The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-10-31

% Whenever a candidate for presiden,
or for governor. who Is herein required
to make or to accept a challenge, shal
fail to make the challenge or fail to
accept or refuse to respond to the chat
lenge, as herein provided, or shat faii
or refuse 70 attend and discuss the para
mount issues at the time and places de.
ignated for the debates. he shall cease 20
be the proposed candidate of his party
and the Secretary Of State shall not GER
tify his name TO the county auditors L.
his place upon the proposal ticket shall
be deemed vacant and be filed as other
vacancies And such vacancy shall be
filled by the candidate who win make the
challenge or hl the debates. or the place
shall remain vacant.
(h) Provided, further, that the repre-
sentative proposal candidates for presi-
to ssn accept ee tor cE EaiHisTnSr i fhaa R MORE be than Fsqui asa
Of the opposing candidates for the same
prince. In case two or more challenges
accepted in the following order: First
Challenge by an Independent candidate,
Second-Challenge by the representatiye
candidate In column three. The repre-
sentative candidate in column four shall
file his acceptance ia this manner o. pri-
GRITTY.
81 II there should be no candidate pro-
posed for president or for governor in
the Independent candidate for president
or for governor. Whose proposal is first
filed with the Secretary. Of state, to
Saalts"sf aiSs G $sk3iSiaE i9f or ihs saS 9'
office, within his party, by filing n wrii
top challenge with the Secretary of State
within 10 days after the first Monday IN
January, in each general election year.
fails to make or accept the challeTnge
herein required. or who fails or refuses
TO debate. or who fails or refuses to at
tend and discuss the paramount issues AZ
any debate, shall not be certified by the
Secretary of State TO the county auditors
ior, either the primary or general election
ballot.
CD, In case OF inability to Join In pub
lie debate or Unforeseen uISab..Ly or
sickness of a candidate, who maAcs the
challenge or who is challenged, t, at
tend such public Joint debates. such an
dldate shall choose some suitable person
p represent him In such debates durjn'.
such INABILITY. sickness or disability: but
such candidate shall be present IN person
AT such debates unless a sworn certii-
cate by a licensed physician that such
candidate is positively unable to be pres
ent on account Of sickness shall be pre-.
scented at such meeting, provided, how
ever. that a candidate for president may.
at his option, appear In person or by
proxy.
N) The public joint debates, unless
arranged otherwise in a more suitable
place, shall be held in the courtroom at
the courthouse, at the county seat at
$50 p. m. and if there is any public
We pNtbpy ihS Tic SOui IoOit at lifIC
hour. 1t shall vecate the room for the
debate.
CD 1t shall be the duty of the party ma
tional committeeman and the chairman
OF the party State central committee to
arrange for the place Of meeting for the
presidential debate or debates, give the
same publicity and select a presiding
tm) 1t shan be the duty of the party
chairman of the county central commit
tee of the county in which any guberna-
the meeting. give the same publicity and
preside over the debate. If the chair
man of the party county central commit
tee desires, he may appoint a jurist to
preside, or if the county chairman Is not
present, the person TO preside may be
chosen from the audience by a majority
vote OF the people present at the meet
ing.
tn) The debate shall be restricted to
the discussion of the paramount issues
presented by the candidates engaged
in the debate. No personalities or per-
sonal inputations may be brought into
the debate under any circumstances
(o) The candidate making the chal
lenge shall have his paramount issue de-
and closing argument of his paramount
ISSUE: the candidate challenged shall
likewise open and close the argument for
his paramount issue: and the time shall
De divided as follows: Opening affirna-
tive argument for each paramount issue
not to exceed 80 minutes; closing afiir-
native argument for each paramount
issue not to exceed 10 minutes. except
ment may be used on another argument
on either paramount issue in any one
evening debate. Such debate shall be
governed by Roberts rules, except as
herein otherwise provided.
(p) Provided, further, that II public
joint debates shall be held, between the
governor. after September LIST and be-
fore November LIST In each general cleo
ton year: The party candidate for gov
ernor of the party which cast next to
mary election shall challenge the party
candidate for governor OF the party
which cast the highest number of votes
at the primary election to public joint
amount Issues which won out, within
the parties. at the primary election. The
challenge shall be made in writing and
fled with the Secretary of State before
September LIST in each general election
year; and acceptance OF the same, by
the party nominee. for governor chal-
OF State. before September 10th in each
general election year. in which accep-
arce the challenged party nominee for
governor sha specify. the time and
places where each public joint debate
hall be held.
(D Whenever such party nominee for
governor shall fail to make the challenge
2F + fai eh sG aSssp'' as or hsasin TO pr rss9eda' o 5p
ii fail or refuse to attend and discuss
h2 respective paramount party. issues
the i'ace and time designated for each
public joint debate. such party nominee
hall cease to be the party nominee for
governor. and the Secretary OF State
hall not certify his name TO the County
Auditors as the party nominee, and his
place upon the party ticket shall be
deemed vacant and be tl'cA as other
vacancies. And such vacancy shall be
alled by one who will make the challenge
or fill the debates or the place of such
oarty nominee for governor shall remain
cant. Roberts rules to govern the
lebate. Detail arrangement for debates,
such as publicity, place and time at
which to hold debate. selection of pre-
siding officer. etc, between party nomi-
nees. shall be governed by the provisions
of this section. Each party candidate