The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-09-04
Special to The Sentinel.

New orleans. Sep. D, LOU y. Ill.
The Democratic State Central
Committee met to-day. a ma
jority of the members were pres
cnt in person and Others were
represented by proxy. After
some preliminary work the COM
mittee took up the matter of
nominations for state officers.
Chairman Sims, of the subeom-
mittee which had been charged
with drafting a set of rdles to
to make uniform the primary
elections in the various parishes,
submitted a report. The report
of the committee has not yet been
adopted and several amendments
have been offered to the motion
for adoption of the report. but
the report will be adopted when
arranged to suit the conditions
as near as possible in all the
parishes. The report of the sub
committee provides for a uniform
rule throughout each parish and
is as follows:
Rules for Primary Elections.
HALL OF THE DEMOCRATIC EXEC
UTIvE COMMITTEE OF THE PAR
ISH
The Chairman of the Demo-
cratic Executive Committee of
the Parish Of ..-..... having
called a meeting thereof by
notices mailed to each member,
stating the object to be the call
ing of a primary election (said
notices giving the date and hour
of such meeting. having been
mailed more than ten days prior
to this date and like public
notice of this meeting and its
object having also been given by
publication in a newspaper pub
lished in this parish more than
ten days prior thereto) the COM
mittee met this - day Of
with the following members
present. being a quorum, to-wit:
(Names of members presently
On motion duly made and sec
onded it was
Resolved
First. That Democratic pri-
mary election be held in the par
ish of ..,.-.. on the $4,000. day
of ....--.-,..--.--..-, 190-., and that the
polling places shall be as follows:
polling places.)
and that the polls shall be open
at --.----- O'Clock a. M, and be
closed at .. o'clock p. m.
Second. There shall be ....--..-.
commissioners and .,.-...... clerks at
each polling booth. These COM
missioners shall preside over end
conduct the election in their re-
spective polling places, and they
shall have the same qualifications
as are required of the voters at
the precinct over which they
preside.
These commissioners and clerks
shall be appointed by the chair
man of this parish executive COM
mittee on the recommendation of
the opposing factions and indi-
viduals. These recommendations
must be in writing and must be
handed to the chairman at least
ten days before the day of cleo
ton. The chairman must, with
out delay. make the appoint
ments and publish the names
together with the precincts or
polling booths in which they are
to serve. This publication must
be made at least seven days before
the day of election. The chair
man shall proportion these cleo
ton officers as equally as possible
among the opposing factions and
individuals seeking the suffrages
of the Democratic voters at this
election.
1nlru: Inc objects for which
this primary election is called
are:
(Here state objects.)
Fourth: The qualification of
voters at said primary election
shall be that they are white DEM
ocrats, registered voters and have
paid (when required by law to do
SOY their poll taxes in the years
In which same became due for the
two calendar years preceding.
And if any one offering to vote
shall be challenged, he shall not |
be permitted to vote unless, being
sworn by one of the commission |
ers. he shall make and subscribe |
to the following oath: