Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-06

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words, "For member of the Congressional
Committee" under which shall be printed
the names of all persons in any county who
have given notice that they desire to be voted
for as a member of said committee from said
county. The voters shall receive the ballot
from the Judge or judges of election who,
before delivering the ballot, shall write or
stamp their initials on the back thereof. No
other ballot shall be received or counted by
the Judge or Judges of election. The voter
shall prepare his ballot by crossing out the
names of all candidates except the one for
whom he desires to vote. The clerk or
clerks of election shall, before the ballot is
deposited in the ballot box, number the same
and they shall keep correct record in the
polling books of the number of each ballot
and the voter voting the same. After the
judges and clerks have completed the count
of the votes, they shall cause to be sealed up
| and delivered by one of their number to the
| Chairman of the County Central Committee,
or the Executive Committee thereof, the
ballots and poll books; and in making such
returns they shall certify to the number of
votes received by each candidate for Con-
gress and each person voted for, for COM
mitteeman at their precincts.
RuLE4. The several County Democratic
Central Committees, or Executive Commit
tees of the same, shall, not later than We'd
nesday, the nth day of June, 1902, meet at
their respective county seats, and shall then
and there open and canvass the returns as
reported to them by the various precinct
boards of election of said counties, and shall
certify the vote as reported and counted to
the Chairman of the Congressional Com
mittee, and shall forward said certified re-
turns by the member of the Congressional
Committee from their respective counties,
and shall also cause to be sealed up and
forwarded in the same manner to the Chair
man of the Congressional Committee all re-
turns made to them and all the ballots voted
and the poll books used in their respective
counties; except in counties holding county
primary in conjunction with the Congress
sional primary, such poll books and ballots
shall be left with the county committee OF
those counties, the certified returns to be
sent to the Chairman of the Congressional
| Committee, as above directed. The Con-
gressional Committee shall meet at Bismarck,
Mo-, Friday, June I3, 1902, for the purpose
of casting up the votes of the several counties
of this district for Representative in Congress,
and the candidate receiving the greatest
number of votes in the district, shall be de-
clared to be the regular Democratic nominee
for Representative in Congress from the
Thirteenth Congressional District of Mis-
souri,. In case of tie vote or contest, the
matter shall be settled by the Congressional
Committee, each member of same being en-
titled to one vote. The chairman and Sec
retary of the Congressional Committee shall
make out and file certificate of nomination
as required by law. All poll books, tally
sheets and ballots shall be delivered to the
secretary of the committee, and be by him
kept until otherwise ordered.
RULE S. For the purpose of raising the
money necessary to defray the cost and ex-
penses of conducting said primary election,
there is hereby levied by this committee an
assessment of FIVE hundred dollars (S5oo)
against each candidate for the Democratic
Congressional nomination. Of this amount,
all sums remaining over after paying said
cost and expenses, shall be returned to the
candidates from whom received, and no per-
son shall be considered candidate, or have
any votes counted for him, unless he shall
have paid to the treasurer of the Democratic
Congressional Committee, on or before We'd
nesday, May 7, 1902, the sum so assessed by
this committee.
RULE 6. Any Democrat desiring to be
voted for in his county for member OF the
Congressional committee of said county shall,
on or before the 9TH day of May, 1902, no
tify Hon. Mann Ringo at Ironton, Missouri,
the Treasurer of the Congressional commit
tee, by letter or notice in writing of such de-
sire.
RULE7. The treasurer of this committee
shall certify to the chairman of the county
committees in each county, the names of the
candidates for the Democratic nomination
for Congress who have paid the assessment,
and the name of any Democrat who has given
notice of his desire to be voted for in his
county for member of the Congressional COM
mittee from said county. The name of no
other person shall be printed on the ballot
furnished the voter as candidate for the
nomination for Congress and as candidate
for member of the Congressional committee,
except those so certified. Provided that vote
for any person for committeeman shall be
counted.
RULES. In every county in said district
holding Democratic county primary cleo
ton on said 9TH day of June, 1902, the can
didates for the Democratic Congressional
nomination, and for member of the Con-
gressona committee for said county, as GER
tilted to by the Treasurer of the Congress
sional committee, may be voted for in the
said primary on the same ballots and under
the same rules provided for the holding of
said county primary, and the votes received
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nomination, and each candidate for member
of said District Democratic Congressional
Committee shall, as soon as duly ascertained,
be certified in writing to the chairman of
this committee, which said certificate may be
transmitted by mail or by the member of the
Congressional committee.
RULE Q. In any and all cases should the
county committee fail or refuse to have the
name or names of candidates for Congress
and the committeeman placed on the ballots
used at their respective primary, separate
ballots may be prepared and voted at said
primaries for the Congressional candidates
and for Congressional committeeman.
RULE 10. The newly elected Congress
sional committeeman shall serve from and
after the time that all business connected
with the nomination of candidate for Con-
gress for this year shall have been attended
to and disposed of, including the certificates
of nomination.
RULE H. The various Democratic county
committees are hereby requested to carry out
in their respective counties the foregoing
rules as determined and agreed upon by this
Congressional committee.
RULE IL. In any county in which there
is no Congressional committeeman, or he re-
fuses or fails to act, the chairman of the
County Democratic Central Committee, or
if there should be vacancy in the position
or said chairman should be absent or fail, or
refuse to act, then any member of said conn
ty committee is authorized and empowered