The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-06-05
a PRIMARY ORDERED.
For the Nomination or % Candidate fof
Criminal dudgo.

| The Democratic executive COM
mittee of this the eleventh judicial
circuit metat Jackson last Monday
afternoon Gt 2 o'clock.
4 An the counties in tho circuit
/ were represented as follows: BEN
ton, J. NJ. Holladay, proxy held by
j. W. n. Burkett; Chester. p. b.
Hardeman, proxy held by J. w.
/ Carroll; Decatur, j. H. Stout; Nc
/ Marry, ID. A. MeDougal, proxy held
| by E. J.. Bullock; Henderson, j. r.
| Kirby, proxy held by J. III. How
lard; Madison, d. A. Clark; Perry,
I. a. 7. Craig, proxy held by S. ID.
4 Hays.
j.. A. Clark was elected chairman
pro TEN, and j. W. n. Burkett sec
retary.
SD. Hays offered a motion that
a primary election be ordered for
the nomination of a candidate for
criminal judge on Saturday, June
27, 1896.
Benton, Chester, Madison, Hen
derson and Perry voted for the
motion, and Decatur and McNairy
voted against it.
A motion to appoint committee
, on rules to govern the primary pre-
! vailed, and the chairman appointed
u. L. Bullock, j. w. n. Burkett
and s. ID. Hays. A forty minutes
! recess was taken, when the COM
! mittee returned and submitted the
, following report, which was unan-
, imously adopted:
I'D To hold a primary election
June u from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m. ex-
cept in the city of Jackson and fif-
teenth district, where polls shall
remain open until z p. m.
"(2) There shall be one officer,
I two clerks, and one Judge for each
! candidate, to be selected by said
candidate OF his friends, and if not
! ! so named then by the county COM
! mitteeman. The clerks shall be
divided among the candidates also.
"(3) Each voter must vote in his
Q own ward or district. And in case
o the judges for good reason allow
S voter from another precinct to cast
> his ballot, it should be SO noted on
g the poll list
"(4) When a voter is not known
J. to be "a Democrat he shall be requir-
= cd to declare himself in accord with
D 5he party and promise to support
the nominee.
f "(5) The ballots shall be count
!, ed in the presence OF the bystand-
9 ers, and any Democrat shall have
: the right to inspect the same.
} "(6) The officer shall deposit the
g ballot in the presence Of the voter,
r and so that he and the bystsnders
7 can see that it has been placed in
S the box.
II "(7) Each clerk shall keep poll
list and tally sheet, and they shall
/ be forwarded to the chairman of
i each county and shall be kept by
IS him subject to inspection by any
= Democrat Of the Judicial circuit
o "(8) The judges, as soon as the
Y votes are counted, shall make out
!. and mail to each candidate GER
e titled statement Of the vote, and
Is shall also mail one certified state
" ment to J. w. n. Burkett, secre-
d tary, at jackson. The judges shall
also give any Democrat who re-
I quests it o certified statement of
y the vote at said precinct.
- = "(9) The judiciary committee
n shall meet at jackson on July IL,
"a at 2 p M, in the chancery clerks
!, Office to count the vote and declare
~ the result, and any candidate shall
4 have the right to appear and chal-
= lenge the correctness Of any vote. y
o. This section also provides how
20 the questions Of contest must be
i brought up, and how the commit
i tee shall conduct the examination.
"a The candidates shall have until
June 19 to make out their lists OF
! Judges
y The committee asks the voters to
~ turn out and fully and impartially
Z Z observe the rules governing the
j. primary.
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