The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1899-10-19
RESOLUTIONS
AS ADOPTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC COMMIT
TEES FOR THIS SENATORIAL DISTRICT AM

AS ADOPTEDaBY The DEMOCRAI1C COMMli-
TEES FOR THIS SENATORIAL DISTRICT AND
THIS PARISH AT THEIR SESSIONS HELD AT
BENTON OCTOBER 10 AND II, 1899.
l. Resolved, That convention be
held at Haughton, on Tuesday, the It'll
day of November, 1899, for the purpose
OF nominating a candidate for State SEN
ator for the Twenty Third Senatorial
District, composed OF the parishes of
Bossier and Webster.
2. Resolved, That a primary cleo
ton be held throughout the district on
Friday, October 20, 1899, for the pur-
pose Of selecting delegates to said con-
vention. The number Of delegates, as
fixed by the constitution, is eight for
Bossier and five for Webster.
8. Resolved, That the candidate for
whom the majority of votes in either
parish be cast shall be entitled to the
entire delegation Of said parish in said
convention, and shall have the right of
naming delegates to said convention.
4. Resolved, That none but white
registered Democrats, whose last vote
was cast for the Democratic ticket, in the
last general election, shall be entitled to
vote in said primary.
5. Resolved, That the commissioners
of election shall provide a booth, not
less than ten feet from the polling place,
where the voter shall prepare his ballot
unattended; provided, that if any voter
who is unable, for any legal reason, to
prepare his ballot, he shall have a right
to call on any one Of the commissioners,
but no other person, to assist him in pre-
pairing his ballot.
6. Resolved, That the election be
held by the same commissioners ap-
pointed by the respective parish COM
mittees in the second Democratic parish
primaries. The candidates for State
senator to be voted for in separate boxes,
on separate tickets, to be furnished the
commissioners for distribution to the
voters at the polling places. That the
said commissioners make prompt returns
| to the chairman of this committee, at
| Benton, not later than Wednesday, Oc-
tober Is, 1899, on which day said COM
mittee meets at said place to promulgate
the vote of said primary and declare the
| result.
| PARISH.
Be it Resolved, That the second pri-
mary election be fixed for Friday, Octo-
| Der 20, 1899, and that the said primary
election be governed by the same rules
and regulations as governed the first,
except that no one be allowed to assist a
voter in preparing his ballot, unless ii
be one OF the commissioners or clerk OF
election.
Be it further Resolved, That the
names of all candidates be printed on the
same tickets, except ward officers, and
that blank space be left for asme, and
that the secretary of this committee
count out the tickets to the several poll
ing places throughout the parish, and
that the commissioners be required to
keep a strict account of same, and to re-
turn the box and all tickets, together
with the tally sheets and list of votes,
ETC., to this committee, on or before
Tuesday, October "a, 1899.
Be it further Resolved, That no can
didate for ballot be allowed to vote un-
less his name appears on the poll books
on the day of election.
cit further Resolved, That the same
commissioners and clerks of election who
held the first primary, hold the second,
with the following changes, viz: That
at Alden Bridge W. L. Adger be remov-
ed and P. G. Hobbs substituted; at Ben
ton B. F. Fort be removed and J. G
Ogden substituted; at Bossier City ]. N
Sutton be removed and J. N. Birdwel]
substituted; at Vanceville Bernie Smis-
son be removed and F. HI. Woodruff SUBJ
stituted; at Antrim ]. r. Odom be re-
moved and z. Gardner substituted, and
at Bellevue ]. w. Onley be removed and
w. M. Vickers substituted.