Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-18

election. ALSO thNt the executive com.
mittee or managing committee shall
determine the day for holding such
primary. No two parties shall hold
primaries on the same day. The first
party applying to hold the primary
shall have the right TO hold 1t on that
day.
Section ) provides that not less than
two and not more than seven continti.
ous election precincts Of the same ward
or town shall he Joined to form one
primary election district. The maxi.
mum number Of voters Of the party In
such primary election district shnll be
loo. The polling place shall be near
the center Of population. II prohibits
holding elections in snloons. II n cen.
tral or executive committee Of party
neglect to designate the election dis.
trlcts and polling places. then n mem.
Der Of the board Of election commits.
siOners Of that party shall 40 designate.
or the county court.
Section 4 provides for the selection Of
judges and clerks for such primary.
three judges and two clerks. who are
members Of such political party hold.
Ing the primary. II is further provided
how to secure Judges and clerks. where
the party wanting to hold such primary
has no judges or clerks on the regular
election list.
Section 8 provides that fifteen days.
notice must he given by any political
party Of a primary to he held. by filing
an application In writing with the Elec-
ton Commissioners. II there he no
Election Commission Board. then with
the County Clerk.
Section q provides TINT the chairman
and secretary Of the Executive Commit.
tee or Central Committee shall sign
the application.
Section Z provides that nt least ten
days before the primary election the
Board N Election Commissioners or
County Clerk shall give notice In the
public prints. and otherwise. Of such
primary election, with the compositiOn
Of the primary districts. location Of
polling places. ana all other infOrma.
tlOn required.
Section 3 provides that all tho laws
Of the State respecting general cleo.
tiOns shall be enforced In such primary
election district. The expenses Of TAX
Ing the primary shall be horne by the
city. village. or town. Election Judges
and clerks shall be paid a per diem.
All ballot boxes. registry hooks. poll
books, etc., used ut the regular election
shall be used ut these urinary elec-
tlOns.
Section o provides for the instruction
and swearing In Of judges und clerks to
serve ut such primary. and they shall
he appointed at least ten days prior to
such election, and may be declared in-
eligible because Of incapacity or dis.
honesty. Section 10 provides that
judges ana clerks shall receive the sum
Of % u day for their services.
Section II provides that every legal
voter entitled to vote In that primary
district shall be entitled to vote, II he
II a member Of the political party hold
Ing such primary election. ana provid-
In he has not voted ut the primary elec-
tiOn Of any other political party within
one year last preceding.
Section ~ provides that none hut To-
gally qualified voters residing In the
election district shall be eligible rs del
egatcs. Only one person shall be elect
cd alternate for each district.
Other sections that follow deal with
the form Of the ballot, the duties Of the
judges and clerks, etc. Provision II also
made for challenger In each polling
place. SECTIONS - 10 80 state the pen
altlcs against offenders.
A companion bill provides that all
candidates shall be nominated by con
ventiOns.
4 subcommittee OF the Citizens Com
mittee OF Seventeen on Revenue Re
form went to Springfield Monday might
In the interest Of the bill now pending
The committee consisted OF John =
Miller. John Il. Wilson, Marvin \. Farr
u. q. Keith, ana 4. &. Macmillan. The!
will speak before the Joint cOmmitte,
of the House and Senate on revenue
In favor of the revenue revision bill.
Representative Revell of Cook has In
iroduccd the metropolitan police bill
II Is based on that prepared by !Mtor
ney Il. II. Bliss and amended by Mr
Bliss to suit the views Of the Govern
or. The Revell bill Is therefore takel
as the one the administration wants
1t Is a lengthy document.
In brief the measure provides tha
u police board shall he appointed 70
MI cities having n population Of 1000
or more. The Governor shall appOin
the members with the advice and con
sent Of the Senate. The board shal
consist Of three persons from the tw
principal political parties. The men
hers may hold no other public Offic
during their term. The Governor ~
lects the chairman. The terms of Oi
fee shall he so arranged that the teri
Of one shall expire the first Monday q
July, 1900; one the first Monday !
July, 1902, and the third the first MOI
day Of July. 1904. After this the teri
shall he six years for each, the Go,
ernOr to Ill all vacancies. The Go,
ernor may also remove from office.
The bill provides for chief clerl
with rank ana pay of captain. ii
shall serve six years. The member
Of the commission are to be paid $500
: each out of the city treasury,
| hnt h. hon