The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1918-10-25

4 challenge for public joint debate with any
opposing candidate of his party for the same
office, within 10 days after the first Monday
] in January in each general election year.
5 (c) When ever more than one independ-
: ent candidate for president or for governor IS
e proposed within the party, the lndepchdenV
t candidate who first files his proposal petit
ton with the secretary OF state shall nave
the first right of challenge 70 the opposing
5 candidates. Independent or representative.
Cd Whenever the independent candidate
1 for president or for governor ,aIls. 70 &yail
2 himself, within 10 days after the first Mon
day in January in each general election
year, by filing with the Secretary Of state
q written challenge for such public jolnt
debate, designating the opposing candidate,
within his party, with whom he desires 10 de-
bate the paramount issue, advocated BY
each, then it shall be the duty of the repre-
sentative candidate proposed in column three
FOR president or governor, within ten days
after the first Monday in January in each
general election year, to challenge his repre-
sentative opponent, proposed In Col1nn four
on the party ballot, TO the public Joint de-
or debates hereinbefore required and failure
on the part of the candidate for arcsilc lent or
for governor in column three, to challenge
has opposing representative candidate in coll
unn four to public Joint discussion Of the
paramount issue, shall operate as a legal
withdrawal Of such representative candidate
IN column three, and the Secretary Of State
shall not certify his name for president or
Tor governor as the case may be, to the
NONHby duullOT 10 De printed on the primary
ballot.
(el 1t shall be the duty of the Secretary
OF state, upon receiving n challenge. to file
ana enter the same upon the political record
book in his office and TO forward a certified
copy of such challenge to the candidate
designated IN the challenge, together with
copies or the respective paramount issues,
by registered mail and demand receipt, in
the iollowlng order: First, Mailing out. inn
mediately, the challenge fled by an inde-
pendent candidate tor President or for Gov
ernor within the 10 DAYS in which such chal-
ienge may be filed Second 1 there shall
nave been no challenge filed by an indie
pendent candidate for President or for Gov
ernor. within the time allotted. the Secretary
OF state shall then, within five days. mail
out the challenge filed by the Representa-
1--WE candidate on column three. The pur-
pose OF this provision being TO always give
priority TO the challenge of an indopcnd-
eAt candidate so as to encourage leadership.
- me representative or independent
candidate Tor president or for governor
Gnalicn%cd by an opposing independent can
dldate for the same office, or a repreacnta-
tive candidate for president or for governor.
N column four, challenged by the opposing
representative can didate i'm column three for
the same Office, shall file, within % DAYS AT
ter the first Monday in January. with the
Secretary of State, his acceptance Of the
chalienge, in which acceptance he shall
specify the place and time when the pub
lie JOINT debate or debates shall be held.
(g) Whenever a candidate for president
or for governor, who is herein required 10
make or to accept a challenge shall
q % MAKE the chaIiGnge or fail to accept
or refuse to respond TO the challenge
a. herein provided, or shall fail or rrfuep
to attend and discuss the paramount Is
sues at the time and places designated for
the debates, he shall cease to be the pro-
posed candidate of his party and the Sec
rotary Of State shall NOS certify his uar,o
to the County Auditors to be printed on tho
primary ballot, and his place upon lhe pro-
nGn trlC .aI,lI -
e eUaI ucket shai be deemed vacant and he
hlIed as other vacancies. and such va
cancy shall be filled by a candidate. who
VIII make the challenge or iii the debates.
or the place shall remain vacant.
ih) Provided, further, that The yenrosor-
t%.ative proposal candidates for president or
Tor governor shall not be required 10 accent
chalIenEe from more than one Of tho on
posing candidates for the same Office. In
case two or more challenges have been I'll
eel, such challenges shall be accepted in the
following order: First-Challengc made nv
an independent candidate; Second Chal-
lenge by the representative candidate in COL
umn three. The representative candidate
in column four shall file his acceptance in
this manner of priority.
~ II there should be no candidate proposed
for president or for governor in column four.
then it shall be the duty Of the independent
for president or for Governor
whose proposal is first filed with the Secre-
tary of State. to challenge any opposing in
or representative candidate for
the same Office. within his party. b. filing
q written challenge with the Secretary of
State within Is days after the first Monday
IN January. in each general election wear.
The name Of any party candidate, who fails
TO make or accept the challenge. herein re-
Quired. or who fails or refuses Ia debate.
CT who fails or refuses to attend and dis
cuss the paramount Issues at am debate.
shall rot be certified by the Secretary Of {
state to the County Auditor for either the
primary or general election ballot. 5
~ - s.
or unforeseen disability or sickness of
n candidate, who makes the challenge or !
is challenged, TO attend such public :
Joint debates, such candidate shall choose .
some suitable person to represent him in 4,
such debates during such inability, sickness :
or disability; but such candidate shall be ,
present IN person at such Debates unless a :
sworn certificate by a licensed physician that /:
such candidate is positively unable to be ;
present on account of sickness shall be pre- .
Sented at such meeting. provided. however, :
that a candidate for president may. at his
option, appear in person by proxy.
N) The public Joint debates. unless ar
ranGed otherwise in a more suitable place,
'ourt house, at the county seat at $3.50 p. 5
and If there is any public business cccr- 7
oying the court room at that hour, it shall $
the room for the debate. v
ID 1t shall be the duty of the party ma .
ional committeeman and the chairman Of V
N''o iIiiilN I'd II | CT
'ange for the place of meeting for the presi- =
debate or debates, give the same -
publicity and select presiding chairman. y
(m) 1t shall be the duty Of the party t,
OF the county central committed. G.
the county in which any gubernatoriaI le
lebate is to be held, to arrange for the
give the same publicity and pre- g.
ide over the debate. If the chairman of -
ne party county central committee desires. !!
he may appoint a jurist to preside. or ;f II
ne county chairman is not present. the per- !.
on 10 preside may be chosen from the al- :.
renee by a majority vote of The neonlc 81 So
resent at the meeting. II
IN The debate shall be restricted to re
discussion OF the paramount issues rep-
by the candidates engaged in tho .
eoate. NO personalities or personal impu- - -
ltlons may be brought into the debate nm. -
er any circumstances. ~ re
'o) The candidate making the CHALLENGE a
nave his paramount issue debated first Il
no snail nave the opening and closing arpu- ar
ieht OF his paramount issue the candidate
shall likewise open and close I'll
ne argument Tor his aramoun issue and ba
ne lima shall ha I.x,;Iol NN -