Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-26

/ Provided, That no person who desires
to become candidate for office of SUI
certify his party affilation, nor shall
any other candidate who runs upon
any nonpartisan. ticket in any city or
other municipality where the charter
or enabling act provides that the office
| is nonpartiSan.
SEC. 3. That section 1909 of Reming-
ton d Balllnger'S Annotated Codes and
Statutes of Washington be amended to
read as follows:
Section 4S09. Any political organiza-
ton which at the general election last
preceding the primary was represented
on the official ballot, by regular party
candidates may upon complying with
arate primary election ticket as a poll
teal party: Provided, That any of it's
candidates received ten per cent. of the
! total vote cast at such last preceding
general election in this state, OF SUBJ
division thereof in which the candidate
seeks the nomination.: Provided, fur
have held on or before the tenth day
of June preceding said primary a state
convention in said state at which con,
it's political principles and it's legisla-
tive program:. And provided further.
That copy of such declaration of po-
gram shall have been certified by the
Officers of such convention and filed
with the secretary of state within ten
days after the adjournment of such
/ SEC. 4. (a) Hereafter, each political
party OF this state, entitled under the
TENDER primaries, shall hold county and
state conventions in May and June re-
s pee. Of 1915 ~; and each biennial
lions shall be held by. each of said po-
litical parties upon the second Satur-
day, after the second Tuesday of May,
(b) Each county party Committee
| at meeting duly called and held not
more than thirty 800 nor less than
/ the May. caucus, shall determine the
hour and place of holding the county
convention, determine the total number
the basis of representation in each pre-
cnct, which basis shall be the same
for each voting. precinct in said county,
from each voting precinct: Provided,
/ That each voting precinct shall be en-
! titled to at least one delegate, The
provided for, shall thereupon be filed
in the office of the county auditor,
without charge, duly certified by the
chairman and secretary of each party
within two days after the holding Of
said meeting. Due notice of the time
and place of holding the county con-
press of the county by the county ex-
ecutive officers of each party and in
addition thereto, the said notice shall
be mailed to each delegate selected at
before the holding of said convention.
Co 1t shall be the duty of the state
parties entitled to hold conventions un-
der this act, to issue a call for their
state conventions, specifying the time
and Which said call Shall be issued dII not
less than thirty (30) days before the
holding of the May caucus by giving
and by mailing a copy of said call to
| each state committeeman, and to the
executive officer of each of the county
organizations of that party, and to the
| county auditor of each county The
state committee, in it's call, shall de-
termine upon the total number of dele
and shall fix the basis of representa-
ton for, and the number of delegates
from from each county; Provided, however,
That the basis Of representation for
state conventions herein provided for
shall be held on or before the tenth
day of June, 1916, and biennially there
after.
(d) In addition to the usual powers
heretofore exercised 3i by county con-
select the eI number of de1egates to the
state convention provided for in the
call of the state committee, and shall
| select one member of a state advisory
! platform committee.
(e) 1t shall be the duty of the MEM
bers of the advisory committee herein
provided for, to meet at the place Of
m. on the Monday preceding the hold
! ing of said state convention and shall
! state convention an advisory platform.
| G) 1t shall be the duty of the state
| conventions of each of the parties re-
quired to hold conventions as herein
provided, to adopt a PLATFORM and to
make a clear and concise statement of
it's principles and it's general Legislative
state conventions shall have the pow
! erS and perform the duties heretofore
and usually held and performed by
state conventions; and shall elect the
! delegates to the national conventions
in 1916, and each presidential year
thereafter as provided for in the call
of the national !, Gommt tee of said
nominate the presidential electors, to
which the said state shall be entitled
and the names of which said electors
shall be printed under the party des
| ignation on the ballot to be used in
the succeeding general election.
0g4 The deleigates to the various eas
shall be selected at a caucus held by
each political party, on the secon..
Tuesday of May, 1915 and ,biennially
thereafter, in accordance with the pro-
sections 4S44, 4S45, 4S46, 4s47, 4s4S,
4$ 1872 4$ $ $5S 4$Ss 4 4$S4 4$S
1868, 1864, 1855, 1866, 1857 and 1868 of
Remington & Ballinger's Annotated
Codes and Statutes of Washington.
(h) No proxies shall be allowed in
any conventions provided for in this
act
SEC 5. That section 1910 of REM
ington & Ballinger's Annotated Codes
and Statutes of Washington be amend
ed to read as follows:
Section 4S10. All declarations of
candidacy shall be filed as follows:
First: For state officers, United
States senator's representatives in
Congress, and those members of the
state Legislature and judges of the su-
perior court, whose district comprises
more than one county,--in the office
of the secretary of state.
Second: For officers to be voted
for wholly in one county, in the office
of the county auditor of such county.
Third: For precinct committeeman
icnf ion. ti1As.