The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-08-20
Voters Will Be Called Upon to
Make Choices for Commit.
tees at Coming Primary
VERY IMPORTANT TO VOTERS
County and State Political Committees
Must be Selected at the Primary
Election this Year-Ballot
Puzzling One

" hNh OAO oNOAOSO SAG1AOh SOCD W GAAS
polls on primary election Gay and
marks the names of the men he wishes
to place in nomination for the various
state, county, senatorial, assembly dis
trict and county Offices, he will have
performed but portion-and that the
easiest part-of the duties he GIVES
to his country if he is patriotic son
of the republic.
There are committeeman to be Sc
committeeman galore-to look
after the interests Of the party in the
city, in the county, in the senate and
the senatorial districts, the congress
sional districts and in the state at
large. And what is more, it will re-
quire the advice of full-fedged law
yer to tell the average voter just what
his duties are in view of the primary
election that is to be held in this coun-
ty, Sept. l next
In addition to marking the names
Of the candidates he wishes to see no
minated on the party ticket, he must
also write upon his ballot the names
of three electors in his precinct who
are his choice to act as the precinct
committee. The three having the
highest number Of votes shall consti-
tute the precinct committee, and ex-
cept in cities of the first class-Which
means Milwaukee, the one having the
highest number of votes shall be the
chairman. This done, it becomes the
duty of the chairman of the counties
having a first class city, of each party,
to call meeting of the various pre-
cinct committees in each ward of
city, town or village, to elect a ward,
village or town chairman, and the
chairman so elected shall be a member
OF the county committee of his re-
spective political division. The meet
ing for the selection of the member
who is to be chairman of the ward,
town or village, and who is to be a
member Of the county committee, is to
be held on the Friday succeeding the |
primary election. The term of office |
OF the committeeman shall be two
years. This is all right so far as the |
county committee is concerned.
An extra organization is provided
for by the new law to ne known as
the city committee, which is made
ur of the chairmen of the precinct
committees Of the city, and it is made
the duty of the county chairman to
call this committee together within
ten days after the primary election,
when they shall elect a chairman and
such other officers as may be deemed
necessary. The chairmen Of the pre-
cinct committees shall constitute the
city committee and it is made the duty
Of the county chairman of each party
to call the chairmen Of the precincts
together at least sixty days prior to
the next municipal election for the pur-
pose of organizing
The meeting of the county com,
mittee, called for the purpose of or
ganization within five days of the pri- |
mary election, as provided by law, is
also to chose two persons from each
assembly district to be members of
the congressional district committee,
except that in congressional districts
in which there are two or more coun-
ties there shall be one member from
each county.
In counties constituting one or more
senatorial or assembly districts, the
members Of the county committee re-
siding within such senate or assembly
district shall constitute the committee
for the district, and shall organize as
such with the selection OF chairman
and such other officers as may be
deemed necessary.
But this is not all of the compica
lions that beset the primary election
law. The candidates for the various
state officers and for senate and as
selnbly nominated by each political
party at the primary and senators of
the political party, whose term of Of
fee extends beyond the first Monday
in January of the next year shall
meet at the capitol at II o'clock noon
on the fourth Tuesday of September
on which any primary is held pre-
liminary to any general election. They
shall forthwith formulate the state
platform of their party. They shall
thereupon proceed to elect a state
central committee of at least two
members from each congressional dis
trict and a chairman of such com
mittee by ballot. In every year in
which there is presidential election
they shall nominate by majority
vote one elector for president and
vice president from each congressional
district and two such electors from
the state at large. The names of such
nominees shall be Immediately certi-
fed, by the chairman and secretary
of the meeting, to the secretary of
state. They shall perform such other
business as may properly be brought
before the meeting. TIL platform of
each party shall be framed at this
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