Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1916-10-21
ARIICI1E FIVE
Defining Eve ,utIon Of Paramount Issue.

Sec. 60. Paramount Issue-For the pur-
pose Of Identification in connection with
the legal form of procedure in party or
ganization, provided herein, through which
to initiate issues for evolution at Primary
elections and thereby consider one pub
lie policy at time, as the paramount
issue, the words paramount issue" shall
mean one well defined and definite prin-
ciple for a public policy that shall be first
filed with the secretary of state by an in
dependent candidate proposal for pres-
dent or governor or by nlinoEity n,os S or
mittee proposal shall reduce the express
sion Of its paramount issue to motto"
Of not more than eight words for minori-
" or majority heading on the primary
ballot.
a. Priority OF nling party proposals,
with the secretary Of state, for the pri-
mary shall govern the use of any wen
defined and definite principle for a para
mount Issue, as provided herein. as a re-
ward of merit for initiative In devislng
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 filed; whereupon
such candidate shall cease 10 be an nde-
pendent candidate and shall In all things
be deemed to be the candidate Of the NIL
nority committee proposal Of his party.
and the secretary OF state EnHiI so GtFIl-
fy his candidacy and his paramount issue
for the minority primary ballot motto"
to the county auditors.
b. Provided that an independent cam
didate Cor Governor or President, who
shall have made a primary campaign on
a paramount issue and received equal TO
1927 of the total party vote cast for gov
ernor at sucn primary election, shall at
the next ensuing primary election for
presidential or state office become the
candidate of the minority committee pro-
pcsal 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
and his paramount Issue for pri-
mary ballot motto" to the county
auditors. In case OF vacancy in such
candidacy his pace on ~ the ,nd mdnorty neDaIn com
provided for filing of vacancies In COM
mittee proposals
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 the
primary election. the minority proposal
committee. shall have the first choice OF
selecting, 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 ensuing primary election.
d. Provided. that II no party leader has
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 n 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 CONF
mittee, shall be selected by the proposed
candidate of the majority for president,
and the state paramount issue for primary
ballot "rnottG" 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 to 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
mlttee has first had it's choice OF pro-
posing such independent candidates.