The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1906-07-13
Congressional Committee
Ordered a Primary.
RESOLUTIONS IN FULL
Nominations Will Close August
fst and if Only One Can
didate No Primary.

A primary election will be held
i'm the Fourth congressional
District on Tuesday, August l4th,
to nominate candidate for
Congress. Following are the res
oiutlons and rules adopted by the
Executive Committee of the
District:
Resolved by the Democratic ex-
ecutlve committee of the Fourth
congressional district:
First-That the nomination for
Democratic candidate for Con-
gress from the Fourth district be
made by general primary election.
to be held on Tuesday, August IA,
1906, throughout the district at
the polling places established BY
law i'm the respective parishes.
the polls to be opened ut O'Clock
a. m. and closed at I p m,
except in the city of Shreveport,
in which place the polls shall be
opened from 8 o'clock a. m. to
6o'cIock p. M, and the candi-
dates for Congress be voted for
direct by the parties voting in
said election, and the candidate
receiving a majority of all the
votes cast shall be deemed the
choice of the Democratic party
for representative to the Sixtieth
Congress from this, the Fourth
congressional district. In event
no candidate should receive d
majority of the entire vote cast at
SAID primary election, then a
second primary is hereby ordered,
and shall he held in the same
manner on the 4th day of Sep
TENDER. 1906, at which the two
highest candidates at the previous
primary alone shall be voted for.
Second-None but known
white Democrats, who are duly
qualified electors under the con-
stitution and laws of this state,
duly registered and who shall
have paid his poll taxes, where
same should be paid, for two
years next preceding the year in
which the election is held prior to
January l of said year, and who
will pledge themselves to vote for
the Democratic nominee, shall be
permitted to vote at said primary
election or elections. If a person
offer to vote and his right be
challenged he must prove to the
satisfaction of the commissioners
of election his political faith and
affiliatlon and declare his purpose
to support the Democratic NOM
inee.
Third-The members of this
committee from their respective
parishes shall appoint four or
more commissioners to each
polling place in his parish, each
candidate having the right to
name two commissioners at each
polling place to be appointed by
said committeeman aforesaid, to
hold said election, and I'D the
absence of any commissioners
thus appointed as herein pro-
vided for, his commissioner
present ut the polling place shall
appoint HIM.
Fourth-The commissioners
shall keep list of those voting
duly numbered in the order in
which they vote, requiring each
voter to sign his name, in the
usual way to the voting list, which
voting list shall be kept by two of
the commissioners one represent
ing each candidate. Immediately
after the closing of the polls the
boxes shall be opened and the
ballots counted in the presence
of the bystanders, and a tally of
the votes kept and duplicate
returns made out and signed by
the commissioners. If any com
missioner refuses to sign. those
who do sign shall state the fact
and the reason gwen for not
signing BY the one refusing. One
of the duplicate returns, together
with the tally sheet and the list
of voters. shall be mailed BY
registered letter to w. L. Young.
secretary of this committee at
Shreveport, IN care of H. A.
Leonard. clerk of the court, and
the duplicate of the same to each
member of this committee for his
respective parish. The secretary
shall not open the returns of said
election until the meeting Of this
committee IS hereinafter pro-
yided for.
Fifth-The committee shall
meet in the city Of Shreveport,
On Monday. the Goth day Of
Ancnsf 1905 and e0mniIa tha