The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-24
CAUCUS RULES.
Approved by Republican
City Committee.
May Be Adopted at the Option
of Ward Committee.
The City Convention for Nomination
Of Mayor on Oct. 10.

A well attended meeting OF the Rpub-
lican city committee was held last even
ing at the headq uarters, 20 Wey bosses
street, chairman Hon. Frank h. Olney
presiding.
The meeting was for the purpose OF Tx
ing the dates for primaries and city con-
vention. The folio ing calls were issued:
Republican electors will meet in their
several ward rooms on Friday evening,
Oct. 2 at s o'clock to choose delegates to
the state electoral and the district con-
gressional conventions, and OF the same
date to choose delegates TO the city con-
vention and nominate candidates for
school committee and warden and district
clerk of the different wards. And Friday
evening, Oct. 16, at s O'Clock the electors
qualified on the real estate lists will
nominate candidates for the Board of Al
dermen and Common Council.
The city convention will be held on Sat-
urday afternoon, Oct. 10, at the Fountain
street court room.
At last nights meeting Mr.. George A.
Littlefield of the Second Ward, present.
cd a set OF rules for the conduct OF pri-
mary meetings, along reform lines. After
some discussion and the elimination OF
several utopian features the rules were
debated separately and then adopted as
whole by the city committee whereupon
Mr.. Littlefield declared them adopted by
the Second Ward and urged other wards
to do likewise. The rules are as follows:
At q meeting of the Repu blican city
committee, held Sept. %, 1896, the fol-
lowing rules for the conduct OF caucuses
were approved, and 1t was voted that they
may be used in those wards where the
ward committees vote to use them.
Section 1. When the caucus is called
to order the chairman OF the caucus,
who shall vote only IN case OF tie, the
secretary and as many clerks as there
are districts, to check names upon the
voting lists, shall be appointed by the
ward committee, who shall produce at the
caucus the voting lists revised and cor
rected 10 as late date as possiblc.
Section 2. After the reading of the
call for the caucus by the secretary. NOM
nations shall be made I'm the order desig-
mated in the call. Nominees for the City
Council aud for delegations to conyen-
tions shall be nominated ana voted upon
collectively unless motion, duly made
and seconded, to take them up separately,
shall be supported by five qualified cleo
tors. The vote for each Office, in order,
shall first be taken By acclamation, but
IL after the result Is declared five qualified
electors, upon motion duly made and
seconded, shall demand the use OF the
check Est in the election for that Office,
the final voting therefor shall be post
poned until nIl the nominations OF the
caucus are made and until tho voting by
acclamation is completed.
Section 3. After the nominations are
ted by acclamation have taken place, the
chairman shall declare the time up for
making nominal ions, shall appoint three
supervisors from among the supporters
OF ,hree opposing candidates to overlook
and. II necessary, to challenge the vot-
ing, and shall announce the remaining
elections to be held In which the use OF
the voting lists shall have been demand
ed. together with the several nominees
Cor each in order. as furnished him by
the secretary. who also, IL convenient,
shall post up the same upon the wall for
the information of voters.
Sec. 4. Then the bulloting shall begin,
electors proceeding in liue. waiting at the
voting list until their names are checked
and then advancing TO the ballot box,
once only during the caucus, there TO de-
post their hsllots as they shall be called
for 10y the chairman, who shall satisfy
him'en by such examination of balIo,
rs msy be necessary, that the voter de-
posits but one ballot Tor each office. II