The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-25
SOMETHING TO READ
The Codes Offer Information to the
Primary Workers.
THERE'S SOME METHOD TO 1T
Now 1t Is Believed That American
Born Office Seekers VIII Have
Show to Run for
City Office.

are now laying plans for the crowdine
OF the primaries of all the politica
parties this spring. so that their par
ticular color may be the controlling
power In all the approaching city con-
ventions, may find something in the
new codes which it would pay them to
read carefully. Heretofore il has been
a very easy matter for a gang to go
around to all the ward primaries. vote
at all Of them, and elect del
egates favorable to one partic-
ular foreign candidate or an
other. In this way the conventions
have been controlled, native Ameri-
cans have been uniformly shut out,
and all the political machinery has
been manipulated in favor of one class
OF foreigners or another. BY this
means 1t happens that the most i'm
portant and most lucrative offices in
both city and county are at present
held by gentlemen of foreign birth.
and have been for years.
This spring for the first time the pri-
maries will be held under strict pro-
visions of a code made expressly for
this purpose. The first provision of the
new code on this subject is:
Any convention or any primary
''NNNh6 htiu tflt purpose OF maxi
ing nominations to any public office. or
the number of electors required in this
chapter. may nominate candidates for
public Office TO be filled by election in
the state. A convention or primary
meeting within the meaning of this
chapter is an organized assembly of
electors or delegates representing any
party or principle"
Section 1911 OF the new political code
says:
"All nominations made by such con-
Vention or primary meeting must be |
certined as follows: The certificate of !
nomination, which must be in writing. |
must contain the name of the person |
nominated. his residence. his business.
ms business address, and the office for |
Whlch ne Is named, and must deslg- /
nate, In not more than five words. the |
party or principle which such conven-
ton or primary meeting represents.
ana IT must be signed by the presiding
oHlcer or such primary meeting or con-
Vention, who must add to their sigma
lures their respective places of resi-
1ence, their business, and business adj
dresses"
Section 1872 says:
Certificates of nomination for any
for office TO be filled bv the
electors of the entire state. or of any
district greater than a county, must be
Med with the secretary Of state Ger
llncates OF nomination for municipal
ofiices must be filed with the clerks of
me respective municipal corporations
such officers are to be elected"
sec. 1913 says: Candidates for pub
lie office may be nominated otherwise
nan by convention or primary meet
ng In the manner following: A certifi-
'ate OF nomination containing the
name OF the candidate for the office TO
De hlled, with such information as is
required in the certificates provided for
n section 1871 OF this code, must be
signed by electors residing within the
state ana district, or political division
n and for which the officers are TO be
elected in the following required num-
1ers; The number of signatures must
De not less in number than five per
'ent. or the votes in the preceding cleo
Ion. whether the said candidate be
state, county, township. municipal. or
my other political subdivision of state
'r county; but the signatures need not
Ill be appended to one paper. Each
Hector signing a certificate shall add
o his signature his place of residence |
lis business and his business address"
section 1874 provides: mo certificate
II nomination must contain the names
II more than one candidate for each
'ffice to be filled. No person must ioin
n nominating more than one person
or each office to be filed, and no per-
han one Office"
Section 1916 provides: Certificates
or the nomination of candidates for
municipal offices must be filed with the
Jerks OF the respective municipal cor :
'orations not more than 80 DAYS and ,
ot less than three days previous 10
he day of election"
Eaaffnr
Jerk must cause to be published in one 7
r more newspapers I'm the city the
ominations for offices at least three
avs before the election.
Section 1919 provides that a nomina- {
ion shall be void IL the nominee shall |
lie his declaration with the city clerk ]
least two days before the election. q
Section 1920 provides for filling va
ancies In nominations.
The above provisions are not MAIZE i
ally different from the Australian I
allot system under which Butte has y
Or several years been operating The =
nportant part OF the new election law .
In regard to primaries. The sections
n this subject read as follows:
=" No person shall be entitled TO vote
any caucus, primary meeting, or
ection, held by any political party, p
Scept he be an elector of the state
nd county within which such caucus. -
rimary meeting, or election, is held, | :
nd is legal resident Of the precinct.
: district within which such caucus. n
rimary meeting or election Is held. y
lie limits of which said precinct or :,
strict are fixed and prescribed by the ~
'gularly chosen and recognized repre- a,
Of the party issuing the call =,
n such caucus, primary meeting or / y,
ection. =,
mo person shall be entitled to vote - :,
any such caucus. primary meeting :,
election who is not identified with | a.
e political party holding such caucus. al
'imary meeting or election, or who n,
'es not intend 10 act with such poIit- NJ
al party at the ensuing election, \,
hose candidates are 10 be nominated nj
such caucus or primary meeting ri
Three judges, who shall be legal "a,
tiers In the precinct where such eau n,
IS or primary meeting is held. shall OF
chosen by the qualified voters of cl
I'D precinct or district Who a -. ,.r5.. -.