Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-02-01

For a Democratic Congress-
ional Primary.


At meeting Of the Democratic
District Committee for the Second
Congressional District Of Kentucky,
held pursuant to a call of the Hon.
r. b. Bradley, chairman Of said COM
mittee, in the city of Madisonville,
KY, January l8, 1906, the following
cali was issued:
1t is hereby ordered that a pri-
mary election be held in all Of the
precincts Of the several counties com
posing the Second Congressional Dis
trict on Saturday, May 10, 1906, for
the purpose of nominating a Demo-
cratic candidate for Congress in said
district to be voted for at the regular
November election, 1906. Said pri-
mary election shall be held under the
provisions of the Kentucky Statutes
regulating primary elections, be-
tween such hours as regular State
elections are held.
No candidate in said primary shall
be allowed to select as a device the
device of the Democratic party.
Each candidate desiring to be vot-
ed for at said primary election shall
on or before 2 O'Clock p. m. April 10,
1906, file with the chairman of the
district committee his written re-
quest to have his name placed on the
ballot for said primary election and
shall state whether or not he de-
sires his name to be printed under
any device, and if so he shall desig-
nate the device so desired by him.
An assessment of 81, 800 is hereby
fixed for the purpose of defraying
the expenses of said election, to be
paid by the candidates, and each
candidate shall on or before 2
O'Clock p. m. April 10, 1906, pay to
the chairman of said district com
mittee, his proportionate part of the
expenses for holding the said prim-
airy election.
The right to vote at said election
shall be limited and restricted to
those who affiliate in good faith with
the Democratic party and further
pledge their support to the nominee
of said election. and possess the quail
ifications prescribed by statute, pro-
vided, however, that persons under
the age of twenty-one years on the
date of said election, but who will
have reached said age by the date
of the November election, 1906, and
who wish to affiliate with the Demo
cratic party and will pledge them
selves to, support the nominee of
said primary election, shall be entl-
tied to vote.
Should there be but one candidate
complying with the requirements of
this call, after 2 p. M, April 10, 1906
there shall be no primary election
held under this call, but the Demo-
crat District Committee shall meet
upon the call of the chairman at
such time and place as he may desig-
nate and declare the person comply
ing with the requirements of this
call the nominee of the Democratic
party for Congress in the Second
Congressional District of Kentucky,
and the chairman of said committee
shall return to him his entrance fee.
The candidate receiving the larg-
est number of legal and qualified
votes cast at said election shall be
declared the nominee of the Demo-
cratic party of the Second district
for representative in Congress.
The District Committee will meet
in the city of Henderson, KY, at 2
O'Clock, p. M. on Wednesday, the
23rd day of May, 1906, for the pur-
pose of canvassing returns and issu-
ing certificate of nomination.
In testimony whereof, witness our
hands this 18th day Of January, 1906.
R. B. BRADLEY, Chairman.