The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-02

delegates and aiternates to party national
conventions shali thereby be Instructed
TO work and vote three times for such
principles and candidates in the national
convention before giving support to any
compromise platform or candidate, and
the party presidential electors nominated,
in the primary for such first choice can
didates fer President and Vice-President,
shall cast their votes in the electoral col
lege for the candidates for President and
Fice-President who were nominated by
the national party convention.
Sec. IL. The words party platform
shall mean the selected paramount issue
and the declaration of principles and prop
ositioDs which nave received the highest
number of party votes for governor at the
Sec. IL. The word motto shall mean
n condensed statement of one paramount
issue, for national motto, state motto or
eight words, in each motto, for use as a
heading for group candidates proposed by
the ma jority or minority party committee
on the official primary ballot.
Sec. IA. Tne word declaration" shall
mean a statement, as hereinafter provided,
signed by the party candidate and at
tached to his filing papers,, pledging him-
self to qualify and obey the party recall,
before his name shall appear on the Of
fetal primary ballot.
book" shall mean a bound public record
book kept by the secretary of state, or a
bound record book kept by. the county
dAullOT III I'LL ICSoio Cidih &c
in writing the independent and group
proposals of principles and names of all
party candidates, challenges and accep-
tances to joint debates, minutes OF all
proceedings of all party state central COM
mittee meetings and of all initiatory party
proposal committee meetings in the order
filed. The pages of the political record
book shall be numbered consecutively.
Sec. 16. The words publicity pamph-
let shall mean the official party state
publicity pamphlet compiled by the secre-
| 10 .U of Cfntn from the nnliIlnnl record hook
of filings made in his office, by proposal
committees and independent party candi-
dates, for publication.
Sec. IL. The words "Official Primary
Ballot" shall mean the official party ball
lot, printed by the auditor of each county
for each party and used at the party pri-
maries on the fourth Tuesday in March
in even numbered years in the order and
form designated in Section 10 of this act;
but no candidates name shall appear up
on the official primary ballot more than
once in the same primary except the
names of candidates for judges or the
supreme court, who may be endorsed by
the state minority or majority proposal
committee and whose names may appear
twice.
Sec. IS. The words Official party en-
dorsement" shall mean the act of de-
termining the party recommendation, of
party candidates for public offices TO be
filled by appointment, by postmaster pr,
mary, or by the regular party central
committee, or by the state and county
party chairman and party national COM
mitteeman, as hereinafter provided.
Sec; 10. The words postmaster pri-
for the purpose of recommending and
endorsing a party candidate for post
master. d,
Sec. 20. The word precinct shall
mean a district established under the law
within which qualified electors vote in
one polling place.
ton shall mean the general election.
Sec. %. Public places for posting
notices shall include the outer door OF
polling places, the post office lobby, II
any, and the front outside door of any
public building or any other place where
notices are usually posted.
Sec. %. The word clerk" shall mean
the clerk, secretary or auditor keeping
Ethe records of any village. town, city OF
township; but where a county is not
organized into civil townships the word
clerk" shall mean county auditor.
Sec. "a. The precinct committeemer
composing the county majority or minor
ity proposal committee may meet in the
court room at the county court house on
the last Friday in December in each odd
numbered year, and each committee may
retire to ~self-appointed separate rooms
and endorse candidates for state and
congressional offices for the purpose OF
Instructions to the state proposal COM
mitteeman of the minority or majority
state proposal committee meeting at the
state capitol, on the first Monday in Janu
airy following; but when the state ma,
jority and minority proposal
principles shall have been decided upor
by a majority of the representative vote
Of the respective state committee mem
bers present as a proposal for Q party
state platform to be nominated at the pri-
mary, then all county committee pro-
posals or principles must be in conformity
with either the majority or minority state
committee proposal principles, par
amount issue and motto, to entitle thf
county or district proposal committee
candidates to the use of either the ma
1ority or minority column as hereinafter
designated, upon the official primary bal
lot. The county auditor shall cause nc
candidates name for county office to be
printed upon the official primary ballot
under committee proposals in either the
minority or majority column IL the prin-
ciples and county motto filed are in con-
flict with the paramount issue adopted
committee proposal; such a motto of coun-
ty platform principles pr, I'll ennf not to 4, eSc eco s stsft
platform principles of the minority or the
majority, may be added, Immediately. un-
der the state motto, and designated as the
nority or majority on the official primary
ballot. .
Sec. rs. The words marty recall shall
regular party organization by jury trial.
for the causes and under the restrictions
herein provided. to request the resigna-
ton of any public official who has beer
elected or appointed to office as a party
candidate.
Sec. 26. Hereafter all party candidates
for all of the elective offices, presidential
congressional, state, county, legislative
and district, presidential electors and al
party delegates and alternate delegates
to the national conventions and all pre-
cinct, county, state and national COM
mitteemen, party state chairmen and ma
jority and minority proposal committee
men shall be nominated, or endorsed. as
the case may require, and party repre-.
sentatiyes elected, at the primary held
in accordance with the provisions OF this
act. All other proposals of candidates fol
such positions shall be by petitions In the
independent column at the November
election in the manner now provided by
law.
Sec. 81. This act shall not apply tc
city. town, township and school distric,
offices, but may be adopted by either
by a majority vote upon such proposition
at any election held therein.
ARTICLE TWO.
Party Enrolment.
Sec. 2s. Enrollment-No elector in the
state of South Dakota shall be permitted
to vote at any party primary unless he
is duly enrolled, as herein required.
Sec. 20. Duty Of County Auditor-(En.
rollment Book)-The county auditor Of
each county shall, on or before the first
day of January of each odd numbered
year, provide suitable enrolment books
one for each voting precinct In his county,
SO arranged, printed and bound that there
shall be ten COLUMNS across two pages.
the first column for the enrolment mum
bers of the electors: the second for the
surnames of the electors; third. for the
Christian names Of the electors; the