The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-04-17
RULES FOR
THE VOTERS.
Regulations to Govern the Demo
cratic Primary.
NO BLACK DEMOCRAT ALLOWED
a VOICE IN THE PROCEEDINGS
WHEN a VOTER MAY BE cHAL-
LENGED-DEMoCRATIC sovER.
EIGNs WILL HAVE TO SAY WHAT
THEIR POLITICAL FAITH IS IF
CHALLENGED.

The following rules will govern the
Democratic primary to be held on We'd
nseday, May 3, 1897, commencing Mt 7:3O
p. m. and closing at.9:30 D. M, for the
selection of three candidates in the First
ward, three in the Fifth and two each in
the other wards, for Councilmen to rep
resent the Democratic party in the May
election:
Voting places-Rule 1. The primaries
shall be held at the following places:
First ward, hustings court room.
Second ward, circuit court ROOM
Third ward, Friendship Fire Company
engine house.
Fourth ward. Jefferson street engine
house.
Fifth ward,-.
BY whom conducted .. The
committee shall designate one of it's
members, from each ward, who shall
preside over and conduct the primary.
He shall appoint two disinterested parties
who shall act as clerks, who shall receive
and record the vote and with the chair
man canvass and declare the result of the
ballot
10 Certify the Result.-Rule g. The
chairman and clerks shall within 4S
hours after the close of the primaries GER
tify to the chairman of this committee the
result of the primary and he shall cause
to be published in the daily papers Of the
city the names OF the candidates receiv.
ing the highest number of votes and shall
declare them to be the regular selected
candidates of the Democratic party for
che May election. In the event of any
contention or contest over the vote in any
of the wards, the chairman shall call the
committee together and they shall decide.
Who May Vote. 4. Every white
| democrat voter of the city Of Roanoke,
whose name appears on the registration
book for the ward he lives in, and who
| does agree to support the nominees of this
| primary, shall be eligible to vote, if he
has moved to another ward since the last
election has not acquired residence, hay.
ing lived In it less than thirty days, he
may vote in the ward from which he
moved
Vino may be voted for.-Rule 5. Any
| registered white voter of the CITY of Roam.
oke of unquestionabie.. Democratic faith
and party may be voted for mt this pri-
mary, provided he has notified the chair
man of the committee of his intention on
or before o'clock p. M. Tuesday, Nav
| 4, 1897.
The ballots.-Rule g. The voting shall
be by ballot and the several candidates
shall furnish the ballots.
| Special rule No. Amy voter voting
in this primary election shall be consid
cred as in honor hound to support all the
nominees of the Democratic party who
may be nominated as result of this pri-
| mary.
Special rule No. 2.-It's Shall be the spec
| lal duty of the judges 60 see that no one
is allowed to vote in this primary election
who is not Democrat, aud If there is
any applicant to vote that the judges, or
either of them, have any doubt as to
! whether CT not he is a Democrat. the
! judges are required to call before them
any bystander or other person who is
likely to know the politics of such appli.;
cant and interrogate such person concern
ing the same. And if the judges are
thereby satisfied such an applicant is not
Democrat he shall not be allowed to
vote, but his vote shall be rejected with.
nut further ceremony. If, however, no
satisfactory evidence OF the kind indica-
ted is obtainable then the judges shall
PROFOUND to such applicant the following
Undergraduates:
| LIST. Are yoI Democrat.
I'd. II you shall be allowed to vote in
this primary will you solemnly promise
| to support and vote for the nominees of
this primary in the approaching general
election?
And if such applicant shall fail to give
an affirmative answer to either of said in
terrogatories the judges shall reject his
vote; but If such applicant shall answer
Doth or said interrogatories in the aflir-
NATIVE and the judges are sa tisfed that
such applicant wi in good faith carry
out his promise to support and vote for
the nominees of the primary, then he
| shall he allowed to vote
Any Democratic VOTER who ,visbac in
good faith to challenge any applicant to
! vote, as not being Democrat, or for
any other reason, as being ineligible to
vote in this primary, shall be allowed to
approach the judges for that purpose and
he shall be heard; but after the Judges
have heard one challenge of an applicant
TO vote, If they are satisfied of his Dem
ocracy or eligibility, they need not hear
any further challenge of that applicant.
\. l.. BURKS. JAS. M'FALL.
Secretary Chairman.