Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-12
Attention,
Democrats

ctaa primary will be held in each
voting district in the City of Water
bury on Friday April %, 1904, for
the purpose of electing delegates to
convention whose duty it shall be
to elect delegates to the state conven-
| ton for the purpose of electing dele.
gates to the national convenfi0
| The various booths shall be open
from 4 80 to $50 p. M, and shall be
| located as follows:
First Voting district-on lot on
| Phoenix avenue.
| Second Voting district-On North
side of Green.
Third Voting district-City Court
! Room.
Fourth Voting district--South Main
! Street, opposite Scovill street.
Fifth Voting distTict--Scovill street
| Sixth Voting distrfcr-Carter Hall,
| Waterville.
The First, Second and Third Wards
are entitled to five delegates each;
Fourth Ward, six; and Fifth Ward,
seven.
Each ticket shall also contain the
name Of two tellers.
| The new proposed rules as adopted
/ by meeting Of Democratic voters held
on Monday, April IL 1904, will also
1 be submitted for ratification. Those
| favoring the rules will vote Yes
Those opposing their ratification Viii
vote "No'
The rules as proposed are as follows
PRIMARIES.
/. On the second Friday preceding
| the first Monday in October in the
year 1905, and biennialIy thereafter
there shall be held primary,
to be called the local primary,
in each district or ward, to elect three
candidates for aldermen in districts
where aldermen are elected, and del
egates for the town, city and school
4 conventions, or such of them as are
to be held during the year.
In 1904 and bf-ennially thereafter
there shall be held primary, to be
called general primary, in each
| voting district, to elect delegates to
the state, congressional, probate aud
/ town conventions, and when a sheriff
is to be voted for, to the shrieyalty
convention, which primary shall be
held at time to be fixed by the
1 town committee. In addition to the
aforesaid delegates the tickets used
in wards 1. 2, and 3, shall contain
the name of a candidate for senator
for the 10th senatorial district and in
! said wards there shall be no senatorial
| delegates The candidate receiving
the largest number of votes IN said
senatorial district shall be the nominee
of the democratic party for the Office
of senator
In addition to the aforesaid dele
! gates the tickets used in wards 4 md
3, shall contain the name Of il candi-
date for senator for the 10th senatorial
district, and in said wards there shall
be no senatorial delegates. The can
didate receiving the largest Ifainber
of votes in said senatorial district,
shall be the nominee of the Demo
cratic party for the Office OF senator.
! In any year when presidential
/ election is to occur Il special primary
shall be held in each voting district
to elect delegates to a convention. to
elect delegates to the state convention.
/ for the election of delegates to the
national convention, which special
primary shall be held at time TO be
| fixed by the town committee.
! 2. All primaries shall be open ut
4 80 and remain open until 9:30 D. III.
All persons, whose names are on the
| last revised list prepared by the regis
| trars of voters indicating their politi-
! cal preference to be Democratic. shall
be entitled to vote at said primaries.
/ Any person who was properly en-
/ rolled, but whose name was omitted
| from said list through a clerical error,
/ shall be allowed to vote upon present
/ ing TO the moderator 4 certificate GER
tifying to such fact and countersigned
by the Democratic Registrar of Voters.
s. All tickets presented at primaries
! shall be uniform in size. 9x4 inches,
and shall be printed on plain white
forty pound machine book paper No
| colored, tinted or tissue ballot, nor
any other that has any distinguishing
cut, design or any other mark upon
it or any double ballot, shall be count
ed for any person upon said ticket.
The type used shalt be long primer
capitals of ordinary Roman charac-
/ ter, provided, however, that heading
| may be i'll type of plea size. All
/ tickets to be headed Democratic
/ Primary Ticket" with a line under
meath indicating the district in which
i the tickets are to be used, as, First
| Voting District
4. The representation in the var
ious conventions shall be as follows ::
/ First, Second and Third Wards shall
be entitled to FIVE delegates each:
Fourth, six; Fifth, seven.
5. In addition to the delegates to
which each district or ward is enti-
/ tied there shall be elected in each dis
trict or ward to each convention one
person to be known and designated as
"alternate-at-large," who shall be en-
titled to take the seat Of any delegate
absent from that district Or ward, put
no person other than said alternate
and the duly elected delegates shall be
allowed to sit in said convention, nor
shall anyone transfer his credentials
to any convention to another
g. The town committee shall issue
a general call for primaries at least
ten days before any primary is to be
held and shall cause the same to be
advertised in at least one daily news
paper published in the city of Water
bury In their call they shall insert
the time Of such primaries and the
place at which they shall be held and
the number of delegates to which each