Mexico weekly ledger., 1896-03-12
OFFICIAL CALL.
For a Democratic Congressional Pri-
mary in the Ninth Congressional
District OF Missouri.

District of Missouri.
FIRsT-It is hereby ordered by the
Democratic Congressional Committee
of the Ninth 9th Congressional Dis
trlct that on Saturday, the eleventh
(11th) day of April, A. D., 1895, there
shall be held in the several counties of
this district a primary election for the
purpose of nominating a Democratic
candidate for Congress. This election
shall be held at the several voting pre-
cincts of the several counties at which
the general State elections are held
except in Audrain county the election
shall there be held in the several school
districts as provided in the plan for
the general primary adopted by the
Democratic Central Committee for the
general primary in that county. The
polls shall be opened in the several
voting places in the various counties
at two (2) O'Clock p. m, and shall re-
main open until seven % O'Clock p.
M, except in such counties as where
is being held a general Democratic
primary, at which places the polls
shall be opened and remain open SO
long as shall be provided and at such
times as the several Democratic Com
mittees of these counties shall desig-
nate.
SECoND-All Democrats who are le-
gal voters and who will be entitled to
vote at the general election in Novem-
Der, A. D., 1896, shall be entitled to
vote for a candidate for Congress at
the said primary election.
THIRD-Each candidate for Con-
gress shall be entitled to name one
Judge and one clerk to act as such at
each voting precinct, except in these
counties which shall hold general pri-
maries en- that day, where the regular
judges and clerks selected by the DEM
ocratic County Committees shall act as
such judges and clerks. And if from
any cause such candidates shall fail or
refuse to select such judges and clerks,
or if the judges and clerks 80 elected
shall fail or refuse to act, then five 90
qualified voters of such precinct may
select such judges and clerks, and in
cases where such judges and clerks are
80 selected by the voters as aforesaid,
the vacancy shall be filled from the
supporters of such candidates whose
Judges and clerks fail or refuse to act.
Each voters name shall be entered
in a poll book provided for that pur-
pose and the ballots so received shall
after having been counted be carefully
sealed n transmitted to the char
mar of this committee, F. H. Kallmey-
err, New Florence, Missouri, except in
counties in which on said day there
shall be held general Democratic pri-
maries. The Democratic chairman
and secretary of such county commit
tees shall certify under oath to the
said F. H. Kallmeyer, the votes for
candidates for Congressman cast in
such counties.
After the counting of said vote cast
for Democratic candidates for Con-
gress the judges and clerks shall make
out and certify duplicate statements
thereof, showing the number of votes
cast for the respective candidates for
Congress in said precincts, n copy
of which shall be retained by one of
the said judges and clerks and the
other transmitted to the said F. H.
Kallmeyer and all ballots, poll books
and certificates as herein provided
shall be sent to the said F. I'll. Kali
meyer within three (3) days after said
election shall be held, and on Monday,
the Goth day of April, A. D., 1896, this
committee shall meet in the city of
st. Charles, Missouri, to east up and
declare the result of said election and
the candidate receiving the greatest
number of votes cast in said election,
shall be declared the nominee of the
party for Congress in the
Ninth 9th Congressional district of
Missouri.
And at said primary election the
voters shall elect in each
county two (2) Congressional Com
who shall enter upon their
duties as such after this committee |
have cast up and declared the
result and issued a certificate of NOM
to the successful candidate,
and there shall also be certified to the
said F. H. KaIlmeyer, the vote on
Congressional Committeeman in the
several counties and it shall also be
the duty of this committee to cast up
and declare the vote of the several
counties for committeeman, and the
two (2) committeeman receiving the |
number of votes shall be
elected and to whom shall be issued
of election for their re-
spective counties.
FoURTH-The expenses of this pri-
mary election shall be borne equally |
by the several candidates for Con-
gress and shall be paid into the hands
of the Chairman of this committee
prior to said election, and it shall be
the duty of the secretary of this COM
to furnish place, books and bal
lots for use at the various voting pre-
cincts in this primary, except in coun-
ties holding regular Democratic pri-
on that day in which counties
the names of candidates for Congress
shall be placed on the regular Demo-
cratic ticket to be voted on that day. |
And in the event that any of the
counties in this district shall order a
general Democratic primary for the
said 18th day of April, A. D., the Con-
election shall be held sub
Jet to and in accordance with the
provisions governing the same made
oy the several Democratic County
Central Committees.
,(Signed.) F. Fl. KALLMEyER,
Chairman.