The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-18
T0DAY'S PRIMARY ELECTION
WHERE THE POLLS WILL BE TO-
GATED IN DIFFERENT WARDS,
And Those Who viii Manage Them.
Extract from the Rules Gov
crninp the Primaries

The primary polls will open today 10 the
different wards throughout tho city Of
q. m. and close at p, III
The polling places and presiding officers
and assistants arr as follows:
tl,'st Ward shruptinc hall, j. II. ;,
whitmarsh presiding officer, assisted by
c. Il. Glover, W J. kohhauff, otto Sens
and William Ware
Second WardNo. 10 engine house Nit
T., NJ. Burke, John Cummings, j. Il Qninhy
and one other. not yet selected,
Third Ward Central hrc station. John
McNeely. presiding officer; assisted by J
u. Perkins, Ernest Necco, George Ellis
and Herman Nalsch
Fourth Ward Market hall, j, +. Schhos
ser presiding officer. Insisted by El iaiey'
j. VI. Gibson, j. NJ. Means and /. \,
Rcichnrdt
Fifth ward 1000 Mckee street, Lee
Trainmell presiding officer; assisted by w.
NJ. Hciny. james McAughan. John Hughes.
sixth Ward 2oi3 Washington street, W.
II Lighthouse presiding officer assisted
by w. T. Peregoy, J. W. Wilson, j.
Jones and Fred Sheibeck.
In addition to the presiding officers there
win be -four others In each poll one rep.
rcsentlng each OF the mayoralty candidates
and these 1--WE will manage the election In
each ward. Tho presiding officer will be
authorized to designate two of his assist
ants as judges and two clerks
There viii be but one box mt each poll
aud this box will not hp opened to COM
mencc the count till after the closing of
the polls.
Only official ballots will be used wirh
| the names of the candidates arranged al
! phabctiC1lly.
Any attempt at repeating or Irregular vot.
! ing win be watched very closely and the
! full penalty of tho law will be applied
/ where any fraud or attempt at fraud is
! discovered
Under the rules adopted by tue commit
! tee the returns of the primary are tn lie
made tonight. tho committee having ar
ranged 70 he AT the city clerks office up
! la midnight If necessary for that purpose,
but ii is expected that all the returns will
| be in by o'clock.
The names of The candidntcss before thu
! primary are A. X. Ralley William W
/ D. Wooford. The first named Is at pres
cut recorder Of the corporation conrt, aud
the other three gentlemen are all aldermen
Following are some excerpts from III,
rules governing the conduct of the pri
maries:
ANY white ddpocratic qualified votcr
shah be entitled 10 vote at said primary
election in any precinct in the city o.
Tiuuston; provided, however, that he VII
he entitled to vote in said precinct at tn,
special election. and who has been resi-
dent of said precinct tor the time required
hy law: aud the test To he applied by th'
presiding o'lcar of tho election for th'
purpose of determining whether the vote
Yourself 10 vote for the nomiucc of thi
primary clcctiou%" Questions must he an
swcrcd satisfactorily TO entltlc the per
son so questioned 10 vote In Snid prl
mary election No person shall he pr
mtted 70 vote n said primary who de
clines If requested by presiding officer =
do 80. tn qualify himself under oath tina
he will support the nominee Of this pri
mary election.
Each of the clerks of said primary clec
ion shall keep poll list upon which h
shall write The name and number of cac
Icrson who votes ut the time Of his va,
ing, and one of the Judges 81 sud election
IN every case shall receive the ballot AM
at thc time Of receiving the ballot shal
| write upon II the voters number, CORE
spending with the number on the clerk
poll list and shall Immediately place tn
ballot in the box. y" officer Of the cleo
ton shall unfold the ballot, nor shall the
examine the same when received, nor IN
Endorsement on any ballot by comparing
with the clerks list of voters when th
voters are counted out. nor shall they PEI
hit the same to be done. aor shalt the
examine nor permit to he examined ih
; ballots subsequent to the same being +,
, ceiVcd into the ballot boxes, No Glllo
which Is not numbered as aforesaid sha
: hC counted, nor shall either of two q
, more ballots voted together he counted, an
{ where the name Of two or more person
tcr the same office are upon ballot, whe
hut one person Is to he elected for tina
office. such ballot shall not he counted ia
either. Of said pcrsors Al ballots sha
he written or printed an nllip white nape
except the writing or printing Of the eau
: didatcs' names and the Office Ia be lille,
= M presiding officer shall under any eli
cumstances allow TO he used any hnilr
other than those which shall he othciall
issued DESIGNATED as the, official ballot,
I delivered 10 him by the chairman OF ii
: city democratic executive COMMITTEES
II shall further be the duty of the pr
afI N.tf all ny to