Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21

being to always give priority to the chai-
lenge OF an independent candidate SO as
to encourage leadership.
e. The majority, minority or inde-
pendent candidate for president or for
governor challenged by opposing in
dependent candidate for the same office.
or majority candidate for president. or
for governor. challenged by the opposing
minority candidate. in the primary, for
the same office; shall file. within IS days
after the first Monday in January in each
general election year, with the secretary
of state, his acceptance Of the challenge.
In which a acceptance tIc sh ne shall h,,p specify the
bate or debates shall be held, and also
the number of public joint debates. In
bates, il any. in which he is willing
TO engage; and the party candidate VINO
made the challenge shall fill such addi-
tional debates.
F. Whenever a candidate for presi-
dent or for governor. who is herein re-
quired to make or to accept challenge,
shall fail to make the challenge or fall
challenge, as herein provided. or shall
fail or refuse TO attend and discuss the
paramount issues at the time and places
designated for the debates. he shall cease
TO be the proposed candidate of his party
and the secretary of state shall not certi-
fy his name to the county auditors to be
printed the primary ballot and his
place upon the committee proposal ticket
shall be deemed vacant and be filed as
other vacancies. And Sucn vacancy Snau
be filed by candidate. who will make
the challenge or fill the debates, or the
place shall remain vacant In the commit
tee proposal.
G. Provided, further, that the majority
candidate or minority candidate for presi-
dent or for governor, as the case may be,
shall not be required to accept chal-
lenge from more than one OF the opposing
candidates for the same office. In case
two or more challenges have been filed,
such challenges shall be accepted in the
by Independent candidates in order Of
their fling Second--Challenges by the
minority candidate. And the majority or
minority candidate shall file his accept
ance in this manner OF priority.
II. II there should be no majority cam
dIdate proposed for president or for gov
Independent candidate for president or
for governor, whose proposal is first filed
with the secretary of state, to challenge
any opposing independent or minority
candidate for the same office. within his
party, by filing a written challenge with
the secretary Of state within, 10 day:
election year. The name of any party
candidate, who fails to make or accept
the challenge, herein required, or who
fails or refuses to debate, or who fails
or refuses to attend and discuss the para
mount issues at any debate. shall not be
certified by the secretary Of stSte TO the
county auditors for either the primary or
| general election ballot.
| l. In case of inability, sickness or un-
foreseen disability of candidate. who
makes the challenge or who is challenged,
| 10 attend such public joint debates, such
| candidate shall choose some suitable per-
son to represent him In such debate or
| debates during such inability, sickness
or disability; but such candidate shall be
| present in person at such debates unless
that such candidate is positively unable to
| be present on account of sickness shall be
| presented at such meeting
| J. The public joint debates, unless ar
Fon nfhQrXyiCn a
! place, shall be held in the court room at
! the court house at the county seat at $3.50
| D. M, and II there Is any public business
occupying the court room at that hour, II
shall vacate the room for the debate.
X. II shall be the duty of the party
national committeeman and the chairman
| OF the party state central committee to
arrange for the place of meeting for the
presidential debate or debates, give the
same publicity and select presiding chair
L. 1t shall be the duty of the party
| hartman of the county central committee.
| OF the county in which any gubernatorial
| debate is to be held, to arrange for the
meeting. give the same publicity and
preside over the debate. II the chairman
desires. he may appoint turist to pre-
side, or II the county chairman Is not
present, the person to preside may DC
vote OF the people present at the meet
n The debate shaIl be restricted to
OF the paramount issues represented by
the candidates engaged in the debate NO
personalities or personal imputations may
be brought into the debate under any cir
cumstances.
NJ The candidate making the chal-
| lenge shall have his paramount issue de-
| bated ilrst and shall have the opening and
| closing argument of his paramount issue:
the candidate challenged shall likewise
open and close the argument for his para
| mount issue: and the time shall be d.
| vided as follows: Opening affirmative ar
gument for each paramount issue not "a
exceed 20 minutes; negative argumens
thirty minutes: closing affirmative argu-
ment for each paramount issue not 70 ex.
ceed 10 minutes. except that allotted
time saved on one argument may be used
on another argument on either paramount
issue In any one evening debate Such
debates shall be governed by Roberts'
rules, except as herein otherwise pro-
vided
o. Provided, further, that IL public
Joint debates shall be held, between the
following designated party nominees for
governor after September lst and before
November lst in each general election
year: The party candidate for governor
est number of votes at the primary elec-
ton shall challenge the party candidate
highest number OF votes at the primary
election to public Joint debates on the
merits and demerts If their respective
party paramount issues which won out,
within the parties, at the primary cleo
ton The challenge shall be made IN
writing and filed with the secretary OF
state before September 1st in each general
election year; and acceptance of the same.
by the party nominee. for governor chai-
lenged, snail be filed with the secretary OF
state, before September 10th in each gem
eral election year, In which acceptance
the challenged party nominee for gov
when each public joint debate shall be
held and also the aumber of public joint
debates, in addition to the required num-
Der, IL any, in which he Is willing 10 en-
gage; ard the party nominee for governor
who made the challenge shall fill such
additional debates.
=. Whenever such party nominee FOR
governor shall fail to make the challenge
or fail to accept, or refuse TO respond.
to the challenge, as herein provided. or
shall fail or refuse to attend and discuss
the respective paramount party issues
at the place and time designated for
each public joint debate, such party NOM
inee shall cease to be the party nominee
for governor, and the secretary of state
shall not certify his name to the county
auditor as the party nominee, and ms
place upon the party ticket shuli be DEEM
ed vacant and be filed as other vacancies.
And such vacancies shall be filled by one
who will make the challenge or MI the
debates or the place of such party nomi-
nee for governor shall remain vacant
Roberts rules to govern the debate. De-
tail arrangements for debates. such as
publicity, place and time at which to
hold debate, selection Of presiding Of
ficer, etc, between party nominees, shall
be governed by the provisions OF this Sec
tion.
ARTICLE SEVEN.
or. laI Party state Publicity Pamphlet.
Sec e. There shall be compiled and
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