The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-05-26
NEW RILE SARE ADOPTED
TO SAFEGJ ARD PRIMARY
CONTINUED FRO MPAGE g.

Athe office OF UnIed states SENATOR, VI
no opposition for State office, the said
committee may, in its discretion, ar
range or appoint olly one meeting IN
. each coun,y. In addition to such
campaign meetings the county chair
men OF the counties composing the re-
spec i've congressional districts and jul
IA dicial circuits shall, when there is
&nore than one candidate for either
of said offices, arrange for and ap-
1 point separate meetings for their re-
spective distric:s or judicial circuits,
the time and the place Of which shall
be published in each coun y, and at
which only the candidate for said Of
fees shall be invited to address The
people.
20. 1t shall be tae duty Of each
county committee TO appoint meet
ings in heir respective counties to be
addressed by the candidates for the
general assembly and for the different
county Offices.
County Committee.
so. The clubs in each county snail
be held together and operate under
the control of a county committee
which shall consist of one member
from each club, to be elected by the
respective clubs. The committee, when
elected, shall appoint is own officers
except the chairman, who shall be
elected by the county convention),
who shall not necessarily be members
bf said commi;teee, bu, vacancy in
! the membership Of the committee
shall be filed by the club, through
i the loss of whose member by death,
resignation or Otherwise the vacancy
occurs: Provided, That in case the
Office of chairman of the county COM
mittee shall become vacant by dea h,
resignation or otherwise, lhe commit
tee shall have power to fill the va
cancy by elec,ing a chairman to serve
until tie organization of the next reg
-ular county convention: And, Pro-
TTided, further, That any officer so
elected who is 20, a member Of the
commi tee snail not be entitled to vote
on any question except the chairman,
and then only in case of tie vote.
The tenure of Office of the committee
shall be until the first Monday in May
in each elec ion yea,
81. The couny committee shall
meet oa or be, ore the first Monday
in August Of each election year and
designate pol ling place Tor eacl club
in it's own club district and appoin,
the managers for the primaries.
Three managers AID a clerk shall be
appoin ed for each voting place and
tAeir names published in o~e or more
caunty papers at east WI weeks be-
foe he election
Pledges.
81. Candidates Tor the general as
sembly and for unity offices shall file
with the chairman OF he county COM
~mittee a pledge in writing to abide
the resul Of tie primary and sup
port he nominees thereof. Ca"di-
dates for ether Offices shall file such
pledges with t2e chairman of the State
commit e: Pr3vided. That The Pledge
of such candidate shall b fled Oh.
or before u O'Clock, ne idian, OF the
day, proceeding the DAY tXed by t3t
connty committee or the State c5m-
mittee for tle frs campaign meeting
o: the county or State, respectively.
No v2te for any-candidate who has 2ot
paid his assessmen; nor complied
with this rule shall be coun ed.
The following is tae form e the
oath: "As candidate for the Office
o. in the democratic
primary election, TO Be he,9 on the
last Tuesday in August, 1871, l
hereby pledge myself to abide tne
results of such primary and support
the nominees of the party, State
and national, and I declare that
1 am a democrat and that am
not, nor will I become he candidate
of any faction, either privately or
publicly suggested, other tnan the
regular democratic nomination" If
the candidate is running for the
United States senate, or for the
United States house of representa-
tives this additional pledge shall be
required: 81 will support the political
principles and policies of the demo-
cratic party during the term of Office
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