Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-28
ARTICLE FIVE.
Defining Eve .utlon Of Paramount Issue.

Sec so Paramount Issue-For the pur-
pose of Identification I'm connection with
the legal form of procedure in party or
ganizaton, provided herein. through which
TO initiate issues for evolution at Primary
elections and thereby consider one pub
lie policy at a time, as the paramount
ISSUE the words paramount issue" shall
mean one well defined and definite prn-
ciple for a public policy that shall be first
fled with the secretary of state by an in
dependent candidate proposal for presi-
dent or governor, or by n minority or
majority committee proposal. Such com
sion of its paramount issue to motto"
OF not more than eight words for MINORS
" or majority heading On the primary
ballot.
a. Priority Of filing party proposals,
with the secretary OF state, for the pri-
mary shall govern the use OF any well
defined and definite principle for n para
mount issue, as provided herein, as re-
ward OF merit for initiative in devising
measures for public welfare, except that
the state minority proposal committee
may adopt the paramount issue proposed
and FLED by an Independent candidate for
president or governor by proposing such
Independent candidate as the minority
candidate, In the same primary, for the
nomination for the office for which such
independent candidate fled whereupon
such candidate shall cease 20 be an inde-
pendent candidate and shall in all things
be deemed 60 oe the candidate OF the NIL
norty committee proposal OF his party,
and the secretary Of state shall so certi-
fy his candidacy and his paramount issue
for the minority primary ballot motto"
to the county auditors
b. Provided that an independent cam
didate for Governor or President, who
shall have made primary campaign on
"A paramount issue and received equal to
10Go OF the total party vote cast for gov
ernor at such primary election, shall at
the next ensuing primary election for
presidential or state office become the
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posal OF his party, for the same office,
and the paramount issue, represented by
such candidates, shall also be the par
amount issue of the minority COM
mittee proposal; and the secretary Of
state shall so certify such candidate
and his paramount Issue for pri-
auditors. In case Of vacancy IN such
candidacy, his place on the minority COM
mittee proposal shall be filled as herein
provided for filing of vacancies in com
c. Provided, that in the event there
shall be more than one Independent cam
didate for president or for governor who
shall have received ten per cent of the
total party vote cast for governor at tho
primary election, the minority proposal
committee shall have the first choice Of
aeiccting, by proposing, one of such in
dependent candidate, with his paramount
issue, as the minority candidate for pres
ident or governor, as the case may be, at
the next ensuihe primary election.
d. Provided, that II no party leader has
come forward as an Independent candle
date for president or for governor in the
primaries and received the required ten
per cent Of the total party Vote on the
merit of his paramount issue, then the
paramount issue for the minority pro-
posal shall be selected by the candidate
for governor proposed by the minority
committee from the principles proposed,
for a party platform. by such minority
proposal committee, as representative
body.
e, Provided, that the national para
mount issue for party primary ballot
motto" of the majority proposal com,-
mittee, shall be selected by the proposed
candidate of the majority for president,
and the state paramount issue for primary
ballot motto shall be selected, by the
proposed candidate, OF the majority, for
governor, from the platform principles
proposed by such majority committee, as
a representative body. The majority pro-
posal committee shall at no time be
obliged 10 adopt the paramount issue of
any Independent party candidate or pro-
pose him for president or for governor;
but may do SO after the minority COM
mittee has first had its choice of pro-
posing such independent candidates.