The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-10-26

person issued.
Sec. Sc. Form Of Committee PROPOSAL
The name of no candidate for president,
vice president. presidential ~elector, United
States senator, member of congress, state
offices, including Judges OF the supreme
court, county, circuit, legislative or dis
trict offices, nor national committeemen
delegates and alternates to national con-
%vention, party state chairman, nor cam
didate for member of any party state GEN.
trail comraittee, nor candidate for any
state minority or majority proposal COM
mitteeman shall be printed in the minorf-
ty or the majority column hereinafter des-
ignated upon the official party primary
ballot used at any primary held; as herein
provided, unless at least sixty days before
the date of the primary. n minority or
majority committee proposal shall have
been filed in the office of the secretary
visions of this act require, in the follow
ing form. as far as applicable to the Of
fee proposed:
COMMITTEE PROPOSAL"
We. the undersigned qualified member
belonging to the proposal committee OF
party of the state
of South Dakota do hereby promulgate
the following principles:
and select the following we'll defined and
definite principle for a public policy as
tic par
and propose the following named persons
as candidates for nomination 10 the re-
s%pective offices named TO be voted for at
the primary on the fourth Tuesday OF
March next.
Name office
For
For..................
4. f. f.. tOr ~
We also endorse. ....... for President of
United States.
We also endorse. ....... for Vice President
OF United States.
We also endorse. .........f for Judge or
the Supreme Court.
We also endorse. ..........f for Judge or
the Supreme Court.
and we desire the following motto or
notices to be placed at the head Off,.
.........4.... column of the official pri-
mary ballot as representing the above
principle for a paramount issue: No mot
to to be more thar eight words, 80
Gimited to eight words)
dimited to eight wor sso'e M0'0
cLimitcd to eight Words
and request that the foregoing names be
printed In a group under said motto in
official party primary ballot as represents
ing the paramount issue above set forth,
o c1 ts V fourth ,' Tu "s .ns IN Rl' March 70 next. and
we each of us do hereby declare that we
intend to support the principles and can
didates named herein at said primary.
party ticket at the following November
election.
| Signature Of
Committeeman County Precinct
.....-....,.... .........-.. ........-...
.'n.c..i.;. ....."..... .'n..''.
.................
................s.
DECLARATION OF CANDIDATES.
do hereby declare II nominated and
elected, / Cor WEI will qualify. adhere TO
the principles herewith proclaimed and
obey the party recall II invoked against
Signature OF
Candidates Residence p. o. Address
.,........... ''.. ..p;
Sec. IL. Signing Of COMMITTEES PROPOSAL
and Declaration: To the above commits
tee proposal the committeeman in favor
with pen and ink or with indelible pen
ell, and shall add after his name, the
name of the county in which he resides,
date of signing. Following the signatures
OF the committee members there shall be
attached to and filed with the committee
proposal, the above declaration signed by
| the candidates proposed, each giving his
esidence by county and precinct and post
Sec. IS. Filing Fee.-No fees h be
required of candidates for the filing Of
individual proposal petitions, or commit
Sec. 80. Filing-when sufAc.ent-ThS
cling OF a committee proposal or 'in-
diyidual candidate proposal petition"
within the time and in the manner and
he declaration OF the candidate. shall be
| Tuffcient to require that his name be
printed upon the primary ballot. No 9th.
an opposition candidate, within the party.
has been proposed by timely filing.
ARTICLE FIVE.
DEFINING Evolution Of Paramount Issue.
Sec. 60. Paramount Issue-For the pur-
pose Of identification in connection with
me legal form of procedure In party orr
yanization. provided herein: through which
Elections and thereby consider one pub
Tic policy at a time. as the
, mean o 6ne w weIi de aRasam and definite .aTde p snan
| ciple for a public policy that shall be first
Sled with the secretary OF state by an i'm
dependent candidate proposal Tor presi-
dent or governor, or by a minority or
majority committee proposal Such COM
| mittee proposal shall reduce the express
sion Of its paramount issue to a motto"
Of not more than eight words for MINORS
~ or majority heading on the primary
with the secretary OF state, for the pri-
defined and definite principle for a para
mount issue, as provided herein, as a re-
ward of merit for initiative in devisinG
measures for public welfare. except that
the state minority proposal committee
may adopt the 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 to be an inde-
pendent candidate and shall In all things
be deemed to be the candidate Of the mi-
nority committee proposal Of his party,
! and the secretary OF state shall SO certf-
~ his candidacy and his paramount issue
for the minority primary ballot motto"
to the county auditors.
b.. Provided that an Independent can
didate for Governor or President. who
shall have made a primary campaign. on
a paramount Issue and received equal to
1907 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
candidate Of the minority committee pro-
posaH 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-
mary ballot smotto" to the ounty
auditors. In case Of vacancy in such
/ candidacy. his place on the minority com.