Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-01-03

Draft of One to bs Presented to
Legislature by Repub-.
leans.
ALL TO HOLD SOME DAY
Will Put Stop to Repeatins-PoIIs
Open From a. m.
to p. m.

The new compulsory direct primary
bill. prepared by a subcommittee of
the republican state committee. has
been completed. II provides for direct
primary outside of Cook county, and
in Cook county the present law will
be amended TO conform as nearly as
possible with the new act
The following synopsis of the new
measure was prepared by Chairman
Homer j. Tice:
All candidates for all elective state.
congressional, senatorial and count v
offices shall hereafter be chosen by
means of a primary election.
The nomination of candidates by
petition can be made as provided I'M
der the general election law.
a political party is defined as be-
ing political organization which cast
for its leading candidate at least 10
per cent of the total vote cast at the
last general election.
The primary districts shall CORE
spond with the election districts.
The primaries of all parties shall
be held on the same day and at the
same time.
The election officers provided by
the general election law shall be the
primary election officers.
Date Of Che Primaries.
The date of the primary shall be
the second Saturday in April; the
county convention the Tuesday fol-
lowing. Polls open from Z a. m. to
5 y. IN.
In addition to state. congressional.
senatorial and county officers the bill
provides for the election of precinct
committeeman and delegates from
primary precincts to county conven-
tions
Any candidate for state Office may
have his name placed on the primary
ballot by filing his request with the
secretary of state so days before the
date of the primary: the secretary OF
state to certify such request to the
county Jerk of each county.
Candidates for congressional, SEN
atorial and county offices shall file
their names with the county clerk 10
days before the primary.
The county clerk shall prepare and
distribute all ballots to the different
precincts in the county. - -
Each party shall have separate bal
lots of different colored or tinted pa
per.
Must Declare AhiIIation.
Those eligible TO participate in pri-
mary elections shall be qualified
voters. and shall declare their party
utilization before receiving their bal
lot to vote.
Any candidate for any county office
of any party who shall receive 4 ma
jority OF the total vote cast by his
party at such primary shall be de-
clared the nominee of the party for
that Office without submitting to roll
call in the county convention.
II any candidate shall receive a
majority of the total vote cast by his
party for any office in any primary
precinct he shall be entitled to the
votes of the delegates from that pre-
cinct in the county convention.
When any candidate does not re-
ceive a majority in a primary pre-
cinct. the vote shall be cast in pro-
portion to the number of votes cast
for such candidate in that precinct
by the party.
Roll Call Of Counties.
Any candidate of any party for the
of any state Office who
shall receive a majority of all the
votes cast by his party in any county
shall receive the votes of the dele
gates from such county in the state
but first a roll of counties
shall be called. and each county shall
announce the total vote cast for each |
candidate for the said Office in said
and il it is found that any |
candidate has received q majority of
the total vote cast in the state. then /
his party for said Office. But If no
candidate shall have received "a ma
jority OF the popular vote cast by his
party in the state for said Office. then
the delegates in those counties in
which the candidate received a major
ity OF all the votes cast at the pri-
mary election shall cast the votes OF
all the candidates from said county |
for said candidate: and in counties
where no candidate received ma
jority of all the votes cast for that
office. the votes of the delegates from
each of said counties shall be voted
among the candidates for the partic
ular Office in proportion TO the popu-
lar vote for each of the candidates
in said county; and the candidate re-
ceiving a majority of all the dele
gates comprising the state convention
shall be declared the nominee of the
party.
Members Of County Committee.
The committeeman selected in each
primary district shall constitute the
county committee of each county, who
shall select their chairman from one
Of their number.
Tho chairman of the several county