Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-02-04

addresses of each party committeeman
chosen.
Sec. "a. The party committee of each
city and county and of each assembly dis
trict shall consist of the party chairman of
each precinct in such city, county or dis
trict the state senatorial district commit
tee, OF the chairmen of the assembly COM
m1tteeS IN such senatorial district; the con-
gressional committees of the party chair
men or the counties wholly or partially in
such congressional districts the state CEN
trail committee, of the party chairman in
eacn county OF the state. Each city, cOun-
ty and state central committee shall choose
it's chairman and an executive committee
when 1t meets to canvass the vote cast at
any primary election. The chairman and
executive committee of each such committee
shall elect a secretary who shall hold Office
till his successor is selected and accepts of
flee. Each candidate for congress, state
senate or assembly shall, Immediately upon
his nomination, select a chairman, secre-
tary and an executive committee for his re-
spectlve party district committee. Every
chairman, secretary and member OF an ex-
ecut1Ve committee shall be a member of
their respective committees and have one
vote in the decision Of all questions by the
committee. Each such chairman, secretary
or executive committeeman shall hold office
until new party committee is elected in
accordance with the provisions of this act,
or until his successor is elected and accepts
Office. Each committee and it's officers shall
have the powers usually exercised by such
committees and by the officers thereof, In so
far as consistent with this act. The various
officers and committees now in existence
shall exercise the powers and possess the
duties herein prescribed until their sue
cessors are chosen in accordance with this
act. In all meetings of said city, county or
assembly district committees, each precinct
chairman shall have one vote for every
twenty five votes or major fraction thereof
cast by his party in his precinct at the last
general election each such chairman to have
at least one vote, and In all meetings OF the
state centra, committee, each county chair
man shall have one vote for every one hun
bred ballots or major fraction thereof cast
by his party in his county at the last pre-
ceding presidential election, to be deter
mined as provided in section above.
Sec. %. Whenever any party precinct
chairman cannot exercise the powers and
perform the duties required of him by this
act, such duties shall be performed by,
member of the committee to be designated
by the precinct chairman or chosen by lot.
If any county chairman shall not be able to
attend any state or district meeting of
county chairmen, the secretary of the coun-
ty committee shall exercise the powers here
in invested in such chairman. Any vacan-
cy in a party precinct committee shall be
filled by the remaining members of such
committee; any vacancy in the place of an
officer of any committee shall be filled in the
same manner as that in which such officers
each political committee shall call a meet
ing thereof when necessary or when re-
quested by one-ffth of the members of such
committee, reasonable notice of such meet
ing to be given.
Sec. 26 The county cLairmen at their
meeting to canvass the vote fer state Off
GERS, shall, in the proper years, choose by
ballot the electors of their party for presi-
dent and vice president. The names of the
persons so selected shall be placed upon the
official ballot, as now provided by law.
Sec. 81. The candidates for the various
state offices, and for senate and assembly
nominated by each political party at sach
primary election, shall meet in the assem-
bly, chamber at the capitol at u o'clock
noon on the second Wednesday after the
date on which any primary election is held
preliminary to any general election. They
shall adjourn to suitable places in the cap
itol building where they shall forthwith
meet and formulate the state platform of
their party. The chairman and secretary of
the state central committee of each party
shall act as chairman and secretary of such
meeting Said platform shall be adopted by
majority of all candidates voting at such
meeting, by roll call, the record of which
shall be filed and preserved by the secre-
tary Of state. The platform of each party
shall be framed at such time that it shall
be made public not later than 6 o'clock in
the afternoon of the following day 1.-THE af-
ternoon of the second Thursday after pri-
mary election day..
Sec. %. The congressional committee of
each district shall meet with the nominee
at the call of it's chairman as soon as may
be, after the nomination has been declared,
and formulate platform for such congress
sional nominee and district.
Sec. 20. Delegates 30 the national con-
vention of each party to nominate candi
dates for president and vice president shall
be chosen at an election held in each pre-
cinct of the state on the first Tuesday of
April in the year in which the electors for
slo,a% 81 Tod
States are to be elected. Notice thereof shall
be given, nomination papers of candidates
prepared and filed, the votes canvassed and
the election conducted in the manner and
form prescribed in this act, the four dele
gates-at-large being chosen in the same man
ner as candidates for state officers are to
be selected, and the two delegates from each
congressional district, in the manner re-
CURED in case of the nomination of candi-
dates for congress. The four candidates for
delegates at-large, receiving the highest num-
Der of votes shall be the delegates at-arge,
and the four receiving the fifth, SIXTH sew
enth and eighth largest number of votes
shall be alternates. The two candidates for
delegates in each congressional district re-
ceiving the largest number of votes shall be
delegates from such district, and the two
receiving the third and fourth largest num-
Der of votes shall be alternates. Provided
that no person shall be an alternate who
shall receive less than two per cent. of the
vote of his party in the state or district, as
the case may be, to be determined as pro-
vided in sec. of this act. In such case, al
ternates may be chosen by the delegates
elected. In case the number of delegates-at-
large or in any congressional district be
other than that provided for above the
number of delegates or alternates to be
eelcted shall be chosen in similar manner.
The ballot shall be substantially the form
hereto annexed.
Sec. 30. The name of no candidate shall
be printed on the primary election ballot
unless the nomination paper required by this
act has been filed in his behalf, but any cleo
tor may vote for any other person by writ
ing or FASTING his name in the space provid-
ed on such ballot under any office. The
name of no person shall be placed on the
official ballot used at any general or city
election unless he shall have been nominated
as provided in this act but any elector may
write Or paste on his ballot the name Of
any person for whom he desires to vote, as
now provided by law.
Sec. 81. Nominations may be declined as
provided in section "a of the statutes of
1888. Vacancies occurring after the hold
ing of any primary election shall be filled
by the party committee of the city, county,
district or state, as the case may be.
Sec. 49, Any officer, member of any po-
litical committee or other person who shall
wilfully fail and neglect to perform any