Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-02-13

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.
RULE 7. The treasurer of this committee
shall certify to the chairman of the county
committees in each cou,ay, 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 a 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.
RULE s. In every county in said district
holding Democratic county primary elec-
tion on said 9TH day Of June, 1902, the can
didates for the Democratic Congressional
nomination, and for member of the Con-
gressional 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
by each candidate for the Congressional
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 9. 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 a candidate for Con-
gress for this year shall have been attended
to and disposed of, including the certificates
of nomination.
RULE II. 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 II. 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 a 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
to exercise the powers and perform all the
duties of the Congressional committeeman,
the same as if he had been specially referred
to. If for any cause, in any county where it
should be made to appear that the County
Central Committee, or the Executive Com
mittee thereof, refuse or fail to carry out
these rules, any member of said committee
may perform all the duties of said Central
Committee, or the Executive Committee
thereof, or if no member will do so, then the
chairman of the Congressional Committee
may appoint some person to carry out said
rules and hold said primary election.
Adopted at Bismarck Mo-, January "a
1902. HENRY c. BELL,
Chair'n Cong. Com. 18th Dist Mo.
HENRY LEDERER, Sec'y.