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gressional primary Of the 18th Congress
sional District, or any county primary
which may be held on the same day, unde
the same rules adopted by the Demo
cratic Committee OF the 18th Congress,
sional District at Bismarck on Januar!
23d, 1904, or under such rules as may be
adopted by any county committee in any
county holding a primary on May 2f, f9O4
THIRD. The following rules q, 2, 3 and
A., adopted by the Congressional Com
mittee OF the 18th Congressional District
at Bismarck on January 23d, 1904, shall
govern the Judicial primary:
RULE i. The county Democratic cen
tral committee, or the executive COM
mittee thereof, in each county, in
conjunction with the congressional COM
mittman for said county, shall appoint
two judges for each voting place in the
county, and for such place as may be
designated by them for holding said elec-
tion in any city or town. The two judges
appointed, shall perform the duties of
both judges anu clerks. Said committee
shall notify said persons oftheir appoint
ments by causing the list to be published
in democratic newspaper or newspapers
in the county, or by letter, or orpersonally
if need be. Should any Judge chosen or
appointed as aforesaid, fail to attend or
discharge the duties as such, the voters
present at the hour of opening the polls
| shall select some suitable person to act
in the place of said absent Judge.
RULE 2. All democrats who are or will
be legal voters at the general election to
be held in the state in November, 1904,
shall be entitled to vote at the primary
election for the nomination of candi-
date for congress and the election of a
congressional committeeman.
| RULE3. Voting in said primary election
shall be by ballot. The ballots, poll books
and tally sheets to be used at this election
shall be furnished and delivered to the
| judges of their respective precincts in
such manner as the congressional COM
mittee or the executive committee thereof
may provide. The names OF all candi-
dates for representative in congress shall
| be printed on the ballots to be used by
the voters, under the words, "For Repre-
! sentative in Congress-" Immediately
| following this shall be the words, "For
| Member Of the Congressional Com
mittee, ,"under which shall be printed the
names of all persons in any county who
| have given notice that they desire to be
voted for as member OF said committee
| from said county. The voters shall re-
ceive the ballot from the Judge or judges
! of election who before delivering the bal
| lot, shall write or stamp their initials on
| the back thereof. No other ballot shall
be received or counted by the Judge or
! judges of election. The voter shall pre-
| pare his ballot by crossing out the names
, Of all candidates except the one for whom
he desires to vote. The judge or judges
Of election shall, before the ballot is de-
posted in the ballot box, number the
same and they shall keep a correct record
in the polling books of the number of
each ballot and the voter voting the same.
After the judges have completed the
count of the votes, they shall cause to be
sealed up and delivered by one OF their
number to the chairman of the county
| central committee or the executive COM
mittee thereof, the ballots and poll books
and in making such returns they shall
certify to the number OF votes received by
each candidate for congress and each
person voted for, for committeeman at
! the precinct.
| RULE i. The several county democratic
central committees or executive COM
mittee OF the same, shall, not later than
the Oath day of May, 1904, meet at their
respective county seats, and shall then
and there open and canvass the returns
as reported to them by the various pre-
cinct boards of election of said counties
and shall certify the vote as reported and
counted to the chairman of the congress
sional committee, and shall forward said
certified returns by the member of the
congressional committee from their re-
spective counties. The congressional
committee shall meet at Bismarck, Mo-,
on Saturday, the 2Sth day of May. 1904,
for the purpose of casting up the votes
of the several counties of the district
for representative in congress, and the
candidate receiving the greatest number
of votes in the district shall be declared
to be the regular democratic nominee for
representative in congress in the Thir-
teenth congressional district OF Missouri.
In case of tie vote or contest, the
matter shall be settled by the congress
sional committee, each member Of same
being entitled to one vote. The chair
man and secretary Of the congressional
committee shall make out and file a GER
tificate OF nomination as required by law.
With the following notifications:
FIRST. The Judicial Committeeman of
any such county shall act in conjunction
with the county Democratic Central
Committee and the Congressional Com
mittman, who together shall appoint the
judges OF election, provide poll books,
tally sheets, ballots, etc.
SECOND. The names of candidates for
Circuit Judge shall be printed on the bal
lots to be used by the voters under the
words, "For Judge of the Circuit Court. :"
Under the words, "For Member of the
Judicial Committee" shall be printed
the names of all persons in any county
who have given notice that they desire
to be voted for as a member of said com
mittee for said county.
THIRD. The several county Democratic
Central Committees, in conjunction with