The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-10-26
ARTICLE TEN.
Official Party Endorsement Of Candidates
for President and Vice President, and
as a Recommendation to Appoint
i've Government Positions
Other than Postmas-
Tarc.

VIC SOVtIE iIEECtI ToottiOIiS
Other than Postmas-
tiers.
Sec. 100. Party Endorsement Of Presi-
dent and Vice President-The endorse
ment by highest popular vote of a para
mount issue as a national motto for par
ty candidates for president and vice presi-
ident, as provided by this act and the is
suance to such candidates of a state GER
tilCate of endorsement as herein pro-
vided shall have the force and effect Of
instructions to delegates and alternates
to the national convention Of the same
political party to vote for and support
such principles and candidate for the Of
flee of president or vice president three
times as provided in Section II.
Sec. 10. Official Party Endorsement
ITO Appointive Ofnces)-Any party cleo
tor who wishes to seek an endorsement to
an appointive government position, state
or federal, except postmaster, which is
file his written application for the official
party endorsement for the office for
which he is a candidate, stating therein
his party afhliatjon, with the secretary
of state after any primary election date,
and before the following general election
date, and copy of such written Application
shall be mailed by the secretary of state
to each member of the state central COM
mittee of the applicants party before De-
cember LIST in election years. No party
state chairman, national committeeman
or party central committeeman shall be
eligible TO party endorsement while serv-
ing as such party representative.
Sec. Ill. Duty of Secretary of State
(Party endorsement r~ecord)-lt shall be
the duty of the secretary of state, for the
purpose of preserving a record of party
endorsements for appointive government
POSITIONS, state and federal, to prepare
and keep in his office a suitable record
book of official party endorsements In
which all official party endorsements shall
be entered as received.
Sec. 112. Official Party Endorsement
GLOW Determined)--The party state cen
trail committee, interested, including it's
chairman and secretary and national
committeeman, shall meet in the senate
chamber at the state capitol at ten o'clock
Der after the general election. and the
members present shall constitute a quo
rum, and shall. at all times, act in pub
lie sessions and without sub-committees,
as a committee of the whole, hearing APP
plicants and receiving written recon-
mendations from party electors, and shall
to determine who shall receive the official
party endorsement as the recommenda-
ton Of the party for any and all state and
federal appointive government positions
for which the commission expires during
the next ensuing two years, except pri-
waite secretary and stenographer. The
shall certify to such endorsement in writ
ing and forward the same Immediately
for consideration to the person having
the appointive power in state positions.
United States senators and congressman
in federal positions as the official party
r. recommendation, and snail SenQ q copy OF
the same TO the secretary Of state. who
shall enter the same in the record book OF
official party endorsements. Each mem
Der of such. interested, party state GEN.
trail committee including it's state chair
man and secretry and national committee
man. who shall attend such meeting, shall
receive payment of five cents per mile
for each mile necessarily travelled in going
to and returning from said meeting by
fling a written receipted sworn state
ment thereof with the secretary Of state,
who ShaII He1iver ga me- tn the state auditor |
who shall see to it's auditing and forward
a warrant therefor. to the person who
ton hereof that the state shall pay all
expenses of mileage herein provided. All
minutes of proceedings of meetings, Of
be signed by the chairman and secretary
and the chairman shall Immediately file
such minutes with the secretary Of state
who shall record the same in the political
record book.
Any official party endorsement desired
by any party elector as a recommendation
term or biennial meetings Of the party
state central committee, shall be given by
a majority Of the party state chairman
e cha mar,oo of the S9" emdorses's county nnS and ind
a copy Of their endorsement shall likewise
be filed Immediately with the secretary of
state and recorded IN the political recosd
by the national committeeman or
party state chairman. unless copy Of the
same Is filed with he ns, secretary uSy OF state
ment is delivered to the person having
the appointive power. In case of friction
pet 1--WE naon the cd party ssate chairman rs.,1a;aa q; and
tie endorsement, such tie between en-
shall be determined by lot by the
national committeeman and state chair
man OF such party.
Provided, further. that the party state
committee shall not be restricted
In such endorsement to those applicants
whose written application shall have been
filed with the secretary of state, but such
shall make such endorsement
as shall be agreed upon by a majority of
committeemen present for the bet
torment of the public service. Every en-
dorsee 10 ~appointjve government position.
rs a party candidate, shall sign a declara-
ton to the effect that he shall qualify and
obey the. party recall II invoked against
him. and such signed declaration h
be attached to the official party endorse
ment, and shall be filed with the secretary j
d state and entered In the record book