The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-02-16
A MONTH OF GRACE
C. c. Cuttings of Racine Says
There Is Still a Month to-
Get Out Petitions.

G.. G. Cuttings, of Racine, who has
been considered the leader Of the
LaFol1ette forces in Southern Wiscon-
sin, and who is supposed to know as
much as any one in regard to the Pri-
mary election law, has seat out a
statement which has a1layed the fears
of candidates for city offices in cities
in this section of the state. It has
been given out that Feb. Is is, the last
day II which to file petitions, but Mr.,
Cuttings holds that the candidates for
city offices will have until March::@ to
file these petitions.
Mr.. Cuttings makes the following
statement regarding the workilIgsSof
the primary election law:
@@There seems to be a grea1, deal
of misrepresentation among the. voters
as to the scope of the primary election
law as applied sto city elections. I
have received so many inquiries re-
garding it Within the past femdays,
that am led to believe that a.; brief
statement through the colunaas of the
local press explaining the+ principal
features of. the law, may be- Of some
service.
SoThe first important thing2to kaow
I'm relation t0it is the fast that it is
very simple and easy to-. opaDate..
There is nothing complicated abouh
it.
IS fAll candidates for .nominat wlsO
desire to have their masses appear On
the official party ticketi must 61e
with the city clerk at least fifteen days
before the day of ho1ding, the primary,
a nonana tion paper signed by at least
three per cent. of the total vote of his
party in the districts he seeks to rep
resent.
"The last day for fling nonaination
papens with the citEclerk FOR the COM
ing ELECTION is March 9TH,
@sThe primary election will be held
on. March 21st. The polls will open
at Ga. m. and close at 99p. IN.
1.-THE official ballot SHALL consist of
the several parry tickets, in the forna
of the Australian ballot, attached ton
gether in such.a way that the e1ector
after having marked the ticket he de-
sares to vote, can easily detach it, and
deposit it in. the ballot box. The an-
used tickets are deposited in a, box
provided for that purpose.
mo person; can vote at the primary
who is NOT a qualified elector of the
precinct, and duly registered therein;
but he may register on sthes sprimary
election. day.
"The person receiving the greatest
number of votes at primary as the
candidate of party for an office,
shall be the candidate of s.that party
for such Office, and his naaae as such
candidate shall be placedson the Off
ciai. ballot at the following election.
Vacancies occurring after the pri-
rnarygare filled by the party commit
tee, the same as undeT the old law.
The party committees are elected
at the September primary. The three
persons receiving the highest number
of votes in any ward, constituting the
ward committee, and the one having
the largest vote being chairman. The
|city committee shall consist of the
party chairmen for the several wards.
The committee elects it's own officers.
1T must be apparent to- everyone
that the primary method of making
nominations is simpler and less ex-
pensiYe than the old method. It also
givessfo every elector the opportunity
to directly participate in the nominal
ton ofshis party candidates, by secret
ballot. f'a sNacE.