The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-08
City Committee Met Last
Evening and Made Drastic
Rules Governing the Local
: Primary Election.
BEN HILL RESIGNS
AS A Committeeman
Election Will Be Held in the
Eighth Ward Tomorrow
Night to Fill His Place
Party Loyalty Is Required.

owing to vacancy caused Dy The
resignation of Ben Hill. as committee
man from the Eighth ward. the repub-
lican city committee again remains
without a full membership. A meet
ing of the republicans Of the Eighth
has been called for the club house to-
morrow evening at 7:3O O'Clock. At
this time a successor to Hill, who has
decided to become candidate for city
council, will be chosen. The commit
tee has the authority to fill the vacan-
cy, but deemed it wiser to let the re-
publicans of the ward make their own
choice The committee expects great
rivalry to develop a few weeks later.
and does not wish to take chances with
being accused that 1t selected the
friend of any Of the candidates to tho
office
Meeting last Night.
The committee held q meeting last
evening and adopted the rules that
will prevail at the primary. One OF
the most important of these will re-
quire the candidates to sign a blank
saying they will support the nominee
of the party. The committee deemed
such a course advisable in the hope to
avoid splits and factions in the party.
such as characterized 1t during the last
municipal campaign and resulted In
the election of democratic mayor.
Candidates will be required to sign,
also, blank agreement not to attempt
the use of money for any purpose in
| cident to the campaign. This is an
anti-bribery and anti-treat form of con.
tract The candidate agrees to use no
money for the purpose of coercion, nor
in any other way to resort to unfair
means Hiring workers to assist them
is also barred from the candidates
privileges. These workers are not to
be paid either directly or indirectly
Any candidate who pays for any influ-
ence, is to be declared ineligible.
| VIII Fsrseit Right
AS a penalty for violating the rules
the candidate 10 to forfeit his right Ia
be tho nominee of the party even il
chosen by the vote. In case q cAndi-
date Is convicted of violation. the man
who is second choice at the nominating
election is to be made the nominee
The committee reserves the right to
terminate the eligibility of q candidate
upon proof of his violating the rules.
The polls are to be opened at I
O'Clock In the morning and close at
o'clock in the evening. Voters must
be in the booths when the evening
hour arrives, or they will not be per
mitted to cast their ballot. No votel
in line or outside Of the building viii
be entitled to vote. II any voter l:
permitted to vote after 6 O'Clock his
ballot will be held improperly cast an.
not be counted.
Only One Judge.
One Judge will have Jurisdiction a
each precinct instead of using two
| judges as heretofore. In any case o
dispute the judge is to call in the sher
if to decide the point. The inspector
| Judge and sheriffs are to act as tn:
challenging board. Their word is X
be absolute and it will not be necessar,
for them to prepare affidavits. No re
monstrance from the voter will be con
sidered until after the count is made
| II any candidate be accused OF improp
er tactics. the charge shall be accom-
panied by an affidavit. The commit
tee VIM then meet and hear the evi
dence.
The committee decided to provide an
other voting place in the Fourth Ward
The ward will be divided into nortl
and south precincts, with South
street the dividing line.