St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-08-16
Nominating Primaries

primaries 1OE the uOlnlu ltlOu VI u CauNl
date Tor Congress.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed:
Resolved, l. That the nomination fol
a Democratic candidate for Congress
for the SIKH. District be made by pri-
mary election, conducted on the SAME
day throughout the district, al the poll.
ing places established by law in the
several parishes
=. That this primary election shall oe
held Oh Tuesday, the 9th day of Sep
opened not earlier than = o'clock a. III.
and closed ut S p. H., except in incorpo.
rated towns, where the polls shall re.
main open Until I p. L..
| ). That the candidates for the Demo-
cratic nomination oe voted for direct,
each legal voter casting one vote for the
man Of his choice, and the candidate re-
ceiving the E,ajorit: of votes cast shall
be declared the regular nominee of the
Dc nocra tic party for Congress-.
4. That none but white Democrats,
who are qualified electors under the
laws and Constitution OF the State, duly
registered, shall vote at said election. II
IL person offers to vote and his right be
challenged, he must prove to the satis-
faction Of the commissioners OF election
that he is duly quaiitie! voter of the
precinct a. which hr offers TO vote, and
he shall also DIT clare his purpose to sup
port the Democratic nouliuee.
| 5. That the members of the congress
siobal committee from each parish shall
appoint three or more missioners of
al ection for each polling place; that il
the choice OF the commissioners OF cleo
ton .he Candidates for Congrass, or
their friends, shall he consulted, and a
representative OF each candidate APP
pointed as issiorer ut EACH polling
place.
+. 1 hat members OF the congressional
committee shall have charge of the ar.
engagements for conducting said pri-
mliy election in their respective PARISH
es; shall provide ballot boxes, and Sec
to their transmission to the polling
| places.
:. That the several clerks Of coults Of
the parishes in the district be requested
to furnish the regular ballot boxes tor
the primary, but in the event OF their
failure to comply with this request tae
com miSsioners are hereby authorized to
\ imprOvise boxes.
3. That if the election officers or any
Of them appointed to conduct tue cleo
ticn ut any boiling place he not present
at the hour fixed tor the opening Of IT, e
polls. then it one eleclio, com ..iissior er
be present, he shall choose another, and
together they shall choose y third. Ii
no election commissioner be present ut
the Lour for opening the polls the voters
present shall, after waiting an hour, Sc
lcct trcr: among themselves three Gle, :
ton commissioners whose selection
| shall BE- made in accordance v it'll article
! Of this resolution.
those voting shalt he kept numbered
consecutively in the order in which they
vote.
10. That Immediately uftsr ,losin e the
polls the boxes SHALL he Ok en.d and the
osIIots counted i'll the presence OF the
by ISLANDERS. a tally Of the Totes kept aud
duplic, tt returns made out snd signed
and sworn to 10y The CONN isslon ers.
! IL. That /. sufficient return IT the
election shall he Il statement in wri ting,
made IL duplicate, sisnel by the COM
| mlssioners, OF the total number of votes
| cast ut the polls, amt the number ;ctu-
ally cast tor eac candidate, accolnpl-
Med by the tally sheets ana list OF voters
also in duplicate. This staten ent shall
De Sworn 10 as correct by the commis is
sioners.
IL. 1 hat one copy of the tally sheets
ANA list CT voters herein provided tor
shall be delivered to the chairman OF
the Democratic Parish Executive Com
nllttee, and the otter transmitted by
mail 10 the Secretary o. the democratic
Congressional District Executive Com
mittee ut Baton Rouge.
Ii. That on Monday, Sept. Is. at -
o'clock III, the Congressional Executive
Committee shall lueet ut Baton Rouge
for tie purpose OF ascerta!ning u, d de-
clsriDg the result OF the priEar, clec-
ton. The secretary OF the congress
sional committee shall; produce the re-
turns mailed to him. and the vote shall
be canvasse1 and the result sscertalnvd
and formally announced. The chairman
and secretary OF the congressional CO ~
mittee shall certify the RESULT of the
canvass to the Secretary OF State ard
name the person nominated.
IA. That a. the said primary election
the voters participating therein shall i'll
eucl parish also vote for Il men, Der to
represent such parish on the Congre.-
sional Executive Committee, and seven
melub ers ut large to srve for thee ensu-
in. two years.
Returns OF election for sncll memb beers
shall be made in the sa,ue manner rs for
the congressional candidate, aud the
votes canyassed ard the result declared
as in the case of the congressional CALI
dldate,
Is. That if il appears from the cam
vaSs of the votes ny the executive conf
uittee that bo candidate has received
majority Of the vote: cast in this pri.
m~rv, then a second primary shall b.
held in The district on Tuesday. Sept,
80. 1919. a. which the two candidates |
receiving the highest number OF votes
ut the first primary shall be the cnndi-
dates. and none others. The second |
primary shall be conducted by the same |
officers. III the Same manner and under |
the sam rules as the first primary here.
in provided. The present Congress
sional Executive Committee shall meet |
and compile the vote In case a sec ond |
primary Is nect ssary, on SATURDAY, Oct.
4, 1902. In the case OF the election of
the mem bu,s Of the congressional com.
mlt.ee from tie several parishes, and
from the district ut Large, plurality
v tie slall elect and IL minority vote shall
lot he required.
l6, That all Democratic newspapers
in tie district be requested to publish
the resolutions o: this committee in full
in each iss;.e until the election shall
lave taken place; that the several clerks
OF the counts "f the parishes in the dis
trict he requested to furnish the regu-
lar ballot boxes for the primary, aEd
tina: the several slleriffs III .he district
lie reqnes- ed to furnish the commission
ers at .ach polling place with list OF
the legal voters.