Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-10-26

conVen!lons snail thereby be instructed
principles and candidates III the national
before giving support to any
compromise platform or candidate, and
IN the primary for such first choice can
didates for President and Vice-P President.
snail cast their votes in the electoral coll
for the candidates for President and
Vice-President who were nominated b.
the national party convention.
Sec. II. The words party platform
shall mean the selected paramount issue
and the declaration of principles and prop
osit1ons which have received the highest
number OF party votes for governor at the
primary
Sec. 1s. The word motto" shall mean
a condensed statement of one paramount
issue, for national motto, state motto or
county motto, expressed in not to exceed
eight words In each motto, for use as a
heading for group candidates proposed by
the majority or minority party committee
on the official primary ballot.
Sec. Ia. Inc word declaration shall
mean a statement, as hereinafter provided,
signed by the party candidate and at
tached to his filing papers. pledging HIM
self to qualify and obey the party recall,
fetal primary ballot.
Sec. Is. The words political record
book shall mean a bound public record
book kept by the secretary OF state, or a
bound record book kept by the county
auditor, in which record shall be entered
In writing the Independent and group
u w any eiliiO VI Gli
party candidates., challenges and accep-
tances to joint debates, minut of all
proceedings of all party state central com
mittee meetings and of all initiatory party
proposal committee meetings in the order
tiled The pages of the political record
book shall be numbered consecutively.
let" shall mean the official party state
publicity pamphlet compiled by the secre-
tary OF state from the political. record book
of filings made in his office. by proposal
committees and in1pnnn6nnt Marty "a nHj-
dates, for duplication.
Ballot" shall mean the official party bal
lot, printed by the auditor of each county
for each party and used at the party pri-
maries on the fourth Tuesday in March
In even numbered years in the order and
form designated in Section 73 of this act;
but no candidates name shall appear up
on the official primary ballot more than
once in the same primary except the
names of candidates for Judges of the
supreme court, who may be endorsed by
the state minority or majority proposal
committee and whose names may appear
twice.
Sec. IS. The words official party en-
d~orsement". shall mean the act of de.
termining the party recommendation, of
party candidates for public offices to be
filled by appointment, by postmaster pri-
mary, or by the regular party central
committee, or by the state and county
party ;fen ehalrn n a na and party n matiGna1 COM
Sec. 19. The words postmaster pri-
mary shall mean a municipal election
tor the purpose of RECOMMENDING and
master.
Sec, 20. The word precinct shall
mean a district established under the law
within which qualified electors vote in
Sec. 21.s' The words November cleo
ton shall mean the general election.
polling places, the post office lobby, if
any and the front outside door of any
notices are usually posted.
Sec. %. The word clerk shall mean
the clerk, secretary or auditor keeping
township; but where a county, is not
organized into civil townships the word
Clerk shall mean county auditor.
Sec. "a. The precinct committeeman
lty proposal may meet in the
court room at the county court house on
numbered year, and each committee may
retire to self-appointed separate rooms
in the court house to propose principles
and endorse candidates for state md !
instructions to the state proposal COM
mitteeman of the minority or majority,
who shall represent the county, at the
state proposal committee meeting at the
state capitol, on the first Monday in Janu-
airy following; but when the state ma
toritN. and minority proposal committee
N s'iiEll u pCSh SINi bl'oi
by a majority of the representative vote
of the respective state committee mem
bers present as a proposal for a party
state platform to be nominated at the pri-
mary, then all county committee pro-
posals or principles must be in conformity
with either the majority or minority state
amount issue and motto, to entitle the
county or district proposal committee
candidates to the use of either the ma
jority or minority column as hereinafter
designated, upon the official primary bal
lot. The county auditor shall cause no
candidates name for county office to be
under committee proposals in either the
minority or majority column If the prin-
ciples and county motto filed are in con-
flict with the paramount issue adopted
by the party state majority or minority
committee PROPOSAL such a motto of coun-
ty platform principles, not to exceed eight
platform principles of the minority or the
majority, may be added. Immediately, I'M
der the state motto, and designated as the
county motto In the column OF, the mi
nOrity or majority on the official primary
ballot.
Sec. p. The words party recall shall
regular party organization by jury trial,
for the causes and under the restrictions
herein provided, to request the resign2-
ton of any public official who has been
candidate.
Sec. &c. Hereafter all party candidates
for all of the elective offices, presidential,
congressional, state, county, legislative
and district, presidential electors and all
party delegates and alternate delegates
to the national conventions and all pre-
cinct, county, state and national COM
mitteemen, party state cha!rmen and ma
iority and minority proposal committee
men shall be nominated, or endorsed. as
the case may require, and party repre-
scntatives elected. at the primary held
in accordance with the provisions of this
act. All other proposals of candidates for
such positions shall be by petitions in the
independent column at the November
election in the manner now provided by
law.
Sec. 81. This act shall not apply to
city. town, township and school district
offices, but may be adopted by either
by a majority vote upon such proposition
at any election held therein.
ARTICLE TWO.
Party Enrolment.
Sec. IS. En~rollment-No elector in the
state of South Dakota shall be permitted
to vote at any party primary unless he
is duly enrolled, as herein required.
Sec. %. Duty of County Auditor-0En-
rollment Book)-The county auditor of
each county shall, on or before the first
day of January of each odd numbered
| year. provide suitable enrolment books,
ono for each voting prncinrt in his county