
Court Houses at Benton, Minden and
Arcadia respectively.
The chairman and secretary OF the
Parish Democratic Executive Com
mittee, together with the members,
or members present of this commit
tee, shall canvass the vote and certify
the result, and transmit this certii-
cate signed by them to the President
of this Committee, DIR. ". NJ. Abney,
at Benton, La, without delay. The
President of this committee shall !
promulgate the results subject to a
contest, should one be filed within
ten days. If a contest is filed within
ten days the chairman will call this
committee together at once, notifying
the one against whom the contest
was filed of the time and place OF the
meeting of this committee to decide
the contest. The candidate receiv-
ing majority of the votes in the
first primary is to be declared the
nominee. If no candidate should
receive majority of the votes in the
first primary election, then there shall
be second primary election held on
Dec. IA, 1895, under the same condi-
tons, restrictions and regulations as
the first, and by the same commits
sioners, and the returns made and
canvassed and the result promulgat-
ed in the Same way between the two
highest in the first race. None except
those who were candidates in the first
election can be voted for in a second
election. The candidate receiving
the highest number of votes in the
second primary is to be declared the
nominee, with the same rights of con-
test reserved. Only those can vote
in these elections who will be subject
to vote in the general election in
April, 1896.
No one can vote at precinct diff
ferent from his usaul place of voting
until he satisfies the commissioners
that he has not voted and will not
vote at another precinct, and a record
shall be kept to this effect by the
commissioners.
At the first primary there shall be
voted for two members of the Judi
dicial Democratic Executive Commit
tee from each parish to succeed this
committee. The two from each par
ish receiving the highest number OF
votes in their respective parishes to
be the committeeman from those par
ishes, and those six members on or
ganization to elect Chairman from
the District at large. The term of
Office for these new members to be-
gin and of this committee to end at
the general election in April, 1896.
Resolved, That this committee re-
spectfully request the Parish Execu-
tive Committee of Bossier and Bien-
vile parishes to order primaries for
parish officers and delegates to the
State nominating convention on the
same day as the Judicial primary,
which is Nov. %, 1895. This request
is made for the purpose of avoiding
multiplicity of elections. We also
respectfully recommend that said
Parish Executive Committee adopt
the polling places which We have
established.
This committee orders the primar
les above provided for to be held at
the following places by the commits
sioners and clerks of election herein
after named, ta-wit:
BOSSlER PARISH.
Ward l. Knox Point-T. D. Con
nell and R. H. Rains, commissioners
A. J. Moss, clerk. Curtis-T. n
Braden, Jr., and W. J. Fullilove, com
missioners; H. Parks, clerk.
Ward 2. Bossier City-Dr. G. A
Wise and Will Mccormick, commits
sioners; P. B. Cash, clerk. Benton
A. G. league and j. Nj. Belcher, com
missioners; II. J. Lenoir, clerk.
Ward 3. Cottage Grove-J. f
Strayhan and j. L. G. Graham, com
missioners; I. H. Martin, clerk. AL
den-J. R. Strayhan and I. F. Elder
commissioners; F. T. Whited, clerk
Plain Dealing-L. F. Kirtly and Fec
Curry, commissioners; II. 0. Kelly
clerk. Bolinger-M. II. Bolenger ane
H. c. Wyche, commissioners; j. A
, Mitchell, clerk.
Ward 4. Carterville-J. O. Muck
oils and W. H. johnson, commission
ers; L. T. Sanders, clerk. Mot-W
A. Stroud and J. D. Rogers, commits
sioners; j. A. Floyd, clerk.
} Ward 5. Rocky Mount-J. P
: Gleason and J. L B. Kirk, commits
sioners; j. Browning Morris, clerk
Midway-Thos. Lyles and L. E. Wa
lace, commissioners; ]. A. Bumgard