The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-31
ROBERTS COUNTY
NoNrARTlsANs ORGANIZE

Last Saturday afternoon delegates
to the Roberts County Nonpartisan
Convention met in the Court House
and organized their party as required
by the new primary law. Owing to the
inclemency of the weather a large
number of farmers were not in attend
ance..
The meeting was called to order by
John Hanson and Knute Walstad was
chosen temporary chairman and G.
M. Fonder, temporary secretary.
A motion was made to nominate
three for county chairman to be voted
on b. ballot. C M. Fonder, Halvor
Oien and j. M. Hanson were nomin-
ated. In the first ballot there was a
tie between Fonder and Hanson, but
in the second ballot Mr.. Hanson re-
ceived the majority of votes and was
declared elected temporary county
chairman.
There was no further business tran
sacted. The convention was called,
only to elect the chairman, SO as to
have the party organized in order te
be ready for the primary election to
be held on November IL, as required
by law.
The following delegates were pres
emit: Frank Grimm, Dry Wood; Hal
vor Oien, Enterprise; j. M. Hanson.
Sisseton; E. A. Wickard, Goodwill;
John Cameron, Lake; c. NJ. Fonder.
Easter; Herman Johnson, Spring
Grove; H. s. Mussetter, Long Hollow;
Ole Rinde, One Road; George Steltz,
Geneseo; E. C. Myhre, Harmon; VIM.
Peter Grant; Fred Schacker, Bossko;
knute Walstad, Norway.
The following is the order Of pro-
cedure under the new primary law:
The precinct chairman whom you
elected at your meeting on October
21, or who had been previously
elected, should call upon or write the
county auditor on or before November
1Sl lOl OdllOl lOIAAo LUZ SAAS SS31A .gAA7
mary election to be held at II O'Clock
in the forenoon of Tuesday, November
IL, 1919.
On or before Saturday, Nov. /. the
precinct chairman should notify all
League members fn his Voting pre-
cinct to meet at the polling places at
II O'Clock a. M on Tuesday, Novem-
Der II for the purpose of holding the
precinct election. This notice should
be by publication in a newspaper or
by posting in three places in the pre-
cinct at least ten days before the
election The members should meet
at the polling place on November IL,
and if for any reason the meeting
cannot be held there adjournment
should be made Immediately to some
other place to be agreed upon.
Precinct Election
On Tuesday, November IL, at II
| clock a. M, every League member
should go to the regular voting place
In his precinct The precinct initiatory
election shall be called to order at
II o'clock, a. M, by the precinct
chairman, or in his absence by any
member of the League, and two
judges and two clerks of election
shall be elected from the qualified
voters present. Any member of the
League may propose the nam 8 of
any members for the nomination as
candidates for precinct committee
man and precinct proposal men, and
these names shall be posted for the
information of the voters present.
Ballots will then be cast for One
precinct committeeman and Three
proposal men to attend the County
Proposal meeting to be held in the
county seat one week later. The cleo
tion shall be held open two hours. or
as much longer as necessary to en-
able all members present to cast their
ballots. The result of the election
shall be certified in writing by the
judges and clerks, and these shall be
the credentials of the proposalmen to
the county meeting. Minutes of the
meeting should be filed with the
county auditor.
At this precinct election every
qualified voter in the precinct who is
a member Of the League or who has
affiliated himself with the movement
is entitled to vote. The judges and
clerks or any League member has a
right to challenge any person Offer
ing to vote, and IL said person makes
oath that he is a qualified voter in the
precinct and that he is a member of
the Nonpartisan panty his ballot shall
be counted.
County Meeting
On November IS, at IL O'Clock a.
M, the three proposal men elected In
each voting precinct shall meet in the
cOunfv seat at a n1aco nroviAad 1,,,f tl,o