The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-22
PRIMARIES ORDERED
By the Fifth District Executive
Committee.

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of the Fifth District held another
meeting at Monroe day or two since,
and rescinded its former action, calling
a convention TO nominate candidate
for Congress from the district, and
passed the following resolutions order
ing primaries TO be held:
Be il resolved, That the action OF
the executive committee calling con-
vention at Monroe for July 26th, be
| and the same is hereby rescinded.
Be it further resolved. First-that
the nomination of Democratic candi-
date for congress from this. the Fifth
district, be made by q general white
Democratic primary election to be
held on Wednesday. August 10, 1899,
throughout the district. at the polling
places established by law in the respec-
tive parishes, the polls to be opened at
| z o'clock a. m, and closed at O'Clock
D. M, and the candidates for congress-
be voted for direct by the parties voting
| in said election. and the candidate re-
ceiving plurality of all the legal votes
cast shall be deemed the choice OF the
Democratic party for represc ntatiye to
congress to succeed the lamented Hon.
| S. Il. Baird from this, the Fifth con-
gressioual district.
Second-None shall be permitted to
vote but white Democrats and all other
white voters who will agree to support
the nominee OF this primary and prove
TO the satisfaction of the commissioners
his political faith and utilization ard
declare his purpose to support the
Democratic nominee. provided that no
one shall be entitled 10 vote unless he
| is a duly quaif fed elector under the
constitution and laws of this state and
duly registered.
Third-The executive committees
from their respective parishes shall ap-
point three commissioners for each
polling place in their parish to hold
said election. and in the absence OF
any commissioner thus appointed, as
herein provided for. the voters present
at the polling place shall elect one in
his stead. Said commissioner shall be
sworn to faithfully perform their
| duties.
| Fourth--The commissioners shall
keep list of the names of those vot-
ing duly numbered in the order in
which they vote, which voting list shall
be kept by the commissioners and
sworn TO By them as being correct and
attested by two witnesses. Immedi.
ately after the closing of the polls the
boxes shall be opened and ballots
counted in the presence of the bystand
ers. and n tally of the votes kept and
duplicate returns made out and signed
and sworn to as correct by tho commits
sioner before some officer duly quail
fled to administer oaths. If any COM
missioner refuses to sign he or those
who sign shall state fully the facts ant
the reasons why he refused to sign
One of the duplicate returns together
with the tally sheet and the list Of vot
ers and the lis, of voters furnished by
the registers shall be forwarded to the
secretary of this committee at Monroe
and the duplicate of the same to the
member of this committee for thai
parish, and the secretary shall not oper
the said returns of said election unit
the meeting of this com mittee as here
matter provided for.
Fifth--This committee shall meet ir
Monroe on the 14th day of August
1899 (p. n.y. and compile the vote and
promulgate lie result of said election
4 ana OF the meeting of said com mittee
each mem Der thereof shall produce the
duplicate returns made to him by the
commissioners Of election AS aforesaid
! Sixth-That the registrar Of voters
of each parish shall furnish a certified
list Of registered voters in his parish tC
the commissioners of election in eecf
precinct, and that 10 vote shall be
counted I'm less the name of the voter
appears on the list furnished by thu
registrar.
BE it resolved, That the form OF vot'
ing shall be BY ordinary ballot. either
printed or written.
Be it further resolved, That thi:
action is not taken with the view Of
forwarding the interest of any candi
date, but is done to harmonic the
party and to give every voter in tho
district the opportunity to vote for the
candidate of his choice.
Seventh--That the newspapers Of
this district be. and they are hereby
requested to publish these resolution:
from now until said election.