The Opelousas courier., 1904-09-03
Rroceedin rs Of sheC
for the Government O.
Election for the FirsfSE1 isdPf~
First Circuit of the Court of Appe"~
of Louisiana

Crowley, La, July 80, 1904.
The committee on rules for the government
of the primary election ordered by uleeconyeh-
ton held at Crowley, La, on "Wednesday, July
"a, 1904, met pursuant to the call at the place
and date, above mentioned The committee
was called to order by Judge w. &. Ferratlit.
ON motion of Crow Girard. duly seconded,
j. q. Medlenka was chosen to preside.
On motion, duly made and seconded, Jerome
MOuton was elected secretary.
Upon roll call the following parishes were
found to be present: Acadia, represented by
Homer BarOusse, proxy to j. q. Medlehka;
Calcasieu, by r. A. SOmpayrar; Cameron, not
represented; Vernon. not represented; VerInl!-
ion, j. Nelson Green, proxy, i.astie Brn''ssaro;
st. Landry; j. j. Thompson, proxy, Judge We.
Perrault; Lafayette, Grow Girard: st. Martin,
A. /, DOmengeaux; Iberia, Charles l.. Provost.
Chairman Medlenka stated the object of the
meeting. Mr.. SomDayrac nlovett tiiitI IL com
mittee of three, cOlnposed of Judge Ferrault,
the chairman and the secretary be appointed
as a subcommittee to draft rules ana reglia;,
tiOns. AS a substitute. a motion was made and
seconded that u committee of three he aploint(
ed by the chair on such sub commlttee, whlcl&
motion was carried. The chairman appointe9
Messrs. Sompayrac, Glrard and Broussard Vh
this committee.
The mmit took IA recess until! 8 GELD k
p. III.
The committee met at eight o'clock& III. hd
took up the consideration of the report OF 10
ab0ve-naned subcommittee.
Mr.. SOmpayrac. of the Sub committee, on bed
the report and moved lis adoption us IL " Pc
which motion was seconded by judge Per- MI
Mi. Girard moved as IL substitute thu the
report he read section by section, WhIc 'nn-
ton was seconded and carried,
The report of the sub committee on rule #aiit
regulations was read section by section &,id,
on motion duly made and seconded, the NIni"
was adopted 10y the committee i'll the loll'ksins
form, to. Wit:
F%irst-That ii Democratic Primary eli ttion
he held i'll every parish Of the First Dist ct OF
the First Circuit of the Coult OF Appeals the
State of Louisiana, on the 10th day OF Sc ITEM
Der. 1904, for the purpose OF nominating a .AldSe
for said District In the First Circuit. Also for
| the purpose of electing for each parish in the
district one member of the Democratic Circuit
Committee.
second-A polling booth shall be established
in every polling precinct In the district as now
fixed by law, at which said election shall be
held, and the polls shall be opened at 7 a. H..
| and be closed at 6 p. III.
Third-The chairman of the various Demo-
cratic Parish Executive Committees shall cause
to be erected in front OF each polling place
| barriers enclosing a space at least thirty feet
| square, OF rope or other material. Each such
enclosed space shall contain one or more
shelves or tables of convenient height for
writing, and shall be furnished with such sup
plies and conveniences as will enable voters 10
prepare their ballots for voting, and not more
than one voter shall be allowed at o table or
shelf within the barrier at the same time.
Fourth-Eaeh polling place shall be presided
over by three commissioners OF elections; the
said commissioners shall be nominated as
hereinafter provided, and shall be appointed
in each parish by the chairman of the Demo
cratic Executive for such parish,
l III Case Oh In6 dDSSuCGy lIdUllIbJ UE ToLu6hl u
such chairman to act, these appointments shall
be made by the vice-chairman. These election
officers shall possess the same qualifications as
are required of the voters at the polling places
at which they shall preside.
