Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-04-20
MACHINE.
Party Organization Under the
Primary Regulated BY Laws
Provisions
TWO STRIKING INNOVATIONS
County Committeeman From Each
Precirct-state Convention Selects
Campaign committee-Doubt as to
Methods Of Filling vacancies-severe
Penalty for Boiling the Ticket. II
(By Ora williarns)

\
ton of state campaign committee by
the state convention.
The definition of political party
! contaiIled in the new law Is that Il
"shall mean a party which, at the last
| preceding general election, cast for Its
| candidate for governor at least 2 per-
centunl of the total vote cast at said
4 election" The manner of selecting
party managers for such a party is by
direct vote OF the electors, provision
| being made. for blank spaces on the
ballot for the writing In Of names OF
candidates for precinct committeeman
No provision is made for having these
names printed. They may be placed on
the ballots by pastors. The judges OF
election, in canvassing the vote, de-
terlnina who received the largest num-
Der of votes for committeeman, and
they certify this to the county audi
tor along with other returns 1t as
the duty of the county auditor TO
notify the men who are elected com :
mittee.nen and to notify them also OF
the date and place of holding the coun :
ty convention In case the count OF
1.-The Judges is questioned the board Of
supervisors may recount the ballots OF
precinct and determine who twas
elected committeeman. The names of
these committeeman must be reported
to the county convention by the chair
man icf the party committee on calling
the convention to order AS ITO these
comm tteemen the law says:
"Onu member of the county cen-
trail c,rllmittee for each political party
from each precinct shall be electeds1n
the sumo manner in which delegates
are selected. His term of office shall
begin on the day of the county con-
syentie,n aud Immediately following the
adjournment thereof and shall commune ~.
for two Years and until his successor is
elected and qualified, unless such corn
mitteeman shall be removed by the
county central committee for inaten-
ton is the duties of his position ~
competency or failure to support the
ticket nominated by the party Wnlcn
elected him to such position"
The names of the committeeman go
to the county convention, but as 10
whether or not the county convention
could fill a vacancy on the committee
10 not very clear. The county conven-
ton is empowered to select members
of the. party central committees for the
sena trial, judicial and congressional
committees. which have the calling OF
these conventions in charge. THESE
are called by the commit
fees where nominations have not been
made by ballot.
In regard to the managers OF the
state campaign, the chairman of the
state committee calls the convention to
order mot earlier than the third
Thursday nor later than the fifth
Thursday'' following the primary, or
late in June. 1t is provided that the
regularly organized political commit
tees Of each party as at present OF
hereafter constituted. may continue 70
act until supplanted by the commlttees
elected under the provisions or thls
act" The state convention snall 90
certain things. and
/ VT shall also elect a state central
committee consisting Of not less than
one member from each congressional
district and transact such other bust
ness as may be brought before 1t. The
state central committee elected at said
state convention may organize atspleas-
ure for political work as is usual ana
customary with such committees ana
shall continue to act until succeeded
by another committee duly elected"
1t will be observed that the state
campaign committee is elected by the
stats convention, not by district con-
.eentAons, as has been customary with
SONS. of the political parties in Iowa.
There is a rigid rule in regard to these
committeeman as well as the precinct
committeeman giving loyal support to-
the ticket.
Any party committeeman or any
primary election or other public officer
sipos whom duty is imposed by this
act or by acts herein made applicable
to primary elections. who shall wilfully
neglect to perform any such duty, or
who shall wilfully perform it in such
a way as to hinder the objects there
of shall be punished by a
fine of not less than 500 nor more than
$1,000 or by imprisonment in the peni-
tentiary not to exceed five years, or by
both such fine and imprisonment"
The penalty for boiling the ticket is
such that few would care to undertake
it. or even to so conduct themselves as
70 give suspicion.
The state committee may consist of
more than eleven members, as indi
ca::si, and it would be possible to in
crease the number to thirteen, includ
ing one for each senator. The county
committees will be larger in some
never been adopted. In Polk county
the county committee will have 81
members.
Sec City Lecture Course.
Special To Times Republican.
sac City. April 20.-The Sac City
lecture committee has selected very
strong course for next winter, and will
include four numbers. The course will
op;n in October with the Bostonia