The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-20

Sec. II. In case of contest the
county district or state committee, as
the case may be, shall have power to
determine what delegates are entitled
to participate in the temporary organ
ization of the convention, and there
after the convention itself shall be the
sole Judge of the election and quail
fications of its own members.
Sec. -. At the time and place de-
signatei in the notice mentioned in
section 10 of this act, those delegates
entitled to participate in the temper
airy organization shall meet and or
ganize by the election of temporary
chairman and secretary. The tempo
rry organization shall have power to
pass upon the credentials of delegates
and determine the names of all per-
sons entitled to seats in the perman-
ent organization of the convention.
The permanent organization OF
convention shall be made by the cleo
ton of chairman, a secretary, two
judges and such clerks as may be
deemed necessary. The chairman shall
preside at all meetings of the conven-
ton, and the secretary shall keep
full and complete record of all the
proceedings thereof. The judges and
clerks shall receive and canvass the
votes cast in the convention as prov
ided by this act.
Sec. 10. All voting for delegates in
convention shall be by ballot. Each
delegate in person or by proxy shall
provide himself with ticket on which
shall be written or printed the
names of all persons for whom he
wishes to vote for delegates. but not
exceeding the number of delegates to
be chosen, which ticket, so folded as
to conceal the names thereon, shall be
delivered to one of the judges and by
him be deposited in the ballot box:
and the clerks shall enter the name
of the delegate voting in books to be
kept for that purpose. When all ap-
pear to have voted the chairman shall
announce that the polls are about to
be closed and if no further votes are
offered the polls shall be closed and
the votes canvassed at once by the
judges and record thereof made
by the clerks. Every person having
majority of all the votes cast shall be
declared elected. If none of an in
sufficient number be elected on the
first ballot then other ballots shall be
taken in like manner until the re-
quired number of delegates be chosen.
If at any time two successive ballots
be taken without the choice of dele
gate, then on the third and each sue
ceeding ballot the name of the candi-
date having the least number of votes
shall be dropped and no more votes
shall be cast or counted for him until
at least one delegate is chosen, and
thereafter votes may again be cast for
any person until the conditions again
arise making it necessary to drop
names as above provided
Any convention may by a two-thirds
vote adopt any other method of choos-
ing delegates.
Sec. IA. A convention may by ma
jority vote of all its members instruct
the delegates chosen by it how to vote
on any question or candidate for Of
flee. 1t shall have power to adopt it's
own rules and order of business not
| inconsistent with this act.
The chairman and secretary shall
issue to each delegate chosen certi-
ficate of election to which shall be
attached certified copy of the in
structions, if any, adopted by the con-
vention. The said chairman and Sec
rotary shall prepare list of the dele
gates chosen, giving the name and
postofice address of each, together
with copy of the instructions, If any,
adopted by the convention and i'm
mediately file the same with the Sec
rotary of the committee whose duty
1t is to call convention in which
the delegates chosen are to particle
pate.
Sec. Is. All voting in convention for
candidates for Office shall be by viva
voce vote. The secretary of the con-
vention shall call the roll of dele
gates, and each delegate as his name
Is called shall rise and announce the
name of the person for whom he wish
es to vote, and the clerks shall keep
a record of the votes On suitable.
blank forms to be provided for that
purpose. A separate roll call shall
be taken on the nominations for each
Office
Any convention may by a three
fourths vote adopt any other method
of nominating candidates for office,
but this shall not be so construed as
to deprive any delegate of his right to
vote for the candidate of his choice or
for whom he may have been legally in
structed to vote, and to have his vote
so recorded, except that where there
are more than two candidates for NOM
ination to the same Office, the name of
the person having the least number
of votes therefor must be dropped in
the same conditions provided in Sec
ton 10 of this act.
The voting for candidates shall con-
tinue until one person has majority
OF all the vote cast, and such person
shall be declared the majority NOM
inee of the convention and the per-
son having the next highest number
OF votes shall be declared the minority
nominee of the convention.
Sex. 16. The chairman and secre-
tary of a convention shall make GER
tificate Of nomination which must be
in writing and shall specify each ma
jority and each minority nominee of
the convention, his postoffice address
and the Office for which he is nomin-