Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-03
e.cn partY comm,tleeman

CHOSEN.
, The Marty committee Of each city ana
county and Of each assembly district shal
consist of the party chairman Oh eacn pr
cinct in such city, county, or uisIiel: ny
stare senatorial district committee OF the
chairman Of the assembly ~olstrict com
mittees In such senatorial district the
congressional committees or the party
chairman of the senatorial dIstrlc t cu ni,
mittees, wholly or partially within sncn
congressional district; the state central
committee as hereinafter provided. Each
such committee shall choose its otf1eers py
ballot excepting as herein PROVIDED
g. Each committee and its ofhcers shals
have the powers usually exercised by such
committees, and by the officers thereon; IN
so far as is consistent with this act. Inc
various officers and committees now In eX-
istence shall exercise the powers and per-
form the duties herein prescribed nntll
their successors are chosen in accordance
with this act. At all meetings of said city,
county and assembly district committees
each precinct chairman shall have one vote
for every fifty votes. or major fraction
thereof, cast by his party in his precinct
at the last general election, each such
chairman to have at least one vote, tps
vote at such general election to be. dete
mined as provided in section Of this act.
The duties of the party precinct chairHai-,
when he shall be unable to perform the
same, shall be performed by member OF
his party precinct committee designated py
him. The duties of the chairman or sec
rotary of any other committee may be
performed
selected by such chairman or secretary:
Any vacancy in any committee office shaH
be filed in the same manner as that IN
which such officer was originally chosen.
| except that in the case of a vacancy In the
craftsmanship Of a precinct committee. the
| committee shall elect one Of its members
| to fill such vacancy.
| Party Platform.-Section %. The candI-
| dates for the various state offices, and for
senate and assembly nominated by each
political party at such primary, shall meet
| at the capitol at twelve o'clock noon on
| the fourth Tuesday of September after the
| date on which any primary is held pre-
| limnary to any general election. They
shall forthwith formulate the state plat
| form of their party. They shall thereupon
| proceed to elect state central committee
! of at least two members from each con-
! gressiOnal district and chairman of such
| committee, and perform such other bust
! ness as may properly be brought before
such meeting. The platform of each party
| shall be framed at such time that it shall
| be made public not later than six O'Clock
in the afternoon of the following day.
Miscellaneous Provisions.-Section % l.
! In case of tie vote, the tie shall forth
with be determined by lot by the canvass
ers.
| q 1t shall be the duty of the secretary of
state and attorney general, on or before
July list, 1905, to prepare all forms neces
I sary to carry out the provisions of this
act which forms shall be substantially
! followed in all primaries held in pursuance
hereof. Such forms shall be printed with
copies of this act for public use and dis
! trlbution Every day on which Septem-
| Der primary shall be held shall be a legal
holiday.
The Penal Provision Section "a. l. Any
person who shall offer. or with knowledge
of the same. permit any person to offer
for his benefit any bribe TO a voter to in
duce him to sign any election paper to
any person who shall accept any such
bride or promise of gain of any kind in
the nature of a bride as consideration for
signing the same, whether such bribe or
promise of gain in the nature of
bride be offered or accepted before or
after such signing. shah he guilty of
mlSdemeanor and upon trial and convic
ton thereof he punished by a tino of not
] less than twenty-five nor more than five
J hundred dollars, or by Imprisonment In
the county all of not less than ten days
and Imprisonment
2. ANY act declared an offense by the
general laws OF this state concerning eau
cuses and elections, shall also, in like
shall be punished in the same form and
| manner as therein provided, and all the
penalties and provisions of the law as to
such caucuSeS and elections pycept as
herein otherwise provided. shall apply in
such case with equal force, and to the
this act. :"
3. ANY person who shall forge any name
| d
paper shall be deemed guilty of forgery.
ana on conviction punished accordingly
ANY person who, being in possession Of
1 I, papers entitled to be fleG I'M
der this act, or any act of the legislature
| snail wrongfully either suppress neglect
or fail to cause the same to be fled at the
proper time In the proper office shall on
conviction, be punished by Imprisonment
In the county jail not to exceed six
months. or by fine not to exceed FIVE
hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
imprisonment in the discretion of the
| court.
General Election Laws to Apply.-sec-
ton Is. The provisions of the statutes
now In force in relation to the holding of
elections, the solicitation of voters at the
polls, the challenging of voters, the man
ner OF conducting elections, of counting
the ballots and making return thereof and
all other kindred subjects. shall apply to
all primaries In SO far as they are consist
ent with this act, the intent of this act
being to place the primary under the reg
ulation and protection of the laws now in
force as to elections.
Submission of Act to Vote of People;
! When to Take Effect if Approved-Sec-
ton 70. The question whether the forego-
Ing provisions of this act shall take effect
and be In force shall be submitted to the
people OF this state, in the manner pro-
vided by law for tie submission Of an
| amendment to the constitution, at the
next general election to be held in Novem-
| Der, 1904.
| II approved Dy n majority of the votes
cast upon that question. it shall go into.
| effect and be in force from and after such
ratification by the people: otherwise If
shall not take effect or be in force. Upon
the ballot shall be printed Shall CHAPTER
.....:.-... dnsert on the ballot the number
of chapteD of the laws of 1903, entitled
An act to provide for party nominations
by direct vote be adopted? g -
Section p. All acts or parts of acts in
/ consistent with or in conflict with the pro-
visions or this act are hereby repealed.
Section % This act shall take effect and
be IN force from and after its passage and
/ publication subject TO all provisions herein
for their ratification or rejection
| Approved MAY 23d 1903
| Given under my hand and official seal at
| the Court House. in the VillsSe Of Crandon
County Of Forest and State * Wisconsin.
ais md day of September, a. d. 1901
GSeall c. G. HIMLEY.