The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-05-09
Primary Election for July 5,
to Nominate Candidates
for Representative
and Senator.
District Committeeman and Dele
gates also to be Selected.

May 9th. with the following MEM
bers present:
L. A. McClarty, District No. L.
S. B. Powell, No. 2.
Walter Gibson, No. 8.
E. E. Wilkes, No. A.
d. j. Campbell, No. 5.
A. j. Coates, No. 6.
S. D. Jacobs, No. s.
Bunyan Galloway, No. 8.
S. A. Godsey, No. 10.
G. l.. Webb, No. IL.
G. A. Miller, holding proxy for
Jake Gibson, No. 10.
III. J. Brint, No. Is.
w. L. Marsh, No. IA.
w. @. Pirtle, No. Is.
j. A. Wilson, Jr., holding proxy
for ]. S. LooneY, No. II.
J. G. Jackson, No. Is.
G. II. Joyner, No. 10.
w. NJ. Matthews, No. 90.
J. G.. Jackson offered his resigna-
ton as committeeman from No. Is,
in view of the fact that he is can
didate. J. Q. Siler was elected to
fill the vacancy and was sworn in by
w. J. Cox, Justice of the Peace.
A motion was made to disallow
proxies at this sitting of the COM
mittee, but motion was lost.
Thereupon it was moved and car
ried that from and after this date no
proxies be allowed.
A motion was made and carried
that legalized primary be held.
The following resolutions, offered
by A. ]. Coates, were adopted:
Resolved, That a democratic pri-
mary election be held in each civil
district and precinct in Hardeman
county on the 9TH day of July, 1902,
for the following purposes:
1st. To nominate democratic
candidate for Representative from
Hardeman county in the next Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Ten
nessee.
End. To express the choice of the
county for State Senator.
3rd. To elect delegates to the
Senatorial and Pictorial ConveR-
tons.
4th. To elect committeeman for
each civil district, to serve for the
next two years.
The rules and regulations govern
ing this primary shall be as follows:
RULES AND REGULATIONS.
1st. That each committeeman
from the various districts shall sub
nit to the county committee three
judges and two clerks for each pre-
cinct in his district, and where
district has more than one precinct
said committeeman shall also sub
nit to said committee the name or
names of the officers to hold said
election, and said committeeman
shall act as officer at one of the said
voting places, and if the judges,
clerks or officer shall fail or refuse
to act when so appointed, then said
committeeman may appoint others
to act in said election.
2nd. All judges, clerks and Of
ficers shall, before entering upon
the discharge of their duties, first
be sworn according to law (See Sec
ton 1855, Shannon's Code of Ten
nessee, for oath), and said primary
election shall be held subject to the
provisions of the primary election
law.
3rd. All persons qualified to vote
or who will be qualified to vote in
the November election, 1902, and |
who have heretofore voted the dem
ocratic ticket, are entitled TO vote
ID said primary, and the poll-tax,
Dortch, nor registration laws shall |
lot apply to this primary.
4th. That all tickets voted in
aid primary election shall be of
Uniform size, on plain white PAP er,
hree inches wide and seven inches
ong, with the names of the posi-
ions to be filled; and the committee
Ierewith submits ticket to be fol-
owed:
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