The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-08-30
MORRIS MEN
 WOULD GIVE
 VOTERS POWER
Delegates From Eleventh District Make Public Proposed Amend ment to Direct Primary Rules
Provide For Nomination of Can didates by the Voters Instead of by Delegate Convention of 36 Men

A draft of a proposed amendment To Republican party rules was sub mitted to the Republican electors, to- day, by Charles H. Morris, harbor- master, Alderman Eugene I. Meyer, William H. Brown, Charles c. Black ham and Frederick Walker.
 The rules apply only to Republican nominations for town and city officers in municipal elections.
 The rules relative to state and presidential elections remain 6n- changed.
 The m0hod of electing the town committee, and of holding the dis trict meetings is also untouched.
 If the proposed amendment should be adopted Republican procedure n the next municipal election would be changed in a most important man. ner.
 The Republican candidates for mayor and other city offices would vention of 36 men, but by the elect ors themselves.
 Any person who desired to be a candidate for mayor would file pa per announcing his candidacy, which paper would have to be signed by would be filed with the chairman of the town committee The same pro- cedufe would be followed in the case of those seeking any other office. ex- cept that candidate for : aldermen would require but five signatures.
 Aldermanic candidate would be voted for on separate ticket, as at present.
 There would be but one ballet for all other candidates, and the voter would vote direct for the candidate he preferred.
 The rdfdate Ooffiu0 inc pn0Sf votes for any office in the party pri- maries would be the nominee of his party for that office.
 The proposed amendment to the party rules follows:
 To the Republican ElecDbrs of the City
 of Bridgeport: <
 The undersigned Republican electors hereby direct your attention to a pro posed amendment to the rules of the Republican party, the object of which is toSmore largely place the power of the party in it's voters, by providing for town and city office. The pro- posed amendment is as follows:
 Section l. Republican primaries for the nomination of city and town off, cers to be elected at elections when the Mayor of the city is elected. shall l be held on the Tuesday of the third week before each such election.
 Sec. 2. All primaries shall be called by the chairman of the town commit tee, or in his absence, or inability to act, the secretary of the committee shall call said primaries. Notice of maries shou be given by publishing a notice in the Bridgeport Daily Stan-l dard. five days consecutively before such meetings shall be legally held.
 Sec. 3. All candidates for the afore- said offices shall be nominated at the primaries, held as aforesaid.
 Sec. A. No person shall be voted for at said primaries for nomination to any of said offices who have not compiled with the following provisions of these rules.
 Sec 5. Nomination papers for any city or town office may be filed with the chairman of the town committee by at least 25 voters resident in the city of Bridgeport, who have enrolledS as Republicans at the last preceding enrolment. and such papers may be filed for Aldermen with said town chairman by any five voters resident in the ward, or district, who have en- rolled as Republicans as aforesaid.
 Sec. 6. Such nomination papers shall be filed on or before the second Thursday preceding the day of holding the primary. Notice of the filing of such paper with the name of each can- didate thereon and the office for which he is named shall be given by publi- cation in the Bridgeport Daily Stan- dard, not later than said Thursday.
 Sec. '. Such nomination papers shall contain
 (a) The names of each of the candi- dates, together with the name of the office for which he is candidate.
 lo) The addresses of such candidates:
 Co The signature and Mattresses of each of the persons endorsing the can- diiates
 Sec. g. All such papers shall be ex- amined by the committeeman with whom they are filed, and if defective fin any respect he shall give notice of such defect by publication in the Bridgeport Daily Standard on its first day of issue after the day on which any defective paper is filed. The sign CTS shall have until p. m. of the sec ond day succeeding the publication of such notice to perfect such papers If not perfected they shall be void. If the committeeman aforesaid does not give notice within the time above lim- ited all infoEmality shall be deemed to be waived
 Sec. g. Unless the person or persons nominated in said papers shall notify in writing the chairman of the town committee on or before D. m. of the second Friday before the primary that he cannot be . candidate, he shall be deemed to have accepted such nomi- nation.
 Sec. 10. Ballots shall be printed by the town committee in the following form:
 At the top shall be printed the words "Ofhcial primary ballot of the Repub- lican party" Then shall follow the names of the offices to which candi- dates are to be nominated and under meath each of them the names of all the candidates for the respective office Such names shall be arranged alpha betically by surnames. Opposite each name shall be placed a square. There shall be printed on the ticket directions indicating the number of candidates for each office the voter may vote for. For instance, For Mayor. Vote for one only''; For Selecemen. Vote for three only"
 Sec. Il. The town committee shall cause said ballots to be properly dis tributed among the several voting dis tricts
 Sec. F. Voters shall vote for the various candidates by placing a cross in the square opposite the name of the voter he desires to vote for. If a voter shall place cross opposite more than one candidate for anyone office Gin cases where only one candidate is to be nominated for such office) his vote shall not be counted for such of fces but shall be valid for all other offices for which he has properly vot- ed
 Sec IA. All ballots shall be printed