The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1898-08-25
Congressional Primary Election,

utive Committee of the Fourth Con-
gressional District:
First-That the nomination for
Democratic candidate for Congress
from the Fourth District be made by
general primary election to be held
Oh the 18th day of September, 1898,
throughout the District, at the poll
ing places established by law in the
respective parishes, the polls to be
opened at 8 o'clock a. m. and closed
at 6 o'clock p. NJ, except in the cities
of Alexandria and Shreveport, in
which place the polls shall be opened
from 6 a. m. to 6. p NJ, and the can
didates for Congress be voted for
direct by the parties voting in said
election, and the candidate receiving
a majority of all the votes cast shall
be deemed the choice of the Demo
cratic party for Representative to the
fty-Sixth Congress from this, the
4th Congressional District. In the
event no candidate should receive a
majority of the entire vote cast at said
primary election, then a second pri-
mary is hereby ordered and shall be
held in the same manner on the 5th
day of October, at which the two
highest candidates at the previous
primary alone shall be voted for.
Second-None but known white
Democrats who are duly qualified
electors under the Constitution and
laws of this State, duly registered,
and who will pledge themselves to
vote for the Democratic nominee,
shall be permitted to vote at said
primary election or elections. If a
person offer to vote and his right he
challenged he must prove to the sat
isflction of the commissioners of
election his political faith and aAilia-
ton and declare his purpose to sup
port the Democratic nominee.
Third-The members of this Com
mittee from their respective parishes,
together with the Chairman of the
Democratic Parish Executive Com
mittee shall appoint three or more
commissioners for each polling place
in his parish, each candidate having
the right of naming one commissioner
at each polling place, to be appointed
by said committee as aforesaid to hold
said election, and in the absence of
any commissioner thus appointed as
herein provided for, the voters shall
appoint them.
Fourth-The commissioners shall
keep list of the names of those vot-
ing, duly numbered in the order in
which they vote, requiring each voter
to sign his name to the voting list
when he votes, which voting list shall
be kept by one of the commissioners
and shall be attested by one of the
commissioners and one witness who
is not commissioner. Immediately
after the closing of the polls the boxes
shall be opened and the ballots count
ed in the presence of the bystanders,
and tally OF the votes kept and du
plicate returns made out and signed
by the commissioners. If any com
missioner refuse to sign, those who
do sign shall state the fact and the
reason given for not signing by the
one refusing. One of the duplicate
returns, together with the tally sheet
and the list of voters, shall be mailed
by registered letter to the Secretary
of this Committee at Shreveport, in
the care of F. A. Leonard, and the
duplicate of the same to each member
of this committee for his respective
parish. The Secretary shall not open
the said returns of said election until
the meeting of this Committee as
hereinafter provided for.
Fifth-This Committee shall meet
in Shreveport on September 20, and
compile the vote and promulgate the
result of said election, and at the
meeting of said Committee each mem
Der thereof shall produce the dupli-
cate returns made to him by the COM
missioners of election as aforesaid.
In the event of second primary
election said Committee shall again
meet at Shreveport on Oct. s, 1898,
and canvass and promulgate the re.
turns of said second primary election
In like manner as above provided for,
for the first primary election.
Sixth-That at the said primary
election the voters in each parish
shall also vote for member to repre-
sent such parish on the Congressional
Committee to serve for the two ensu-
ing years, and said election and re-
turns for said member shall be made
in the same manner as are the election
and returns of the Congressional
candidates. The twelve members thus
elected, together with three members
from the District at large, to be elect
ed by the twelve members of the
Committee at its first meeting, shall
constitute the Executive Committee
of this Congressional District, and
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