The commissioners Of election shall be NOM
mated and appointed as follows, to wit:
(a) Each candidate entitled to nominate q
commissioner as hereinafter provided, shall
have the right to appoint a representative in
each parish, who shall represent him In all
matters connected with said primary election,
apl h " rofIOn for tho aQmn
() Candidates desiring to appoint represen-
tatives under the provisions OF this rule shall
certify such appointments in writing to the
chairman of the democratic District Executive
Committee, who shall issue a certificate to
each representative a%ttestlnG his rights in the
premises.
said primary election, the representative oil
each OF such candidates shall present to the
chairman of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee for each parish the name Of a person tC
serve as commissioner at each and every poll
ing place in the parish, and the chairman Of
the Democratic Executive Committee shall
appoint the two persons thus nominated; also
a third commissioner to be by him selected il
his representative capacity for each and every
polling place in the parish.
I'D II there be more than two candidates fol
Judge, then the representatives of each OF sale
candidates shall present to the chairman Of
( the Democratic Executive Committee for eacl
parish the name of a person to serve as a com
missioner at each and every polling place il
the parish. From the names so presented the
} chairman shall. ina the presence of those pre-
} senting said names, draw the name of three
} persons to serve d commissioners.
(e) The nomin& ti0n, selection and appoint
ment of said commissioners shall be made a
) the Court HOusF of the respective parishes Oh
the first day IL September. 1904, at u m. 1
{ such nomination, selection and appointment
! be not completed on said date, the same shall
continue and BE completed on the next day.
20 Should candidates fail to propose til,
names of commissioners as above provided
the chairman of the several parish Democratic
!, Executive Committees shall appoint them.
! (g) In case the qualifications of any commits
! sioner appointed shall be challenged within
five days after his appointment, then in tina
event thetAairman of the Democratic Parisl
y Observation-Disclosures of the respective par
: ishes in YsszB district, shall, by notice deliveries
, to the REPRESENTATIVE of the candidate VIII
nominaffI him, require the commlssloner 8,
lenged9oters, and in default of such challene
ed COZ Missioner making said oath within a de
, lay GAhree clear days, his name shall be strick
+ en- fE4a the list of commissioners and the chair
mai i the Democratic Parish Executive Com
: miGoes of the respective parishes shall az
poiE7 a qualified commissioner to fill the va
al In case no commissioners shall have beef
. anil binted, or if none of these who have beef
u aIfbinted be present within an hour after tn
title fixed for the opening OF the poll, the Dem
al fatic voters present at such precinct shal
lad a meeting and elect the commissioners I
IFeside at the election, who shall perform al
. 4uties of the regularly appointed commission
9 uBrs. Should any one of the commissioner az
i &nointed be present he shall appoint another
Fand both together shall appoint a third. Th
commissioners SO appointed shall take the oatl
and perform all the duties of commissioners o
election in the same manner as il they ha'
q been appointed, as herelnbefore provided. Be
fore entering upon the discharge of their du
ties the commissioners of election shall swea
each other to faithfully, honestly and impair
TALLY conduct the election.
ID The chairman OF the Democratic Execu
tive Committees for the various parishes shall
immediately after the appointment of the CON
missioners cause their names to be published
together with the designation of the precinct
at which they are to serve.
Fifth-The qualifications of voters at sal
primary election shall be that they are white
. Democratic, registered voters. II the voter b
one by whom the payment of a poll tax as
e prerequisite to voting is required by the cor
etitutl0n Of the State, he shall also have pal
J his poll taxes for the year 1902 and 1903, befOT
\ the first of January, 1908 and 1904 respectively
= il he owed any for those years; and il any on
y offering to vote shall be challenged he sha
not be permitted to- vote, unless being swOrI
he shall make and subscribe to the followin
oath:
D. "I, --,d do solemnly swear Tor affirm
that I am a white Democrat, and at the Las
State election in which I participated l vote
J. for the Democratic nominees, and that at th
next regular election to be held according
It law, I win vote for the Democratic candidat
e who may be selected at this primary electio
necessary by a failure to nominate at this pr
mary election. SO help me God"
t This affidavit shall be attached to the ballt
which shall be deposited in the ballot box.
The said primary election shall be conducte
Of 1900, commonly known as the primary elet
" ton law, but in addition thereto it shall be tt
: duty of the commissioners at each polhn
) place to keep duplicate lists Of the person
, voting at such voting place, which lists sha
tha nmnhArad a0nseautiyelv from one to tl