Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-10-16
Judge Myers Explains
New Primary Law
BY Judge Irwin Ii. Myers.

To entitle one to vote at the pri.
mary election he must have registered
his name by signing the enrollmen.
book and stating which party he is
affiliated with; by SO stating he is linn
tied at the primary to cast his vote
for the nomination of candidates for
his party. but is free to vote as he
pleases at the general election in
November, 1914. This registration is
now going on at the city auditors
office for those living in Watertown,
and at the Offices of the clerks Of the
various towns and townships in the
county, where they will remain until
November LIST, 1913, when they will
be left with the county auditor.
On December End, 1918, a mass
meeting of all parties for this county
will be held at the court house for
the election from each party of two
proposal committeeman" from each.
voting precinct in the county, and
two proposal committeeman" from
the county at large who represent the
county at the state meeting. One of
these committeeman is termed a
majority proposal committeeman"
and the other a minority proposal
committeeman" The former is chos-
en- from and elected by those who
claim to be affiliated" with the
principles represented by the can
didates for governor within each
party" receiving the highest number
OF votes at the last primary, which
in case Of the republican party would
be Governor Byrne and the democrat
ic party party, e. S. Johnson. The
latter is chosen from and elected by
those likewise espousing the cause of
the candidate receiving the next to
the highest number of votes; in the
case of the republican party. George
w. Egan, and of the democratic, P. f,
Wickham. Those elected for the pre-
cincts will constitute the county pro-
posal committee" either majority
or minority, and will meet in the
court house on December 26th, 1913,
separate into two distinct bodies for
the republican party and two for the
democratic party and the same for
other parties, occupy separate rooms,
and proceed to propose" a platform
of principles inc indorse candidates
for the state and congressional offices
for each body respectively, and the
state proposal committeeman when
he attends the state meeting is there
by instructed to support the platform
and candidates decided upon at this
county meeting.
The majority proposal comittee-
man of each party elected at the mass
meeting to represent the county in
the state meeting, and likewise the
minority proposal committeeman"
will meet at Pierre with the like COM
mitteemen from the other counties on
January 9Th, 1914. They will divide
into separate bodies, a majority and
a minority" in each party, and PRO-
coed to adopt a platform of principles
and a short otto for the ballot and
nominate a group of candidates for
state and congressional offices for
each body respectively.
There will be held another meeting
of the proposal committeeman elect
ed for the precincts in the county at
the court house OF January 7th, 1914,
who will in like name divide into
separate bodies, two from each party
"a majority" and a "minority"-and
proceed to adopt a county platform
of principles and short motto for the
ballot (Which must not conflict with
the state platform and motto) and
nominate a group of candidates for the
county offices for each body respect
lively. They will also at this meeting
nominate a candidate for state cen
trail committeeman and a state ina
jority proposal committeeman or
minority proposal committeeman" as
the case may be with respect to which
body it is, to be voted for at the
March 1914 primary.
The names of the different candi-
dates will be placed on the primary
ballot in different columns under
their respective mottos.
Independent candidates may have
their names placed in an independent
column by fling a nominating petit
ton before January 23rd, 1914.
The primary election will be held
on March oath, 1914, and will be con
Quoted practically the same as here
f~tofore except that no one will be per
mitted to vote who has not person
ally registered and stated which party
he is affiliated with. There will be
no swearing in" of voters at. the
polls.
The proposal committeeman" for
the county to serve in adopting a
county platform and nominating eandi
dates under the majority. and smin-
ority" columns in the year 1916, one
majority and n minority committee
man for each party from each pre-
cinct, Will also be elected at the 1914
primary but the name of the candi-
date Is written by the voter on a d
arate ballot. The proposal commit