Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-28
ARTICLE SIX.
Public Joint Debates On Paramount
Issue.

Sec G1 Public Joint Debates--In order
TO give more cpecifc information 10 the
electors, in addition to the state publicity
pamphlet, pertaining 10 the paramount
election, al least one presidential and u
Gubernatorial public Joint debates, be-
tween the candidates for president and
between the candidates for governor,
within the party. who have filed proposal
papers with tho secretary Of state, shall
| be held in this state, between the first
Monday in January ana the fourth Tues
day in March in the following order, man
ncr, time and place hereinafter provided:
a. Whenever an Independent candi-
date for governor or an Independent can
! didate for president shall file, with the
secretary Of state. a written challenge
for public Joint debate with the opposing
candidate Of the majority or minority OF
his party for the same office. within 10
days after the first Monday in January In
each general election year.
B. Whenever more than one independ~
ent candidate for president or for gov
ecnor is proposed within the party, the
independent candidate who first files his
proposal petition with the secretary Of
state shall have the first right OF chal-
lenge to the opposing candidate Of the ma
jority or minority.
c. Whenever the Independent candi-
date for president or for governor fails
to avail himself, within 10 days after the
first Monday in January in each general
election year, by fling with the secretary
public joint debate, designating the op-
posing candidate of the minority or ma
5ority. within his party with whom he
desires TO debate the paramount issue, adj
vOcated by each, then IL shall be the duty
OF the minority candidate for president
or the minority candidate for governor,
as the case may be. within Is days after
the first Monday in January in each gen.
eFal election year. to challenge his ma
jority opponent within the party, for the
public joint debate or debates hereinbefore
required; and failure on the part of the
minority candidate for president or for
governor, as the case may be, to chal-
lenge his opposing majority candidate, to
public joint discussion of the merits and
demerits of the paramount issues, shall
operate as a legal withdrawal of such mi
norty candidate, and the secretary of
dent or for governor, as the case may be,
TO the county auditors to be printed ON
the primary ballot.
ID. lt shall be the duty OF the secretary
OF state, upon receiving a challenge. TO
file and enter the same uDon the Politi-
cal Record Eool< in his office and to for
ward a certified copy OF such challenge
TO the candidate designated in the chal-
lenge together with copies of the respec-
tive paramount issues, by registered mail
and demand receipt, I'm the following or
der: First--Mailing out, Immediately the
challenge filed by an Independent candi-
date for President or for Governor within
the 10 days in which such challenge may
be fled; Second--lf there shall have been
no challenge filed by an independent cam
didate for President or for Governor
within such time allotted. the secretary
OF state shall then, within five days, mail
out the challenge filed by the minority
candidate. The purpose OF thiI provision