The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-01-23
CITIZENS PRIMARIES NEXT.
They Will be Held in all Wards To-
morrow Evening.
GREAT INTEREST MANIFESTED
The Hottest Contests will Take Place in
the Second and Third wards-Pre-
cautions Taken Against Viola
tions of the Election Laws.

The primaries of the Citizens party viii
be held from TO p. m. tomorrow and, as
the contests in some of the wards will be Of
very spirited character, it win be necessary
for the election officers to guard against any
thing that may lead to unpleasant results SO
far as they are concerned. This can be easily
accomplished by the officers performing their
duties conscientiously and impartially.
The most important contests win be in
the Second and Third wards. In the former
the bone of contention is between Justice C.
W. Dengler and Thomas BELLS for nomina-
ton for the office the former now holds, and
between T. J. James and james H. Morgan
for Council p W. Bierstein and William
Kimmel Tor Justice of the Peace, and
Thomas Tosh and John w. Blaker for Con
stable in the Third ward Much interest is
manifested in the outcome of these contests
and none appear TO be more concerned than
the Democrats, as the filling of the ticket
they have left open in these wards will de-
pend great deal upon what is done at the
Citizens primaries.
The Citizens party now makes its nomina-
tiOns under the Crawford county system,
which is considered from the experience as
being the most satisfactory the party has yet
tried, but there are times when the best of ar
angements fail, and great responsibility lies
with the officers of the primaries
Attention is called to the provision of the
election laws which states that if any Judge,
Inspector, Clerk, or other officer of primary
election shall presume to act in such capa-
city before taking and subscribing to the
oath or affirmation required by law he shall,
ON conviction be fined not exceeding 5000 /;
and if any such officer, when in the discharge
of his duties as SUCH shall wilfully disregard
or violate the provisions on any rule duly
made by any party for the government of
primary elections he shall, on conviction, be
fined not exceeding 5000 and if any Judge
or Inspector at primary shall knowingly re-
ject the vote of any person entitled to vote
under the rules of any party, or shall know
ingly receive the vote of any person or
persons not qualified shall, on conviction, be
fined not exceeding 5000, or imprisoned not
exceeding one year, or both or either, AT the
discretion of the court
And the election laws also provide that if
any person, not qualified To vote at general
election, shall vote at Il nominating election
held by any political party, or if any person
shall procure, advise or induce such dis
qualified person to so vote, or it any person
shall vote mt more than one election district.
or otherwise vote more than once ON the same
day for the nomination of candidate, or
shall fraudulently vote more than one ticket
for the same candidate at the same time, OF if
any person shall advise or procure another 50
to do, he or they shall be guilty OF q misde-
meanor and, on conviction, shall be fined not
exceeding the sum Of 500 and imprisoned
for term Of time not exceeding three
months.