Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-02-20
THE KAMsAa PRIMARY law.

o. NNnVuhsorD the nominee Of pucn puuur
rnl party for United States senator. "A
Sec. 1e. Vacancies; how flled. vacan-
tfss occurring after the holding o. any
primary shall be tilied BY the PAL X co 81.
lnIffeo OF the city, subdietrict, dlstrict
county. or state, as the case may be.
80 ~. Party organisation and govern.
,.,1nf. erhe orcanisation and government
81 each Of the several political parties
rhaii be a. follows: az AZ the pEiinaTies,
RSgyiSsS sa SUE- psassclSs n cas q
Y Nv aeysTaI COUNTIES lea of tie state shall
choose one OF their number as county
orecinct committeeman" (2) The whole
i1urrlber OF county precinct committeeman
d each OF the several political parties
shall constitute the county commlttee 9,
yuch party, such county commit1es sm ..,,,
gnembership q chairman. secretary ana
treasurer Of which Offices the last Two
may be filled by the same person. ~ ine
chairman OF the county committee sltIl
be ex-ofiicio member Of the state COM
mittee and OF each Of tile several paIty
M county Is situated. az Where judi
cial, senatorial or representative distIlc.
comprises but one county or less, tne
county committee Of such county snaii
constitute such judicial senatorial or rep
sentative district committee. me
Greater than county shall be composed
81 the county chairman OF the several
county committees hereinbefore PROVIDED
for. and one additional member. TO pc
chosen by each Of the several party couh-
" committees in the district for each one
thousand votes or major fraction Thereon
n excess OF fifteen hundred votes cast
which the said county committee was
chosen. Such district party committee
shall organize by electing from lts own
membership a chairman, secretary ana
treasurer, OF which oinces tne ast t ts9
may be filed by the same person w
The state party committee shall organize
by electing from Its own membership a
chairman, secretary and treasurer fhe
executive committee Of such state COM
mIttee shall consist OF the chairman OF
the various congressional dlstrlct cV ,,
mittees, OF which the state chairman snali
be ex-offIcio chairman. ~ The city party
committee shall be composed OF the city
precinct committeeman chosen at the an
rl,ial primary, and shall organize by e'c :
ting from Its own membership cl
man, secretary and treasurer. (S) Iae
official returns made by the primary noaTu
shall show the name and address and the
name OF the party represented, and OF
each precinct committeeman chosen. W
Each committee provided for In this sec
ton, and It's officers, shall have the pow
ers usually exercised by such committees
and by the officers thereof In so far as 10
Consistent with this act. The various
0fficers and committees now. In existence
shall exercise the powers and perform the
duties herein prescribed until their sue
cessors are chosen In accordance WIN
this act. The duties OF the chairman or
secretary of any committee, when the
committee IL not in session. may be per-
formed by members Of such committee
selected by such chairman or secretary:
Any vacancy in any committee once shan
be filed In the same manner as tnat IN
which such officer was originally chosen.
(IO) The candidates for the various state
members OF the national House Of Rep
resentatives, for the state senate, and for
the state House Of Representatives, nomi-
mated by each political party at each pri-
mary, the national committeeman, the
United States senators and the state sem
OF ONCE extends beyond January OF the
year next ensuing, and the chairman OF
the county committee Of the several c0un-
ties of the state. shall constitute the par
" council Of each party, and shall meet
a. the capitol at twelve o'clock noon on
the last Tuesday of August after the date
on which any primary is held preliminary
b any general election. The membership
% such party council shall be determined
BY the list Of party nominees and party
candidates duly certified BY the secretary
81 state as ON file in his ONCE. Such party
council shall be called to order ~ the
secretary Of state, or by. one OF his as
nlstants, who shall read the roll OF mem.
bers; and thereupon the party council
shall organize by electing from Its own
a chairman and secretary.
They shall thereupon forthwith formulate
the state platform Of their party, choose sso
form such other business as may. proper
" be brought before such meeting. The
piatform Of each party shall be framed
and made public at a time not later than
six o'clock in the afternoon Of the day
following their adjournment. The state
party council 50 constituted shall be the
party council for two years, and shall
have power to call special meetings and
perform such other business as may be
consistent with the provisions Of this act;
provided. that no member Of such council
shall be represented by proxy.
Sec. is. Preparation OF blanks. 1t shall
be the duty Of the secretary Of state and
attorney general, on or before March !,
1908, to prepare all forms necessary to
carry out the provisions Of this act, which
forms shall be substantially followed In
All primaries held In pursuance hereof.
ench forms shall be printed with copies
fion.
Sec. 10. Payment OF expenses. All ticket
blanks and other supplies to BE- used at
any primary, and all expenses necessarily
Incurred in the preparation for or con-
ducting such primary. shall be paid out
o. the treasury Of the city, county, or
state, as the case may be, In the same
manner, with like effect, and by the same
0lllcers, as In the case Of elections. The
cost, printing and distribution Of the tick
cts shall be under the charge and con-
erpl OF the same officers and otacial bodies
.as are prescribed for general election and
for city elections by existing statutes, and
amendments now or hereafter made there
to, IN 80 far MS the same are applicable
10 and not inconsistent with the provisions
OF this act.
Sec. 20. Penal provisions. a. Any per-
son who shall offer. or, with knowledge
Of the same, permit any person to ofier
for bis benefit any bride to voter to In
duce him TO sign any nomination paper,
and any person who shall accept any such
bfibe or promise OF gain of any kind In
the nature OF bride. as consideration for
signing the same, whether such bride or
promise OF gain In the nature Of bride
be offered or accepted before or after such
signing: or any candidate who shall know
iingly cause a nomination paper or papers
to be signed In his behalf by more than
the maximum number Of qualified electors
provided for his district by subdivisions
and 6, section of this act, shall be guilty
o. a misdemeanor, and upon trial and con-
Mction thereof. be punished by fine OF
not less than twenty nor more than five
hundred dollars. and by imprisonment In
the county Jail not less than ten days moi
more than six months. (2) Any person
who shall forge any name to a nomination
paper shall be deemed guilty Of forgery
in the fourth degree. and on conviction
thereof be punished accordingly. Any per-