Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-02-18
FURTHER
 PROCEEDINGS  IF THE DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Resolutions Adopted to Govern the
 County Primaries.

< When the GRAPHIC went to press Tuesday afternoon the committe E appointed to prepare resolutions fer the government of the primaries was out formulating said rules. The committee reported the follow ing revolutions which were read and E adopted:
 1. Resolved, That the judges of the primary election to be held ill this county. May z, 1898, permit all \ known Democrats who have hereto E fore affiliated with the Democratic party until last National election, and who will pledge themselves to support the nominees of the Demo- cratic party, to participate in the said Democratic primary. 3. Relolved. further, that the general election laws, so far as they apply, shall govern this primary election.
 3. Resolved, The committeeman Of each township or one of the judges of election shall return the poll books and ballots of their respective town ships to the secretary of this con- mittee, on Monday, the 9th day of May, 1898 at F o'clock III. and said secretary shall deliver said returns to this committee, who are hereby call ed to meet on said day to canvass said returns, ,and said committee shall canvass the election returns, and can didates receiving the largest number of votes shall be declared the nomi- nees.
 1. Each candidate for county of flee and candidates for the legislature are assessed the sum of$3.00, and for township offices the sum of $100 each. to defray the expenses of the primary elect ion, and said sum shall be paid to the executive com mittee not later than thirty (30) days before said primary election, and if any candidate fails to pay said sum aforesaid his name shall not be entered on the poll books as 0 candidate before said primary elec- tion, nor shall any ballot voted for such candidate be counted. That all fees for filing names of State can didates be paid out of the funds rais- ed by the committee as heretofore provided.
 5. The executive committee is au- thorized and directed to have the rules and regulations governing the primary !eleetion printed on heavy cards and three of said cards deliver ssSad with the poll books and ballots ? $ to the judges of election in the vari- ous townships in the county. :, 6. The secretary of this committee
 authorized and directed to have sshe tickets printed for said election with the names thereon of all the candidates who have paid their as- sessment as before provided, which names shall be in the folio wing or der:
 County officers.
 District officers.
 Stnte officers.
 , Re it further resolved, That tho Central Committee may levy any further amount to defray the neees sary expenses of said primaries.
 Committee of ,, tbe Chairman and Secretary of the Central Committee being two of the committee, was or motion appointed with power to ar range all preliminaries incident to the conduct of the election and tt raise funds bS assessment and other wise 10 defray expenses.
 On motion 1t was the order of tht committee that the various town ships and wards hold conventions for the purpose of selecting delegates to county rentions, and selee