Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-02-04

3 Delegates to the county conventions
will be elected at the primary.
Their names may be written on the
official ballot, or pasted on II printed on
uniform, white pastors.
= Those receiving the highest number
of votes in the primary will be declared
elected.
The judges of election constitute the
canvassing board with respect to dele
gates to the county convention.
The number OF delegates will be fixed
by the central committees OF the par
ties, and the number must be certified
to the county auditor thirty dayB before
the primary election.
The judges will certify the elected
delegates to the county auditor. who
will send a certified list of them to the
county chairmen not later than June II.
The delegates to the state. congress
sional and judicial district conventions
will be chosen by the county convention
thus composed They are not required
to be members of the county conven-
ton.
There can be no proxies in any OF the
delegations, but the delegates from any
precinct or county may cast the full
vote Of that division.
COUNTY CONVENTIONS.
They will be held June 40. at the
county seats.
They will select nominees for offices.
candidates for which at the primary
failed to receive a majority or 50 per
cent of the votes.
They will nominate district judges,
| if the district is co-extensive with the
county. 1.
They will select delegates to the state
convention and to the congressional and
judicial conventions.
They will elect district committee
men.
They will meet at II o'clock a. m.
DISTRICT CONVENTIONS.
i Conventions may be necessary tc
no.linate district Judges, state senators
and congressman. s.T,
Judges are not affected by the pri.
mary law. County conventions will
no.linate district judges when the dis.
ltrict is co-extensive with the county
When there is mors than one county II
a district. district convention must bt
held, composed of delegates selected a
the conventions of the counties in thu
district.
County conventions will nominate
! state senator's, in case the primary re
suit is not Anal, If senatorial districts
are co-extensive with counties; but i
more than one county is in the district
and the executive council finds that tn
district convention must be held. com
) posed of delegates chosen in the conven
lions Of the counties In the district.
, When the primary election is no
final as to congressional contests,
!. congregational convention will be he'll
Y composed Of delegates selected by tn
" conventions in counties In the district
There will be no proxies, but count
delegates present may cast the entir
vote of the county in all Of these cor
Y lventions. e
+ They must be called not later tina
e June 10, and not earlier than April &C
:. the call must be published at least ono
= in newspaper in the district and tn
IS call must be filed with the county aud
tors at least five days before the count
h convention that selected delegates I
IS the district convention.
el The district conventions must be hel
n between June and July 2.
eel Such district conventions may adoI
party platforms" says the law, whic
l. is silent as to this power being col
ferred on county conventions
STATE CONVENTIONS.
q The state central committees dete
# mine the number of delegates in, tt
IN date and the place of meeting OF IL
= state conventions. They must be he
i. between June 1s and July 2.
!. They have full power to nominal
r. candidates for supreme judge.
If the primary has not been final .
to candidates for state officer and cleo
or, the state convention will proceed
their nomination. as usual.
" Delegates to the state convention wi
4 be selected without restriction by Il
county conventions, no proxies will
II permitted and the delegates from
. county present may cast the total vo
r. of the county
: A platform may be adopted.
il The convention shall elect a sta
i central committeeman from each di
"a trict to hold two years.